Pre-purchase NS2?
Flayra
Game Director, Unknown Worlds EntertainmentSan Francisco Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 3Super Administrators, NS2 Developer, Subnautica Developer
Game Director, Unknown Worlds EntertainmentSan Francisco Join Date: 2002-01-22 Member: 3Super Administrators, NS2 Developer, Subnautica Developer
<div class="IPBDescription">Everyone, please respond</div> See the <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com' target='_blank'>UWE front page news</a> for details about this. Please read this before responding so our results are as accurate as possible.
Frank and construction discussion appreciated!
<b>Notes to respond to general questions below</b>:
- It's only $25 because ultimately this is an investment that's not guaranteed to pay off. If we go out of business without shipping NS2, your money (and our reputations and likely future careers!) are down the drain.
- We don't know what engine we'll be shipping on, but we could probably tell you if it was really important to a lot of people.
- The NS2 community will be built up out of the NS community and it's our hope that all the friendships you've made here will carry over (we'll preserve the forums, handles, post-counts, etc).
- I edited one of the options above, sorry if I changed your vote. The people that responded below seemed to agree with the general sentiment I changed it to, and it is much more useful for me to be specific.
- This is NOT a substitute for traditional investors a publisher, or good business partners. This is 'seed money' that could be useful for getting us in the best position we can be in when we do deal with these external forces.
Frank and construction discussion appreciated!
<b>Notes to respond to general questions below</b>:
- It's only $25 because ultimately this is an investment that's not guaranteed to pay off. If we go out of business without shipping NS2, your money (and our reputations and likely future careers!) are down the drain.
- We don't know what engine we'll be shipping on, but we could probably tell you if it was really important to a lot of people.
- The NS2 community will be built up out of the NS community and it's our hope that all the friendships you've made here will carry over (we'll preserve the forums, handles, post-counts, etc).
- I edited one of the options above, sorry if I changed your vote. The people that responded below seemed to agree with the general sentiment I changed it to, and it is much more useful for me to be specific.
- This is NOT a substitute for traditional investors a publisher, or good business partners. This is 'seed money' that could be useful for getting us in the best position we can be in when we do deal with these external forces.
This discussion has been closed.
Comments
Sorta wondering why it would be so cheap though. I get that you're trying to get funding together and that there's a chance this might not get off the ground, but even so, isn't $25 a bit cheap?
Do you meen that it would be $55 without the prepurchase and the prepurchase just takes $25 off the normal price?
My thoughts are very similar or identical to Comprox's. What engine it would use, what system requirements it would have, and all of those other technical questions aren't as important to me right now. I'm more interested in "Will I have as much fun with NS2 and its community as I've had for the past couple years here because of NS1's design?"
NS2 is not NS:Source, and nothing says NS2 would be on the source engine.
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You misread his post. He said that system requirements weren't that important. I sort of see where he's coming from but the community can't be guaranteed by Flayra or anyone at this point; it's all up to us.
From Flayra's previous UWE post:
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I don't really care what engine it's on as long as it looks and plays great, though I doubt I could run a Unreal Engine 3 game on my current computer.
Surf over to the <a href='http://www.unknownworlds.com/' target='_blank'>UWE</a> website and scroll all the way down to the January 7th post.
It explains it all.
wellz, i always wait until a game's released and buy it depands on ppl's opinions
actually, i might buy it if there are demos released b4hand.
One part of me says 'No way!' and another says 'I'd pay $50!' This is frustating. I would like to see it with a box and manual so I can say RTFM more... hehe...
Also would there be an 'epic' mode? Like 3 Marine squads vs the aliens in a large, more open environ?
And will there be more races of aliens and upgrades and marine stuffs. (I really think you covered almost everything already)
Onos Penetrating Rockets!
-Sheepe
I'm not one to complain...but the site you said would take a couple days took a month, along with countless delays for betas and releases. A full fledged game would only get even more and bigger delays with the trend.
Good luck and i hope you get a good response
Thank you for making the opportunity available.
I wouldn't pay for it: I'm still in school and having a god like game distracting me wouldn't help me too much... except to help blow off steam...
Whats the largest donation ever given?
-Sheepe
seconded
Absolutely. 25$ is very little money for one person to risk for the chance to be a part of something this amazing. I'd pay the whole 55-60$ today if that's what it took to make NS2 happen.
Thank you for making the opportunity available.
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25 bucks to go to the movies? **** man, you need a new theater.
Absolutely. 25$ is very little money for one person to risk for the chance to be a part of something this amazing. I'd pay the whole 55-60$ today if that's what it took to make NS2 happen.
Thank you for making the opportunity available.
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some food before movie: 5 bucks
ticket: 9 bucks
drink: 4 bucks
gas to getto/back 3 bucks
thats nearly 25...
anyway, a future engine sounds good. the new ue engine sounds perfect for the game type, and is a year or more away. this should give time for upgrades. One thing of note is that the more advanced the engine, the longer it iwll take to make. If it takes you a week to make a model of a marine with the animations now, it will take a month with all of the bump maps, displacement maps, etc... So keep that in mind, it is something some developers forget in the rush to get a cutting edge engine. HL2 engine could work, does outdoor ok (see single player), inside very well, and the system requirements are extremely low. You can support the older machined players as well as the people with cutting edge graphics cards at the same time... which helps with sales and reviews of course. Whichever way it goes, an investement of that little money is definately worth it. Just think about it. 25 bucks. Its the cost of a good meal at a fancy resturaunt, a lost 20 dollar bill and some change, lol i dunno.