Torment Torment: Tides of Numenera Pre-Release Thread [ALPHA RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

Looks like there will be a streamed boxing match after all.

 

MCA as the referee when KS hits 5 mil.

 

Me too. But Shadowrun does look a lot better.

 

Yeah, if they pull that off every place of PE will be wallpaper-worthy.

 

"We'll do turn-based combat! With full 3D! No MCA, but trust us! We get it!"

 

If they manage to match ToEE, which in my opinion is the loveliest looking isometric CRPG, I'll certainly be impressed.

 

I don't particularly mind the art direction of Shadowrun Returns, and am a backer. I just like to get a rise out of Roguey from time to time while he engages in his daily hobby of trashing Wasteland 2. Presumably it's a form stress relief for him—a sort of counteractant to his pathetic Josh Sawyer sycophancy and fervent belief that Project: Eternity will be the best and most perfect cRPG ever developed. Deep down, he must realize that his dreams may be crushed even if P:E is a good game, because by his own account no cRPG ever made has lived up to his autistic expectations. I backed P:E as well ($250 for the signed collector's edition; it's going on eBay if it's shit), but... yeah.

 

I have a feeling the Kickstarter will do rather well. I'm expecting it to get funding between 2 - 3 million.

 

Only 2-3 mil?

 

Assuming they ask for 1 million, that 2 to 3 times the asking. That's "rather well", I'd say.

 

Those plebeians don't even nest their parentheses mathematically—the game will be shit.

"Looking Torment-y" is now an official phrase, as well as a stretch goal.

It's well that there are a few good men like Hiver around who think for themselves rather than passing out from a fangasm every time a classic cRPG or celebrity developer gets name-dropped.

I just finished my fourth glass of wine and am headed to bed. I'll want to delete this post tomorrow but will be unable to.

 

nice, holding quality of game hostage - give us more money, or else...

 

obsidian's not the same obsidian as before, mang.

 

Might have pledged if they had held off on the kickstarter until AFTER WL2 was nearly done.

 

Getting publishers out of the loop has it consequences. You can get games they would never fund, but you also have to pay for their creation.

Vote for "Delay the Crowdfunding Campaign" on their suggestion site then.

 

I did not wait for Wasteland 2 to come out to pledge for PE, and I don't want ToN to start late and with a crippled team. So I'll most likely back it without a second though.

I don't see any reason to trust Fargo and co less now than when they launched W2.

 

Many people have conceptions on what Kickstarter is for. Some may see this as milking the goodwill of the backers.

 

But that is what Kickstarter is for.

 

If MCA is too busy with P:E to join Torment, what makes you think that Ziets will be available?