Jason Moyer on 4/11/2016 at 03:16
Why would you buy the newest Id game based on something some other developer made?
Vivian on 4/11/2016 at 03:17
You are feeding money into a thing with massive marketing engines. It's not just say, radiohead, and their cheerfully offbeat marketing strategy. It is roomfuls of people who have nothing to do with any of the stuff you like who are arguing over the best way to get your cash off you sooner rather than later. Those are the people you are paying. Not radiohead, but the people who make shit radiohead t shirts and sell them on amazon.
Hang on, in answer to your question, I wouldn't. Id make engines, not games. I would need some sort of proof that it wasn't a waste of time before I committed to it.
Jason Moyer on 4/11/2016 at 03:20
The proof that Dishonored 2 and Tyranny won't be a waste of my time is that Arkane and Obsidian are developing them. They make games that I like a lot.
Vivian on 4/11/2016 at 03:21
Come on, this must make sense. Blindly buying stuff based on dev promises is obviously stupid and makes everything horrible and bad. That is no-true-scotsman reasoning.
Starker on 4/11/2016 at 03:22
Quote Posted by Jason Moyer
The proof that Dishonored 2 and Tyranny won't be a waste of my time is that Arkane and Obsidian are developing them. They make games that I like a lot.
cough*Alpha Protocol*cough
Jason Moyer on 4/11/2016 at 03:22
I'm not buying them based on dev promises or marketing hype, I'm buying them because I like good games and Arkane/Obsidian have a perfect track record at making them.
Alpha Protocol is one of my 5 favorite games ever, so that doesn't prove much.
Vivian on 4/11/2016 at 03:22
I mean in that weird pocket-universe logic, what happens if arkane make a genuinely shit game?
Jason Moyer on 4/11/2016 at 03:23
Then I don't pre-order their next one. And it doesn't even have to be shit; I liked the Borderlands Pre-Sequel I guess, but it wasn't good enough to make me rush out and get Borderlands 3 without getting feedback from friends who have it first. I like Nihon Falcom games but I'm not rushing out to get Xanadu Next until I see if the new release is any good.
Arkane and Obsidian are basically like the Beatles or Barrett-era Floyd or the Mooney/Suzuki Can lineups. If it were possible for those things to release a new record, I'd be buying it tomorrow.
Vivian on 4/11/2016 at 03:24
If everyone follows your philosophy, it's a mega seller because they weren't actually paying any attention to what was being sold, just who was selling it. Halo effect etc.
Vivian on 4/11/2016 at 03:26
Its a system that encourages names over content.
