PistolPete
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This is a no brainer - fund it people.
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Satellite Reign (Kickstarter) - Spiritual sequel to Syndicate Wars by orig. creator
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FlyingSaucer
Banned
Pledged for 29£. It's sad there isn't any physical version for collectors; and 320£ for receiving the hardcover artbook is a bit too much.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
FPS versus RTS.
Nikodemos
Member
Actually, a lot of people predicted it would be a sucky generic railshooter that would piss on its legacy. Cue gargantuan smugness when that was found correct.
AuthenticM
Member
Loyal Citizen I am 
No, pretty much anyone who knew the old game knew from the get go it was cookie cutter linear FPS that completely ignored what had been interesting in the original.
Syndicate was never an FPS until it was remade into one recently.
Syndicate is name reaching long time into history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndicate_(video_game)
:Motorbass
Member
I know these games were good, but never played them. Waiting for a new Dungeon Keeper though....
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
anyone that played the game would know the multiplayer coop was amazing. But since noone bothered even giving the game a chance it died a horrible death.
Screaming Meat
Unconfirmed Member
I tried it. Didn't feel it.
Wiktor
Member
The co-op was far from amazing. Got boring pretty fast. Now if instead of wasting resources on SP campaign they would put it into co-ops then it would turn out to be amazing.
All kidding aside the the shooter remake wasn't half bad. Multiplayer is where it shined but even the campaign was fun. The shoot outs weren't just corridors they had some nice open arenas and the hacking powers were interesting, but underused.
From what they are talking about in the kick starter video sounds like they are taking some inspiration from Dawn of War 2. Which I'm all about.
Cameron122
Member
I made a thread lamenting the lack of open world RTS games.
I feel vindicated.
I feel vindicated.
Nikodemos
Member
Yup. Currency conversion.
Kickstarter is the best thing to happen to videogames since Steam. As stated on the kickstarter page "Kickstarter is proving to be a utopia of creativity." I couldn't agree more and without kickstarter pc games like this would be a thing of the past. Backed, just like I back all promising kickstarter games.
So far from what I have played of Grim Dawn, kickstarter has not disappointed. Also can't wait for the first full game, Shadowrun Returns, in July.
So far from what I have played of Grim Dawn, kickstarter has not disappointed. Also can't wait for the first full game, Shadowrun Returns, in July.
Glad to know.
(i had for me that everybody was crying happy tears over excitment for this syndicate FPS - and then it crashed and burned)
Cameron122
Member
Really regret not backing Shadowrun returns, but I agree with you 100%!!!
Aye, definitely with you there. I was in between jobs at the time it and WL2 were running, and ended up going on ramen for a week at the time in order to back WL2 at the minimum. I just couldn't afford to both feed myself, pay bills, and back both projects at the same time. Luckily I've landed a really solid job since then and have been able to bump up my WL2 pledge to respectable levels via the backer store, but man that lingering shame about missing Shadowrun is painful =\
Also does anyone else find it weird that the game is asking BP instead of AUS$? Yo dawg levels of currency conversion going on in this KS, lol...
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
This is how you do a kickstarter. Don't just come up with an idea and try to get money. These people have already put up their time to show how they think the game will look. Even if it is for only a few seconds.
No Risk to the devs kickstarters are bad.
No Risk to the devs kickstarters are bad.
exmachina64
Banned
So glad Molyneux's nowhere near this. Backing.
No way, very much the opposite. A lot like the Xcom shooter (before Enemy Unknown was announced) the reaction was a solid round of "Go fuck yourselves" from fans of the series and a lot of confusion and apathy from people who didn't care about the original. Exactly the reaction any sane person would expect but that's not exactly who we have making decisions at big publishers these days.
Glad to see this Kickstarter pop up. I only played a bit of Syndicate on a console (SNES? Genesis? Surely not the best way to play it, either way) but remember liking it a lot and being very terrible at it. I don't know if I'll contribute but I'll be keeping an eye on the project.
exmachina64
Banned
Nikodemos
Member
Different.
It was full 3D, with zoom/rotation/pan. It had regenerating energy instead of limited ammunition for weapons (amount and speed of regen was tied to the agents' implants). It no longer had constant time flow, thus no more research exploits. The clock only ran during missions. It had some crazy/powerful (and crazy powerful) weapons, which, however, were available quite late in the game. It had (almost) fully destructible terrain (amazing what the trusty ol' Magic Carpet engine could do at the time). Oh, and the Epidermis easter egg/minigame.
Amazon Paymnets is only for U.S and Canada, this is being developed in Australia. You give them your details, and then they charge once the campaign ends like usual.
Noisepurge
Member
what happened to the other "spiritual" sequel, called The Cartel?
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/09/21/paradox-announce-cartel-interview/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/09/21/paradox-announce-cartel-interview/
Different.
It was full 3D, with zoom/rotation/pan. It had regenerating energy instead of limited ammunition for weapons (amount and speed of regen was tied to the agents' implants). It no longer had constant time flow, thus no more research exploits. The clock only ran during missions. It had some crazy/powerful (and crazy powerful) weapons, which, however, were available quite late in the game. It had (almost) fully destructible terrain (amazing what the trusty ol' Magic Carpet engine could do at the time). Oh, and the Epidermis easter egg/minigame.
Sounds like some very reasonable fixes to some of the flaws Syndicate had. Though my biggest issue with Syndicate is how sluggish it is to play, from the nightmarish UI to the snail's pace walking to the broken pathfinding.
From the info on the Kickstarter page, I'm especially liking that it's going to be class-based and that your agents will have have unique abilities and roles in combat. Basic stuff perhaps, but in Syndicate, agents were basically interchangeable.
I kinda want the option to kidnap any civilian of my choosing from the streets and turn them into agents, but it seems like they're going to be regular mercenaries this time around.
Bullfrog's back catelog is on sale over at gog today:
http://www.gog.com/promo/bullfrog_classics_bundle
Syndicate and SW are $1.50 pop.
http://www.gog.com/promo/bullfrog_classics_bundle
Syndicate and SW are $1.50 pop.
Bullfrog's back catelog is on sale over at gog today:
http://www.gog.com/promo/bullfrog_classics_bundle
Syndicate and SW are $1.50 pop.
http://www.gog.com/promo/bullfrog_classics_bundle
Syndicate and SW are $1.50 pop.
(Posted it in the other thread. Since nobody answered and the thread vanished, posting it again
1- Is it port begging to say it would be perfect on wiiU?
2 - I hear a lot about kickstarters, but i dont remember any finished, shipped(?) game that came from a kickstarter. Is there a list? Did they ended up good games?
1- Is it port begging to say it would be perfect on wiiU?
2 - I hear a lot about kickstarters, but i dont remember any finished, shipped(?) game that came from a kickstarter. Is there a list? Did they ended up good games?
(Posted it in the other thread. Since nobody answered and the thread vanished, posting it again
1- Is it port begging to say it would be perfect on wiiU?
2 - I hear a lot about kickstarters, but i dont remember any finished, shipped(?) game that came from a kickstarter. Is there a list? Did they ended up good games?
FTL