Decline Sword Coast Legends - RIP n-Space!

[ArchAngel]

The SCL is advancing I see.. in its progress to 1% Steam score, it has now dropped to 56%.

 

[Delterius]

You'd need direct intervention by the powers of that world, if they wanted to save it, no adventurer could do shit.

There is no greater power than the Murderhobo. Amen.

 

[SwiftCrack]

“Sword Coast Legends is a solid loot crawl with more options than most games of its kind.”

4/5 –Hardcore Gamer

This quote says more than it probably wants to say.

 

[Zorba the Hutt]

Fans of the story haven't given up hope though....

Has anyone thought about or is interested in making a mod for NWN based on the story from SCL?

 

[DavidBVal]

P.S. NWN sold 3mil+ and that was years ago. This 2mil number is total bullshit.

Bioware said in 2004, when announced NWN2:

The Neverwinter Nights franchise has sold more than two million copies worldwide, is translated into ten languages, sold in more than 40 countries ...

In 2006 they release NWN2, and a year later (2007) Bioware said:

The Neverwinter Nights franchise has sold more than three million copies worldwide, is translated into 10 languages, sold in more than 40 countries ....

What's your much better source to contradict Bioware on their own sales? if anything, companies inflate their sales figures.

 

[Azrael the cat]

The latest SCL DLC: Sigil
They rape Sigil and make it bland steampunk and then let the PCs kill romance the Lady of Pain because wouldn't that be awesome.

Fixed it for you

 

[Azrael the cat]

This quote says more than it probably wants to say.

The only way that modern review scores make sense is if, despite popular perception, they're actually ultra-precise sticklers for detail, and 4/5 means that 20% of the base code is missing or wrong.

 

[ArchAngel]

Bioware said in 2004, when announced NWN2:



In 2006 they release NWN2, and a year later (2007) Bioware said:



What's your much better source to contradict Bioware on their own sales? if anything, companies inflate their sales figures.

You do know Bioware didn't make or sell NWN2?

 

[DavidBVal]

You do know Bioware didn't make or sell NWN2?

yeah slip on my part. Used to post in nwn2 official forum (in Bioware's website) so got used to that.

 

[Roguey]

What's your much better source to contradict Bioware on their own sales?

https://web.archive.org/web/20081217170154/http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/about/

The game debuted at #1 worldwide at launch. Neverwinter Nights and its two expansions have sold close to 3 million copies worldwide so far.

 

[GarfunkeL]

So that's not including NWN2 - just SotU and HoU

 

[DavidBVal]

https://web.archive.org/web/20081217170154/http://www.bioware.com/bioware_info/about/

But that is counting expansion sales as copies, or that's what I make of it.

 

[Roguey]

But that is counting expansion sales as copies, or that's what I make of it.

Expansions don't sell much at all. Like hundreds of thousand at most, look at Tales of the Sword Coast and Throne of Bhaal compared to their base games.

It is counting NWN + the Gold, Platinum, and Diamond compilations.

 

[DavidBVal]

Expansions don't sell much at all. Like hundreds of thousand at most, look at Tales of the Sword Coast and Throne of Bhaal compared to their base games.

It is counting NWN + the Gold, Platinum, and Diamond compilations.

Thanks for that link. Interesting.

Your interpretation, however, contradicts when they say the whole franchise had sold 3 million copies by 2007, with NWN2 already one year in the market. Do you think NWN2 sold a negligible number of copies in its first year?

 

[Roguey]

Thanks for that link. Interesting.

Your interpretation, however, contradicts when they say the whole franchise had sold 3 million copies by 2007, with NWN2 already one year in the market. Do you think NWN2 sold a negligible number of copies in its first year?

My link's from early 2009. NWN sold about another million copies between 07 and 09.

 

[Infinitron]

It sounds unlikely for a five year old game to sell that much before the rise of widespread digital distribution.

 

[DavidBVal]

My link's from early 2009. NWN sold about another million copies between 07 and 09.

A million copies? Six years later? Okay...

 

[Roguey]

It sounds unlikely for a five year old game to sell that much before the rise of widespread digital distribution.

A million copies? Six years later? Okay...

Long tail plus people really love those discounted bundles.

I remember seeing a fair amount of copies of the Diamond edition on retail shelves in 2009, even though it had been released in 2005.

 

[Infinitron]

Meh. I'm more willing to believe that NWN had already sold 3 million copies by 2007 and the earlier figure was inaccurate for some reason.

 

[Roguey]

Well they did say "more than 2 million" and "close to 3 million" so maybe the previous number was something like 2.1-2.4 and the final was 2.8-2.9.

 

[Space Insect]

Can anyone redpill me on the story of SCL?

 

[ArchAngel]

Can anyone redpill me on the story of SCL?

Heroes gather. They beat bad guys. Good guys win!

 

[ArchAngel]

Damn, fanboy on steam piss me off so much I started telling people to buy Age of Decadence instead :D
Switching one drama for another (like reading negative reviews for AoD :D)

 

[Cassar]

http://www.gamewatcher.com/reviews/sword-coast-legends-review/12375

 

[Bubbles]

"Play how you want to play" = single player or co-op.