Interview Arcanum and More with Tim Cain

[Some Moron On Welfare]

Nice trolling.

Fuck you.

 

[DarkUnderlord]

The Codex covers hybrid shooters all day long but not MMOs. What's the objection?

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[Marsal]

Nice trolling.

Fuck you.

I'll take that as a surrender and a confirmation of my superiority

 

[Some Moron On Welfare]

Exactly my point. The industrial revolution in Arcanum is in the NINETEENTH century, not EIGHTEENTH as Cain says.

 

[Some Moron On Welfare]

Damn you, Cain, you don't know your own fucking game.

For shame.

 

[Mangoose]

Cain was referring to beginning of industrial revolution on Earth in 18th century, which is correct.

 

[Awor Szurkrarz]

It annoyed me that the faggots from Atari removed some "evil areas" from ToEE.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Cain was referring to beginning of industrial revolution on Earth in 18th century, which is correct.

Yet he refers to the 'Victorian Era' as 18th century later on.

 

[hiver]

And stopped them from publishing a patch that was already done. Who the fuck can be that stupid?

 

[Some Moron On Welfare]

Yeah, the Victorian era was 1837-1901.

Tim Cain is an illiterate fuck.

 

[Carlos' Bitch1]

Yeah, the Victorian era was 1837-1901.

Tim Cain is an illiterate fuck.

 

[Fat Dragon]

Who gives a fuck if Tim made a simple mistake? Talk about bitching for the sake of bitching, stop trying so hard Drog.

 

[adure]

the mmorpg part sounds interresting

 

[hiver]

Yeah, the Victorian era was 1837-1901.

Tim Cain is an illiterate fuck.

because he stole your game from you?

 

[Black]

the mmorpg part sounds interresting

A bit. I think there are 2 MMOs right now worth observing- Tim's whatever and Guild Wars 2.

 

[ironyuri]

Seeing the opening cinematic and listening to the music for Arcanumf fills me with a great desire to reinstall it.

Thank you for posting this.

PS: Drog was right. Cain says that Arcanum was a "Victorian society with a mix of 18th Century technology and magic". Victorian = mid-late C19th. Drog is redeemed.

 

[janjetina]

I had no idea that TOEE was made with the same engine as Arcanum though. Even understanding that it was heavily modified, there's such a massive difference in the art direction and the general style that I'd have never guessed.

Data types (items) and the parser from the Arcanum engine were reused in TOEE engine, while the graphics engine, character system and combat system were TOEE specific.

If delivered on the promises (and that's a very big if), this could be the first MMO I could try to play.

 

[kris]

Yeah, the Victorian era was 1837-1901.

Tim Cain is an illiterate fuck.

you don't seem to be able to grasp the general flow of someone talking. His talk about the Victorian era and the earlier mention of the 18th century is not connected directly. Basically he said they had that idea about a industrial revolution in a 18th century fantasy world that they built upon. Then he later says that it ended up "victorian looking". Possibly the first statment wasn't what they said back then or not. Is not about not knowing history.

Just trying to help you here Some moron.

 

[Black]

No company on earth will EVER break from the WOW mold. Period. Look at the new Star Wars MMO coming out, it's basically WOW in space, with full voice acting.

Diggin up a bit.
That's not really fair, saying that because TOR is WoW with lightsabers MMOs won't change. It's a bioware game. They've never done anything original.
If you want to look further, you can read about Guild Wars 2. GW 1 was already nice and DIFFERENT from WoW, and the sequel will also have some interesting changes, like no dedicated heal class.
http://www.arena.net/blog/jon-peters-an ... -questions
And I wouldn't be surprised if MMO Tim's working on would be something different.

 

[Kashrlyyk]

Bethesda understood and adapted SPECIAL well.

He either lies or he is stupid.

 

[ironyuri]

Bethesda understood and adapted SPECIAL well.

He either lies or he is stupid.

Bethesda did understand SPECIAL, they even got all the bits of the acronym right, strength perception endurance charisma intelligence agility and luck! Special!

And it was in their game! :D

(I think Cain is being sarcastic for the lulz)