Editorial 2012: The Year in Review

[CappenVarra]

So, it took this article for me to realize I haven't played any of the mentioned 2012 games (except the AoD demo). Hmm...

 

[DwarvenFood]

Started reading article, but ended up playing "world's hardest game" instead

 

[Konjad]

Will "2013: The Year in Review" be a Kickstarter project?

 

[Turjan]

Will "2013: The Year in Review" be a Kickstarter project?

"Publication will be delayed to 2015 because the sudden influx of cash made a much more ambitious project possible, which had to be thoroughly vetted during an extended stay on Hawaii. Oh, and we need more cash."

So, yeah, 2012. Just when we stopped talking about it.

I guess "EAfiction" is supposed to be "EAfication"?

 

[Mother Russia]

DarkUnderlord

inXile are lucky in that Brian Fargo is probably the only guy in the RPG industry who actually knows how to run a fucking business.

Is this a joke? Fargo turned a behemoth of a company, with one of the largest shareholding and value per share in the 90's into a failed company. Had it not for him, Black Isle may still have been going strong and we would be eagerly awaiting IceWindDale 5 today (non kickstarted to boot!)

Anyhow can't wait for the 2013 review.

And can anyone tell me what was wrong with the Dark Souls PC port? I intend to play it sometime in the upcoming months, as I have FINALLY bought a powerful laptop (Asus Gaming rig!) so I can now play tons of AAA+ games, all indies, and even emulated PS2 rpgs I missed (like Grandia 3)

 

[likaq]

DarkUnderlord

inXile are lucky in that Brian Fargo is probably the only guy in the RPG industry who actually knows how to run a fucking business.

Is this a joke? Fargo turned a behemoth of a company, with one of the largest shareholding and value per share in the 90's into a failed company. Had it not for him, Black Isle may still have been going strong and we would be eagerly awaiting IceWindDale 5 today (non kickstarted to boot!)

Bullshit. BI was destroyed by Herve Caen.

I hope that Caen will get a horrible disease and die in pain.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

DarkUnderlord

inXile are lucky in that Brian Fargo is probably the only guy in the RPG industry who actually knows how to run a fucking business.

Is this a joke? Fargo turned a behemoth of a company, with one of the largest shareholding and value per share in the 90's into a failed company. Had it not for him, Black Isle may still have been going strong and we would be eagerly awaiting IceWindDale 5 today (non kickstarted to boot!)

Anyhow can't wait for the 2013 review.

And can anyone tell me what was wrong with the Dark Souls PC port? I intend to play it sometime in the upcoming months, as I have FINALLY bought a powerful laptop (Asus Gaming rig!) so I can now play tons of AAA+ games, all indies, and even emulated PS2 rpgs I missed (like Grandia 3)

It's not as simple, the industry was transitioning into the multimedia and 3D era and costs were rising dramatically. Lots of other smaller studios didn't survive the transition as well. But Fargo has learned from his mistakes.

 

[undecaf]

Another shitty year among the multitude of shitty years before and to come.

What ever happens to Codex and feeding out of the depression and decay, if there ever is a year where incline is dominant? A confused silence or a heart attack?

 

[Monty]

Good review, worth the 7 month wait.

 

[Cosmic Misogynerd]

Another shitty year...

 

[Necroscope]

After so many shitty years the hibernated troll smiley should be official.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Although in general anything I write I usually do so from a point of view where I assume the audience is completely ignorant. Especially if it's a "review" of something.

So, in a biting twist of irony, your reviews include level-scaling...

 

[Infinitron]

Although in general anything I write I usually do so from a point of view where I assume the audience is completely ignorant. Especially if it's a "review" of something.

So, in a biting twist of irony, your reviews include level-scaling...

It's more like the reviews consist entirely of level-0 trash mobs.

 

[LibertyRansom]

No FTL mention?

 

[Necroscope]

Although in general anything I write I usually do so from a point of view where I assume the audience is completely ignorant. Especially if it's a "review" of something.

So, in a biting twist of irony, your reviews include level-scaling...

Well this article would actually use a wider audience.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

It would?

 

[Necroscope]

Yes, I mean not only ppl frequenting the Codex.

 

[Delterius]

Although in general anything I write I usually do so from a point of view where I assume the audience is completely ignorant. Especially if it's a "review" of something.

So, in a biting twist of irony, your reviews include level-scaling...

I agree, the Codex experience has become too heavy handed. What with these entry-level articles in the front page plus unlocking the dungeons of pain and dementia only after years. The only moment when the Codex is a Fullscale RPG® is in between, but even that is in peril should Prosperland become instanced.

This isn't a smart way to let me back into the beauty of Retardoland. Though I miss it very much.

 

[dnf]

Day-one DLC was something Bioware was wanting to do before they were bought by EA, it wasn't forced on them.

Yeah, this "evil publishers" shit is really annoying

 

[dnf]

It's just they kind of fucked up the PC port of Dark Souls.

The port was mediocre, but was far from a fuck up. If you want fucked up, maybe Realms of Arkania HD is the way to go. And people who bitch about the controls are pussies who don't know what a truly mediocre control scheme is.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Yes, I mean not only ppl frequenting the Codex.

But do you think it should?

 

[DarkUnderlord]

Yes, I mean not only ppl frequenting the Codex.

But do you think it should?

Yes. Otherwise the Codex turns into nothing more than a self-reflective circle-jerk full of in-jokes and memes.

Oh wai...

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Goddammit. I thought you of all people would have caught on to what I was doing there.

 

[Gurkog]

DU makes a news post proclaiming the obvious, "everything is shit".

 

[DarkUnderlord]

inXile are lucky in that Brian Fargo is probably the only guy in the RPG industry who actually knows how to run a fucking business.

Is this a joke? Fargo turned a behemoth of a company, with one of the largest shareholding and value per share in the 90's into a failed company. Had it not for him, Black Isle may still have been going strong and we would be eagerly awaiting IceWindDale 5 today (non kickstarted to boot!)

He's the one who founded that behemoth, creating Interplay in Ye Good Old Days™ as a small team of developers. He then turned it into a publishing behemoth - including funding Blizzard before they were even Blizzard (and before they went to shit) and Parallax. He created Black Isle Studios. It only went to shit after he IPO'd, failed to make enough money and was booted out by Herve who'd bought a controlling interest.

He should've made enough cash out of Interplay's IPO to sit pretty for a while at least (although he also would have lost a lot as well).

Since then, he's kept a small studio alive for 10 years making cheesy iPhone games while others have laid off hundreds of staff and crumbled. He's probably the only RPG developer in the industry who knows both sides of the business (developing & publishing) and that's right from a board level perspective, all the way through to owner and developer. Ok, so some of the stuff he's done has been shit and maybe he's lost his touch but he's got 30 years experience in an industry that he effectively helped create.

 

[Gold]

Had to scan the thread twice. Ban DU for brofist harvesting. In actuality lets hope late 2013 - early 2014 brings back some incline.