Editorial RPG Codex Report: Gamescom 2015 - The Technomancer, The White March and Kingdom Come

[Ninja Destroyer]

Take a smith's hammer away, and he might walk to a merchant to buy a new one. Or maybe the tragedy will result in unintended consequences, changing his life forever. Maybe he will grow fond of booze and become a drunkard; maybe he will never touch booze at all.

Looking eagerly for the next part.

 

[Zeriel]

This is possibly the best newspost we've ever had.

 

[JarlFrank]

Brilliant job guys. JarlFrank post in the thread so that we can all fist you.

K.

 

[JarlFrank]

You guys are going to like the interviews. Bubbles got a lot out of Brother None, and I asked Vavra what he thinks about the Codex.

 

[Zeriel]

Is there anything juicy in the Might & Magic interview? (Please tell me it wasn't with Erwan, that guy has the most PR of answers.)

 

[JarlFrank]

Yes, there's a lot of juicy stuff in there. And it was with Arnaud, and one other guy whose name I forgot, but he is one of the devs. They were very, very open and it went more like a talk among friends than PR-speak heavy interview.

There was a bit of melancholy on their part. You'll read why.

 

[Zeriel]

Yes, there's a lot of juicy stuff in there. And it was with Arnaud, and one other guy whose name I forgot, but he is one of the devs. They were very, very open and it went more like a talk among friends than PR-speak heavy interview.

There was a bit of melancholy on their part. You'll read why.

Goddamnit, no. Please don't be what I think it is.

 

[JarlFrank]

No, it's not that bad. But it's not rosy, either.

 

[Rhuantavan]

I was tempted to stop reading at "I hate beer".

 

[JarlFrank]

I, on the other hand, really liked the beer I was bribed with

 

[Bubbles]

(Please tell me it wasn't with Erwan, that guy has the most PR of answers.)

Erwan Le Breton was indeed the dev Jarl mentioned; he's credited as both a Producer and as "Game Director" on MMX and HoMM 6+7, so he manages to cunningly weave in the PR with the dev speak. He did most of the talking, too.

 

[Zeriel]

Erwan Le Breton was indeed the dev Jarl mentioned; he's credited as both a Producer and as "Game Director" on MMX and HoMM 6+7, so he manages to cunningly weave in the PR with the dev speak. He did most of the talking, too.

Maybe I'm too harsh on him if he actually worked (or "worked") on MMX, I thought he was just a franchise director who told them to make the dragons gods and the spiders more purple.

 

[HobGoblin42]

No, it's not that bad. But it's not rosy, either.

Might & Magic X - Legacy
Players total: 113,070 ± 8,372 (79%)

Way too low to survive inside a company like Ubisoft.

 

[Zeriel]

Fuck everything.

I'm going to go have a nice, long laydown suicide.

 

[JarlFrank]

Might & Magic X - Legacy
Players total: 113,070 ± 8,372 (79%)

Way too low to survive inside a company like Ubisoft.

They gave us some surprisingly honest sales reports. If anyone was hoping for a M&M XI... well yeah. Not really.

 

[evdk]

Fuck everything.

I'm going to go have a nice, long laydown suicide.

Why suicide when you could take out a few of Ubi suits instead?

You guys are going to like the interviews. Bubbles got a lot out of Brother None, and I asked Vavra what he thinks about the Codex.

Should have asked him about his love for controllers.

 

[Darkzone]

I, on the other hand, really liked the beer I was bribed with

So you had a nice "Gespräch über SJWs, bei einem Bierchen" with Vavra and you call this bribery?

 

[Darth Roxor]

good job men

 

[Paul_cz]

Such seething sarcasm, always pleasant to read, this is why I like this site.

 

[Lurker King]

Bubbles: you should be writing for a living.

Which is why you should convince him to work on your next game. Come on, VD. Think!

 

[Kem0sabe]

How hot was the spiders ceo? Because I couldn't care less about the shit game you guys described.

 

[Irenaeus II]

Wow, just wow, how boring and anti-climatic the encounter with the Obsy guys. You both dropped the ball, I think even the trash-talking Roxor would do a better job. Since JarlFrank is little autistic, I can't blame him, really. But Bubbles really disappointed me, he must hate the game. Didn't read the rest, couldn't care less about whatever the other games were. I can't even

 

[Bubbles]

How hot was the spiders ceo? Because I couldn't care less about the shit game you guys described.

We had a slight delay with Jarl's pictures, but we're going to put them up now. By sheer coincidence, they will also answer your question.

 

[Kem0sabe]

We had a slight delay with Jarl's pictures, but we're going to put them up now. By sheer coincidence, they will also answer your question.

Looks like a lesbian, or a witch. Jarl takes terrible pictures for a wizard.

 

[Irenaeus II]

At first I thought she was doing the Sawyer's balancing pen trick.