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I'm supposed to be super-duper nice to people already demanding satisfaction from the developers? To hell with that. Seriously, what are you, new? Have you not seen the way other companies are run and how they portion information?
I'll say it again, Hothead has communicated the current status of the project. Bitching about it because it isn't what you want to hear isn't going to change that. Condescending? I guess. I do not work for either party, nor am I involved. But I can make educated guesses. And a game that has potentially lost 70% of its market in the follow-up episode had to have raised some eyebrows. Discussion about putting it on hiatus whilst Hothead works on other projects thus allowing the possibility that the market will cool down from PAA burnout in the meantime is not an unreasonable thing to presume.
It sure as shit beats the alternate 'theory' of 'They're abandoning the loyal fans! They don't care!' in terms of realistic explanations.
So how about it, hot shot. Got any plausible explanations yourself? Or were you just posting here to shut down debate?
You're muckin' with a G!
I see that was a little too much to hope for then.
Clearly those if us who are more patient waiting for this game and who might also have plausible explanations as for why there have been delays should just take our ball and go home. We have nothing worthwhile to add.
You're muckin' with a G!
So, you can make educated guesses and be considered rational, but when people are concerned because a series of games that was allegedly going to have a 4 month release interval goes 9 months without an episode and the level of communication about the series, which previously was very high, drops to infinitesimal, we're all a bunch of lunatics? I don't get it.
I don't understand how it's so irrational for people to be concerned when they've seen a radical change in behavior from both Penny Arcade and Hothead. Penny Arcade Adventures has been very conspicuously absent from news posts for a long time now. No new art, no blurbs about working on dialogue, nothing.
Again, I don't the lack of communication and the absence of a release date is the end of the world. But I also don't think people expecting something from the authors and developers in regards to the game is the end of the world either.
This is pretty much how I feel.
Look, for episodes 1 and 2, Hothead almost over communicated about the games. We heard pretty much every little detail that was going on. Now, while that was good, it's also very unique. All hothead/PA has done is actually just fall in line with what the other 99.99% of the game development industry does. You hear/see nothing about a game for months at a time. That's the industry practice, and there's nothing wrong with that
Now, that being said, I'm still a bit concerned that we've heard nothing, because they were so active before. Just along the lines of "hey, we're still working on the game, just with fewer resources" or whatever, would be nice.
I don't expect the dev's to keep us up to date on every detail of creating a game. I don't even expect regular, scheduled updates. That is un-realistic. And I think that hothead actually hurt themselves a bit by doing that with episodes 1 and 2 because now it's clear that some people here expect that.
However, seeing as we've essentially heard nothing for about 9 months, just for someone to let us know that the people at hothead aren't dead would be good. That's all that I want, and I'm sure that 90% of the people who actually care enough about the game to look at this thread/forum just want that too.
Can we please try to get away from the crap and the name calling? It's not exactly making the thread look good when all we're really asking for is an update.
This is from a few pages ago.
They also posted this recently: http://www.hotheadgames.com/blog/?p=113
While, like many folks, I do find the silence a bit disconcerting, HH is still around.
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excellent use of quote there hehe
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Oh, snap.
Sorry to hear that Episode 3 is in fact in Limbo. I enjoyed the first 2, but I understand if they aren't economically viable that it makes little sense to make a 3rd.
*takes a deep breath* NOOOooooOOoooooooooooOOOoOoOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! D: How do I show Gabe and Tycho that I have more support for this product? I guess I should ask WHERE DO I THROW MY $MONEY$?
Maybe they'll come back to it at some point. I wish them luck in whatever they move into next. Probably an Automata graphic novel or possibly move into animated PA.
If they move into anything at all.
I mean, if the comic was suffering as previously stated in this thread, I would personally be incredibly cautious with what, if at all, I would do with the comic. Maybe they're happy with running the webcomic alone, as some things are just too good to be tinkered with. Know what I mean?
Thanks Mike and Gabe - my love never wavered, I just got worried about how much you loved me. *sob*
P.S. Write me a thesis on the always strange interplay between "figures" and their fans if you like, the way both "sides" have reacted here is all beautifully sociologically conditioned.
That's a shame, thanks for letting us know.
Damn. That's depressing/
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And I thought I was crazy for wanting to buy it on my PC and PS3. Kudos for supporting them thrice! :lol:
at least I hope it is.
- otterp
On Aug 12, 2009, at 11:16 AM, Hothead Support wrote:
Thanks so much for your interest in the Penny Arcade series. Unfortunately I don't have any new news for you on Episode Three at the moment, but you can always stay in touch on our web site, or check us out on Twitter at http://twitter.com/hotheadgames.
All the best,
Joel
Hothead Games
http://www.hotheadgames.com/
On Tue, 21 Jul 2009 11:34:28 -0700, xxxxxxxxx <xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I want to give you more money in exchange for gaming pleasure! Make
episode 3!
That is all.
- otterp
I love the whole feel to these games, and they are one of the few that make me litterally LOL.
hmmm, you apparently missed the last page of the thread where the game is officially "in limbo" Straight form Tycho's mouth.
Same goes for you lot.
The sales would have been (I can only assume based on purely made up statistics) awesome if it was released as a game that hit the stores. There has not been a similarly stylish game released in quite a while and there is still a very large number of people in the world who still enjoy getting their box and CD.
Ah well - we'll finally have an answer to our queries soon with pax less than a day away. Come Monday we shall know all, or cry ourselves to sleep that night.
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Me too.
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