Tempest Rising - totally not Command & Conquer clone from 3D Realms - coming April 24th

[Trithne]

I might be spoilt by the fact that I'm mostly playing Dune these days

Which one? Spice Wars?

Yes. Horrible butchering of Liet Kynes aside, it's a good game imo.

 

[Harthwain]

Yes. Horrible butchering of Liet Kynes aside, it's a good game imo.

I thought it's boring. I will have to play it again once it's out of Early Access.

 

[Trithne]

Yes. Horrible butchering of Liet Kynes aside, it's a good game imo.

I thought it's boring. I will have to play it again once it's out of Early Access.

I don't fault anyone for thinking that, it's not going to be everyone's cup of tea. It's best played on 1.5 times speed though, once you're familiar with all the things you need to do. Early game can be a bit of a waiting game, but once a match gets into the midgame it can actually get quite involved and endgame even hectic.

 

[Infinitron]

The Shieldmaiden is one of the GDF's key pillars of air defense. @Waywardstrategist is here with us to explain it's role, utility and how you can best use this unit to reinforce your tactical approach.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

New website with loads of info: https://tempestrising.com/

e:

Logo for the third faction!

 

[Infinitron]

Lore junkies, unite! We've put together an official website for Tempest Rising. Contained inside, lots of information about units, weapons and artillery from the GDF and Tempest Dynasty.

 

[Infinitron]

A lot of you have speculated, and we at 3D Realms are here to confirm: the legendary composer of Command and Conquer Frank Klepacki is with us to work on the Tempest Rising official soundtrack.

Check out this Frank Klepacki reveal, provided exclusively for Realms Deep.

 

[ArchAngel]

Can you stop spamming the topic with music and only leave real news..

 

[Trithne]

Can you stop spamming the topic with music and only leave real news..

I mean, he just posts whatever the devs put out. They're the ones relying on musical memberberries.

 

[ArchAngel]

Can you stop spamming the topic with music and only leave real news..

I mean, he just posts whatever the devs put out. They're the ones relying on musical memberberries.

Unless he is their marketing plant here that is not an excuse for spamming shit here.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Frank Klepacki is not just "music", it's very important and will make the game loads better.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Bombshell and Tempest Rising is in the same setting.

 

[Infinitron]

If you watched Realms Deep 2023, you already know that we've announced the Legend, himself; Frank Klepacki is on the soundtrack.

And we've decided to drop a track you can expect, straight from the colossal OST.

Presenting: "Leading the Assault" by Frank Klepacki.

Get in.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Hilarious how much more like an actual C&C track this sounds compared to the imitations they presented before lol.

 

[RaggleFraggle]

Frank was also contracted to compose music for Stormgate. No clue why aside from him being the only “notable” RTS music composer. The memberberries work for a C&C clone, but he was never involved with Blizz.

New website with loads of info: https://tempestrising.com/

e:

Logo for the third faction!

So an ancient civilization locked in stasis until the apocalypse? Guess I got bingo.

Bombshell and Tempest Rising is in the same setting.

Is that connection actually relevant to how the IP will play out going forward or is it irrelevant trivia like how Blackmoor and Mystara were connected? There are no tempest vines in the Bombshell games IIRC.

 

[Infinitron]

Yeah, it's old news:

FAQ on the Steam page:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1486920/view/3332122231343558007

Tempest Rising Official FAQ

How come GDF seems close to GDI? Which universe does Tempest Rising take place in?

This is a good question, and purely a coincidence.

Tempest Rising takes place in the same universe as several other 3D Realms games (Such as Ion Fury). The GDF is the leading faction in many of these games, and the name and logo was designed in its original incarnation, all the way back in 1995.

Tempest Rising takes place around 100 years before Ion Fury, following many events leading up to the rise of Dr. Jadus Heskel, and might even answer some questions about Shelly Harrison’s background.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

I thought GDF was in Quake 2&4 and thus in the Id universe of games. 3dRealms had EDF in Duke Nukem. What old 3dRealms games are they regering to that goes all the way back to 1995?

 

[RaggleFraggle]

I thought GDF was in Quake 2&4 and thus in the Id universe of games. 3dRealms had EDF in Duke Nukem. What old 3dRealms games are they regering to that goes all the way back to 1995?

What? Quake is owned by Bethesda. Tempest Rising and Bombshell is a separate IP.

 

[Gromoer]

 

[Feyd Rautha]

I thought GDF was in Quake 2&4 and thus in the Id universe of games. 3dRealms had EDF in Duke Nukem. What old 3dRealms games are they regering to that goes all the way back to 1995?

What? Quake is owned by Bethesda. Tempest Rising and Bombshell is a separate IP.

That was what I was saying.

The topic of the discussion is GDF and I was saying that GDF is present in the Quake sequels. In Duke Nukem it's called EDF.

Let's just Google it and find out.

 

[RaggleFraggle]

I thought GDF was in Quake 2&4 and thus in the Id universe of games. 3dRealms had EDF in Duke Nukem. What old 3dRealms games are they regering to that goes all the way back to 1995?

What? Quake is owned by Bethesda. Tempest Rising and Bombshell is a separate IP.

That was what I was saying.

The topic of the discussion is GDF and I was saying that GDF is present in the Quake sequels. In Duke Nukem it's called EDF.

Let's just Google it and find out.

The GDF was already in Bombshell. It wasn’t designed as a pastiche of GDI.

 

[Trithne]

3d Realms doesn't own Duke anymore, Gearbox does, so they can't use the EDF as portrayed in Duke.

The GDF is present quite a lot in Ion Fury, and was in Bombshell, as a totally-legally-distinct entity from the EDF.

 

[Feyd Rautha]

Can nobody read?! In Infinitrons quote above it's stated that GDF has a history in games by 3dRealms dating back all the way to 1995. And I was wondering what game/s that was since Duke Nukem had EDF.

The topic is GDF as you don't seem to understand.

e: Just to clarify further I know GDF was in Bombshell, that's what led to this discussion in the first place. Why can't you just read my posts?

 

[Trithne]

I see what you're saying.

D3D wasn't even out in 1995, so even if they're just claiming that the EDF and GDF are the same thing, it still doesn't work.

This wouldn't be the first time 3d realms spoke out of their arse though.

 

[Quatlo]

Hilarious how much more like an actual C&C track this sounds compared to the imitations they presented before lol.

Reminds me a lot of End of Nations ost, and thats a good thing.