AbsoluteLlama posted:

I have no idea what this 'AMD Letter' is

TheAgent posted:

ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

AMD dude who is part the AMD game promo thing posted:

We're partnered with them [CIG], of course. We are. It's four months before E3 and we're getting our PC showcase set up. We're reaching out to get demos, sizzle reels, all kinds of different promo stuff. We hear back from a lot of people; there's some new stuff, new games, new partners, all that. Absent is a response from CIG.

Someone else here handles all that, she's calling and calling thinking there's some mistake or she's not getting through to the right people. It's now three months until the PC Gamer showcase and there's nothing on the table from CIG. She's trying to set up a conf call or a face to face with CIG and there's nothing solid set up.

She finally talks to someone over there and is assured we'll get a slice of scripted gameplay and some cutscene stuff with the big name A listers on the project. E3 is what, six weeks away? Maybe seven at this point.

A week later what we get a package with a disc, no explanation, table of contents, nothing. On it, there's nothing new, [its] a mashup of all their previous trailers. It's not even cut differently. We have the Hamil one, the Oldman speech, some fighters shooting things and some FPS segments that were lifted straight out of the last con they did. They're all just dumped into a "Promo" folder on a blu-ray.

She's thinking this is a mistake, they sent us the wrong material -- easy mistake to make, you throw in an old disc instead of the one you just cut, it got handled differently, an intern misunderstood what we wanted, whatever. So she calls them up again, no response, emails, nothing.

Two weeks later we get what is referred to around here as the "Letter." Capital "L" letter. The email is addressed to everyone high up at AMD, not even the gaming guys but the chip designers and the heads of departments. The PDF attachment is a rambling statement from Chris about how we're pushing him into something he doesn't think is necessary, he has a vision and that it's "too important" to be disrespected like this.

The decision was made to drop them from the show after that. Probably from our partnership as well, but that's above my head.

if this is true then loving lol

Pixelate posted:

Beet Wagon posted:

Wait wait wait, what? You're telling me CIG copy/pasted a Type 6, called it a "starter ship" and now they're selling it for 185 loving dollars?

Jesus Christ lmao

Regrettable posted:

Hey guys, I'm playing the alpha version of a game made in CryEngine by CryTek and getting 75fps at 1440p right now. Shitizens will never have an experience anywhere near what I am currently having.

CrazyLoon posted:

OMG, stop talking about Kingdom Come! It's liek, such a lowly ambitious game of limited scope, just 16 square kilometres and armor and swords and poo poo, when Star Citizen gives you lazors and pew pew and spaaaaace.

Regrettable posted:

I'm talking about Hunt: Showdown

Beet Wagon posted:

Is it good? I've been seriously eyeing it despite my deep loathing of "early access" poo poo.

Beet Wagon posted:

Wait wait wait, what? You're telling me CIG copy/pasted a Type 6, called it a "starter ship" and now they're selling it for 185 loving dollars?

Jesus Christ lmao

Beet Wagon posted:

Wait wait wait, what? You're telling me CIG copy/pasted a Type 6, called it a "starter ship" and now they're selling it for 185 loving dollars?

Jesus Christ lmao

SoftNum posted:

Mr.PayDay posted:

„For me the enjoyment will come from the depth of the game. Yeah, in a cargo run I'll go in one direction for an extended period of time and it might be through a boring section of space. This is where the depth comes in. I don't plan to play solo, like ever. Always have a friend or two or at least an NPC or two helping me. I'll always have a multicrew ship since I can't sit still in a single seat. I need to get up and walk around.

Getting up and walking around your ship can results in a couple of gameplay features. For one you can go do a check on your systems and make sure everything is running correctly. Maybe check and manage your inventory. Pull up Mobiglass and look for a few missions with a solid payout. Maybe my Ursa has a flat in .y cargo bay and I need to repair the tire. Maybe I got some flair items in storage that I want to pull out and decorate my ship with. I could even pop up a comms video chat with a buddy in the same situation. I'd even spend some time in the living quarters making food and replenishing my hunger, I'd even booze up and fly my ship shitfaced. That's all just flying in space.

Then you start thinking about even more depth to the game. At any time you could be attacked or interdicted. Your choice to fight them or run. Maybe the ships aren't doing it for you, then you can land on a planet and live there for a bit. The game is going to have a procgen quest system, meaning it will create new missions out of thin air that will have detail and story. This means you can turn a space ship simulator into an FPS on the ground. Not to generalize it, but you can do anything on that planet you could in any game. Follow some type of storyline, shoot people, make alliances, open an Outpost, take an Outpost, go mining, drive a vehicle, race on a track, it goes on and on and on.

To sum it all up I think this game is going to be fun no matter what. The reason being is that it's a game where you can do anything. If you ever become bored just do something different. It covers pretty much every spectrum of gameplay.“



Star Citizen: Getting up and walking around your ship can result in gameplay features

Dooguk posted:

Remember those early trailers (proof of concept) made by Crytek. One of the guys on the Frontier forum, spotted that CIG tried to pass them off as gameplay vids.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cig/star-citizen/posts/351480

quote:

In addition, the UEE has captured a Vanduul carrier ship and we're selling the contents on the open market! 300 Vanduul fighters, which will never be available on the legitimate market, are now for sale. If you want one in the game you're going to have to hunt, disable and capture it

Beet Wagon posted:

Wait wait wait, what? You're telling me CIG copy/pasted a Type 6, called it a "starter ship" and now they're selling it for 185 loving dollars?

Jesus Christ lmao

AP posted:

SoftNum posted:

AP posted:

Beet Wagon posted:

So... if CIG is parodying CIG now, does that mean we're supposed to start making a space game or something? I don't know what's supposed to happen when everything gets inverted like this.

Beet Wagon posted:

So... if CIG is parodying CIG now, does that mean we're supposed to start making a space game or something? I don't know what's supposed to happen when everything gets inverted like this.

Abongination posted:

Just a legit reminder for people to call their parents.

I was reading this thread a long time ago when FYAD buddy first came with his "call your parents" routine.

Since then my mother was diagnosed with cancer and died within a month. Call your parents, they're not always gonna be there.

*edit - also star citizen is bad I guess

Beet Wagon posted:

So... if CIG is parodying CIG now, does that mean we're supposed to start making a space game or something? I don't know what's supposed to happen when everything gets inverted like this.

quote:

The purpose of the higher stretch goals is to ensure that the game-as-described is finished in the two year time period.

Pixelate posted:

Old news, but this Kickstarter FAQ is amazing...

RearmingStrafbomber posted:

You Derek Smart fanboys are delusional if you think that's a Type 6.



It's clearly a Lakon Keelback, checkmake goonies.

Omniblivion posted:

Speaking of space games, Elite: Dangerous is on sale for $7.50 on steam. An actual game. In space. For less money than a #1 from in n out

Omniblivion posted:

Speaking of space games, Elite: Dangerous is on sale for $7.50 on steam. An actual game. In space. For less money than a #1 from in n out