Cain on Games - Tim Cain's new YouTube channel

[Russia is over. The end.]

the indie scene

Why not?

 

[Butter]

the indie scene

Why not?

Tim only plays AAA slop.

 

[NecroLord]

Tim only plays AAA slop.

Got that right.
You can see it in the design of The Outer Worlds...

 

[processdaemon]

People have been seething about the bear since July, I don't think it's going away in a few months, the bear is eternal.

Hopefully that means he can make a video addressing it in 5 years if people are still talking about it

 

[Roguey]

the indie scene

Why not?

Because he's not and has never been in it. He's only worked for (or been funded by in Troika's case) big companies.

 

[Viata]

What indie scene, btw? It's so big at this point it's just another big part of video game industry. What about the single A games instead of AA or AAA ones?

 

[__scribbles__]

I talk about designing skills for role-playing games, from deciding what skills to include to what numerical ranges those skills should have.

 

[Roguey]

Tim's now on the side of things and thinks a skill for any given action should only be present if it's used frequently enough to justify its inclusion.

He also seems to regret the coarse Arcanum skills and would have rather made those perks instead. Naturally he's most in favor of the granular 1-100 range, but doesn't mind 1-20 either.

 

[NecroLord]

Tim's now on the side of things and thinks a skill for any given action should only be present if it's used frequently enough to justify its inclusion.

He also seems to regret the coarse Arcanum skills and would have rather made those perks instead. Naturally he's most in favor of the granular 1-100 range, but doesn't mind 1-20 either.

What's wrong with Arcanum skills?
Not too few, not too many. Just the right amount.
It seems lately he is in a really "shoulda, coulda" mode. Running out of ideas for videos and starts talking about "rebalancing" the games he has worked on.
Will he talk about remasters eventually? Since we are living in the age of remasters and "reimaginings" for a more MODERN AUDIENCE that reflects the current world...

 

[Tyranicon]

"I own the code so I can use it"

"I can't release the code"

That doesn't sound like ownership at all, it sounds more like a license to use it with maybe some royalties mixed in.

 

[Roguey]

What's wrong with Arcanum skills?
Not too few, not too many. Just the right amount.

1-5 range is too small for his liking in a dozens-hours long RPG. Means it's not really a good idea to have items that give skill bonuses because it's such a huge buff.

 

[luj1]

I very much doubt a gay, old, washed-up developer could make a good CRPG in the year of our lord 2024.

 

[luj1]

I talk about what I would add and change if I were to remake The Temple of Elemental Evil today.

That already exists, it's called KotC 2.

Let me add that Tim sounds like he's begging for investor money. 'I would fix all the bugs', okay bud.

 

[Silverfish]

Let me add that Tim sounds like he's begging for investor money.

I'd want to remaster some decent old stuff rather than work on another Outer Worlds as well.

 

[luj1]

He wants now, after TOW became a laughing stock.

 

[Viata]

I very much doubt a gay, old, washed-up developer could make a good CRPG in the year of our lord 2024.

That is my problem with those videos. They gave me the feeling of "old man yells at clouds", because his most recent input was shit. So far, he has proved that no, he can't make a good CRPG anymore.

 

[luj1]

Neither can Fargo, Soyer, Ziets, Avellone...

 

[Infinitron]

This should be good:

I talk about the five best computer role playing games of the 21st century from which to learn about RPG development...and exactly what each one teaches you. Plus, I add in three runners up, including why they didn't make the cut.

This video is a companion piece to the one about my top 5 video games.

 

[Gandalf]

This should be good:

I talk about the five best computer role playing games of the 21st century from which to learn about RPG development...and exactly what each one teaches you. Plus, I add in three runners up, including why they didn't make the cut.

This video is a companion piece to the one about my top 5 video games.

1. World of Warcraft,
2. Elden Ring,
3. Skyrim,
4. Fallout: New Vegas,
5. Baldur's Gate 3.

Runner ups:
1. Bloodlines,
2. Half-Life 2,
3. Vampire Survivors.

 

[Infinitron]

I'm glad he didn't say Mass Effect. Tim Cain from a previous year definitely would have.

 

[Redshirt #42]

This should be good:

I talk about the five best computer role playing games of the 21st century from which to learn about RPG development...and exactly what each one teaches you. Plus, I add in three runners up, including why they didn't make the cut.

This video is a companion piece to the one about my top 5 video games.

1. World of Warcraft,
2. Elden Ring,
3. Skyrim,
4. Fallout: New Vegas,
5. Baldur's Gate 3.

Runner ups:
1. Bloodlines,
2. Half-Life 2,
3. Vampire Survivors.

It's so over.

 

[luj1]

1. World of Warcraft,
2. Elden Ring,
3. Skyrim,
4. Fallout: New Vegas,
5. Baldur's Gate 3.

Runner ups:
1. Bloodlines,
2. Half-Life 2,
3. Vampire Survivors.

If that is really what he said, I'm glad he isn't making RPGs anymore.

 

[Infinitron]

the five best computer role playing games of the 21st century from which to learn about RPG development

^This is key here. Although he probably really means "AAA RPG development".

I mean, if your goal to make "New Vegas 2: Still Popamole But Now With Even Better Writing", you need to have played Skyrim. Like it or not, you have to be familiar with what's out there - the types of experiences your audience is familiar with.

 

[Butter]

A better topic would be pre-21st century RPG master class, in which Tim discusses games that are actually worth learning from.

My tentative top 5:

1. Fallout (how to do structure in an open world non-linear game)
2. Pool of Radiance (how to do a low level adventure)
3. Ultima Underworld (how to make non-combat gameplay just as engaging as combat)
4. Rogue (how dying and losing all progress can be fun and addictive)
5. Planescape: Torment (how to do a narrative-heavy game without it becoming a movie)

 

[Viata]

This should be good:

I talk about the five best computer role playing games of the 21st century from which to learn about RPG development...and exactly what each one teaches you. Plus, I add in three runners up, including why they didn't make the cut.

This video is a companion piece to the one about my top 5 video games.

1. World of Warcraft,
2. Elden Ring,
3. Skyrim,
4. Fallout: New Vegas,
5. Baldur's Gate 3.

Runner ups:
1. Bloodlines,
2. Half-Life 2,
3. Vampire Survivors.

Wow and you guys waste your time watching his video kek