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Satellite Reign (Kickstarter) - Spiritual sequel to Syndicate Wars by orig. creator
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Nikodemos
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"Low-cost" by itself is a meaningless term. Unless you attribute an upper value for comparison, it is just a random buzzword. The so-called "low-cost" semi-professional setups are in the tens of thousands of dollars price ranges. Compared to the million-dollar set-ups of fully professional studios, they are "low-cost". For a small studio with a total production budget of several hundred thousand dollars, however, they are unattainable.
Missed the kickstarter, but D1P for me for sure. Absolutely adored Syndicate Wars, one of the first games I got on my first PC. Bringing down skyscrapers with nuclear hand grenades was something else.
It's great indeed, and it seems to me the team as a whole is quite ingenious. I bet the game will surprise most people, including backers.
AstroZombie
Banned
Definitely a day one purchase 
I was banned when this update went up and I forgot to post it here until now: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/5livesstudios/satellite-reign/posts/661956
You know what is missing? Gifs.
Wait a second... Is that actual gameplay?
In-engine.
Wiktor
Member
Oculus Rift truly changes landscape with everyone including support
Will be interesting to see how well non-FPP game can work on Oculous Rift.
I use iPi. It's pretty great for basic animation.
I dont see why it wouldnt. Your head just is the camera.
Like Id love to play something like Civ or (a good) Sim City, it would be like being god looking down on your creation.
Insert obligatory damn I love Kickstarter post!
Game looks incredible. I never got to play the original however one of my all time favorite games has been Shadowrun on the Genesis and this seems to give a sort of similar vibe. Would that be accurate? Are the console controls for the original on PSN/PS1 solid?
Game looks incredible. I never got to play the original however one of my all time favorite games has been Shadowrun on the Genesis and this seems to give a sort of similar vibe. Would that be accurate? Are the console controls for the original on PSN/PS1 solid?
I would suggest you buy the previous 2 games from GoG.com if you want the definitive, classic syndicate experience. Especially to play the original syndicate and it's tough expansion.
Wiktor
Member
Yeah, but that's might be a bit underwhelming. Not much different from other regular monitor. With FPP you've got the immersion factor, that just won't happen there. I'm just curious if the devs will be able to make it more than just "private monitor" in non FPP games.
There's a difference between immersion and presence - which is the current buzzword for VR stuff. Things literally feel different in VR. It's hard to explain until you've experienced it. I know in the occulus rift docs the reason it suggests standard FPP with a body is that looking down is not described as merely breaking immersion, but sincerely unsettling. That's the difference between immersion and presence. Can't say I've experienced a third person view in VR, but I wouldn't worry too much about it being anything as tepid as "private monitor."
Shake Appeal
Member
Didn't know about this until just now, and I probably would have backed. Whoops.
You can still back through PayPal.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I conducted an interview with the team, if anybody is interested in having a read: http://www.rocketchainsaw.com.au/interview-satellite-reigns-59182-live-studios/
Sweet, thanks for the heads-up!
Dev Update #6 is up!, pretty brief but with a some very early pre-alpha footage.
Wiktor
Member
Could use a more agressive and colorful lighting, more akin to the footage they;ve shown on KS, but besides that I love how it looks. Most of all the city looks alive and dense. Plus it really feels like Syndicate. God, so many classics are coming back thanks to KS. Love it.
It's looking great so far.
Footage is looking really slick.
That looks absolutely fantastic.
Looking mighty fine to me!
Holy shit!
Wow, looks great so far!
Dev Diary #7 is up, it's pretty text and code-jargon heavy but there's a bit of eye candy to lure you in....
Herbspiceguy
Member
Easter egg idea; small neon Bullfrog sign.
http://satellitereign.com/dev-diary-08/
New dev diary, includes a new video.
Also some splosions, http://gfycat.com/FondWeakHogget
New dev diary, includes a new video.
Also some splosions, http://gfycat.com/FondWeakHogget
Cydonian__Knight
Member
Looking good so far. I'm liking some of the architecture they've shown, but I'm hoping they will be able to avoid the city landscape being too repetitive.
Dev Diary 9 just got published - http://satellitereign.com/dev-diary-09/
And some new clips too, which ill link to rather than embedding (the gif's are greater than 50mb)
http://gfycat.com/FemaleBlandAmurratsnake#
http://gfycat.com/BlondMaleHuman
http://gfycat.com/WearyImpartialCur
Still looking great. Can't wait for my alpha access!
And some new clips too, which ill link to rather than embedding (the gif's are greater than 50mb)
http://gfycat.com/FemaleBlandAmurratsnake#
http://gfycat.com/BlondMaleHuman
http://gfycat.com/WearyImpartialCur
Still looking great. Can't wait for my alpha access!
Sentenza
Member
NNNGGGH.
Alpha/Steam Early access coming soon.
http://satellitereign.com/dev-diary-10/
Music sample: https://soundcloud.com/5-lives-studios/satellite-reign-ambient-01
http://satellitereign.com/dev-diary-10/
Music sample: https://soundcloud.com/5-lives-studios/satellite-reign-ambient-01
hemtae
Member
spindoctor
Member
Looks fantastic. Looking forward to playing the early access build when they allow all backers in.