Game News Brian Fargo announces Bard's Tale IV at PAX South

[Athelas]

No, that would be the previous attempt at reviving Bard's Tale.

 

[Blaine]

That too.

 

[Metro]

Wasteland 2 is all the excuse anyone needs.

Says the man who gave $500 to Starbound!

 

[mindx2]

Called it being Bard's Tale but I have no idea what it's going to look/play like... 1st person? turn/phased-based? innovation?! Need moar informationnnnnnnnnnnnnn!!

 

[Blaine]

Says the man who gave $500 to Starbound!

Yes, and I also pledged $1,000 to Wasteland 2. I knew then that the game ultimately might not meet expectations, and as it turned out, it didn't. That's the nature of early-development crowdfunding. When a celebrity developer has a history of fucking up their crowdfunded games, though, the decision of whether or not to back their projects in the future is made for me.

As ad hominems go, you should really find something more effective.

 

[Baxander]

I am crying salty tears of joy. I can now die smiling.

 

[jagged-jimmy]

I think Grimrock set the bar they have to beat. If it's just dungeon crawling without roleplaying activities, it will be very tough. Grimrock was pretty polished and very good.

 

[Metro]

Yes, and I also pledged $1,000 to Wasteland 2. I knew then that the game ultimately might not meet expectations, and as it turned out, it didn't. That's the nature of early-development crowdfunding. When a celebrity developer has a history of fucking up their crowdfunded games, though, the decision of whether or not to back their projects in the future is made for me.

As ad hominems go, you should really find something more effective.

That wasn't an ad hominem. An ad hominem would be me calling you a creepy dude who ran Ogrish. Hmmm, wait no that's also another accurate descriptive.

 

[<3sRichardSimmons]

Aw. I know he said their next project wasn't Meantime, but I was still hoping it would be Meantime.

 

[Blaine]

That wasn't an ad hominem. An ad hominem would be me calling you a creepy dude who ran Ogrish. Hmmm, wait no that's also another accurate descriptive.

Yes, it was. In fact, it was the epitome of an ad hominem attack. Rather than addressing the argument—i.e., that Wasteland 2 is at best "good for what it is" and that this is reason enough to be circumspect with regard to Bard's Tale IV's prospects—you mocked me for taking a risk that didn't pan out.

Well, I took a risk on Fargo, too, and it didn't pan out, either. By your own logic, you've made a mockery of yourself by suggesting that anyone should continue to support Fargo, hoping he won't fuck up again.

 

[evdk]

All of you phag-mo's complaining about a revival of Bard's Tale by the man himself need your Kodex Kool Kid Klub Kard revoked.

I was never invited. And his quotes about the combat system are worrying.

 

[AstroZombie]

"There will be plenty of combat diversity and depth," Fargo said. "You look at something like Hearthstone[...]"

Isn't Hearthstone M:TG for the mentally challenged?

 

[hiver]

Thats the target audience.

 

[Irenaeus]

I'll back this.

 

[BlackAdderBG]

I'm really confused here,you can't get more turn-based than HS,even MTG have more simultaneous combat with Instant cards.

 

[LeStryfe79]

Having both sides go at once is kind of a tough nut to crack. It could just be as simple as giving melee characters retaliation and spellcasters counterspell. I have no idea how Hearthstone is a relevant comparison though, as even the simplest CCG has more advanced combat than most blobbers. The true strength of a blobber is party composition, exploration, and puzzle solving.

 

[Metro]

Yes, it was. In fact, it was the epitome of an ad hominem attack. Rather than addressing the argument—i.e., that Wasteland 2 is at best "good for what it is" and that this is reason enough to be circumspect with regard to Bard's Tale IV's prospects—you mocked me for taking a risk that didn't pan out.

Well, I took a risk on Fargo, too, and it didn't pan out, either. By your own logic, you've made a mockery of yourself by suggesting that anyone should continue to support Fargo, hoping he won't fuck up again.

Let's be friends.

 

[Cyberarmy]

My bet is something like Final Fantasy XIII: you prepare various formations & behaviors for your party and just macro-manage between those.

Yes, a FFXIII-inspired Bard's Tale. I'll let that idea sink in for a moment.

 

[LeStryfe79]

My guess is that their will be 4 to 6 portraits representing the party members, and each portrait will have 1 or 2 abilities to choose from on a given phase. These abilities will be like the cards in a deck and will replace a traditional menu system. Sounds a bit IOSish to me...

 

[Zeronet]

Well that's disappointing. I won't be backing, Wasteland 2 isn't even finished in my book.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Interesting to see how much they will manage to get for this, not nearly enough as torment and wl2, but it will probably be a smaller scale project as well?

 

[Daemongar]

I can't help it... I don't care...

 

[Zombra]

But then he couldn't claim to be innovative. Of course, it could be something else than phase-based.

Yeah ... I read that again ...

But in The Bard's Tale IV, teams attack all at once

... and to me, that kind of implies "good team attacks all at once, then evil team attacks all at once". Maybe there are combo abilities like in Chrono Trigger that would make that not worthless.

 

[Athelas]

I think he's simply referring to both sides: player vs enemy teams attacking at the same. Would be interesting if there was movement involved, though if it's a blobber, there likely won't be.

 

[Joni Odin von Hassenstein]

No mentioning of any c&c?