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

[xuerebx]

Wait, I thought they just had concept art? How did they go from that to a gameplay video (even if it's just a bunch of test zones, there's still something)?

 

[grimace]

Wait, I thought they just had concept art? How did they go from that to a gameplay video (even if it's just a bunch of test zones, there's still something)?

Unreal game engine with Unreal assets from the 3D asset marketplace. It's a proof of concept video rendered in game engine. It's not gameplay. No one played the game to record the footage.

 

[Bulo]

another one that was debuted on the Daggerfall Unity Workshop forums

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[ArchAngel]

I'll donate if they promise to include bear sex.

This game is intended to be a spiritual successor to Daggerfall and the Elder Scrolls setting, not to Baldur's Gate and the Forgotten Realms setting.

Ok, then it needs to have cat people sex.

 

[ArchAngel]

So for 40$ you get some alpha game?! Where is 20$ full release version?!

 

[Vulpes]

This game is intended to be a spiritual successor to Daggerfall and the Elder Scrolls setting

Aha! So that's why there's talk of futa characters, they're trying to honor Morrowind! And here I thought it was someone's thinly disguised fetish!

 

[Cohesion]

I hope they will make a game. I am fabulously optimistic. (Fuck unknown realms scammers though).

 

[NecroLord]

This game is intended to be a spiritual successor to Daggerfall and the Elder Scrolls setting

Aha! So that's why there's talk of futa characters, they're trying to honor Morrowind! And here I thought it was someone's thinly disguised fetish!

Everything I've seen so far is dogshit.
Don't get your hopes up too high.
It's nostalgia bait.
They won't ever make a game like Daggerfall.

 

[Gargaune]

So for 40$ you get some alpha game?! Where is 20$ full release version?!

Oh, I didn't even notice that - so they've got two tiers of panhandling ($15 for 5 wallpapers, fuck off) and the lowest tier to actually get the game is $40? Warhorse offered KCD for like $25 and Monomyth was up for just under $20. I know inflation's a thing, especially since KCD's days, but Wayward Realms seems to be on the pricey side given how much of a long shot they're pitching. You can buy an actual, completed Colony Ship or Wasteland 3 for that kind of money and be playing it ten minutes later. Throw in another fiver and you've got Jagged Alliance 3, winner of the prestigious RPG Codex GOTY 2023 award.

 

[Butter]

So for 40$ you get some alpha game?! Where is 20$ full release version?!

Oh, I didn't even notice that - so they've got two tiers of panhandling ($15 for 5 wallpapers, fuck off) and the lowest tier to actually get the game is $40? Warhorse offered KCD for like $25 and Monomyth was up for just under $20. I know inflation's a thing, especially since KCD's days, but Wayward Realms seems to be on the pricey side given how much of a long shot they're pitching. You can buy an actual, completed Colony Ship or Wasteland 3 for that kind of money and be playing it ten minutes later. Throw in another fiver and you've got Jagged Alliance 3, winner of the prestigious RPG Codex GOTY 2023 award.

The average pledge so far is almost 100 USD. They know their whales will pay up.

 

[ADL]

$225,000 raised in the first 24 hours and that was without the $100/1000 limited physical signed book add-on (that just went live). Impressive.

 

[mediocrepoet]

People never learn. Oh well, thanks to them if this actually results in anything worth playing. Not holding my breath, though.

 

[Shog-goth]

Backed, and i also posted this comment:

"Daggerfall, along with Torment, Elite, and the original X-COM, represented the pinnacle of my 45-year gaming career. I'm quite pessimistic about the possibility of this project materializing according to the developers' plans and the backers' wishes, and I fear a repeat of what happened with Gollop and Phoenix Point, a betrayal of fan trust that still burns me to have contributed to, let alone having my name in the credits of that abomination. Whatever the case, forty dollars is an investment I'm still willing to make to chase a dream, that of one day being able to play a game that can make me feel the same emotions I felt in 1996. Developers, you have my sword".

 

[Rudra]

Backed, and i also posted this comment:

"Daggerfall, along with Torment, Elite, and the original X-COM, represented the pinnacle of my 45-year gaming career. I'm quite pessimistic about the possibility of this project materializing according to the developers' plans and the backers' wishes, and I fear a repeat of what happened with Gollop and Phoenix Point, a betrayal of fan trust that still burns me to have contributed to, let alone having my name in the credits of that abomination. Whatever the case, forty dollars is an investment I'm still willing to make to chase a dream, that of one day being able to play a game that can make me feel the same emotions I felt in 1996. Developers, you have my sword".

You know what?

Based

It isn't "reddit" or "cringe" to hope and have faith, and take a risk

 

[Nikanuur]

I'll donate if they promise to include bear sex.

You meant Feline sex?

 

[Shog-goth]

You know what?

Based

It isn't "reddit" or "cringe" to hope and have faith, and take a risk

I wouldn't call it faith, it's more of a vague (and probably vain) hope. But then again, there are those who gamble regularly or play the lottery, throwing away their salaries and pensions, so I think betting a few chips on this number can't do me too much harm. If it goes wrong, so be it, it's certainly not the first time I've been disappointed by a game, and certainly not the last.

 

[Tyranicon]

Backed, and i also posted this comment:

"Daggerfall, along with Torment, Elite, and the original X-COM, represented the pinnacle of my 45-year gaming career. I'm quite pessimistic about the possibility of this project materializing according to the developers' plans and the backers' wishes, and I fear a repeat of what happened with Gollop and Phoenix Point, a betrayal of fan trust that still burns me to have contributed to, let alone having my name in the credits of that abomination. Whatever the case, forty dollars is an investment I'm still willing to make to chase a dream, that of one day being able to play a game that can make me feel the same emotions I felt in 1996. Developers, you have my sword".

You know what?

Based

It isn't "reddit" or "cringe" to hope and have faith, and take a risk

So when are you getting a developer tag?

 

[Ivan]

Backed, and i also posted this comment:

"Daggerfall, along with Torment, Elite, and the original X-COM, represented the pinnacle of my 45-year gaming career. I'm quite pessimistic about the possibility of this project materializing according to the developers' plans and the backers' wishes, and I fear a repeat of what happened with Gollop and Phoenix Point, a betrayal of fan trust that still burns me to have contributed to, let alone having my name in the credits of that abomination. Whatever the case, forty dollars is an investment I'm still willing to make to chase a dream, that of one day being able to play a game that can make me feel the same emotions I felt in 1996. Developers, you have my sword".

 

[Hellion]

I wonder if Todd will back it at the "create an NPC" level with his Skyrim bucks, and force his likeness upon this game as an ultimate insult to the creators of TES.

 

[Abu Antar]

Almost $300k. I wish them the best of luck, but I am not confident about this one, so I'll refrain from backing.

 

[Dwergar]

People do not read what they wrote on the Kickstarter. To their credit, they've been strait forward about all this. They are asking for $500K for one year of development to make a map which is 140km2 and two playable races, orc and human.

Now what does that mean? That 140km2 roughly translates into 11x11km map. It is equivalent of asking money for one year of development to make Betony Island from Daggerfall. It would be sort of playable Alpha proof-of-concept project, which they will take to publishers to get a proper, multi million funding that is needed for the entire project.

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

Dunno tbh men, seems like poor mans Star Citizen scheme

 

[NecroLord]

Almost $300k. I wish them the best of luck, but I am not confident about this one, so I'll refrain from backing.

Kickstarter and crowd funded games have a history of gaining succes and renown.




Right?

 

[Cryomancer]

Almost $300k. I wish them the best of luck, but I am not confident about this one, so I'll refrain from backing.

Kickstarter and crowd funded games have a history of gaining succes and renown.




Right?

Depends. OwlCat, Larian and Obsidian used kickstarter right and worked for them. But there is also dreamworld and scam citizen in KS. My guess is that most backers of this game knows that the chances of success are low. but are willing to throw money on fire for a chance of a good game.

Mainly because what good TES like game do we have? Starfield? TES VI? will be a dumpsterfire. Imagine bugthesda + lot of incompetent diversity hires and HR hags and chief diversity officers. Avowed? Another shit. Tainted Grail : The fall of avalon seems to be the unique good TES like game.

 

[bandersnatch]

What's your guys estimated bear-sex scale on this one (1-10)? These guys are old school, but also old enough to probably not give a shit if they want to pull it out in public and slap me around with it a tad. Should I expect bestiality sex options in the game with this crew or more PG-13? I could just back their KS and ask there, but you guys are the experts so I'll defer to your wisdom.