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Might & Magic Showdown, a tabletop-like PvP arena game - lol cancelled

Discussion in 'General Gaming' started by Infinitron, Nov 29, 2016.

  1. ilitarist Learned Illiterate Village Idiot

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    And UbiSoft published Clash of Heroes which was surprisingly good M&M spin-off. It was Puzzle Quest rip off, yes, but well made. And there was Dark Messiah of Might & Magic, cult classic. So UbiSoft wasn't all that bad with that franchise. Just as any big corporation it's faceless, big and dehumanized, I bet some sleazy manager still could use UbiSoft resources to make great M&M or Heroes game.
     
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  2. MrRichard999 Game re-worker! Patron

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    They both ruined it but unless a they make a good might & magic like the old series with free exploration, they can eat a dick.
     
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  3. Infinitron I post news Patron

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    Grab the Codex by the pussy Dead State Divinity: Original Sin Project: Eternity Torment: Tides of Numenera Wasteland 2 Shadorwun: Hong Kong Divinity: Original Sin 2 A Beautifully Desolate Campaign Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pathfinder: Kingmaker
    This isn't a marketing video, it's some random person who found an easter egg in Watch Dogs 2 and recorded it. The sirens, I assume, are from nearby police cars in the game.
     
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  4. MrRichard999 Game re-worker! Patron

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    Arrest every shitty coder involved in this project!
     
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  5. Parsifarka Arcane

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    I hope it's just a joke.
     
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  6. Hyperion Magister

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    That's even worse. Remove the pixelated vagina, but keep the obnoxious sirens. They're more offensive.
     
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  7. Mightmagic Scholar

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    MM8: shit
    MM6 and 7: good but less good than world of xeen

    3do was worst than ubi soft but ubi soft is also shit.
     
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  8. Mozg Arcane

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    It seems certain that a game with viral marketing in Watch Dogs 2 is targeted at the same audience that bought MMX
     
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  9. Scrooge Female Quota Staff Patron

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    Please just let the brand rest in peace
     
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  10. Somberlain Arcane Zionist Agent

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    Pretty obvious prediction: this will suck ass.

    Most, if not all, of Ubisoft's latest M&M games have been commercial and critical disappointments so they probably don't have any faith left in the franchise. This will likely be an attempt to milk the last bit of money then can from a dying franchise and they'll do it by making a crappy spinoff title exploiting whatever genre happens to be popular right now. Even if the dev team actually cares, they will have to work with a shoestring budget so the game will be shit either way. HOMM7 had very low production values, and if Ubisoft isn't willing to invest even in the main titles, this will probably have zero budget.
     
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  11. MrRichard999 Game re-worker! Patron

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    We need to kidnap all of the staff involved in the 3rd,4th,and 5th games and make them create a new one that will make Might & Magic great again!
     
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  12. Maggot Magister Patron

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    Didn't MMX sell twice as much as HoMM7? Also MM8 is
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  13. Azrael the cat Prestigious Gentleman Arcane

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    I find it hard to get angry at Ubisoft for this. They gave it a genuine shot a couple of years ago, which was just bizarre for a publisher of their size. When asked whether they're making another, they didn't bullshit, they just said 'no, not a true sequel anyway, it just didn't sell well enough'. None of that Bioware 'Hell yeah! And we've got all these improvements that we're so excited about. It's going make the hard-core fans even happier, and bring a lot of new players into the series too!' nonsense. Just refreshing honesty - 'We like money. It didn't make enough of it.'

    And now at least they've got the decency to use the universal gaming symbol for 'Nothing to do with the series gameplay, different genre entirely, we're just milking the IP, ok?', i.e. the ' hyphen subtitle instead of a number'.

    Not saying it's good, just that it's as good as you can expect from a major publisher. And it shows a hell of a lot more decency and respect for the fanbase than they'd get from Bioware/EA, who you just know would straight up lie and claim that it's a true continuation of the M&M series.
     
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  14. Excidium II Self-Ejected

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    Fuck you
     
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  15. Mastermind Arcane Patron Bethestard

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    MM9 was unfinished. HoMM4 OTOH is great, fucking kill yourself.
     
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    Bring JVC back.
     
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  18. Nael Arcane

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  19. Humanity has risen! Arcane Patron Repressed Homosexual

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    The Creature Quest card game of his has been in beta test in Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Netherlands for like two years by now. I don't know what the hell JVC is doing with this.
     
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  20. pippin Guest

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    trying to numb the pain
     
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  21. LeStryfe79 Fake Newsman Patron

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    It will be a Chivalry/ TF2 hybrid and will be a big hit.
     
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  22. <3sRichardSimmons Arcane Patron

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    Sell me on why Crusaders is not a complete piece of shit. It's been a decade plus since I played it, but I strongly remember coming away disgusted.

    I played the PC version. I've heard the PS one was a whole different brand of shit.
     
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  23. Filthy Sauce Savant

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    I got confused. I thought warriors of mm was a shitty renamed PC to console port of crusaders- but I guess they are different games.

    Oh lordy- I just remembered 'M&M:Shifters' it was a sequel to either crusaders or warriors. Jesus christ. I think I agree with Mightmagic . UbiSoft may be shit but it hasn't hit 3dos level YET. Fuck me I need a drink.
     
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  24. Grauken Arcane Patron

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    Because we had so much luck recently with has-beens trying to recapture the glory days of their youth
     
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  25. MrRichard999 Game re-worker! Patron

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    Thats why we need to kdinap that old staff! :D Seriously it could be so much better than an Elder Scrolls game.
     
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