![]() ![]() I previously posted a quick EQNL specifications and requirements article, but aside from that, our coverage of Landmark has been pretty thin. It is also home to my favorite game soundtrack of all time. The original EverQuest from 99 had impressive concept art. We met with Paradox, Obsidian, and Sony Online Entertainment for the day, with SOE stealing the show on the topic of their impending EverQuest Next and EverQuest Next: Landmark titles. Slightly Mad’s track-record with Project Cars – to include widespread use by nVidia as a graphics demonstration – carries over to World of Speed as the teams share experience internally.Īfter the typically groggy-Monday start, San Francisco’s Game Developers Conference enjoyed its most bustling day on Tuesday, March 18th. I got a hands-on with the game at GDC 2014 and had a chance to speak with Sean Fitzpatrick of Slightly Mad Studios, a company you might recognize for its work on the high-fidelity “Project Cars” game. World of Speed is a bit different in that it’s a closed-world MMO racing game driven primarily by player skill. Some games shine through the pile of opportunists – like ArcheAge, which has deeply interesting economy and warfare mechanics – but they’re big productions and tough to pull-off. This is a classic instance of abuse by the industry – abuse so pervasive that it turns players off before they’ve even laid hands on the game. ![]() I’m always incredibly skeptical when presented with any form of MMO, especially of the F2P variety so many dwell within a realm of repetition and disguised bypass-this-grind-with-a-microtransaction mechanics that it’s tough to get excited about them anymore. (A big thanks to /u/rolfski for FPS questions & thoughts). This content will focus purely on FPS mechanics and gameplay within Star Citizen - the article releasing on Saturday will be a pure Q&A format. The first is here the next will be released on Saturday. Due to the sheer amount of content we walked away with - as always is the case with Chris - we'll be publishing two articles + two videos this week. Since then, we spent Saturday morning with the Star Citizen visionary to answer community questions ( from reddit) and talk FPS mechanics. We caught-up with Chris Roberts after the event for a brief run-n-gun interview to discuss his thoughts on the unveil. The nature CIG’s transparent approach to game development brings with it some risk of visibility into a turbulent game-making process the lead-up to a game's launch involves countless alpha builds of similar stability, it's just that we don't normally (as gamers) see the behind-the-scenes development. The fan event exhibited a number of crashing and other show-inhibiting technical hurdles, but ultimately the game’s early build was well-received by the crowd and fans seemed to be understanding. I don't think any of us could have told you that Star Citizen would be sitting at $42 million - more than double our July meeting - less than a year later.Īt Star Citizen’s dogfighting module (DFM) unveil on Thursday night, Chairman & CEO of Cloud Imperium Games Chris Roberts showcased a pre-alpha build of the spaceflight combat mechanics and gameplay. Everyone in the room knew the funding target was on the horizon, it was just a matter of when. At this point, Roberts' next major goal was $21 million that'd allow him the freedom of ditching private investors in favor of crowd-sourcing the entire game, he told us, and it was no longer a pipe dream to do so. Fast forward to July, and we found ourselves at the Cloud Imperium Games office in Santa Monica. Months later, we caught up with Roberts at PAX East 2013 shortly before a discussion panel ( filmed). Funny how much I've learned since then, too. It's still one of my favorite articles I've worked on, and much of that content remains relevant through today. ![]() Even still, we linked up with CIG CEO & Chairman Chris Roberts to discuss technology in-depth (lots of hardware conversation in that link), which had been entirely unexplored up until that point. I vividly remember Star Citizen hitting the $800,000 mark on Kickstarter and feeling like I'd missed the boat for journalistic success - it was at the height of its campaign and everyone else had already started talking about it. As journalists, part of the job is "discovering" games before they make it big I always task writers with dedicating some portion of our time at PAX to discovering indie games, the hope being that one goes mainstream after we've made it in the door early. We've been following Star Citizen fairly extensively since its 2012 campaign. ![]()
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