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[Blastoise]

Reminds me of the Killzone 2 reveal.

 

[Minion101]

Wow, how did they not realize this was the art direction to go with for Amalur.

Does todd mcfarlane have anything to do with the MMO?

 

[AlStrong]

Rock
Paper
Scissors

There's room for lizard and spock too.

 

[Glix]

That is a killer art style. Very impressed

 

[RoboPlato]

This looks excellent. Great art style.

 

[John Harker]

I believe reckoning is at/close to 700k sold ww, so it's very possible it shipped 1.2mm to date

 

[Dartastic]

In another interesting note from this evening - the governor of RI keeps saying Reckoning under performed and sold 400,000 units. Curt posted tonight that it has actually sold 1.2 million in its first 90 days. Lots of misinformation out there in the press right now, so will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Yeah. I've heard that there's lots of misinformation as well. It's definitely a waiting game. Game looks visually incredible.

 

[SapientWolf]

Reminds me of the Killzone 2 reveal.

 

[cpp_is_king]

Needs more Kickstarter.

This is something I can get behind.

 

[Vinterbird]

Needs more Kickstarter.

This is something I can get behind.

Legally not possible according to Curt.

 

[R1CHO]

Kickstarter? You guys are crazy, they burnt 100M$ and you want to throw them more.

 

[bangai-o]

whenever i think of an mmo with great graphics i think of Conan which mmo gamers didnt have the pc to run.

 

[Rokal]

Doublefine kickstarter got $3.3 million. That apparently wouldn't even cover 1 month of operating expenses for 38 studios. There is no way that they are going to be able to fund the year + of development that this game is going to require via Kickstarter. Short of a publisher with a very large bankroll stepping in, this game isn't going to get finished and 38 studios is sunk. EA most likely wants to stay out of the expensive MMO business after SWTOR, and Activision has no reason to fund a competing project when they've still got the market leader with WoW.

Things look pretty grim.

 

[EVIL]

this looks awesome!, great artstyle

 

[Thoraxes]

That looks like a WoW artstyle with attentiveness to character detail and expression like that found in TF2.

I like it.

 

[HarryDemeanor]

Wow, this looks really really good. I hope they stay alive so I can play this.

 

[glaurung]

Those screens look very nice. Reckoning would have benefited from being more cartoonish, too.

Though as it stands, the world in Amalur was rather bland. If they stick to that setting with no identifiable true conflict, no amount of character art or game play enhancements will save them.

 

[endresults]

That horse is so...angular. It looks like a carousel horse.

 

[GhostWriter24]

Looks very good, hope they can deliver!

 

[Grinchy]

That horse is so...angular. It looks like a carousel horse.

I actually like that about it. It's very different from what I've seen in most games with a horse.

 

[ZenaxPure]

In another interesting note from this evening - the governor of RI keeps saying Reckoning under performed and sold 400,000 units. Curt posted tonight that it has actually sold 1.2 million in its first 90 days. Lots of misinformation out there in the press right now, so will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Could be comparing worldwide to NPD numbers. All we know from NPD is that is did around 330k (probably more because of PC, obviously) and then dropped off like a rock in the second month out. For the entire world, digital sales included, 1.2 million sounds pretty reasonable I'd like to believe.

 

[element]

Thought this was an Amular spin off on the same engine?

They are using Unreal for the MMO. Amular was a custom engine built by Big Huge Games.

 

[CountAntonius]

They are using Unreal for the MMO. Amular was a custom engine built by Big Huge Games.

Was it scrapped in favor of this one? I was under the impression that they would just add mmo components to the skeleton that was amular.

 

[Khezu]

Was it scrapped in favor of this one? I was under the impression that they would just add mmo components to the skeleton that was amular.

No, reckoning has like nothing to do with the MMO, the MMO was always its own thing, 38 bought big huge and turned there RPG they were making into an amular game.

 

[CountAntonius]

No, reckoning has like nothing to do with the MMO, the MMO was always its own thing, 38 bought big huge and turned there RPG they were making into an amular game.

Ah alright.

 

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Needs more Kickstarter.

This is something I can get behind.

Because an MMO is something that Kickstarter can possibly fund.

 

[Lingitiz]

That actually looks pretty cool. I hope everything goes well for 38 Studios, Curt Shilling seemed like a really down to Earth dude posting here.

 

[element]

Was it scrapped in favor of this one? I was under the impression that they would just add mmo components to the skeleton that was amular.

The MMO has been in development since 2006. Kingdom of Amular was a fluke as Big Huge Games was working on a game called Ascendant for THQ, which owned them. THQ killed the projects and announced that Big Huge Games would close if they didn't find a buyer. 38 Studios stepped in, bought Big Huge Games and Ascendant. Reworked the title to be the prequel for Project Copernicus, the MMO.

 

[Cheska]

Daaaamn, those screens look great! It truly is unfortunate that they are going through such a tough time right now.

 

[Acosta]

Wow, that looks fantastic, really stylish, love it.

Fight on Curt!

 

[witness]

Damn that looks really good.....too bad it'll never see the light of day.

 

[ampere]

Wow, that looks fantastic, really stylish, love it.

Fight on Curt!

Fight on? He's squandered over $100M of taxpayer dollars and MMOs aren't exactly low risk...

Do people really think 38 Studios making an MMO would have any realistic chance of being profitable?

 

[Baron_Calamity]

On the plus side, some people are going to have nice examples of their work when they start applying for new jobs..

 

[Derrick01]

Not impressed at all. It looks like a spruced up WoW and I'm beyond tired of MMOs and them trying to be like that. Generic fantasy has now become the WoW look.

 

[markot]

Smells like they are trying to get some hype so a buyer appears to sweep them off their feet. Hope someone does, it looks really good >.>!

 

[Patryn]

People need to understand: This isn't a spin-off of Amalur. Reckoning is a spin-off of THIS. This is the core product for 38. Reckoning was just a side project designed to create awareness for this MMO.

The MMO was always the main focus for 38.

 

[WrikaWrek]

Looks ten times better than Amalur.

 

[bumpkin]

Wow, that actually looks really good. Have they said anything about whether it'd have a subscription model like WoW or not? Really dig the look, hopefully they can deliver on the gameplay.

 

[element]

Fight on? He's squandered over $100M of taxpayer dollars and MMOs aren't exactly low risk...

Do people really think 38 Studios making an MMO would have any realistic chance of being profitable?

It isn't $100m. Currently at $42m.

 

[QueenOfThorns]

Those screenshots are fantastic. Great artstyle. I just wish they'd abandon the MMO concept and make it a sequel to amalur instead. One of my favorite things about the game was the combat and there's no way an MMO can have the same battle system, so..

I'll buy the soundtrack, at least!

 

[Macstorm]

Those screenshots are fantastic. Great artstyle. I just wish they'd abandon the MMO concept and make it a sequel to amalur instead.

Big Huge Games, the team in Baltimore that made Reckoning, is (was?) likely working on a sequel to Reckoning. 38 Studios in Rhode Island is (was?) working on the MMO. Two different, yet linked, teams.

 

[dancrane212]

That's not what I expected at all, those screens look great.

 

[volturnus]

Not impressed at all. It looks like a spruced up WoW and I'm beyond tired of MMOs and them trying to be like that. Generic fantasy has now become the WoW look.

This.
I don't understand why most developers are so tied to fantasy settings, when something like Neocron made today could be an instant hit.

 

[ghibli99]

Cool style! I barely played WoW, so I'm not coming in with any of those biases. Like some others, though, wish it wasn't an MMO.

 

[TheOnlyMook]

The art style is amazing, too bad 38 Studios am doomed

 

[QueenOfThorns]

Big Huge Games, the team in Baltimore that made Reckoning, is (was?) likely working on a sequel to Reckoning. 38 Studios in Rhode Island is (was?) working on the MMO. Two different, yet linked, teams.

Ah, I didn't know that! As long as we get a sequel to the ARPG Amalur I'll be happy then. The idea of them making a good singleplayer RPG with a great combat system just to sell an MMO and abandoning it was weirding me out.

 

[Patryn]

Ah, I didn't know that! As long as we get a sequel to the ARPG Amalur I'll be happy then. The idea of them making a good singleplayer RPG with a great combat system just to sell an MMO and abandoning it was weirding me out.

We have no guarantee of seeing an Amalur 2. And in fact, unfortunately, it's probably more likely that Big Huge would be sacrificed so that the MMO can live rather than the other way around.

 

[PewPewK]

I love the style, but it does seem like a tech-updated WoW which I'm sure they would try to mimic in every department creating another terrible MMO.

Too bad/thank God it's never coming to the market.

 

[deadlast]

I would fully support an Amalur MMOARPG

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Heh uh... Incoming "Cartoonier than WoW" and "WoWier than WoW" discussions.

Ah who am I kidding, this game is on life support atm.