Dark Days Are Coming - New Funcom Project

[schild]

When it makes sense or is funny, sure.

When it's just uhhh, "hip?" not so much.

[Cadaverine]

some of the comments under the Illuminati link are   

[UnSub]

I'm really interested in TSW and I like lore, but holy hell I wish they'd get to talking about the game features rather than vagaries of organisations that will be ignored by 90% of the player base.

[schild]

The longer they don't talk about game features, the less they have to lie.

You should be happy they haven't said shit.

[ghost]

The longer they don't talk about game features, the less they have to lie.

You should be happy they haven't said shit.

Well, at least you're optimistic.

[schild]

That's not optimism, that's just giving them time to get their lies straight. (This applies to companies even with the best intentions, in fact, I'd prefer them not say ANYTHING until there's a full gameplay demo).

[HaemishM]

FUNCOM: Our games are better when you think they're vaporware!

[Murgos]

MMO's: Our games are better when you think they're vaporware!

FIFY.

[UnSub]

That's not optimism, that's just giving them time to get their lies straight. (This applies to companies even with the best intentions, in fact, I'd prefer them not say ANYTHING until there's a full gameplay demo).

I agree that it's better not to say anything, but TSW has been loud in not saying anything for quite a while.

[Signe]

Yes, I know I always say this.  Still.

[schild]

That's not optimism, that's just giving them time to get their lies straight. (This applies to companies even with the best intentions, in fact, I'd prefer them not say ANYTHING until there's a full gameplay demo).

I agree that it's better not to say anything, but TSW has been loud in not saying anything for quite a while.

Then stop paying attention to it.

[Brogarn]

Then stop paying attention to it.

But their vague offerings are so shiny...

[Draegan]

I liked TSW when there was an extremely small group of people on their forums with their viral puzzles.  That was cool in a small signal to noise ratio type of way.

[Goreschach]

I just can't figure out how anyone is still getting excited over a Funcom MMO.

[Hoax]

I just can't figure out how anyone is still getting excited over a Funcom MMO.

The same way we always do, Funcom uses good settings.  Even when it was someone else's setting it was a really cool setting that was different and it sounded like they were going to do it justice until the class list + details came out.

I was so excited for Anarchy, it sounded so cool the setting was something I could really get lost in and Funcom seemed (and really was in their way) committed to making the world and its story matter.

Getting excited for this, even if it is Funcom makes 10 million times more sense to me then being excited for games where just from looking at a ss of the ui I know exactly what the gameplay will feel like (hello Aion, ChampO, etc) and I know its shit and has been for over a decade.  Then again I'm like the biggest selected target hater ever so I should probably be ignored.

[Falwell]

Just like last year, Merry Christmas ya dirty bastards. Christ, I can't believe it's been a year already....

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Edit: As soon as I can learn how to internet correctly anyways....

Edit2: You just get a link this year.

[UnSub]

Classy.

[schild]

The girl zombie on the right is wearing an Innsmouth shirt.

As much as they want you to hate them, it's hard not to love Funcom sometimes.

[Falwell]

As much as they want you to hate them, it's hard not to love Funcom sometimes.

Funcom is the lovable drunk of the MMO family. They have no chance of getting their act together, always cause a scene, shit always comes up missing after they've been there, yet you can never quite bring yourself to strike them from the guest list.

[MuffinMan]

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My favorite part about that is that one of them took the time to unbuckle Santa's belt.

[tmp]

That's uhmm. Well, if i was looking for one more game about zombies to put on the pile of million titles furiously trying to exploit this meme in the past year-two or so, i'd be all stoked.

But since zombies just make me go meh, welp.

[Surlyboi]

And if zombies was all it was about, you might have actually had a point.

[tmp]

My point was rather, if from all things it's supposed to be about they choose to focus on the zombies for their promotional artwork, they can only blame themselves for whatever wrong impressions it'll give their potential audience.

Alternatively it can make one wonder if the change of direction isn't in fact coming. And/or how many of their nebulous ideas convert into content that isn't just shooting zombies.

[palmer_eldritch]

It seems like everywhere I look there are images of a fat man in a red costume recently. Now it looks like Funcom are trying to jump on the bandwagon and explot this same tired theme. And I had such high hopes for this game.

[tmp]

I stand corrected. A game which tries to promote itself during xmas season with image of Santa Claus and zombies is obviously going to feature neither. Both are nothing but part of the traditional holiday imagery after all.

[Bzalthek]

Forecasting gloom and doom is trendy and cool these days.  I just wish a little more thought and creativity went into it. 

(This should in no way be taken as some kind of defense for TSW, Funcom, or the entire video game industry )

[Hoax]

It seems like everywhere I look there are images of a fat man in a red costume recently. Now it looks like Funcom are trying to jump on the bandwagon and explot this same tired theme. And I had such high hopes for this game.

Why don't we use green anymore?   

[Typhon]

For the same reason the @Someone doesn't appear here - sandy mangina.  Different over-anal mod, same basic reason.  Oh wait, no, that couldn't be it.  It must be because it's not cool.

[Draegan]

Someone started to use green on the vault network somewhere and so therefore it was not to be used here anymore.  Or somesuch reason.

[schild]

For the same reason the @Someone doesn't appear here - sandy mangina.  Different over-anal mod, same basic reason.  Oh wait, no, that couldn't be it.  It must be because it's not cool.

1. People shouldn't need green when someone is joking.
2. @Someone isn't used because it's Twitter derived bullshit and there's a FUCKING QUOTE BUTTON.

A QUOTE BUTTON.

USE IT. IT'S FAR MORE USEFUL.

[Xuri]

For the same reason the @Someone doesn't appear here - sandy mangina.  Different over-anal mod, same basic reason.  Oh wait, no, that couldn't be it.  It must be because it's not cool.

1. People shouldn't need green when someone is joking.
2. @Someone isn't used because it's Twitter derived bullshit and there's a FUCKING QUOTE BUTTON.

A QUOTE BUTTON.

USE IT. IT'S FAR MORE USEFUL.

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[schild]

You live to see another day, sir.

[Xilren's Twin]

http://www.kingsmouth.com/

Apparently, viral marketing is in progress...

From the not-real-town page...

Did you know…?

•Kingsmouth has the tallest lighthouse in the entire north-eastern United States!
•There are rumours of secret tunnels linking important buildings in town with other sites on Solomon Island!
•Some people claim Kingsmouth was founded by a secret order originating in Europe!
•Solomon Island is home to Innsmouth Academy, an exclusive private school for students with very special and unique talents!
•Local legends have it that the mountains are cursed by a dark and mysterious force!
•There have been numerous sightings of Bigfoot just outside of town!!

So, they moved Hogwarts did they?

[Ingmar]

That is almost certainly not what they're going for with Innsmouth Academy.  

[Xilren's Twin]

That is almost certainly not what they're going for with Innsmouth Academy.  

Yeah i know Miskatonic river etc etc, but this site almost seems to push beyond the earlier marketing "dark conspiracies and mystery" angle into almost Cthulu-lite parody, hence my comment about Hogwarts.  Maybe it's just me.

I think i liked some of their earlier marketing efforts better.