Incline Josh Sawyer appreciation station

[santino27]

Performed poorly because it was a shit setting that was almost good. People don't want to be lectured on dumb colonizer bullshit, barely leaned into the pirate aspect at all, etc.,

If it went full pirate it would have sold even without marketing. Libtards can't help but try to ruin everything good.

People just want to be a pirate and kill dragons, it's not fucking rocket science.

The rare Rusty post I agree with. And I did play the POS.

 

[Tenebris]

I remember when they teased it being in the Vailian Republics. They should have kept it there.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Well its proven one thing: despite his education he's not a learning animal.

 

[mediocrepoet]

Well its proven one thing: despite his education he's not a learning animal.

Those who studied history are doomed to repeat it?

 

[0sacred]

Well its proven one thing: despite his education he's not a learning animal.

Those who studied history are doomed to repeat it?

Those who studied history are doomed to produce lame rip-offs

 

[Major_Blackhart]

More likely it doesn't matter your education if you're an arrogant autist hipster faggot addicted to Twitter and unable to shitpost like a man.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I went on Twitter and was going to call him a faggot on one of his threads but... I... couldn't. I just couldn't. It's too gay.

And I've had sex with guys.

 

[Alienman]

I went on Twitter and was going to call him a faggot on one of his threads but... I... couldn't. I just couldn't. It's too gay.

And I've had sex with guys.

 

[LizardWizard]

I went on Twitter and was going to call him a faggot on one of his threads but... I... couldn't. I just couldn't. It's too gay.

And I've had sex with guys.

Imagine hating Soyer so much that you're willing to admit that you suck cock

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I've always admitted that.

 

[Baron Dupek]

In an industry plagued by stagnation and monotony, "I never would have proposed making Pentiment without Game Pass" - Josh Sawyer​

https://play.acast.com/s/vicegaming...-year-of-the-narrative-banger-continues-with-

"I never would have proposed making Pentiment without Game Pass. Like, I literally just wouldn't have done it. I just don't think it would have been possible."

"The old mentality of Publishers and Developers is generally focussed on larger investments with higher ROI (return on investment), and that's not the point in this environment, in this ecosystem."
"(Game Pass) is the only way in which I conceive of (Pentiment) being viable."
"For my own sake, making a game so different, I've completely shifted my thinking for (Pentiment). It is so unusual, so niche, it's for a small audience, and as long as that audience is into it, that's fine."

"(Grounded) was something that we'd been wanting to do at the studio for a while, make a survival game, and we already had buy in from Upper Management at (Obsidian)"
"I'm grateful that so many people on Game Pass can try out (Grounded) because the barrier of entry is so low, but it doesn't change the equation for me or my approach"

As part of a discussion with Rob Zacny on this Tuesday's Waypoint Radio, Obsidian's Josh Sawyer made it clear that Pentiment (a small scale, single-player, narrative adventure set in 16th Century Germany) would not exist were it not for Game Pass.
As part of the same discussion Obsidian's Adam Brennecke made it clear that Grounded was already well underway before the Microsoft deal, and would have been the company's focus, without Game Pass entering the picture.
Some have made the case that a service like Game Pass will inevitably lead to a microtransaction riddled Games As A Service hellscape, as the lack of upfront revenue increases the pressure to make the difference up on the back end, but I think the GAAS hellscape was a perfectly realistic outcome of non-subscription models anyway.

Breaking news: Person who works for xbox praises gamepass

Spoiler

/s

 

[†††]

In an industry plagued by stagnation and monotony, "I never would have proposed making Pentiment without Game Pass" - Josh Sawyer

Wow just wow, now I see it clearly, inclined underdog Microsoft is saving GAYMING!!!!1 now I see the company are le heckin' good guys. Thanks Sawyer, I will now pay for gamepass to keep saving gaming further.

 

[Dadd]

Imagine if everyone who made games for Game Pass thought like him. Then no one would want to buy Game Pass.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

Au contraire, knowing that my dollars are being spent to fund Pertinents is the best reason never to buy Game Pass again. Which is a bummer because the pass is tremendous value for money.

 

[Dadd]

That's roughly what I was getting at.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

"The old mentality of Publishers and Developers is generally focussed on larger investments with higher ROI (return on investment), and that's not the point in this environment, in this ecosystem."

uuuuhhh kinda feel like he shouldn't be saying these things
microsoft, as a public company, does not exist to help sawyer make his dream game

 

[Alex]

philosophy is cringe

Only when compared to theology.

Edit; or, say, when you consider what we have been calling philosophy for the last couple of centuries. Modern philosophy is cringe even without any point of comparison.

 

[Dadd]

He sees game pass as an analog to communism that's why he's so enthusiastic about it

 

[Alex]

In an industry plagued by stagnation and monotony, "I never would have proposed making Pentiment without Game Pass" - Josh Sawyer​

https://play.acast.com/s/vicegaming...-year-of-the-narrative-banger-continues-with-

"I never would have proposed making Pentiment without Game Pass. Like, I literally just wouldn't have done it. I just don't think it would have been possible."

"The old mentality of Publishers and Developers is generally focussed on larger investments with higher ROI (return on investment), and that's not the point in this environment, in this ecosystem."
"(Game Pass) is the only way in which I conceive of (Pentiment) being viable."
"For my own sake, making a game so different, I've completely shifted my thinking for (Pentiment). It is so unusual, so niche, it's for a small audience, and as long as that audience is into it, that's fine."

"(Grounded) was something that we'd been wanting to do at the studio for a while, make a survival game, and we already had buy in from Upper Management at (Obsidian)"
"I'm grateful that so many people on Game Pass can try out (Grounded) because the barrier of entry is so low, but it doesn't change the equation for me or my approach"

As part of a discussion with Rob Zacny on this Tuesday's Waypoint Radio, Obsidian's Josh Sawyer made it clear that Pentiment (a small scale, single-player, narrative adventure set in 16th Century Germany) would not exist were it not for Game Pass.
As part of the same discussion Obsidian's Adam Brennecke made it clear that Grounded was already well underway before the Microsoft deal, and would have been the company's focus, without Game Pass entering the picture.
Some have made the case that a service like Game Pass will inevitably lead to a microtransaction riddled Games As A Service hellscape, as the lack of upfront revenue increases the pressure to make the difference up on the back end, but I think the GAAS hellscape was a perfectly realistic outcome of non-subscription models anyway.

Breaking news: Person who works for xbox praises gamepass

Spoiler

/s

I don't know what "gamepass" is. But I am giving Pentiment a pass, so maybe he is on to something here?

 

[Haba]

I went on Twitter and was going to call him a faggot on one of his threads but... I... couldn't. I just couldn't. It's too gay.

And I've had sex with guys.

No, nononono no!

You were the chosen sodomite! The only one who didn't get fucked up the ass!

 

[vortex]

microsoft, as a public company, does not exist to help sawyer make his dream game

Actually it does, snince now it owns Arcanum, Darklands and Diablo franchise at their hands just ready for Sawyer to dive in.

 

[mediocrepoet]

microsoft, as a public company, does not exist to help sawyer make his dream game

Actually it does, snince now it owns Arcanum, Darklands and Diablo franchise at their hands just ready for Sawyer to dive in.

Don't even fucking joke about this, god damn you!

 

[Dadd]

It'd be interesting to see Sawyer try to balance a Diablo-like game. With Darklands-style alchemy, even.

 

[Roguey]

microsoft, as a public company, does not exist to help sawyer make his dream game

Actually it does, snince now it owns Arcanum, Darklands and Diablo franchise at their hands just ready for Sawyer to dive in.

The Activision deal isn't finished yet, not that it matters, since Sawyer doesn't care about Arcanum and Diablo. Ziggurat Interactive owns Darklands.

 

[Chippy]

More likely it doesn't matter your education if you're an arrogant autist hipster faggot addicted to Twitter and unable to shitpost like a man.

I don't know how much time Sawyer spends on Twitter, but ask anyone who isn't naturally gifted and has a perishable skill like playing an instrument, a craft, or writing, if they spend time on Twitter or their phone and if they're serious, they'll tell you it feels like an unnatural waste of time and potential talent/skill.

Reminds me of that quote from Frank Mc Court: "You might be poor, your shoes might be broken, but your mind is a palace". So you have to wonder about artistic/intellectual types who swim in social media.