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Mike Kulas & Matt Toschlog working on a new Descent-inspired title
headdie:
Guess Mike is back out of retirement lol.
And a decent type game actively lead by the original guys, count me as interested
BirdofPrey:
It does look gorgeous, moreso than Underground, though that could be that, judging by the funding goals and what they've said, they are mostly done.
They're funding a beta product rather than the usual alpha or preproduction.
Sushi:
--- Quote from: Galemp on February 10, 2016, 06:37:17 pm ---Urgh, I'm already backing Descent Underground. So one group has the IP and the other has the original developers. Why do they have to be going head-to-head like this, couldn't they have been staggered by a few years? :sigh:
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They seem to be emphasizing very different things, though: DU is all about the twitchy multiplayer and trying to make a competitive game, Overload is clearly focusing on the single player experience.
Given that those goals will tend to pull the game in different directions, I'm not sad that they're split.
Dragon:
This looks nice, but I don't think I like the fact that they're basing themselves off D1 and D2. Descent 3 (with expansion) was, IMO, the superior game. Granted, the earlier two were definitely addictive, but D3 had much more variety, both in level design and in objectives. Not to mention it actually had a story. Some of the missions were very atmospheric, too.
The E:
--- Quote from: Dragon on February 12, 2016, 04:55:57 am ---This looks nice, but I don't think I like the fact that they're basing themselves off D1 and D2. Descent 3 (with expansion) was, IMO, the superior game. Granted, the earlier two were definitely addictive, but D3 had much more variety, both in level design and in objectives. Not to mention it actually had a story. Some of the missions were very atmospheric, too.
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Hmm. I wonder what the KS page says about that.
Oh, yes, this:
--- Quote ---Intense single-player action in 6-degrees-of-freedom
15 level campaign filled with explosive combat and exploration
Story by the writer of Freespace 2
Breath-taking graphics and spectacular sound, with a soundtrack by Dan Wentz & Allister Brimble
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So I'm going to go out on a limb and assume that story and atmosphere are covered :P
Also, this is probably the most HLP-baity Kickstarter ever....
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