"Oh, if you had come in and played any of the last builds we were working on, you would have said it was a finished game," Urquhart told Joystiq. "That's how close we were. It looked and felt like it was ready to ship."
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/28/obsidian-ceo-aliens-rpg-felt-like-a-finished-game/
Is he cereal?
A gigantic waste if he is.
Couldn't resist to come here when I read the news!
CEO's wishful thinking I guess! Direct sources disagree. Graphically maybe, the rest? not so much.
Still a waste.
And nice to see you again, ikarop! :)
Indeed a waste. The story was beautiful, kinda prequelesque I would say.
When are you going to change that avatar Puks :P, all I see now is boobs! Need some other kind of eye candy:
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(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg227.imageshack.us%2Fimg227%2F3265%2Feyecandy.gif&hash=c48d354e3f9bd6c736138c21200101351369de2d)
Sorry, the file is huge. I was too lazy to upload the video.
hmm i didn't realise it was going to have turn based combat :-\
Quote from: ikarop on Apr 28, 2010, 08:17:06 PM
Indeed a waste. The story was beautiful, kinda prequelesque I would say.
When are you going to change that avatar Puks :P, all I see now is boobs! Need some other kind of eye candy:
Spoiler
(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg227.imageshack.us%2Fimg227%2F3265%2Feyecandy.gif&hash=c48d354e3f9bd6c736138c21200101351369de2d)
Sorry, the file is huge. I was too lazy to upload the video.
They definitely went a bit overboard with those hybrid designs. Good to see you back on the forum by the way.
Yeah, this PR talk certainly grabbed my attention! Very unfortunate words on Feargus' part. Anyway, see you guys!
That is a shame. But I still -
...
IKAROP?! It's... oh he's gone again. :'(
Quotehmm i didn't realise it was going to have turn based combat
For real? Dammit now I'm even more pissed this promising title will never see the light. Turn-based combat is almost extinct in today's games.
QuoteThey definitely went a bit overboard with those hybrid designs.
The rhino alien was a bit too much, but this -
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(https://www.avpgalaxy.net/gallery/albums/games/aliensrpg/conceptart/normal_aliencconcept36.jpg)
- I like this. The alien's different appearance would be justified in this game - the various fauna's genetic traits make up for different aliens and this would be an RPG after all - more enemy types are required, compared to FPSs.
F**k. This game had potential.. instead, we get an average/decent/fairly good AvP.
Oh well, what can you do - all hopes go to A:CM now.
Someone will recognize the potential and do it, will just take lotta' time.
As much as I would love this to be true - it'll probably never happen.
And to be honest - I'd rather see it die completely than become "the DNF" of the AvP franchise..
On the other hand, if Bioware got their hands on this one - now that would kick serious ass.
Not talking about this exact same project, I'm talking about a completely new alens based rpg project. This project is fubar.
Like you said - not coming anytime soon, though. At least not with A:CM and (come on, we all know it'll happen) AvP4 planned for the next few years.
And with the RPG market slowly dying out (essentially it already died a long time ago in the early 2000's), I doubt we'll ever get an Aliens role playing game. :(
Quote from: Puks on Apr 29, 2010, 01:56:42 AM
And with the RPG market slowly dying out (essentially it already died a long time ago in the early 2000's), I doubt we'll ever get an Aliens role playing game. :(
Please... RPG's arent dying out, they're just evolving into games like Dragon Age, Mas Effect and Oblivion. All genres go through the same thing. Adventure games were out of fashion for a few years, and then Uncharted comes along.
Yep, that's three games, thank you for proving my point.
Quote from: Puks on Apr 29, 2010, 02:39:30 AM
Yep, that's three games, thank you for proving my point.
Well theres more, but i just remember them off the top of my head. We're stuck with a FPS crazy at the moment because everybodies trying to cash in on MW2's coattails.
Also technically, i wasnt trying to use those games as individuals, because we've still got DA2, and ME3 coming. As well as other games coming soon like Alpha Protocol, Dues Ex 3. And theres still others like Final Fantasy being churned out, a new pokemon game every year or so. Plenty of MMORPGs.
All genres do this, they go in and out of fashion. But most genres these days will still be around for a long time. Except for point and click adventures :(
I'm imagining a rebirth of this with
- Dead Space gameplay style
- But also with RPG elements
- Less monkeying around with Alien designs and concepts
- More interhuman conflict that previously described to make the Aliens seem less like regular enemies and more like an actual danger.
Quote from: MadassAlex on Apr 29, 2010, 05:30:07 AM
I'm imagining a rebirth of this with
- Dead Space gameplay style
- But also with RPG elements
- Less monkeying around with Alien designs and concepts
- More interhuman conflict that previously described to make the Aliens seem less like regular enemies and more like an actual danger.
the problem with dead space or even RE style gameplay is that if a zombie or necromorph gets near you you can realisticly bash them away, but if an alien comes near you, you are eff, you, see, kay, ee, dee
Totally acceptable.
Fighting more than one Alien at a time needn't be a common scenario. If I ever designed a non-AvP game with Aliens in it where human vs. human conflict takes place, I'd probably prop the Aliens up as boss encounters initially.
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"Oh, if you had come in and played any of the last builds we were working on, you would have said it was a finished game," Urquhart told Joystiq. "That's how close we were. It looked and felt like it was ready to ship."
Well, thanks for making me F**KING FEEL BETTER!!!
It's not true.
I think Alpha Protocal is selling a lot of pre sales and will problably hit at least a million, so there is always a possibilty of seeing the RPG come back! I hope so.
http://twitter.com/Feargus/status/13112404097
QuoteI "love" getting quotted by the press... Especially when the quotes aren't actually quotes
Interesting.
Quote from: Dachande on Apr 29, 2010, 02:49:38 AM
Except for point and click adventures :(
Broken Sword FTW 8)