KickStarter Darkest Dungeon Pre-Release Thread

[PhantasmaNL]

Not playing this anymore and dont intend to in the future, but if nothing else this game eventually led me to the Dark Worlds of HP Lovecraft series, narrated by June. Awesome stuff.

 

[Bumvelcrow]

even if you are an ignorant cunt you will fit in.

Particularly once you've been here a year...

 

[Harpsichord]

I'm already pretty disillusioned and jaded. Except about this, because I made the mistake of not being disillusioned and jaded about it. The fact of the matter is 1: I missed out on the really old CRPGs because I didn't have a PC. 2: I missed out on the kind of old ones because I only did D&D then. 3: By the time I really started looking at CRPGs most of the modern ones were junk and because of that whole disillusioned thing a lot of new and old ones fly under my radar. 4: Console RPGs are generally unremarkable and always have been. All of which means finding games I care about and are something I'd be interested in and find remarkable is a very rare thing because I don't give any fucks about Bethesda junk or Witcher x the Witchporning.

And would you say this is when your feelings of inadequacy began to develop?

Why don't you tell me about your mother...

 

[Celerity]

Well I'm not sure what the fuck is going on with this game right now but there's a lot of sudden outrage so I can't complain.

Just check all over the general boards, it's hilarious. Especially here.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/0/458604254467818663/

 

[Renevent]

What a bunch of maniacs...literally loosing their shit obsessing about conspiracy theories and ranting and raving all over what...a video game. How small does your world have to be for a person to behave like that?

 

[Celerity]

More precisely, obsessing over me. Anyone else critical of the game must be me. They're as hostile as they are because they're still salty about me. It's really pathetic when viewed in that light, because anyone who just walks in and thinks for themselves will get treated the same way. Some of them are even specifically whining about things I did months ago, as if that completely justifies the developer's behavior now.

Well I'm fine with it because 1: It's funny. 2: All the noise decreases the chances it will be ignored.

I've seen some other... interesting things. I think I will go ahead and preemptively make celebratory pizza. Even if I'm wrong I still have pizza. Can't go wrong with that.

 

[Renevent]

To be honest, I was including you in that group lol. You're practically the Salt King of Darkest Dungeon...if I were Red Hook I'd make you into an official boss in the game lol.

 

[Invictus]

Really some of the worst examples of internet forums; here st the Codex we may play smartass or whatever but we rarely go off the deep end like those guys are, even Sensuki's dissapointment with PoE was kind of polite... But really is it worth so much nerdrage and angst over a fucking game like DD? I mean I backed that shit with $100 because I loved the Wayne June narration, art style and the game seemed fun but so what? It is just money and just a fucking crappy game, not worth it to lose your cool like that and start ranting like lunatics ffs

 

[Doctor Sbaitso]

To be honest, I was including you in that group lol. You're practically the Salt King of Darkest Dungeon...if I were Red Hook I'd make you into an official boss in the game lol.

Not a boss, something like Cleveland Barkmore.

 

[Celerity]

To be honest, I was including you in that group lol. You're practically the Salt King of Darkest Dungeon...if I were Red Hook I'd make you into an official boss in the game lol.

Knowing them and how petty they are I'm probably the Prophet. Spoiler Alert: The Prophet was RIGHT. Tortured, abused, but RIGHT.

Really some of the worst examples of internet forums; here st the Codex we may play smartass or whatever but we rarely go off the deep end like those guys are, even Sensuki's dissapointment with PoE was kind of polite... But really is it worth so much nerdrage and angst over a fucking game like DD? I mean I backed that shit with $100 because I loved the Wayne June narration, art style and the game seemed fun but so what? It is just money and just a fucking crappy game, not worth it to lose your cool like that and start ranting like lunatics ffs

Mostly they're just proving I'm the sane one by taking this far more seriously and crossing far more lines that should not be crossed. It's still useful in that all the noise attracts media attention, but I'd much rather see intelligent and articulate disapproval than this. Either way, it's doing a better job of scaring people off, if only because they want no part of such a clusterfuck community.

Edit: Here's a blatant admission they will perma censor people on the spot just for reminding them of me.

http://steamcommunity.com/app/262060/discussions/0/458604254467818663/?tscn=1452109782

 

[Celerity]

So is anyone looking for a more hardcore game? A game with more meat? Here you go.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/432020/

 

[mixer]

It was kinda suspicious how there is so much DD discussion here so i clicked the topic. Oh boy, this is way better than the game ever was.

 

[Celerity]

I agree. Much deeper and more diverse and even free. It's like being cats and being more fascinated with the box than whatever was in it though.

 

[Celerity]

So this quote is like 16 months old, and from another thread and completely out of context. DON'T CARE.

Not much to tell.

It's kind of like that time when I emailed a prestigious magazine and was told that the editorial stuff is busy and if I want their attention I should order them pizza and given a phone number of a nearby pizza place. I kid you not. Technically it was a sound advice (and it was offered as an advice) as it would have cost me less than 100 bucks I paid for the IGF entry, but you have to draw the fucking line somewhere.

Entering the game and talking to the judges (one guy talked to two NPCs and thought it was the entire demo; don't ask) made me realize that it's the wrong place to promote the game and it's for a very different kind of indie games, to say the least.

He's describing IGF.

I wondered where I heard that name before then I remembered. Oh yeah...

That's the one they started spamming about very recently as if they accomplished something by winning a bunch of awards for looking good! That was never a point of contention by the way, having something under the paint was.

A company with a reputation for shilling finds an award ceremony with a penchant for demanding blatant bribes! This is hilarious and just made my entire week!

 

[Mustawd]

So obvious Vault Dweller is not American when he says things like "an advice". Sorry, just thought I'd point it out cuz it bugs my American sensibilities.

EDIT: Also, it's "Go to THE hospital vs Go to hospital. Doesn't the latter sound weird as shit to you? Whatever, I have the same gripes with University as well. Even though it's consistent with "Go to college". *shrug* I'm American. I can have weird inconsistent views cuz hegemony.

EDIT 2: I also love how we can say "American " while ignoring the fact that a whole southern American continent exists....man it's awesome to be born in the U.S.

 

[Celerity]

No, he's not. He's a member of the fairly large group of European(?) indie developers who produce hardcore RPGs in the modern age. (see also: Xulima, Underrail, Aledorn...) But what's that matter?

 

[Mustawd]

No, he's not. He's a member of the fairly large group of European(?) indie developers who produce hardcore RPGs in the modern age. (see also: Xulima, Underrail, Aledorn...) But what's that matter?

No...he's Canadian.

EDIT: Also, it doesn't matter. I just like pointing it out because.

 

[Celerity]

Oh. Well in that case he can compensate for these Canadian devs being abject shit.

 

[Eyestabber]

My guess is that he is either playing Underrail/AoD/reading the dex or working on his mod for Lords of Xulima.

I like to think that the Codex had a hand in helping him.

 

[Celerity]

It's actually all of the above. I'm enjoying the Pizza, Pepsi, and Pornography, reading about some of the games that didn't catch my radar the first time, and seeing how much a mod audience I have left (apparently none, LMFAO).

Informing Reddit of the greater corruption within that game was on the list, but it went on the sidelines in favor of enjoying those things, and speaking with the other game developers who contacted me and praised me for my dedication in pursuing them for this. I just didn't check on it yet. Since you so nicely provideed me a segway though...

 

[Eyestabber]

You should've advertised the mod on the Xulima thread. Nobody searches gRPG for mods on a game whose following isn't that big to begin with.

 

[Celerity]

I didn't mention it there. I did mention it on the modding thread and in the modding forum. I didn't think there'd be any takers in the general thread since only one person did Hardcore (without Ironman) and the rest were derpy Casual runs (and sometimes Real).

 

[Celerity]

So back on Derpest...

Unsurprisingly, given that it is a week before "release" they are shilling the shit out of themselves despite allegedly working 12-16 hours a week once they have ran out of family members they can claim died. This includes such nonsense as streamers saying "Hey, we're really bad at the game but it's fucking great, honest!" and a backer email something like...

[Redacted]: In short it says: "You backers are awesome, nothing will be in the release, but we're super excited to work on it and make it high quality."
[Redacted]: In short, 0 actually useful info in the backer email. Not even for shills.

He did not show the full text but knowing both them and my source that is most likely an accurate paraphrasing of a few thousand words that say absolutely nothing at all.

They're also going double time on their internet stalking thing. Remember that thread someone Ctrl+Fed and found 0 hits for me on (until they made me aware of it anyways)? You'll find like 15 or more from their shill manager. Ctrl+F John and see for yourself. Remember, super busy devs, hard at work on amazing content that they will pay us back for Tuesday, honest!

I must say though, this whole battle against their corruption has really revealed people's true natures and I don't just mean the devs or even the dysfunctional thing they call a community.

 

[Jimmious]

I'm so glad we have you here in the forum Celerity

 

[Celerity]

So sarcasm or not there, I was wondering how come they used Reddit as their safe place. I got my answer when discussing this with someone.

Shadow bans.

http://i.imgur.com/Lph49Ox.png

Go ahead, find that in the Reddit thread. It shows on my screen, it won't show on yours.

I didn't think the shills would have any power outside their own subforum, but apparently that was wrong.

Normal forums only let you delete and ban the normal way, which means it's obvious it's happening and people rage about it.

Can someone here explain why in the actual fuck this game is still on the Codex curator list? I get it's barely active but come on.