Game News Jeff Vogel goes to Kickstarter for his next game, Queen's Wish: The Conqueror

[Farewell into the night]

Jeff is a hero. I support.

 

[Roguey]

Hey Vogel, your utilitarian graphics never bothered me, but seriously invest in quality portraits. Great portraits will go a long way in making people willing to check your stuff out. as opposed to the DeviantArt-tier portraits you've been using for decades.

 

[Blakemoreland Hybrid Boss]

Does he even read the Codex?

 

[Rinslin Merwind]

So this guy openly refer himself as "living legend" and still people give him money, instead of suggesting to low his ego a bit? No wonder why gaming industry fallen so low, fanboism is cancer of our society. Also I love pixel graphics, but his art-style is painful to watch.

 

[gallandr0]

He reminds me so much of Dwight from the office.

 

[Tacgnol]

Does he even read the Codex?

We scared him off a long time back.

Got all butthurt and called us all pirates.

 

[Mortmal]

Does he even read the Codex?

We scared him off a long time back.

Got all butthurt and called us all pirates.

Its an old post, he wrote a line or two on the codex after that , but never came back.So he probably still reads it.
Nice piracy free communities?
The codex is certainly the most pro business site ever, we have a newsposter relentlessly shilling, posting any tiny bits of info when paid for, we have games fundraisers, it was even suggested we do one for queen wishes.
Now if you read the comments on rpgwatch people are as jaded and negative if not more than here, not such a "nice" community anymore either.

 

[Diggfinger]

Honestly, the entire thing would have looked better (from a marketing perspective) if he just included some nice concept art and lofty promises - instead of that pre-alpha gameplay.

Indeed. I think Matt basically set a new standard for how these things should be done:

 

[Blakemoreland Hybrid Boss]

So this guy openly refer himself as "living legend" and still people give him money, instead of suggesting to low his ego a bit? No wonder why gaming industry fallen so low, fanboism is cancer of our society. Also I love pixel graphics, but his art-style is painful to watch.

It is a marketing strategy. He wants to reinforce the notion that he is the only one-man studio doing cRPGs all these years. He wants to come across as a legend from a underdog angle, which is not pretentious. I liked the video, by the way. I would like to see better art, but then again the whole point of his kickstarter is to have better art. Let's see how the game will look like and whether it will sell at all after being backed by his usual buyers.

 

[Tacgnol]

Also, I'm pretty sure the "living legend" part was a joke.

Jeff has a pretty big ego, but he's not that far gone yet

 

[Blakemoreland Hybrid Boss]

Also, I'm pretty sure the "living legend" part was a joke.

This too.

 

[Kruno]

Jeff Vogel is a living legend. Jeff Vogel makes Chris Avellone look like a puppy.

 

[Keye_]

Good to see that there are still enough people who believe in Vogel to back this game.
I would've, if not for that alpha footage.
If this is the new engine, I'll just wait and see. If he fixes common issues like hp bloat that I've suffered from with his previous games, I'll give it a try on release, but I'm not holding my breath.
I feel a lot of people here have lost faith in Vogel over the years, this was his chance to prove them wrong. Seems like he failed with this low effort video.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

The graphics really don't bother me at all, graphics are not important.

However, it really doesn't look like a very inspired game. I mean, I look at the description, and I struggle to try to differentiate this with Avadon. Just seems like generic fantasy. Avadon with base-building gimmicks essentially. And a tile-based engine to appeal to people nostalgic of Exile.

I ask myself why should I care and I really don't know what to say.

 

[himmy]

I couldn't care less if the graphics are the same old stuff, I just wish it won't have that stale and bland feel that Avadon had.

 

[Kem0sabe]

The graphics aren't the issue, it's the same boring fantasy setting. Who the fuck wants yet another Vogel fantasy rpg? Especially one that looks to play exactly like all the shit he has been releasing for years now.

He should have gone with a geneforge inspired sci-fi setting.

 

[Murk]

20+ years of the same shit. I guess if his style is "your thing" it's good, but I can't be bothered to care either. Not that it matters, he got his goal met.

 

[MadSheepStudios]

"Jeff Vogel - Living Legend" (from KS trailer) - so give me your money!

 

[aratuk]

Guys, the art doesn't look good yet because we haven't sent him to art school yet. With the Kickstarter he'll be able to afford tuition and remake all his games again with updated sprites.

He has already passed the free art test they sent in the mail. Just give him a chance.

 

[Nael]

I will invest if he changes the name to "The Queen's Wish: CRUSHMASTER"

 

[ortucis]

I will invest if he changes the name to "The Queen's Wish: CRUSHMASTER"

More like "The Quack's Wish: A Kickstarter".

 

[aweigh]

+1 to Infinitron for not reporting FO: Vault 76 cancer.

Anyway, this game looks worse than most RPG Maker games... might've been interested if it was a King's Wish but since it's a Queen's Wish instead, I think I'll pass. Save your propaganda, Vogel!

 

[Korron]

So Vogel mommy issues confirmed?

Would be nice to see some sample art assets to get an understanding of what they're targeting. I'd rather back bringing geneforge's graphics up to 1998 standards. An interesting world, but god damn the repetitive tilesets he uses are banal ass boring shit.

 

[Farewell into the night]

Jeff has become a villain. I don't support.

 

[Fenix]

The problem with this pitch for me is that premise isn't exciting for me.
I remember Avernum - wow! underground world, vast, sort of Australia in underworld with it's own eco-system, history...
Geneforge - just WOW, science, magic, cool.
This doesn't feel excating at all - queen? Welp...
Yeah, look bland like Avadon.

The art? Visuals? - you know, I like first Avernum's look better then sequel, better then Avadon because everything there shine too much and looks liek it was cut from plastic.
Probably it's same engine for latest Avernums, I played only first, second and BoA (fortunately I think).

And the main problem for me - roleplay system and combat. In first Avernus there was system who allowed interesting builds and exploits and even had Fallout-ish look, while in Avadon it was all bland and nothing to exlploit and explore in it. And I'm not sure, but Avernum's remake was using this system too, which was nothing can be glad about.