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Planescape: Torment Successor will be set in Monte Cook's Numenera

Started by Peregrin, January 09, 2013, 07:15:30 PM

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mcbobbo

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March 08, 2013, 11:13:16 AM
Quote from: Spinachcat;618226I hope Disney buys Hasbro and sells off D&D.

Even though I like 4e, WotC is a company that can't make anything but bad decisions and companies like that don't deserve to survive in the marketplace.

I hope Disney buys Hasbro and gives D&D to JJ Abrams.  :)

Hope springs eternal, once Hasbro is out of the picture...

Honestly, listening to 'autie Lisa' tell stories of WoTC is pretty intriguing.  And she'd probably back up a lot of where you're going, but I wonder how much is them and how much is Hasbro.  I don't remember MtG being in bad shape, back in the day.

Quote from: Ladybird;618251Oh, and yet another dull fantasy MMO that's slipped a few times, and should probably be out this year.

This is genuinely all the farther anyone need go for the reason there are no non-MMO D&D games worth a damn.  Take a look at Blizzard, for example.  With their WoW cash cow, we may well likely never see another Warcraft game, period.  And that was their bread and butter before the MMO monster took over.  Likewise, when we did finally get Diablo III, it was an MMO without the depth.  And I do appreciate the irony in that statement...

Maybe I'm just nostalgic, but I remember the gold box products, Baldur's Gate, and the like being a huge deal among my friends.  They really fumbled something big here, particulary with Hasbro cash behind them.
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Ladybird

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March 11, 2013, 09:37:49 AM
Quote from: mcbobbo;635401This is genuinely all the farther anyone need go for the reason there are no non-MMO D&D games worth a damn.  Take a look at Blizzard, for example.  With their WoW cash cow, we may well likely never see another Warcraft game, period.  And that was their bread and butter before the MMO monster took over.  Likewise, when we did finally get Diablo III, it was an MMO without the depth.  And I do appreciate the irony in that statement...

Maybe I'm just nostalgic, but I remember the gold box products, Baldur's Gate, and the like being a huge deal among my friends.  They really fumbled something big here, particulary with Hasbro cash behind them.

I do wonder how much has been invested in Neverwinter. There's money to be made in a second-string, middle-range MMO; there's no money to be made competing against WoW, though. Being Cryptic, I presume they're aiming for that mid-range, but you never know...

There's obviously an audience for this sort of solo adventure, though; look at this, Obsidian's game, and - for an even lower budget - Spiderweb Software continue to do well (I'm sure people can find more, too). But that level of profit may be below Hasbro's interest levels...
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Opaopajr

#17
March 11, 2013, 03:58:49 PM
Quote from: Warthur;619468I can't see the word "Numenera" without thinking "doot-doooo doo doo doot".

:rotfl:

doot-doo-doot doot

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(I will never read that game the same ever again now, and for that I thank you!)
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