inXile General Discussion Thread

[Infinitron]

https://www.inxile-entertainment.com/post/the-bard-s-tale-warlocks-of-largefearn-now-available

The Bard's Tale: Warlocks of Largefearn Now Available

The Bard's Tale: Warlocks of Largefearn Audio RPG from Wanderword is now available! You can play this voice-controlled roleplaying game on Amazon Alexa (US, UK, and Canada) by saying "Alexa, open The Bard's Tale," or Google Assistant by saying "Hey Google, talk to The Bard's Tale."

Developed by Polar Night Studio, you can unlock the mysteries of Largefearn in a first-of-its-kind voice-controlled turn-based combat system (that's a lot of hyphens!) in a classic RPG experience. With 4 playable classes, each with their own subclasses and specialties; several companions; and a myriad of puzzles, dungeons, and quests to challenge even the most battle-hardened RPG fan; this is the fully audio-scaped adventure of a lifetime.

Check out The Bard’s Tale: Warlocks of Largefearn page on Poptale's site for more info, or start talking at one of the small boxes/cylinders in your home to start playing right this second!

Features:

• Four unique classes: Bard, Fighter, Rogue and Practitioner
  Unlock and select one of two advanced subclasses to further customize your character
• Recruit and customize companions and travel together through Largefearn
• Turn-based combat system that rewards strategic thinking
• Large degrees of player freedom, due to contextual interaction
• Beautiful hand drawn art for display devices
• Voice-controlled player action, which gives the user a heads up and hands-free experience

Now on mobile:



https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/the-bards-tale-iv/posts/3461925

The Bard’s Tale in Your Pocket!

The Bard’s Tale: Warlocks of Largefearne is now available for iOS and Android via the App Store and Google Play!

Warlocks of Largefearn is a brand new Bard’s Tale adventure in a classic RPG experience. Using either interactive voice or touch controls, you’ll experience four distinct classes, each with their own subclasses and specialties; several companions; and a myriad of puzzles, dungeons, and quests to challenge even the most battle-hardened RPG fan; this is the fully audio-scaped adventure of a lifetime.

• Four unique classes: Bard, Fighter, Rogue, and Practitioner
• Unlock and select one of two advanced subclasses to customize your character further
• Recruit and customize companions
• Turn-based combat system that rewards strategic thinking
• Large degrees of player freedom thanks to contextual interaction
• Beautiful hand drawn illustrations
• Available voice- or touch-controls

This new mobile version is in addition to the already-released Warlocks of Largefearne available on Amazon Alexa by saying "Alexa, open The Bard's Tale," or Google Assistant by saying "Hey Google, talk to The Bard's Tale."

Check out The Bard’s Tale: Warlocks of Largefearn page for more info, or start touching one of the glass tablets you keep in your pocket and/or talking at one of the small boxes/cylinders in your home to start playing right this second!

The Bard’s Tale – Warlocks of Largefearn is developed by Polar Night Studio and published by Wanderword using their Fabella tech platform.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Roguey]

From the lead character artist description:

Imagine, craft, and produce characters that range from realistic to slightly stylized

Codex can breathe a sigh of relief in knowing that Fargo has learned his lesson from that minor Toy Story Wasteland 2 controversy; they won't be making cartoony games.

 

[TwoEdge]

Did you guys get wind of this?



Some serious Stonekeep vibes.

 

[Wunderbar]

Black Mountain Mines 2 - Electric Boogaloo

 

[Abu Antar]

That's from The Bard's Tale IV.

 

[Abu Antar]

cvv

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Funny they didn't see his:

hah. Phone emoji didn't show here either.

 

[Roguey]

A couple of recent Glass Door reviews: apparently Microsoft Money has fixed all of inXile's problems.

Current Employee, more than 3 years
Make an impact without worrying about funding
Apr 28, 2022 - Anonymous Employee in Tustin, CA

Pros

- It's an Xbox Game Studio, so the days of juking teams to chase funding is over with

- There isn't any kind of mandate or requirement on what games we make or how we make them, a lot of focus on employee happiness and process

- But the studio is still small-to-medium sized with a scrappy spirit, so you can make a real impact here if you want to

- Open and communicative, open doors, very collaborative

Cons

Nothing systemic or worth mentioning

Current Employee, more than 3 years
Amazing Company
May 19, 2022 - Game Producer

Pros

-Leadership that cares about the well-being of employees - both from a career and personal standpoint.

-Fantastic office space in Tustin, CA and New Orleans, LA

-Excellent support at all levels to help every employee do their best job

-Extremely well positioned for continued success as a Microsoft Game Studio

-Great mix of folks from all walks of life - some with lots of game development experience and others up and coming.

-Has provided great support for the staff WFH and has a very reasonable approach to Hybrid work. They take Covid (and general health/safety) protocols seriously.

Cons

honestly can't think of much. coffee machine breaks down periodically, but that hasn't happened lately.

Advice to Management

Continue championing diversity/inclusion efforts

Continue the approachable/accessible philosophy to allow feedback that makes the company even better & stronger than it already is.

That producer's advice might wreck things though.

 

[Tweed]

I guess it's nice that they're happy. Too bad all they'll be making is shit from now.

 

[Zeriel]

I guess it's nice that they're happy. Too bad all they'll be making is shit from now.

I'm sorry were you under the impression the job of a video games company is to make games people want to play? Clearly the ideal role is to provide a cradle-to-grave salary guarantee to mentally ill progressives

 

[Wunderbar]

I haven't played WL3 yet, but i got an impression that it's supposedly Inxile's best game. So it's not a situation when the studio started out strong, and then slowly declined due to a loss of talent, burnout and pozz.

I'm fabulously optimistic.

 

[agris]

I thought the job of inXile was to make games with an almost criminal tendency to miss greatness and instead land in solidly mediocre territory.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

WL3 was one of the better games released in recent years.

 

[Roguey]

I guess it's nice that they're happy. Too bad all they'll be making is shit from now.

"There isn't any kind of mandate or requirement on what games we make or how we make them" so if Not-Arcanum 3 sucks, it's all on Fargo, Chad Moore, and Jason Anderson.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

I guess it's nice that they're happy. Too bad all they'll be making is shit from now.

Once the Fallout IP has been restored to its original creator, inXile will be able to create the true Fallout 3, a successor to Fallout and Fallout 2 built on the game engine used for Wasteland 2 and Wasteland 3.

 

[cvv]

"continue championing diversity and inclusion"

In other words everything from inXile will have the hair dye stench of Outer Worlds from now on - full of stronk wahmen, eebul men and "fuck cptailsm" kind of messaging.

W3 was their last good game.

 

[Glop_dweller]

Once the Fallout IP has been restored to its original creator, inXile will be able to create the true Fallout 3, a successor to Fallout and Fallout 2 built on the game engine used for Wasteland 2 and Wasteland 3.

Waaay too good to be true; it will never happen.

_________

During the development of InXile's Torment, I asked one of the devs why the party members only had run animations [no walking state], and the dev shamelessly admitted to not understanding why it was needed. Imagine them trying to make a classic RPG like Fallout or Planescape—with that and all the other things they'd not understand the need for.

 

[orcinator]

I thought the job of inXile was to make games with an almost criminal tendency to miss greatness and instead land in solidly mediocre territory.

That's some high praise of inexile.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

InXile would probably do a better job.

I'm fabulously optimistic.

Advice to Management

Continue championing diversity/inclusion efforts

...

Just a side-note. A champion's typical virtue is bravery. Championing something requires courage and determination, because you'd be going against an overwhelming majority, fighting an inequal battle against all odds. Yet in today's day and age, it takes exactly zero courage to be an LGBT drone. It's the conservative values that can get you fired in a heart beat, cancelled by an entire industry, and your credit cards revoked. That's what takes courage nowadays. You can't be diversity's champion, only its fluffer.

 

[Zeriel]

I guess it's nice that they're happy. Too bad all they'll be making is shit from now.

Once the Fallout IP has been restored to its original creator, inXile will be able to create the true Fallout 3, a successor to Fallout and Fallout 2 built on the game engine used for Wasteland 2 and Wasteland 3.

FUCK YOU buddy ol' pal, the only place I want the Fallout IP to go is a landfill

 

[OSK]

InXile would probably do a better job.

...

You disagree? Wasteland 3 is easily better than anything Obsidian has put out in the last decade.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

That was Ziets and he's out.

 

[Lawson Ashurst]

Wasteland 2 was my first ever CRPG experience and I had a thoroughly good time playing through it. I have a soft spot for InXile, and they are the people who got me into the genre, but I would be lying if I found Torment and Wasteland 2 a little tough to go back to after playing the essentials and other great modern CRPGs.

I still need to play through Wasteland 3 however, and from what I've heard, I'm super excited to play it.

 

[agris]

InXile would probably do a better job.

...

You disagree? Wasteland 3 is easily better than anything Obsidian has put out in the last decade.

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