Comment on The Expanse: Osiris Reborn - Something is Coming... - GameSpace.com
leoj@piefed.zip 23 hours ago
I’m hyped because I love the source material, but worried this is just going to be a cash grab from loyal fans… Seeing as the comic books exceeded their funding threshold by a large margin, I could see other industries trying to cash in as well.
Hopefully this is a well thought out quality game, has anyone done any playtesting who wants to talk about it?
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
This studio doesn’t have a reputation of milking an IP for a cash grab. And if you were going to do that, The Expanse isn’t big enough for that to be a very lucrative idea.
leoj@piefed.zip 23 hours ago
That is comforting to hear about the studio, the Expanse Dragon’s tooth earned 1.4 million with 12k backers on kick starter, and that was in my opinion with little marketing, seems like enough for a cash grab to me!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/boom-studios/the-expanse-dragon-tooth-reveals-the-missing-years
Ashtear@piefed.social 20 hours ago
Owlcat is a big RPG developer. Closer to Larian in terms of headcount. $1.4m is a drop in the bucket.
The concerns here would be about the different type of project and Owlcat’s history of releasing unpolished games at 1.0, not in it being a soulless cash grab.
leoj@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
glad to hear they are so beloved, I think an unpolished full release is a cash grab, as first impressions are important, but we can disagree on that point.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
lol, well, I think a business would look at those small potatoes and say that it isn’t worth burning your reputation on. Now Star Wars on the other hand…
Owlcat has worked on Pathfinder and Warhammer 40k lately, and fans of those properties seem to be fond of Owlcat’s work on those CRPGs. I’m playing Pathfinder: Kingmaker now, and it’s quality stuff, but I don’t have any existing familiarity with Pathfinder. I expect they’re doing an Expanse game because A) they believe they can make “the next Mass Effect” now that they’ve got smaller projects under their belt, and B) they’re probably fans of The Expanse.
andxz@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Pathfinder is awesome.
leoj@piefed.zip 23 hours ago
Interesting that they would bother making the game with that perspective on the financial side, but we can agree to disagree.
I’ll maintain cautious optimism but the video game industry has definitely let me down plenty of times, and companies have ruined their reputation for a mere pittance - does not mean anyone will do it on purpose, just that making video games is difficult.
Ketram@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
Was mentioned in another comment but Rue Valley is published by Owlcat, not produced by them. Just want to increase visibility on that since it’s a really common mistake.
leoj@piefed.zip 5 hours ago
thats good to know, it definitely looks like the worst project they are associated with, I’ll note that its published by.