February 15, 20178 yr Not sure if there's a subject about this already, but Francis Ford Coppola's company American Zoetrope are apparently developing an RPG based on Apocalypse Now, with Josh acting as creative consultant in it. Here's the link! https://apocalypsenow.com/ Thoughts on the project? My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
February 15, 20178 yr I was a backer on the KS but haven't yet moved over to their own site Not sure I will now because I may have increased my PoE2 pledge a bit too much Free games updated 3/4/21
February 15, 20178 yr Yeah, it was mentioned in the KS thread when it was launched: Francis Ford Coppella/American Zoetrope is working with others to bring APOCALYPSE NOW to video games, allowing the player to make choices independent of the movie in RPG style with an emphasis more like survival horror than action-shooter. They've taken to Kickstarter for funding. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fringerider/apocalypse-now-the-game?ref=nav_search Team includes Francis Ford Coppola (dir Apocalypse Now) Rob Auten (lead writer Gears of War) Lawrence Liberty (executive producer, Fallout: New Vegas) Montgomery Markland (producer, Wasteland 2, Torment: Tides of Numenera, designer/producer Aliens: Crucible) with Josh Sawyer as special advisor. No clue if it'll be good, but it certainly seems to have ambition, at least. My thoughts? It's dead, Jim: - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
February 15, 20178 yr Author I was a backer on the KS but haven't yet moved over to their own site Not sure I will now because I may have increased my PoE2 pledge a bit too much They have indeeed moved to their own site (which I posted in the OP). Also extended the time by quite a bit: the campaign will be running for 460 days more. Edited February 15, 20178 yr by algroth My Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/alephg Currently playing: Roadwarden
February 15, 20178 yr That was "The Deer Hunter". "Moral indignation is a standard strategy for endowing the idiot with dignity." Marshall McLuhan
February 15, 20178 yr Thought Casualties of War would be too obvious. The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
February 15, 20178 yr So they've gone the Star Citizen route. They couldn't get funding on KS, so they're conning convincing people to donate money with them directly. It was always doomed to fail from the start and only the true believers will pour money into this, a la Star Citizen.
February 15, 20178 yr I was a backer on the KS but haven't yet moved over to their own site Not sure I will now because I may have increased my PoE2 pledge a bit too much They have indeeed moved to their own site (which I posted in the OP). Also extended the time by quite a bit: the campaign will be running for 460 days more. I haven't moved over to their site Sorry for the confusion Free games updated 3/4/21
February 15, 20178 yr My thoughts? It's dead, Jim: They could only get like ~20% of what they asked for when it was on Kickstarter. Now they're asking for over 5 times what they originally asked for after having had their Kickstarter fail, while having it on their own shady website instead of Kickstarter. What makes you think it's dead? Quote Against stupidity we have no defense. Neither protests nor force can touch it. Reasoning is of no use. Facts that contradict personal prejudices can simply be disbelieved - indeed, the fool can counter by criticizing them, and if they are undeniable, they can just be pushed aside as trivial exceptions. So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self-satisfied. In fact, they can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make them aggressive. For that reason, greater caution is called for than with a malicious one. Never again will we try to persuade the stupid person with reasons, for it is senseless and dangerous.
February 15, 20178 yr Also they try to market with New Vegas now. "It's Like Fallout: New Vegas on acid in Vietnam". Truth told, I am very interested in this project... I just don't want to back it. Edited February 18, 20178 yr by Lexx "only when you no-life you can exist forever, because what does not live cannot die."
February 15, 20178 yr I think they were expecting it to be a runaway success because when I backed it on KS right after they launched they already had stretch goals listed out to like 5 million. Free games updated 3/4/21
February 15, 20178 yr So can local girls be enriched by superior western culture? The ending of the words is ALMSIVI.
February 17, 20178 yr Also they try to market with New Vegas now. "It's Like Fallout: New Vegas on acid in Vietnam". Truth told, I am very interested in this project... I just want to back it. It used to say "It's like New Vegas on acid", and just two spaces below "Not free roam, not a shooter, dialogue not important", etc. What an ADD sales pitch. The whole thing sounds like the rambling submission of a fan.
February 17, 20178 yr Also they try to market with New Vegas now. "It's Like Fallout: New Vegas on acid in Vietnam". Truth told, I am very interested in this project... I just want to back it. It used to say "It's like New Vegas on acid", and just two spaces below "Not free roam, not a shooter, dialogue not important", etc. What an ADD sales pitch. The whole thing sounds like the rambling submission of a fan. One of the two guys at the helm is ex-FNV producer (can't remember exact role), and both of them are ex-Obsidian. So at least that part makes sense. But it sure doesn't look like they're going to raise very much. Let's Play: Icewind Dale Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Icewind Dale II Ironman (Complete) Let's Play: Divinity II (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG1 (Complete) Let's Play: Baldur's Gate Trilogy Ironman - BG2 (In Progress)
February 18, 20178 yr Yeah, having "New Vegas" in there isn't the problem, everything else around it is. Simply a poor presentation for the actual game.
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