Bard's Tale The Bard's Tale IV Pre-Release Thread [RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Athelas]

Yeah, like getting so hyped for Neverwinter Nights back in the day that you still live in denial mode more than a decade later.

 

[Infinitron]

Creator inXile entertainment 13 minutes ago
Hey all,

Thanks for all your comments! It’s been a bit rough after our video on Thursday. Brian’s best friend and mentor passed away recently, and he and some of the team attended his funeral on Friday. One of our other leads fell sick late during the week as well, but now we're up and back in action.

We’ve been keeping an eye on all your feedback, and listening regarding topics you'd want to hear more on. The video was received extremely positively, but it also raised some questions for some of you. Brian is planning to put out an update on Monday, and will be going into more detail on the video and the game itself.

And you can help us: Leave a comment letting us know what points you'd most like to address, and we’ll get to as many of them as we can!

Thanks,
Thomas Beekers
inXile Associate Producer

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Old Interplay executive.

 

[Athelas]

Old indeed, if he was there to witness Fargo's mullet.

 

[Hobo Elf]

But that's false. PC users buy shit games en masse only because it's on sale or in some shit bundle. They'll get anything cheap even if they have no intention of ever playing the game. The console crowd, the PC crowd; they all buy shit games and lots of them. Let's stop pretending that the userbase of one or the either somehow superior over the other one. Both are full of retards.

 

[ArchAngel]

There is a big difference between buying shit games for aaa price or for price of coffee.

 

[Volourn]

Please. PC gamers buy shit games newly priced. Look at NWN.

 

[theSavant]

Ah I see. Almost guessed it had to do with someone passing away when the comment yesterday was 'We have been a bit quiet lately...'
I can only wish the best for a resurrection in another dimension, for it can't be worse than the decline-rollercoaster on earth^^

 

[Hobo Elf]

There is a big difference between buying shit games for aaa price or for price of coffee.

There literally isn't when you are buying so many shit shovelware indie games that you are paying an equal amount of money.

 

[theSavant]

so many shit shovelware indie games

ugh... another reason to up the pledge on this kickstarter instead

 

[Jaesun]

Brian Fargo ‏@BrianFargo 10m10 minutes agoNewport Beach, CA
Bard's Tale 4 will continue where the trilogy left off with full awareness of what went on before it.

Brian Fargo ‏@BrianFargo 8m8 minutes agoNewport Beach, CA
What we're all these wizards so focused on Skara Brae?


WAIT FOR IT.....



Brian Fargo ‏@BrianFargo 3m3 minutes agoNewport Beach, CA
Duh, Vault 13 is under Skara Brae!


(I assume this is new concept art?)

 

[Infinitron]

Nah, we've seen that before.

 

[Infinitron]

Campaign is at $1.1M. It's going to take a long time to make that 150k though...

 

[t]

Campaign is at $1.1M. It's going to take a long time to make that 150k though...

That's miserable, unfortunately. Time to play some more cards and hope for $2M.

 

[Korron]

Brian Fargo ‏@BrianFargo 3m3 minutes agoNewport Beach, CA
Duh, Vault 13 is under Skara Brae!

(I assume this is new concept art?)

Underground cock statues!?!?!?

 

[J_C]

Campaign is at $1.1M. It's going to take a long time to make that 150k though...

When Fargo first mentioned BT4 for kickstarter, I feared that it will be a hard pill to swallow. BT might have been a classic blobber back in the days, but is not a lucrative franchise anymore. They might be happy if they can manage to get 2 million.

 

[Jaesun]

Personally I don't think it's a problem of not a lucrative franchise, I think it's more people's unfamilliarity of Dungeon Crawlers perhaps. And I don't think this was that strong of a pitch by Fargo on this. And then finally, most of the game is pretty much completely vague. Granted Torment was also very vague, but that did have the Star Powered precious name and nostalgia of PST to drive it to crazy amounts of money (as did Obsidian's POE by name dropping Baldur's Gate).

 

[Zeriel]

Personally I don't think it's a problem of not a lucrative franchise, I think it's more people's unfamilliarity of Dungeon Crawlers perhaps. And I don't think this was that strong of a pitch by Fargo on this. And then finally, most of the game is pretty much completely vague. Granted Torment was also very vague, but that did have the Star Powered precious name and nostalgia of PST to drive it to crazy amounts of money (as did Obsidian's POE by name dropping Baldur's Gate).

You can be vague with Torment because what people played it for (story and decent writing) is a very broad category that everyone can understand from their pitch. With something like BT what a certain crowd wants are gameplay particulars. As for what the normie masses need to back, I haven't the slightest idea, you'd figure that video would have gotten way more interest. I guess maybe it's true that Kickstarter money all comes from a crowd of 80,000 old school fans, and there is very little casual funding involved.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

I seriously thought they had a shitload of stuff planned for the campaign - interviews, videos, like with torment basically. What the fuck. Looks like they only planned stretch goals, which they can't even show because they haven't reached funding. What a mess.

 

[Zeriel]

I seriously thought they had a shitload of stuff planned for the campaign - interviews, videos, like with torment basically. What the fuck. Looks like they only planned stretch goals, which they can't even show because they haven't reached funding. What a mess.

It's only been 1 full business day since the engine trailer was released.

 

[Infinitron]

There should be an update coming real soon now

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

I seriously thought they had a shitload of stuff planned for the campaign - interviews, videos, like with torment basically. What the fuck. Looks like they only planned stretch goals, which they can't even show because they haven't reached funding. What a mess.

It's only been 1 full business day since the engine trailer was released.

Business day? How are business days relevant in ks campaigns? Are you from europe or something? In europe you'll have internet that only works during "working hours" at this pace a few years from now.

 

[Zeriel]

I seriously thought they had a shitload of stuff planned for the campaign - interviews, videos, like with torment basically. What the fuck. Looks like they only planned stretch goals, which they can't even show because they haven't reached funding. What a mess.

It's only been 1 full business day since the engine trailer was released.

Business day? How are business days relevant in ks campaigns? Are you from europe or something? In europe you'll have internet that only works during "working hours" at this pace a few years from now.

Whether you agree with it or not, people who work at actual companies tend to go home on the weekend. They're certainly not being paid to work 24/7.

 

[Infinitron]

More to the point, even if inXile wants to work on the weekend, the gaming journalists don't

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

I feel like I know some alien technology that nobody else can even fathom so I have to spell it out. An update is a matter of publishing prerecorded information with 1 click, so it doesn't require an office full of employees. And an update doesn't need game journalists, unless it's a critical one.

 

[Infinitron]

I feel like I know some alien technology that nobody else can even fathom so I have to spell it out. An update is a matter of publishing prerecorded information with 1 click, so it doesn't require an office full of employees. And an update doesn't need game journalists, unless it's a critical one.

Well, you mentioned interviews.

It's a long campaign, and Mondays are usually slow as everybody returns from weekend. I'm sure things will heat up soon.

Actually, today's Van Buren thing is already the beginning of that.