@Gamasutra Underworld Ascendant has been pushed back to November 15th.
Also Developer Diary 3 released yesterday:
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Underworld Ascendant - Now November 15th
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Winterfart
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I will buy this thing, I don't care.
And if it's a good game, I'll tell the world!
And if it's a good game, I'll tell the world!
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A tiny bit of faith restored after watching that trailer
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Carnifex
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I doubt I'll be playing this on day one of release, but I supported the kick starter and hope to get a decent game in the end.
I find the tone of the voice in the trailer awful. So childish. I have heard this type of tone so many times already. Was already like that in the 90s. This was fine at the time as games were a new thing. I am 63 year old now. Could we have something that does not give me the impression that I am 13-year old, that I have my level of testosterone growing and that I think that my life will be about fighting dragons to impress the princess at risk. I stopped playing one MMORPG just for that reason, the tone of the voice being such a ridiculous caricature. You know, THIS voice of the bad guy....The visual side of games is now amazing but obviously much is still needed to improve the voices. Game designers have to realize that the population of gamers is aging and that immersion is not just about visuals.
I'm not that far behind you in age. But you must have noticed by now that although it was our generation that experienced the birth of the consumer-priced computer era, clearly, we are no longer the target market for much of anything anymore. Still, some gems materialize just enough to keep me busy.
Carnifex
SasqWatch
Agreed, I much prefer a protagonist that is clearly an adult and of age, rather than some loathsome child. Sometimes the gameplay and content are enough that it doesn't matter, but not always.
Amusingly, the trailer made me go back and look at some of my favourite intro cinematics from some related classics. I can sense the kind of tone they were going for.
Scarily, I found that I could almost recite the Guardian's entire speech from U7 right along with him, so memorable that it is!
Ultima VII: The Black Gate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfqOZlNxbfI
It might be a touch campy, but I love it! So much fun. Bill Johnson was excellent in this role.
Ultima Underworld: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW-Eo2Y8PmQ
(Starring Dickie Garriot and C64 composer Martin Galway as Corwin!)
"Thy lies will have brought thee low!"
Quoteable and funny too. When my friends and I were playing this back in '97 together and sharing our experiences, we'd often do our own interpretations of some of the voice acting as greetings. (What news, Corwin?)
On a more serious note, the release date moving back was predicted by many of the Otheriside forum members. I'll be keeping my expectations in check whilst hoping for the best - although the feeling that the game is more an underground Thief than a legitimate successor to UU keeps creeping through. We'll see soon enough!
Scarily, I found that I could almost recite the Guardian's entire speech from U7 right along with him, so memorable that it is!
Ultima VII: The Black Gate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfqOZlNxbfI
It might be a touch campy, but I love it! So much fun. Bill Johnson was excellent in this role.
Ultima Underworld: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW-Eo2Y8PmQ
(Starring Dickie Garriot and C64 composer Martin Galway as Corwin!)
"Thy lies will have brought thee low!"
Quoteable and funny too. When my friends and I were playing this back in '97 together and sharing our experiences, we'd often do our own interpretations of some of the voice acting as greetings. (What news, Corwin?) On a more serious note, the release date moving back was predicted by many of the Otheriside forum members. I'll be keeping my expectations in check whilst hoping for the best - although the feeling that the game is more an underground Thief than a legitimate successor to UU keeps creeping through. We'll see soon enough!