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Gamescom 2016 - So Much Promise & Potential

SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
edited September 2016 in News & Features Discussion

imageGamescom 2016 - So Much Promise & Potential

Dual Universe has so much promise and potential, I went to see it twice. Fortunately I am not going for a lowbrow joke here, over the course of Gamescom I first sat down with Ludovic Serny, the Community & Social Media manager at Novaquark. A day or so later there was the chance to sit down and chat with Jean-Christophe Baillie, President at Novaquark.

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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,593
    Definitely one to keep on the radar

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  • RaxeonRaxeon Member UncommonPosts: 2,288
    yea slap its looks very promising
  • DullahanDullahan Member EpicPosts: 4,536
    Love the idea for the game, but the building side of the game seems completely unimmersive and unsatisfying.

    When I build something in an mmo, I want to actually feel like I'm building. This makes me feel like I'm playing a 3d design app like Blender instead of actually crafting. Where are the tools? What about processing materials?

    Does the lore support that players will things into existence or is that just an oversight?


  • SpottyGekkoSpottyGekko Member EpicPosts: 6,916
    Another game with loads of "potential", lol

    And even more massively ambitious than usual ! :D

    Keeping an eye on their progress, but trying to ignore the hype-pressure that's slowly building around this title...
  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,593
    SpottyGekko said:
    Another game with loads of "potential", lol

    And even more massively ambitious than usual ! :D

    Keeping an eye on their progress, but trying to ignore the hype-pressure that's slowly building around this title...
    Going to get higher over the next week as they launch a Kickstarter on the 7th.

    All time classic  MY NEW FAVORITE POST!  (Keep laying those bricks)

    "I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator

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    Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018

    "Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018

  • forcelimaforcelima Member UncommonPosts: 232
    So tired of potential and promise . For a change I would like delivered finished product that these companies pitch.
  • MaxBaconMaxBacon Member LegendaryPosts: 7,846
    edited September 2016
    I can't help but have a NMS vibe about Dual Universe on the aspect of indie team taking on massively a challenging project, they have a very complex design on several parts of the game that is not going to be easy to get right.

    So as Dual Universe seems to be going to setup a Kickstarter soon far i hear, let's see how it goes.
  • mgilbrtsnmgilbrtsn Member EpicPosts: 3,430
    SpottyGekko said:
    Another game with loads of "potential", lol

    And even more massively ambitious than usual ! :D

    Keeping an eye on their progress, but trying to ignore the hype-pressure that's slowly building around this title...
    Better to have things with potential on the horizon than not IMO.  Even if 99% don't pan out, that leaves 1% of goodness.  However, I almost always try to ignore the hype and just watch from afar.  Keeps me from being dissapointed when the 99% hit the fan.

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  • Slapshot1188Slapshot1188 Member LegendaryPosts: 17,593
    forcelima said:
    So tired of potential and promise . For a change I would like delivered finished product that these companies pitch.
    I think they key is for people to not get so personally invested in these dream games.  


    All time classic  MY NEW FAVORITE POST!  (Keep laying those bricks)

    "I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator

    Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017. 

    Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018

    "Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018

  • MikePaladinMikePaladin Member UncommonPosts: 592
    edited September 2016
    Love this Project some kind of NMS + Robocraft .
  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,004

    Slapshot1188 said:


    forcelima said:

    So tired of potential and promise . For a change I would like delivered finished product that these companies pitch.


    I think they key is for people to not get so personally invested in these dream games.  





    Game makers have really gotten good with the hype machine and telling people what they want to hear and showing people what they want to see. It's the stuff they don't say that you have to watch out for. Now it's better to what and see unless you have money to burn.

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  • kitaradkitarad Member LegendaryPosts: 8,164
    Watching him make that ship I wondered how much freedom there was .Can you really go freestyle and draw in the shapes?

  • RazeeksterRazeekster Member UncommonPosts: 2,591
    I haven't seen a really decent sandbox MMO come out of Kickstarter yet, not holding my breath.

    Smile

  • MaxBaconMaxBacon Member LegendaryPosts: 7,846
    Razeekster said:
    I haven't seen a really decent sandbox MMO come out of Kickstarter yet, not holding my breath.
    It's been complicated days yeah, they are usually ambitious un-tested ideas, MMO's ain't cheap or easy to pull off as its known so small indie companies have really high risk of being unable to deliver to the level expected/wanted.
  • dbgtrulzdbgtrulz Member UncommonPosts: 1

    Dullahan said:

    Love the idea for the game, but the building side of the game seems completely unimmersive and unsatisfying.



    When I build something in an mmo, I want to actually feel like I'm building. This makes me feel like I'm playing a 3d design app like Blender instead of actually crafting. Where are the tools? What about processing materials?



    Does the lore support that players will things into existence or is that just an oversight?



    Yes, the lore does. The technology they use allows them to shrink and store materials (using a device on their arm and a backpack like thing) then extract them, restore their size, and form them into whatever shape they need, all in an instant. Or something, it's been a while since I read that dev diary.

    Definitely looking forward to the game. As a game programmer myself, I'm exited to be able to script ship AIs, drones, etc. I see no technical reason why they can't pull off what they've put forth, our technology is at a point where a single-shard universe is possible and they're leaving the level design to the game (procedurally generated) and object creation and scripting to the players, so they have that much less work to do.
  • VichusSmithVichusSmith Member UncommonPosts: 67
    Look good for people who like to build. I would just hope that you don't have to fly a ship that looks like bathroom tile.

    There's nothing more gratifying than playing an MMO for free.

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