BleedOrange
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"adventure game"?I thought it was tower defense/MOBA
What the fuck?! Is this for real? That trailer made it look like an ICO/Wind Waker style game.
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Rime interview: Tequila Works CEO discusses troubled development and split from Sony
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What the fuck?! Is this for real? That trailer made it look like an ICO/Wind Waker style game.
Hibiki Kurosawa
Member
Well I hope they can fully realize their vision. I figured Sony would have been a good fit for them, but I guess not.
This game is made in Europe and falls under SonyXdev jurisdiction having literally nothing to do with the NA branch of Sony. Trying to pivot to a dubious claim like 'well Sony Santa Monica is EVERYWHERE" is very strange.
Triggerhappytel
Member
While this is usually true, there has been at least one exception in Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, which was produced by SSM.
Edit - although I've no idea why he brings up SSM with a pointless tease unrelated to the topic at hand.
i'd heard this was basically nothing like what the initial trailer showed. that it was more of a tower defense type game? not sure that was ever confirmed or not... maybe sony wanted it to be more like what they initially showed in the trailer (ico 2.0), and less like their actual "vision" (tower defense game) ??
SomedayTheFire
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i hope this game does come and and is good, but man not a good look for the devs. seems like fuck all was getting done between announcement and it being dropped.
I heard they didn't have anything in a playable state after 2 years.
intheinbetween
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Well, Rime was first offered to MS but they rejected it:
http://vgleaks.com/rime-former-echoes-of-siren-dismissed-by-microsoft/
According to VG Leaks the concept of the game has changed several times.
So Spain is a country of competent, well-formed and honest people.
I think he means that Sony are willing to invest in projects but it can lead to situations like this which they thankfully got out of.
fvng
Member
Your inability to read is troubling. He is literally saying the opposite. Sony gave them creative freedom with no butting in.
Yeah look how much money they dumped into TLG. I'm fairly certain they'd be happy if they just broke even
mocolostrocolos
Member
You are right. Everything was faked. No gameplay at all.
Markitron
Is currently staging a hunger strike outside Gearbox HQ while trying to hate them to death
Such a shame, it ticked every box for me. Though back then I thought The Last Guardian was completely dead so win some, lose some.
I'll start caring for this game again once they release a new trailer with brand new footage, that would show a progress
The first trailer was supposedly smoke and mirrors, which I'm leaning towards believing seeing as this games development has been a total cluster fuck.
Any new trailer I'll take with a pinch of salt.
The things previously posted about Rime's development and what he seems to say here aren't really contradictory imo.[Agent]ZeroNine;214779015 said:
It looks like with Sony footing a part of the bill (and owning the IP) they had a stake in the game, and were using Focus Testing groups which weren't, apparently, too positive about the game, resulting in Sony pushing for changes in the game.
My guess is that TG had a buy back option after 2 years in their contract, they found another source of financing, and decided to split.
I guess the final game will somewhat tell the story, if we ever see it.
Them saying that when they announced the game at Gamescom 2013 they had been working on this for merely a few months, basically confirms that was all staged as lherre said
The only way to get excited for this again is if I can see an off camera footage of a random person playing this on a trade show
The only way to get excited for this again is if I can see an off camera footage of a random person playing this on a trade show
eerik9000
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The Last Guardian is an internal project that was an actual game when it was announced, just did not run at acceptable levels.
mocolostrocolos
Member
Sony got tired of throwing money with no significant advances.
Stone Ocean
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HAHAHAHA, what a scam. Makes me wonder why it took so long for Sony to drop this.
The Cartographer
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Makes me wonder why they keep picking up projects like this.
mocolostrocolos
Member
For real, here in Spain if you are into games development anyone knows someone who can tell stories about Tequila, Mercury or other 'siginificant' devs.
I mean, we know how things are made. And Rime has been a clusterfuck from the start.
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John Wick
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I wouldn't believe any shit These guys come out with.
This development team always reminded me of the people that produced the Olya when they talked about this game. I have a real sense that they don't really understanding what they're doing and that their project is constantly hanging by a thread because they have no idea how to get where they want to be.
It's a real shame because the reveal video looked really beautiful. I do hope that it ends being as interesting as it originally looked if it does get a release at some point but I do get a feeling that the change of publishers isn't the last time that something happens which raise serious questions about the game. I just hope it does't get lost in whatever problems they have with the game.
It's a real shame because the reveal video looked really beautiful. I do hope that it ends being as interesting as it originally looked if it does get a release at some point but I do get a feeling that the change of publishers isn't the last time that something happens which raise serious questions about the game. I just hope it does't get lost in whatever problems they have with the game.
I was looking forward to this game when it was first announced but now constantly forget about it until the next thread about it. My hype has practically reached zero for it.
To be honest, I was never really confident with the developer but I wish them the best of luck with this project.
To be honest, I was never really confident with the developer but I wish them the best of luck with this project.
GitarooMan
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Man do the knives come out when someone questions Sony.
AyraSutoraifu
Member
I too already was thinking this game as a replacement for The Last Guardian. Now it's coming out in october and looking really good. I think Tequilla f*cked it up and Sony no longer willingly wanted to throw money at it
Callibretto
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I wonder if Sony got their money back, I assume Tequila had to pay Sony some money for walking out of their deal and taking the IP with them too
LOL, this.
I don't know what's important now
Seriously though, this is such a major disappointment. Three years in the making and still nothing to show. I was hyped as hell, but I am going to let it go. The vastly superior Breath of the Wild will take care of these needs, and will be out sooner most likely.
Yep..
Honestly I could see Sony being pretty pushy to have stuff to show at conferences. They were a little dry the first year of the ps4 if I remember correctly.
Also people talking about the game being done but not done. The Witness was pretty much done gameplay wise years before it released he had to hire people to come in and do the graphics after all that was done. I don't know the case here but they may have had the gameplay and story done but no graphics for it yet.
Anyways I think we will just have wait and see how this turns out.
hydrophilic attack
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This is bannable
TheJollyCorner
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I wonder if Akira Yamaoka was actually working on the OST or if that was a complete lie too?
hahaha. I know my English is not very good. But what I mean is that it is a country which I'm not proud to belong. Sorry.
Always-honest
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I get this feeling too.
Give War A Chance
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I'm really interested to hear what actually happened here. It doesn't really seem like I've heard a lot of stories about Sony (in recent history) forcing partners to make the game that Sony wants instead of the game that the developer envisions. Granted, I guess I haven't been looking for stories like that, so maybe they are in the habit of doing this.
Either way, it doesn't seem great that they had nothing to show after two years of whatever it is they were doing. I hope this game comes out and is true to its original vision, which at this point, is hard to even know... but I liked what little of it I saw.
Hope the game ships and is great. Also, hope we'll know the true story one day.
Either way, it doesn't seem great that they had nothing to show after two years of whatever it is they were doing. I hope this game comes out and is true to its original vision, which at this point, is hard to even know... but I liked what little of it I saw.
Hope the game ships and is great. Also, hope we'll know the true story one day.
Acquiescence
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Indeed. And on the flip side, I get the impression that the folks over at Tequila Works are hacks who talk a big game but can't deliver where it counts. But nothing is set in stone I suppose.
Agree. This guy didn't answer the question in the end, just weird excuses.
DISSESHOWEDO
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I went to LA once and drank with some guys wearing GoW tshirts till 6am. You wont beleive the storie i can't share with you! Ok Chief we got you.
As far as I'm aware Sony in general does not interfere with development and provides assistance if needed, heck that's why they have the ICE team. So this interview sounds like we could not deliver on time and we switched the cow!
Ninja Scooter
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I have a hard time believing that Sony, the company who just last week shipped a ballet dancing platformer, meddles with people's creative visions, but who knows: