Game News South Park: The Stick of Truth delayed AGAIN, release date is now March 4th, 2014

[Infinitron]

So all we got till 2014 is Demonicon?
Bleh.

And Avadon 2. And BG2:EE. And perhaps one or two other things.

 

[Black_Willow]

With Original Sin comming out in November I'm pretty sure I'll be already playing a good RPG in march

Prepare to facepalm: http://www.rpgcodex.net/article.php?id=9161

Damn, I fail @ months, should've been Febuary. But my point still stands, doesn't it

 

[Athelas]

Somehow I doubt this would've satisfied anyone's cRPG fix.

This delay means more money for Obsidian, right?

 

[m_s0]

I guess that Wasteland rerelease thing should be out this year. That counts, right?

Somehow I doubt this would've satisfied anyone's cRPG fix.

This delay means more money for Obsidian, right?

More money the publisher spends on development, not necessarily more money for Obsidian.

 

[Xor]

I'm surprised, it actually looks really fun.


I am a bit worried that Ubisoft's "turn upside down" might translate to "we think people hate RPGs, so we're going to remove as much of that as possible".

 

[felipepepe]

Looks just like a clone of Costume Quest/Paper Mario... and honestly, it appears to be bloated as fuck, like someone trying to forcefully insert a complex RPG system on a silly flash game.

 

[Explorerbc]

I don't think this game was ever supposed to be some deep cRPG that would cater to the hardcore fans. If Obsidian wasn't involved it wouldn't even be posted on the codex.

Looks good for what it is, a more casual game that imitates the show. Looking forward to it.

 

[felipepepe]

I don't think this game was ever supposed to be some deep cRPG that would cater to the hardcore fans. If Obsidian wasn't involved it wouldn't even be posted on the codex.

Looks good for what it is, a more casual game that imitates the show. Looking forward to it.

At first I thought that as well, but look at the video bro, look at that inventory screen. This is like 3 times more complex than Mass Effect. And even this being the RPG Codex, I'm not sure if that's a good thing on such a game.

 

[hiver]

Its pretty great. Lots of skills, lots of abilities to choose from, that skill wheel seems really quick and responsive, all immersed in greatly performed and written rich South park vibe.

 

[Name]

Is Ubisoft trying to remake the game into an open-world Action game?

 

[Excidium]

Looks like ass.

 

[Black_Willow]

Its pretty great. Lots of skills, lots of abilities to choose from, that skill wheel seems really quick and responsive, all immersed in greatly performed and written rich South park vibe.

no bro its shit

 

[hiver]

nah- uh- uuhh!

its great bro.

 

[HanoverF]

Game did not feature Uplay integration, needed to be completely redesigned top to bottom

 

[Roguey]

Nearly four years to make a South Park game with a pre-existing engine. Good god.

 

[Athelas]

So are they secretly preparing it for next-gen?

 

[Fat Dragon]

Embarrassing. Obsidian gonna Obsidian

 

[Curious_Tongue]

I don't feel like paying the price of a new game for a glorified south park episode.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I'm upset at this.

 

[drae]

Someone needs to tell Obsidian that it doesn't matter how long a turd is polished...

 

[Infinitron]

Except that it does matter for them, because they're getting paid for polishing that turd. That's four more months for Feargus to line up more projects for Obsidian without having to worry about layoffs.

The interests of gamers and game developers don't always align. For a developer, it's the best thing ever to be paid more and more without having to finish your project. For an extreme example of this, see Duke Nukem Forever.

 

[Lhynn]

Look a LOT better than what i was expecting. But then again, i wasnt expecting much.

 

[hiver]

I kinda doubt its only about polish. This is too big of a delay only for that.

 

[Fat Dragon]

Except that it does matter for them, because they're getting paid for polishing that turd. That's four more months for Feargus to line up more projects for Obsidian without having to worry about layoffs.

The interests of gamers and game developers don't always align. For a developer, it's the best thing ever to be paid more and more without having to finish your project. For an extreme example of this, see Duke Nukem Forever.

Yes, but in this case it's Obsidian. They already have a bad reputation amongst gamers for shipping buggy games, this delay doesn't bring much confidence that development is going very well, and only further lowers people's opinion of them as a studio.

For a developer, it's the best thing ever to be paid more and more without having to finish your project.

That's a terrible mindset for a dev studio to have, as it sometimes leads to stuff like Aliens Colonial Marines or like what happened with Silicon Knights and 3D Realms. It benefits no one but lazy incompetents.

 

[Roguey]

It'd be funny if this was another Alpha Protocol-style delay where they don't get any additional funding for it and the decision to move it has everything to do with the expectation that it would bomb during the crowded holiday season so it needs to be released during a less competitive quarter.

Sega claimed they were making improvements to AP too before the truth came out.