Now it’s going to be out in May of 2015. I feel that this does not generally bode well for the game. But that may just be my general gaming cynicism talking. Oh, yes, I do have some of that.
Still want to play it, though.
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Since this is going to be their first true open world game, I’m betting they have a lower tolerance for the “open world jank” that even good Bethesda (and now Bioware) games have. So far the Witcher devs have earned some trust, and because they are doing a cyberpunk game, I want them to keep that trust!
I was saying similar things about Bungie and Destiny not very long ago…
Haven’t played Destiny. How is it?
Mixed.
The gameplay is rock solid. The cooperative play/shared world aspects are inspired. The setting is great. It’s fun and addictive. Better, it’s a game you can just pick up and play when you’ve got a spare half-hour.
But…
The story is disjointed to the point of being non-existent. Worse, all it would take to fix are two segues.
Internal consistency is lacking in parts, which drives me nuts.
The game is a bit light on content–not bad, but when you’ve finished the “story” and you’re grinding to be able to take on Weeklies, Nightfall or Raids it gets annoying.
It was a big project, and when the guy with the central vision was ousted (along with his loyalists), it seems that the remaining people didn’t play especially well together.
The first expansion releases today. We’ll find out soon if they get back on track.
Moe-
NOT in your gaming class at all. But I ran across something of interest. There is a graphic novel series called Mouse Guard (first one is Fall 1152, loved it.) I JUST ran across these as my daughter sent me pics from her local library. in SC. Have now ordered the second in the series, Winter 1152. Seems to be tons of others in the series as well.
But — there is a Mouse Guard Role Playing Game, which gets really high rankings on Amazon. Specifically says it is a great introduction for first timers and children. You have mentioned walking the children to school…. so this might be something you all would like.
I saw that, too: was thinking about it for the kids. What age level is it safe for?
I checked w/ the librarian at school. The series is listed as “of interest” to grades 5 through 8. (middle school). NB: the adult me enjoyed the heck out of the first of the series.
But… I would NOT read it to my turning 5 year old grandson. The snake the Guard runs across is scary.. the land crabs attacking the valiant old guard mouse on the beach as he sacrifices himself to save the young mouse could be the stuff of nightmares… much like the really classic Disney movies have scary stuff.
I would think a clever 4th grader would be about the right age to start the RPG and then on up.
Here is the site, (cut & paste) if you want a bit more flavor
http://www.mouseguard.net
Stolen from Twitter, but maybe they just needed to Polish it up a bit more before release?
It may be a reaction to some of the recent debacles of buggy AAA games that have come out.I’d guess that 3 months is about the least amount of lead time needed for the marketing push to be scheduled and done, and they simply were not confident they could be done in 3 months.
I hope this means they’re being sane, though, and not subjecting the developers to an additional 3 months of crunch time – that would be a bad sign.