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[GAMEPROFF]

Similarly for me, the biggest draw to the Xbox One as it stands right now? Below.

And Below is even just a time-exclusiv.

 

[iceatcs]

From the interview i posted before:

Yeah so I was right. No online and microtransaction, that's it.

 

[kiguel182]

Honestly I'm glad this happened, Rime is one the games I'm more excited to play on the PS4 and one of the reasons that pushed me to get one. At least one so soon.

Microsoft is pursuing a different market from Sony, that has been clear since the reveal and cases like this help show that.

EDIT: the one thing I don't like from that document is that there isn't a story. I think that art style would be perfect for a story-based game.

 

[K' Dash]

To be honest, the promise of Rime played a BIG role on my PS4 purchase.

 

[chadskin]

Phil Harrison probably thought the game looked fantastic. So he rejected it and sent them Sony's way.

Thank you based Agent Phil.

 

[gruenel]

So is there an element of Don't Starve in this game, as well?

Sounds like it, Don't Starve is the first game I thought of when reading the description, too

 

[GoofsterStud]

Why would you reduce you catelog early on? I don't understand the current Xbox division.

 

[AusRoachman]

We've only seen about a minute of supposed gameplay, and whilst it has a Gorgeous artstyle it didn't really show any of this crafting e.t.c they pitched in there document.

I'm excited to see the final product , but then I thought dead light was good until I hit the halfway mark.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

Heh.. Thanks MS.

Can't wait to see more of this game

 

[Pop]

Thank you based Agent Phil.

Good guy Agent Phil

Thx Microsoft! Rime will be amazing.

 

[Withnail]

Why would you reduce you catelog early on? I don't understand the current Xbox division.

The pitch was for MS to publish (i.e. fund) the game. MS wants to spend its money on other things.

 

[bombshell]

Who can reject this beauty?

 

[enanogrande]

Phil Harrison probably thought the game looked fantastic. So he rejected it and sent them Sony's way.

How epic would it be if Agent Phil was real?

 

[Mass Effect]

Probably for the best.

Hopefully we'll see more of this game soon.

 

[vpance]

So is there an element of Don't Starve in this game, as well?

Looks like it.

Don't Starve with a much more appealing setting. I'm in.

 

[ShogunX]

Maybe Microsoft wasn't satisfied by Deadlight quality and/or sales and didn't believe in Tequila Works anymore. Jury is still out.

I suspect you might be correct. Deadlight was pushed heavily in one of the promotions but sadly ended up being pretty average. I hope Rime doesn't end up following a similar path being another style over substance release from Tequila Works.

 

[mclem]

And Below is even just a time-exclusiv.

Indeed, that's why I'm waiting and seeing. That said, Halo 2 Anniversary is getting my attention a bit...

 

[ViviOggi]

Well they fell for it once and got Deadlight.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Pretty much sums up how out of touch MS is with many gamers these days.
Still, I can't wait to play it on PS4.

 

[sublimit]

Not enough guns.

 

[mysteriousmage09]

More evidence MS wasn't thinking of games or gamers when designing the Xbone. Their loss.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

The design doc there makes the game suddenly way more ambitious than I first expected.
If they match that along with the stunning visuals then it'll be something really amazing

 

[DieH@rd]

Initial pitch sounds much different than the current game.

 

[Psycho_Mantis]

Huge mistake. Rime is beautiful.

 

[driver116]

I don't know which is worse, that they pitched it exclusively for Xbox/WP or that Microsoft turned them away :/

 

[Rebel Leader]

Who can reject this beauty?

Where are the guns? Titans? Mechs? Blood? Online multiplayer?

REJECTED!

 

[Stumpokapow]

I suspect Microsoft's disappointment with how Deadlight turned out also played a role in passing on this game.

 

[gaming_noob]

On the contrary, it seems like Sony's budget for greenlighting games is much larger than MS. Or MS is just using more of their budget for useless marketing.

 

[Hoo-doo]

From the interview i posted before:

[...]Then the Xbox One plans were announced and everything changed. The people at Microsoft say that the game doesn't fit in the strategy of the new console, that they are looking for "connected experiences" and the social factor. Rime didn't fit because it was a single-player game, a very traditional game experience. [...]

God, that sounds fucking dreadful to me.

If that's how Microsoft is picking their games, then I really don't know what to say.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

Honestly I would have, it looks like such an (shitty) ICO ripoff that Sony would have probably sued lol

The pitch doesn't read much of anything like ICO really, certainly not the design aspects anyway...

 

[DarkLordMalik]

I am curious to know how many games were rejected by Sony, that ended up with Microsoft. Anyone knows?

 

[Plinko]

From the interview i posted before:

This whole "social factor" BS is ridiculous. Stop trying to shoehorn that garbage into every game. There is a very large market for single-player games.

 

[so1337]

Honestly I woud be skeptical too if the developers of Deadlight pitched something to me, especially if the elevator pitch boils down to "game X meets game Y meets movie Z".

Who can reject this beauty?

That's not at all what they rejected though.

 

[ViviOggi]

I suspect Microsoft's disappointment with how Deadlight turned out also played a role in passing on this game.

In treads like this I have to wonder how many people hyping Rime with so little footage shown have actually played that stinker.

 

[Bedlam]

From the interview i posted before:

Funny how things have turned out.

 

[Coxy]

embarrassing for microsoft, those details make me really excited to see how it turns out

 

[Varth]

I wish there more design docs like those were made public. I love so much to see different ways devs approach a project in its infancy.

 

[Mondy]

From the interview i posted before:

Oh boy, this is gonna end well.

 

[shandy706]

I suspect Microsoft's disappointment with how Deadlight turned out also played a role in passing on this game.

Yeah, that's most likely why....combined with the request for over $3 million to fund it. They were probably unsure, but that happens sometimes.






Edit** Oops...guess I was supposed to take a shot at MS in this thread after looking through it again. Every chance some of you get I guess.

 

[BlazingDarkness]

EDIT: the one thing I don't like from that document is that there isn't a story. I think that art style would be perfect for a story-based game.

It'll probably be more like SotC/Journey style narrative, where it's more in the gameplay/world design than traditional story-telling

 

[Santiako]

Maybe they just played Deadlight, that should be enough to reject their next project.

 

[LabouredSubterfuge]

I suspect Microsoft's disappointment with how Deadlight turned out also played a role in passing on this game.

I'm assuming sales disappointment, not quality? 'Cus I thought it was a pretty good game. Surprised it didn't get more love than I saw on GAF.

 

[Banjo-Kazooie]

People in this thread are making huge assumptions that the pitched game is exactly the same as the Rime we saw, which seems pretty non-true considering the windows phone pitch as well. Can't say I blame MS for rejecting the pitch as is, but since we can see what resulted from the pitch since then, it's easy to say they messed up.

 

[gaming_noob]

Yeah, that's most likely why....combined with the request for over $3 million to fund it.

Yet, a cash strapped Sony was able to assist them....
It doesn't matter anyway, Rime would probably sell more on the Playstation than on an Xbox.

 

[Hyunashi]

I am thankful to MS for this. I really am hyped for this game and it is the only indie

Spoiler

is it still and indie?

game I have ever had a longing for. The vibes from that initial reveal still send me chills. It just looks incredible.

 

[dragonbane]

Their loss. Same with rejecting Heavy Rain, because a child was being kidnapped lol

 

[Black Mantis]

In treads like this I have to wonder how many people hyping Rime with so little footage shown have actually played that stinker.

Yeah, whilst I'm not giving MS a pass here (I'm interested in Rime), Deadlight was very average and disappointing to me, especially as I was very hyped for it.

I'd be wary of throwing TW 3 million after playing that game.

 

[Zoc]

I thought this game was "inspired" by Ico? From that design doc, it sounds utterly unlike Ico.

 

[kiguel182]

It'll probably be more like SotC/Journey style narrative, where it's more in the gameplay/world design than traditional story-telling

From the design document what I got was that it was more like Minecraft were the stories are created by the user. I don't want a cutscene heavy game but it would be cool to have a narrative connecting the action.

Of course things might have changed since they first pitched the game, we'll have to wait and see.

 

[TheRealTalker]

who can we thank at sony for securing Rime? shu, boyes, shahid?

XDev guys