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Mighty No. 9 Officially delayed - No new date, "aiming for Q1 2016"
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Holundrian
Unconfirmed Member
I'm fine with waiting. What I'm not fine with is the lack of transparency.
Seriously I'm so mad right now about this and the switch and bait communication.
I was ready to forget and forgive if the game is going to be good but this now really sours me. Such fucking bullshit about that we need to hear it from him personally.
Most of us even don't. If you want to address us personally to a video and put it on your fucking kickstarter asap.... urgh...
I haven't received that mail yet but srsly this is a break of trust for me. Like delays and all that stuff I understand it can happen, making games are hard. But if you're not upfront with the communication especially in the eye of these new projects you tried to pull off....
No just no....
Seriously I'm so mad right now about this and the switch and bait communication.
I was ready to forget and forgive if the game is going to be good but this now really sours me. Such fucking bullshit about that we need to hear it from him personally.
Most of us even don't. If you want to address us personally to a video and put it on your fucking kickstarter asap.... urgh...
I haven't received that mail yet but srsly this is a break of trust for me. Like delays and all that stuff I understand it can happen, making games are hard. But if you're not upfront with the communication especially in the eye of these new projects you tried to pull off....
No just no....
thiscoldblack
Unconfirmed Member
I chuckled.
I chuckled again.
...
Only to feel disappointed again by the delay.
Man, oh man, how this once Blessing of the Kickstarter Gods by one of the Champions of the Japanese games industry seems to have fallen from grace for many people here. I can't really disagree with them either to be honest - there's just some persistent lingering smell of dishonesty that Comcept can't fully seem to clear away. Are we just being too mistrusting and critical at this point or are our intuitions about the game and Inafune/Comcept's way of handling things correct here? We'll have to wait and see I guess.
Let's hope the end result will at least be a decent to fun game after all of this.
Edit: if Inafune really does feel responsible for this game's delay, like the one email above mentions, why doesn't he take some time to record a video apology to the backers then? Or is that asking for too much perhaps? I don't know anymore, honestly.
Terrible_Majesty
Member
Yeah I'm shallow like that
ShockingAlberto
Member
As many greivances as I have with Mighty No. 9 and Comcept, people were real stupid for taking that concept art as an assumption of what the game looks like.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Tim Schafer and Inafune should hook up and compare notes on how to make careers out of underdelivering for decades while milking former success
Those folks will all be back when this finally launches next July to post that same picture and ask how they couldn't make it look like this after a year delay
They should use the extra time to rework the engine to look more like the concept art. IS IT THAT HARD TO DO THIS?
While that would be really nice
.....I doubt that will be the case :l.A good deal of the game is already done and while they can put the effort to match the concept art with the existing assets (play with the shaders and filters, re-do the character models to match the concept art) its too far a long to re-do the game in a new engine that matches the concept art
.If this delay was for, say, mid 2016, then I could imagine the game being moved to UE4 and taking a few pages from Bloodstained in how to move over an art-style into gameplay (as the gameplay they showed off for Bloodstained very closely matches the concept art they presented when the KS launched).
Its a matter of waiting here; if the game doesn't get any new announcements or gameplay demos for the next few months, then I can agree that they are shifting its art-style (essentially an inverse of Overstrike in a way). Until then, its unrealistic to expect them to make radical shifts in the graphics this late in the games development.
Of course, just like voice acting and the cartoon.
Harkins1721
Banned
OK? And maybe they didn't know the delay was going to happen. Maybe they thought they were still on track to make it out sept 15. You guys are so quick to point the finger and judge. Jesus.
soulassssns
Banned
As a backer of this game I just hope I get something for my money spent.
Shadowhaxor
Member
They freaking said in a video, during January that the game was pretty much done! No one is pointing the finger, we're just pushing it back.
Go to 1:06 in the video below.
https://youtu.be/iANf0ExRL50
If they didn't know that they would need to delay their game for 4+ months a few weeks ahead of release that's actually worse, you realize that right?
ShockingAlberto
Member
Deep Silver was telling retailers about the delay three weeks ago in the middle of the Red Ash Kickstarter.
They outright denied it (but only on the backer-locked forums) and then stayed quiet for every question after that. Then another post was made (again on the backer-locked forums) where they specifically said they were too busy with Red Ash to announce it and chose to wait until Gamescom.
So it's less that I'm quick to judge and more that I have paid attention.
spindashing
Banned
They freaking said in a video, during January that the game was pretty much done! No one is pointing the finger, we're just pushing it back.
Go to 1:06 in the video below.
https://youtu.be/iANf0ExRL50
Someone PLEASE gif Inafune laughing at the start of the video.
Dictator93
Member
I am pretty happy i did not give money to the KS when I was thinking about it earlier. Pretty brutal how this is being delayed. That must mean it is in very poor shape.
doctorblurg
Banned
They didn't want the delay to impact the funding of the Red Ash kickstarter
This was the first KS I backed because (looks at avatar) yeah.
I felt good about it until Inafune asked for more money for VA's and cartoons. I knew then that this was going to turn into shit before it was over and today proves my point.
I backed Bloodstained for a huge amount more than MN9. Me getting burned on MN9 isn't too bad. I'm a little upset, but whatever. I don't care about Beck anymore. (Sorry, Beck.). It's just money from 2 years ago that got lost in the sauce.
If I get burned on Bloodstained, however? I'd lose my shit.
I felt good about it until Inafune asked for more money for VA's and cartoons. I knew then that this was going to turn into shit before it was over and today proves my point.
I backed Bloodstained for a huge amount more than MN9. Me getting burned on MN9 isn't too bad. I'm a little upset, but whatever. I don't care about Beck anymore. (Sorry, Beck.). It's just money from 2 years ago that got lost in the sauce.
If I get burned on Bloodstained, however? I'd lose my shit.
Serenade_King
Banned
I would say you should ALWAYS expect delays since the first release dates are estimated and any number of things can go wrong during development. Delays aren't a bad thing like many people seem to think, I would have hated more that MN9 was released as it is instead of being fixed. Just look at Bloodborne, that game was rushed out and it shows. I would have liked for Bloodborne to be delayed so they would have resolved the performance and loadig issues from the beginning instead of waiting for a patch.
Stone Ocean
Member
Also don't forget the Red Ash pitchThey freaking said in a video, during January that the game was pretty much done! No one is pointing the finger, we're just pushing it back.
Go to 1:06 in the video below.
https://youtu.be/iANf0ExRL50
I, for one, didn't. Because of, you know, the lettering that says 'THIS IS CONCEPT ART AND NOT A REPRESENTATION OF FINAL PRODUCT" underneath that photo.
Would have it been cool to look like that? Sure.
Plus, you could tell from early videos it wasn't going to.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
I still don't quite understand why they felt the need to delay the announcement of the delay till Gamescom. Honestly, if they had said a delay was happening before any rumors started, I would have begrudgingly accepted. Now, I just sort of roll my eyes. But yeah, delaying the game for online features is a bit suspect. Especially since what I played of the game felt pretty complete.
BumblebeeCody
Member
I don't know anything so I bet it's Inafunes fault.
Fake edit: development =/= testing
Fake edit: development =/= testing
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
No. Testing is a part of development. You do a code freeze on new features, then do testing, and keep developing big fixes and improvements. It's literally the most important part of development for any realistic project.
Fine Ham Abounds
Member
Let's not be obtuse. People treat this guy like an auteur as is, producers and directors have their names become synonymous with projects all the time even if they aren't solely responsible for anything. This isn't anything new, nor do I feel it's particularly unfair.
Right now, no, almost no one not involved in the project knows anything for sure, and since I think comcept has shown how trustworthy their official responses are in general, I think there's an equal chance that this is because of QA as it is because of something else they don't care to divulge.
Aah, beat me to it. Well here's one without a watermark
Just had to keep the MN9 death in there
Yeah, I had it originally set to half a second later and it wasn't the sameAah, beat me to it. Well here's one without a watermark
Just had to keep the MN9 death in there
family_guy
Member
Sorry for the fans, but aren't there plenty of other games like this? What makes this game special? It's so close to Mega Man that it's a borderline copy.
The Broken Ska Record
Member
I know Red Ash is related, but given that the KS had communications issues you'd think that they would communicate the delay.
Or maybe I'm just being optimistic.
Also don't forget the Red Ash pitch
OMFG AHAHAHHAHHAHA
Stone Ocean
Member
I think you're being a bit naive, not optimistic lol
It's not about communication issues. It's about concealing information to not harm their next pitch. Saying that MN9 was delayed while asking for more money would hurt their chances of getting more money.
CrunchyFrog
Member
How do you so royally fuck this up? It's like a trainwreck in slow motion.
shadow2810
Member
We backed it because it's a MM copy though.
HUELEN10
Member
But it is IS a Troubled and poisonous project at this stage. I mean It's not just mere opinion at least, I mean we've actually seen it happen, in front of our eyes!
Glendemonium
Member
Meh, maybe it's for the best. Sept-Nov will be busy months for gaming anyway, not a good window.
HUELEN10
Member
Also don't forget the Red Ash pitch
Exhibit A.
Seriously, he fucking lied directly to any potential fans and funders through his teeth for more money; whether it was for Red Ash or MN 09 at this point is irrelevant, he lied about development being brought to a close.
This whole thing is so depressing and makes me wary of these projects regardless of how big the names are.