KickStarter Carmageddon: Reincarnation

[Unkillable Cat]

I know, and I did.

I also found a Napalm power-up that just sets peds (one ped?) on fire once you're close enough, before it would launch a slow-moving seeking fireball at the peds.

There's also a Solid Granite Car power-up near Checkpoint 4, I wish I had that when the cops were trying to bust my chops.

 

[Haba]

Some of the new powerups are pretty neat. Expect the one that turns you into glass ._.

 

[DDZ]

Jesus Christ, pinball mode is basically a death sentence.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Jesus Christ, pinball mode is basically a death sentence.

Welcome to 1997.

Pinball Mode + Solid Granite Car = Cannonball Run (for your lives).

 

[bonescraper]

Die Anna's Yellow Pink Hawk

Heh, for some reason i also felt the need to drive a pink Hawk.

 

[DDZ]

I finished the career yesterday, pretty sweet.

I used the Hawk for the death races mostly.

 

[Astral Rag]

Have you guys tried the MP?

Heh, for some reason i also felt the need to drive a pink Hawk.

I also like her virgin white skin

 

[DDZ]

I wanted tot try MP, but no games found.

 

[veevoir]

The last screenshot is form a beautiful place full of points.. if you have the electro ray or ped repulsificator to score a monstrous combo.

Also - what car is on display on the second to last screenshot (top left corner)? Doesn't look like any I've seen in my game.

 

[Astral Rag]

[redacted]

 

[toroid]

... Isn't that Gary Busey?

 

[Unkillable Cat]

It's his teeth at least.

 

[Infinitron]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-03-18-carmageddon-reincarnation-release-date-announced

Gory vehicle smash 'em-up Carmageddon: Reincarnation leaves Steam Early Access and launches proper on 23rd April 2015, developer Stainless has announced.

The release version of the game includes a career mode, which consists of 16 chapters. Each chapter has three or four events, making for a total of 50. There's also multiplayer for up to eight players.

Here are the event types:

• Classic Carmageddon
• Car Crusher
• Fox 'n' Hounds
• Ped Chase
• Death Race
• Checkpoint Stampede

25 vehicles (one is exclusive to Kickstarter backers) and nine maps are available at launch.

 

[Sam Ecorners]

Probably still runs like shit

 

[Multidirectional]

Yeah I'm surprised it's so soon, game seemed like it still has some ways to go not that long ago.

 

[Astral Rag]

I don't think this will end well. A shame because it could easily become a great Carma game but I don't think they will be able to bring it up to snuff in just over a month.

 

[DDZ]

It performed pretty well for me.

 

[Haba]

Most probably they've ran out of money. Shit sux

 

[DeepOcean]

25 cars and 9 tracks don't sound so bad, how much content original carma had at launch?

 

[J_C]

25 cars and 9 tracks don't sound so bad, how much content original carma had at launch?

I counted 30 cars in the wiki page. Couldn't find the tracks though.

 

[Perkel]

What i don't get is why they are not using morphing for damage and instead they choose asset based damage. I am not part of beta or backer (to late) but from what i see this looks like TDR damage model which was lacking especially compared to Carma 2 galore in which you can essentially make pancakes from cars, rip them apart as you want horizontaly, vertically.

It was always fun to watch car that got hit by something heavy in middle and that now looks like letter U with wheels at the ends

That damage model was 50% of game for me. Nothing felt like taking on your enemy on your bumber and driving him into cornet just to watch him split apart.

 

[Astral Rag]

The problem isn't lack of content the problem is that the game is -still- very unpolished, very buggy and totally unoptimized. Multiplayer is basically broken.

Stainless also fails to even acknowledge these performance issues.

If they release the game in this state it will flop hard.

 

[MaskedMan]

Release pushed back a month, prolly a good move.

Spoiler

Hey Carmafans! Nob here with an update for you on our progress towards release.

As you all know, we’d set our release date as the 23rd April. Well, despite all our best efforts (and believe me, the dev team have been working around the clock 24/7 to achieve this goal) I’m announcing today that we’re pushing that date out by what is technically referred to as "a tad".

The new date for the Full Release of Carmageddon: Reincarnation is 21st May 2015.

We’ve been making great strides on all fronts, and were within a metric smidge of releasing next week, but in our final "Go/No Go" meeting we all agreed that the extra time was needed. The additional month gives us time to polish various areas of the game even further.

I know that many of you have expressed the opinion that you’d rather we brought you a better game than release too soon. And we agree!

Plus, I can confirm there will also be a further update to the Early Access build before 21st May, which will feature numerous improvements to the game.

So, stick the 21st May into your Carmageddon desk diary and remain in a state of fevered readiness... And we'll see you in the Multiplayer lobbies come that glorious day. Thanks again Carmafans for your continued patience and support!

 

[toroid]

It's a real relief to see these improvements. It gives me more hope that everything will be okay in the end. I had thrown a bunch of money at their kickstarter and I was starting to feel like a dumbass for doing so.


fingers still crossed

 

[Haba]

It most certainly won't be ready at release though. They clearly would've needed 6-12 months more.

Car games just don't sell enough, it seems :/