That and buck will get you a coffee at Denny's
By
Accualt,
Posted on: 2004-10-13 06:07 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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Do I need to remind you of the debacle that was Daikatana? THAT is an example of how badly overhyping a game can be.
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Ah Daikatana. May Romero burn in hell.
Of course, the master if hype (with a capital Hype) has to be Derek Smart.
BattleCruiser 3000AD can join Romero.
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I would point out that the hype on Daikatana came not from Romero but from the marketers and a couple of overzealous underlings. The "John Romero will pwn you!" ad debacle wasn't from him, but he took the heat from it because it kind of felt true. (As anyone who's heard Romero scream, "Suck it!" during a Quake deathmatch can attest.)
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Is it just me... or is the head villain of CoH way more friendly and talkative than the head hero in terms of forum posts...?
[/ QUOTE ]Duh! Villains are always much more charismatic! That's why the villain has an army of thugs and the hero has...um...maybe a sidekick?
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Do I need to remind you of the debacle that was Daikatana? THAT is an example of how badly overhyping a game can be.
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Ah Daikatana. May Romero burn in hell.
Of course, the master if hype (with a capital Hype) has to be Derek Smart.
BattleCruiser 3000AD can join Romero.
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I would point out that the hype on Daikatana came not from Romero but from the marketers and a couple of overzealous underlings. The "John Romero will pwn you!" ad debacle wasn't from him, but he took the heat from it because it kind of felt true. (As anyone who's heard Romero scream, "Suck it!" during a Quake deathmatch can attest.)
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Of course, what it all comes down to was that it was the overhyping that truly killed Daikatana. There were two reasons for this:
1: It ticked off ALOT of people. Any (And there were plenty) flaws in the game were magnified. What WOULD have just been dismissed as a substandered game became a total flaming wreck. In other words, it was like pouring gasoline on a grease fire, and then adding some gunpowder for kicks.
2: Once the whole "John Romero will make" ad ran, it completly screwed over any chance that they could have pulled out gracefully. While it was completly obvious that Daikatana was doomed, pulling the plug would have been just as bad (If not worse) a PR incident.
And finally: Derek Smart is just , plain and simple.
Yeah, I'd like to punch that Smart fellow in the eye.
To be honest, I agree that the CoV website is spartan to say the least, and I wouldn't mind at all seeing some more information. Still, it could be worse. We're not talking Halflife 2 here, after all.
I posted a link to the GenCon panel notes that were discussed in mid-August that have been delted from the forum, plus a pertinent section on CoV.
Check here.
I have since made a post that pulled pertinent quotes from several sources and the links to the original articles/interviews where a dev let slip some of their thoughts on how CoV is going to work.
Read here.
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Is it just me... or is the head villain of CoH way more friendly and talkative than the head hero in terms of forum posts...?
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Give him time. We'll wear him down, too.
I'd imagine Statesman's got his hands full right now with a bunch of new staff, helping L.Recluse get up to speed, overseeing new game mechanics coming in over the next months that are more involved than we've seen added since launch, as well as shaking off the sting of Update 2's initial rollout. I'm sure he'll be more chipper and chatty once holiday season gets in full swing. Plus, we have an important vote coming up next month - real life trumps CoH occassionally...