drivingpro
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Satellite Reign (Kickstarter) - Spiritual sequel to Syndicate Wars by orig. creator
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Sentenza
Member
nah, we have Wasteland 2.
Let's go with a new Darklands.
Josh Sawyer has wanted to do a Darklands sequel for a while.
The Nature Roy
Member
I'm in at the soundtrack/art book/game level.
Looks really cool.
Looks really cool.
I would feel better if it was a bit higher but it's going decently. Should hit the goal easily but they will need to get some more media attention (some interviews at sites like RPS would help) if they want to hit stretch goals.
The 5th person is a stretch goal composer.
Our core team is 5 people. Russell Shaw would bring us to 6.
Oh, I apologize. Thought someone in the interview video said that your studio consisted of 4 people, and that you wanted to add a composer.
Rewatched it, and probably got the idea that it was only 4 from when Mike said "I've teamed up with 4 talented industry veterans". Guess I forgot to include him.
Sentenza
Member
Yeah, Brother None told me about it in another thread.
But he's not doing it, so I'll welcome warmly whoever is going to start a similar project.
The original game didn't have a lot micromanagement, from what I remmeber. It was more like a squad-based GTA game.
That's comforting to hear.
Nikodemos
Member
The only micromanagement it had was mostly based around team direction and energy states (energy powered your guns, your UV sight - which I never understood how to use properly - and your 'shields up', a.k.a. pseudo-god mode).
Oh, right, and finding the sweet spot for funding your research team. Just throwing lots of money at a project didn't always work.
Oh, right, and finding the sweet spot for funding your research team. Just throwing lots of money at a project didn't always work.
Hero of Legend
Member
Well here's a Wii U mention:
5 Live Studios said:
Good to hear, would be nice to get some actual designed-for-PC games out of kickstarter.
Wasteland 2, Project Eternity and Divinity Original Sin
I agree it's nice. I was so disappointed when Red Thread announced console versions of Dreamfall.
Nikodemos
Member
You know what is missing? Gifs.
Haha, Mitch will be excited, he said he wouldn't be satisfied until he sees GIFs on Gaf
We're working on this now, it will likely be a few days off though.
If at all possible we encourage people to pledge via kickstarter though. We'd hate to get short of our target on Kickstarter because people used paypal instead. But we understand backing via Kickstarter isn't an option for everyone.
Hero of Legend
Member
I'm perfectly fine with them making the main game as good as it can be, they can worry about ports afterward.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Great looking game.
Shame about the horrible game title though ...
Shame about the horrible game title though ...
PistolPete
Member
Wait - Ill up my pledge if creating an angry mob of civilians with a pursuadatron is actually possible. I'll double it if they arm themselves too...
People calling Syndicate a RTS (or strategy game at all) is a bit of a misnomer. Syndicate was an action game, a Cyberpunk version of Cannon Fodder that had a cool management metagame layering over the whole thing. The control interface is certainly similar to a strategy game (point and click) but you aren't building anything, you aren't going deep into tactics, it's all big throw down gunfights with miniguns, flamethrowers and missles.
Nikodemos
Member
I've never played the original Syndicate, but Wars was a bit more diverse. You had infiltration, theft, persuasion, assassination (using a non-standard character instead of your agents). It wasn't all run and gun (some missions were harder if you tried that).
Well the mission variety is more then just shooting, all that stuff is in the first game, but it isn't an RTS.
Can we all agree to edit the title to "Satellite Reign (Kickstarter) - Spiritual successor to Syndicate Wars from original creator" ??
I feel "open world RTS" just doesn't pull in a lot of visitors nor is it what this project really is. Also, OP, please add the gifs, thanks.
I feel "open world RTS" just doesn't pull in a lot of visitors nor is it what this project really is. Also, OP, please add the gifs, thanks.
Oh, so it's not the kind of game I can't get into then. Good to know, I think I'll back it.
Thanks
You're doing a damned good job.
I have few questions, if you don't mind: a)Will the game retain the management aspect from Syndicate? b)Will the agents be able to die and be replaced? In the video it sounded like you'll only have the same four agents during the entire game. c)Will there be some sort of environmental destruction in the game?
a)Will the game retain the management aspect from Syndicate?
Yes we plan on having a management system for taxes, research, propaganda and security among others.
b)Will the agents be able to die and be replaced?
We actually have a very cool system for death (well we think so) that we'll be explaining in an upcoming update video so I'll hold off on explaining it here.
c)Will there be some sort of environmental destruction in the game?
We do want to get some environment destruction in the game, the extent of which will depend on stretch goals.
Yes we plan on having a management system for taxes, research, propaganda and security among others.
b)Will the agents be able to die and be replaced?
We actually have a very cool system for death (well we think so) that we'll be explaining in an upcoming update video so I'll hold off on explaining it here.
c)Will there be some sort of environmental destruction in the game?
We do want to get some environment destruction in the game, the extent of which will depend on stretch goals.
You're in Brisbane? we're planning having an informal Q&A at a local pub at some point during the life of the kickstarter, we'll post more info when we have an exact date.
Uhm, wanted to back the project, but oddly this particular kickstarter doesn't support amazon payments?
Oh well, I'll do it when I get back from work, since I don't have here my cc data
First I was interested, but seeing the gifs today sold me.
Kickstarters originating in the UK have to take card payments, unfortunately.
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
It amuses me that people are still blown away that people use Kickstarter to fund these types of projects.
All hail kickstarter and crowdfunding.
Best thing is that first games from DF wave will be coming in just month or few moths and from that point games will be coming almost monthly.
CAN'T FUCKING WAIT
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I'm quite happy with the quality of KS games so far.
But yes, cannot wait for Wave 1 of the big names.
Ok, didn't know that, thank you very much.
Well, the early bird tier is already gone, so pledging this evening won't make a difference.