KickStarter The Wayward Realms - upcoming Daggerfall-like RPG from original Elder Scrolls developers - Kickstarter Live

[Harthwain]

Just the sheer amount of hype around such a vaporware project is testament to the fact that a proper team should make a Daggerfall-like RPG.

It is the easiest to get hyped around the idea though.

The entire purpose of Wayward Realms is to give us the Daggerfall sequel we never got. The intention was always to create something smaller but still massive.

I wouldn't mind the simulation being fairly compressed in size (yes, even less than massive), provided it is a proper simulation. That way you could dedicate more time for making your simulation more interesting, rather than having to deal with adding more blocks in just to fill the space on the map it has to occupy. If your game is successful you could always go for expansions, so I'd argue there is no real loss in cutting to size the project to get something more manageable. Then again, I think this fiasco has shown to us that some people simply aren't good at management side of the project.

 

[JDR13]

Open-world large scale RPG by Daggerfall devs. Thought to myself, well, that's something the codex may like. Boy, was right.

There are some major fanboys here, no doubt about that.

 

[Butter]

 

[Netch]

This game will be great for anyone who somehow managed to enjoy Daggerfall, though personally I'm astonished that there are people who actually played that game for more than a few hours and think it was any good.

 

[d1r]

This actually looks great.

 

[SharkClub]

I want to believe.

 

[prengle]

oh boy! i hope this turns out just as great as underworld ascendant!!

 

[Tavernking]

Looks like 2D sprites on a 3D background. Looks good.

 

[SharkClub]

Yeah it's kinda giving me Amid Evil vibes on the art style, which is good. If it is 2D sprites they are high detail and pretty.

 

[Tavernking]

Yeah it's kinda giving me Amid Evil vibes on the art style, which is good. If it is 2D sprites they are high detail and pretty.

They'll still have those janky Daggerfall animations though right? If there's one advantage 3D would have over 2D, it's that animations are way easier to make.

 

[SharkClub]

Entirely dependant on how many frames they use for animations, there's nothing saying that sprite animations have to look janky.

 

[HoboForEternity]

Don't get your hopes up

 

[Funposter]

cool 3d render but don't get your hopes up for this "video game"

 

[Lyric Suite]

Yeah it's kinda giving me Amid Evil vibes on the art style, which is good. If it is 2D sprites they are high detail and pretty.

How is it good?

Can we get ONE game that looks normal or must everything be artsy indie shit?

Daggerfall had tremendous atmosphere with the graphics it had. If they can't even get that right they might not even bother.

 

[Shinji]

Something like this (as a basis, needs improvement), but with Call of Saregnar's art style would be much more feasible for a small team in my opinion (albeit it would still require a lot of work).

Spoiler

Here's the detailed dissertation
http://alexrodgers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ProceduralRPGDissertation.pdf

 

[Infinitron]

 

[Butter]

 

[Abu Antar]

Two more.

 

[Butter]

They got their logo printed on a shirt. It's serious now.

 

[Narushima]

That's a watermark.

 

[Butter]

 

[Tavernking]

So what, they're contracting a bunch of artists to build hype to attract investors?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

so it's a game where you view digital paintings of landscapes?

 

[RPK]

so it's a game where you view digital paintings of landscapes?

myst did pretty well with that game loop

 

[cyborgboy95]