Clockwork Revolution - inXile's steampunk time travel first-person action-RPG led by Chad Moore and Jason Anderson

[0sacred]

great, another nigger

 

[Roguey]

Fargo's skating on the edge.

 

[Infinitron]

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We were blown away by everyone's reaction to the announcement of Clockwork Revolution, and so for our own personal enjoyment we edited together a little montage. Figured we might as well share what made us happy. Thank you for all the love.

 

[Ryzer]

The art direction looks nothing alike Arcanum, they should definitely stop pretending they inspire upon it.
It looks more like 19-20th century America rather than 18th century England.

 

[Roguey]

The art direction looks nothing alike Arcanum, they should definitely stop pretending they inspire upon it.
It looks more like 19-20th century America rather than 18th century England.

The "Remember Arcanum?" stuff is a callback to Fallout's "Remember Wasteland?" Fallout didn't look like Wasteland either.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

The art direction looks nothing alike Arcanum, they should definitely stop pretending they inspire upon it.
It looks more like 19-20th century America rather than 18th century England.

The "Remember Arcanum?" stuff is a callback to Fallout's "Remember Wasteland?" Fallout didn't look like Wasteland either.

More like:
"Remember Arcanum? That game you never actually played, because you never play anything older than three years and don't support pads? This all steampunk is soo cool! LOL! Let's meme together!"

 

[Roguey]

More like:
"Remember Arcanum? That game you never actually played, because you never play anything older than three years and don't support pads? This all steampunk is soo cool! LOL! Let's meme together!"

I imagine the number of people who had played Wasteland in 1997 was rather small as well. I had not (though despite being a pc gamer, I had also never even heard of or played Fallout until 2006 when I looked up some sci fi/cyberpunk RPGs to play).

 

[La vie sexuelle]

More like:
"Remember Arcanum? That game you never actually played, because you never play anything older than three years and don't support pads? This all steampunk is soo cool! LOL! Let's meme together!"

I imagine the number of people who had played Wasteland in 1997 was rather small as well. I had not (though despite being a pc gamer, I had also never even heard of or played Fallout until 2006 when I looked up some sci fi/cyberpunk RPGs to play).

I think some names or terms have their own lives. People, khem, normies, heard about "Arcanum", "Steampunk", "Clockpunk" and things like that. However, they don't associate these terms with particular designates, but with feelings that they should have towards (most of people doesn't like doing something against society, even in opinions about speculative fiction).

 

[MerchantKing]

Looks terrible. All I want is a new arcanum.

 

[Moink]

Imagine making a Bioshock Infinite clone and not adding the things people actually liked about that game (the hot daughter-wife) and instead focusing on the bad things (everything else).

 

[Morgoth]

Why InExile is always ten years behind trends?

Yeah. It would be a lot better if they were 20 years behind trends.

 

[Dycedarg]

IMO Arcanum had pretty good art direction as well as an excelent soundtrack. Clockwork Revolution just looks a dumb person's idea of what a critique of capitalism should be. Case in point, the treadmill:

 

[Zombra]

I imagine the number of people who had played Wasteland in 1997 was rather small as well. I had not (though despite being a pc gamer, I had also never even heard of or played Fallout until 2006 when I looked up some sci fi/cyberpunk RPGs to play).

Fun fact, the first time I heard of Fallout was when I was in a store at the mall and saw a cardboard box on a shelf that said role-playing game on it.

 

[Duraframe300]

Is this the game Brothercuck is the lead writer for?

If it is.... lol.

Didn't he shit on Bioshock?

 

[Roguey]

Didn't he shit on Bioshock?

He loved the aesthetics but hated the execution. This is his chance to "do it right."

 

[Tyranicon]

Didn't he shit on Bioshock?

He loved the aesthetics but hated the execution.

Yeah, he really liked the aesthetics.

 

[blessed king of longing]

steampunk fucking sucks

 

[Ryzer]

steampunk fucking sucks

I thought it was great in Arcanum, how the game handled it, how Steampunk affect magicka and vice-versa. I think it depends mostly on how games handle Steampunk. So far in Clockwork Revolution, it emanates nothing interesting or worthwile.

 

[Kem0sabe]

Is this the game Brothercuck is the lead writer for?

If it is.... lol.

Didn't he shit on Bioshock?

That fucking poser's first big writing break leading a project and he copies Bioshock. He's a clear example of talentless individuals failing upwards.

 

[Roguey]

That fucking poser's first big writing break leading a project and he copies Bioshock. He's a clear example of talentless individuals failing upwards.

I like dunking on Brother None as much as anyone, but he's not the director, he doesn't call the shots. That would be Chad Moore, maybe Fargo himself. Beekers is just in charge of execution.

 

[v1c70r14]

Looks terrible. All I want is a new arcanum.

As much as I loved the first game I don't. I'm even happy that the Troika sequel got cancelled before they could turn it into an FPS even though an RPG in the vein of Voyage au centre de la Terre or Pellucidar is not just appealing but unique in the genre and medium. According to Timmy C. they seemed to have been going for a sequel in the same engine at first and if it had been made at the time I'd be interested in it, anything beyond that? I'd rather the series stayed dead forever. If you got your wish granted by a shedim what existing development studio would you even want to make it? InXile has demonstrated they should have stayed in exile, Troika veterans with Obsidian gave us Outer Worlds, Larian despite having their heart in the right turn-based place makes garbage, Owlcat has their own heap of problems. You could have all the shekels in the world and still not be able to commission or sponsor a worthy sequel.

 

[Harthwain]

IMO Arcanum had pretty good art direction as well as an excelent soundtrack. Clockwork Revolution just looks a dumb person's idea of what a critique of capitalism should be.

BioShock Infinite is a much better example of how this game looks and what it inspires to be. Comparing it to Arcanum is an insult to Arcanum.

 

[SpaceWizardz]

Arcanum took place during a transitional state where the traditional fantasy was beginning to be phased out/paved over by encroaching industry, the visual connection is mainly with the weapons.

 

[santino27]

Why InExile is always ten years behind trends?

Yeah. It would be a lot better if they were 20 years behind trends.

20 years behind trends is often just a few years before those same trends come back around. Definitely a better place to be.

 

[cvv]

Does anyone really vibe with this Victorian steampunk/clockworkpunk garbage? Looks like some sort of elitist fad to me.

Fuck this late-stage-empire degeneracy, I don't wanna new and original and "exciting" anymore, not in the currentyear, I want my straight, honest, boring medieval RPGs back.