This is a game I started to lose interest in as they started to talk more and more about the game mechanics. There was way more emphasis on fighting than politics, with the prince supposedly having to battle to the top, which just laughs in the face of the Camarilla. I didn't hear much, but if the game wasn't set up to be 75% social and 25% combat then they were doing it wrong, at least on the Camarilla side.
Add to that the quotes that they were taking inspiration from Rust and DayZ... yeah, personally I think they basically shit on the concept and people called them out on it, so they stopped trying. If making a WoD MMO was easy, it would've already been done. Doing it right would've involved some rather revolutionary ideas in MMOs where social combat would rule 95% of the time, but CCP clearly wasn't on board for that with the information leaked out.
If it came out, it would've been like FASA Studio's Shadowrun game: something that completely misses the concept and loses every audience it could've latched onto.
An MMO will never be able to match the social aspect of a PnP game. It just isn't going to happen. Go to any RP server in any MMO about 6 months in and tell me just how many people are still in character.
Unless they charge $25+ for a subscription and hire a bunch of GMs to seed the social aspect, but how many people would actually pay a premium for such a service?
So CCP buys white wolf to make a WOD mmo and an EVE table top rpg. They manage to cancel both and now another company licences WOD and makes the table top rpg. This was not a great series of decisions.
Worse, they've been throwing WW properties into the pyre left and right to keep the train churning, and now... it's all for naught.
All their properties are still being worked on pretty much. They licence it out to Onyx path now, who are a bunch of former WW people. They just made a new edition of both old and new vampire and are working on new editions for werewolf and mage as well as exalted. They bought scion and trinity too and are working on a new system for those.
The sad thing is with this every single WW person is gone from CCP now.
So CCP buys white wolf to make a WOD mmo and an EVE table top rpg. They manage to cancel both and now another company licences WOD and makes the table top rpg. This was not a great series of decisions.
Worse, they've been throwing WW properties into the pyre left and right to keep the train churning, and now... it's all for naught.
All their properties are still being worked on pretty much. They licence it out to Onyx path now, who are a bunch of former WW people. They just made a new edition of both old and new vampire and are working on new editions for werewolf and mage as well as exalted. They bought scion and trinity too and are working on a new system for those.
The sad thing is with this every single WW person is gone from CCP now.
Yeah, but the days of seeing new WW books on shelves are dead. It's all on demand now.
And my favorite NWoD game is the least popular(Mage), so yeah, stick a fork in the Pentacle.
Also, salt in the wound, but...
I have no idea where those came from. Someone elsewhere posted them.
I am probably the minority in that I liked Requiem more than VTM
I liked how it cleaned up a lot of the mess and tidyed up
But then requiem did get a little overboard with vampire clans
So CCP buys white wolf to make a WOD mmo and an EVE table top rpg. They manage to cancel both and now another company licences WOD and makes the table top rpg. This was not a great series of decisions.
Worse, they've been throwing WW properties into the pyre left and right to keep the train churning, and now... it's all for naught.
All their properties are still being worked on pretty much. They licence it out to Onyx path now, who are a bunch of former WW people. They just made a new edition of both old and new vampire and are working on new editions for werewolf and mage as well as exalted. They bought scion and trinity too and are working on a new system for those.
The sad thing is with this every single WW person is gone from CCP now.
Yeah, but the days of seeing new WW books on shelves are dead. It's all on demand now.
And my favorite NWoD game is the least popular(Mage), so yeah, stick a fork in the Pentacle.
They're still putting out MtAw books, and the Fallen World Chronicle (the revised Awakening core rulebook/chronicle book) is due out in November, so I'm not sure where you're getting this whole "nWoD and Awakening are dead" thing from. I mean, two-thirds of the books on their schedule right now are nWoD books, and the only reason there are more books scheduled for MtAs right now than MtAw is because they're in the process of publishing Mage 20th Annniversary, and most of those "release date TBA" M20 books only exist because they were stretch goals from the Kickstarter campaign.
And the reason WoD books are PDF/PoD-only now is that it simply wasn't profitable any more for them to go through traditional distribution channels. The choice wasn't between sticking with the status quo or going PoD, it was between ceasing to publish entirely or going PDF/PoD-only. Steve Jackson Games had to go the same route with GURPS: even though they had the Munchkin cash cow giving them a solid inroad into gaming shops, they still weren't making enough money on print RPGs for them to be cost-effective.
I think the announcement that WoD was cancelled probably surprised absolutely no one, but it's still sad to hear.
On the other hand, now that CCP has finally admitted they aren't going to make a WoD game, perhaps they could offer the license to some other company who would make something out of it... hopefully not an MMO.
Is it really so niche that no other company has tried to make their own world around modern horrors? Especially with the lack of any current competition on the shelves? Man ... I just feel old and I'm only 31. I used to buy all my gaming books in a store and still think that's the way it's done T_T
So CCP buys white wolf to make a WOD mmo and an EVE table top rpg. They manage to cancel both and now another company licences WOD and makes the table top rpg. This was not a great series of decisions.
Worse, they've been throwing WW properties into the pyre left and right to keep the train churning, and now... it's all for naught.
All their properties are still being worked on pretty much. They licence it out to Onyx path now, who are a bunch of former WW people. They just made a new edition of both old and new vampire and are working on new editions for werewolf and mage as well as exalted. They bought scion and trinity too and are working on a new system for those.
The sad thing is with this every single WW person is gone from CCP now.
Yeah, but the days of seeing new WW books on shelves are dead. It's all on demand now.
And my favorite NWoD game is the least popular(Mage), so yeah, stick a fork in the Pentacle.
They're still putting out MtAw books, and the Fallen World Chronicle (the revised Awakening core rulebook/chronicle book) is due out in November, so I'm not sure where you're getting this whole "nWoD and Awakening are dead" thing from. I mean, two-thirds of the books on their schedule right now are nWoD books, and the only reason there are more books scheduled for MtAs right now than MtAw is because they're in the process of publishing Mage 20th Annniversary, and most of those "release date TBA" M20 books only exist because they were stretch goals from the Kickstarter campaign.
And the reason WoD books are PDF/PoD-only now is that it simply wasn't profitable any more for them to go through traditional distribution channels. The choice wasn't between sticking with the status quo or going PoD, it was between ceasing to publish entirely or going PDF/PoD-only. Steve Jackson Games had to go the same route with GURPS: even though they had the Munchkin cash cow giving them a solid inroad into gaming shops, they still weren't making enough money on print RPGs for them to be cost-effective.
Admittedly it's hard for me to keep up without seeing new stuff o shelves at the local TT shop. Good to know.
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Those screens look goooooood. I wonder if they'll release source code. Doubt it, but it would seem like a waste to just trash everything so deep into the development cycle.
Sources report that, over the nine-year period, the game effectively reached alpha – the stage at which all the major features have been implemented - three times, only for each version to be scrapped.
Sources report that, over the nine-year period, the game effectively reached alpha – the stage at which all the major features have been implemented - three times, only for each version to be scrapped.
One of my friends is a pretty bitter ex-employee, and it's impressive to see that article painting an even darker picture than what he described.
More than anything else, I worry about what this means for the IP overall, and for their licensing deal with Onyx Path Publishing. If CCP's absurd mismanagement of their White Wolf properties somehow threatens the development of Exalted 3rd Edition, I will go all kinds of Internet Crazy. Very rude messages on their official facebook page, poor Yelp reviews of their in-office cafeteria, you name it! My wrath will be boundless!
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Man... that sounds like DNF levels of frustration.
"Ok, we have everything in, and it's playable. Let's start testing."
"Let's add in [this idea]."
"But to do that we'd have to rewrite the entire engine."
This totally reinforces my belief that CCP have no idea what they're doing. I really think that EVE ended up being successful not because of the CCP, but in spite of them. If you look at EVE mechanically and substantitively it's not really a good game. It's the community that grew up around that game that made it work. If they couldn't even make a competent shooter (Dust) how were they ever planning on putting together a good MMO.
like seriously, reading about the manager who was like "It needs to be more... pssssssssshhhhhhhhhh...." while just hissing through his fingers, when criticizing the fucking UI
oh my god if i was a developer there i'd burn the whole fucking place to the ground, Office Space style
And yeah, definitely sounds like success for these guys was more accidental than intentional. I'm finding more and more that a lot of the movies and games I like seem to be accidents that the creators couldn't repeat if they tried. And boy do they try.
This totally reinforces my belief that CCP have no idea what they're doing. I really think that EVE ended up being successful not because of the CCP, but in spite of them. If you look at EVE mechanically and substantitively it's not really a good game. It's the community that grew up around that game that made it work. If they couldn't even make a competent shooter (Dust) how were they ever planning on putting together a good MMO.
I do not have high hopes for valkyrie either.
I've said this for years. About the only appeal I have ever seen to EVE was the metagame, and that of course has nothing to do with the mechanics of the game itself. That is something which is almost entirely community driven. And even the metagame was something that was far more interesting to read about than to actually participate in.
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This totally reinforces my belief that CCP have no idea what they're doing. I really think that EVE ended up being successful not because of the CCP, but in spite of them. If you look at EVE mechanically and substantitively it's not really a good game. It's the community that grew up around that game that made it work. If they couldn't even make a competent shooter (Dust) how were they ever planning on putting together a good MMO.
I do not have high hopes for valkyrie either.
I've said this for years. About the only appeal I have ever seen to EVE was the metagame, and that of course has nothing to do with the mechanics of the game itself. That is something which is almost entirely community driven. And even the metagame was something that was far more interesting to read about than to actually participate in.
The meta is almost impossible to penetrate now. So EVE is really really fun for only a small percentage of its subscribers.
Paradox, known for crusade kings and partnering with obsidian for Pillars of Eternity, has officially bought White Wolf and plans for multiple digital releases. Their acquisition includes all unreleased assets and rights to games in the works by CCP.
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An MMO will never be able to match the social aspect of a PnP game. It just isn't going to happen. Go to any RP server in any MMO about 6 months in and tell me just how many people are still in character.
Unless they charge $25+ for a subscription and hire a bunch of GMs to seed the social aspect, but how many people would actually pay a premium for such a service?
All their properties are still being worked on pretty much. They licence it out to Onyx path now, who are a bunch of former WW people. They just made a new edition of both old and new vampire and are working on new editions for werewolf and mage as well as exalted. They bought scion and trinity too and are working on a new system for those.
The sad thing is with this every single WW person is gone from CCP now.
because that was really impressive
Well as much as I still find it rather odd I still think Fasa did the right thing when they closed down and bailed
Yeah, but the days of seeing new WW books on shelves are dead. It's all on demand now.
And my favorite NWoD game is the least popular(Mage), so yeah, stick a fork in the Pentacle.
Also, salt in the wound, but...
I have no idea where those came from. Someone elsewhere posted them.
I guess I have to stay healthy and continue forcing myself to keep a thready pulse in my so called social life. Shit.
(Should we start rumors re: competent company buying the rights to the WOD licence?
I liked how it cleaned up a lot of the mess and tidyed up
But then requiem did get a little overboard with vampire clans
Why, CCP? Just... why?
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They're still putting out MtAw books, and the Fallen World Chronicle (the revised Awakening core rulebook/chronicle book) is due out in November, so I'm not sure where you're getting this whole "nWoD and Awakening are dead" thing from. I mean, two-thirds of the books on their schedule right now are nWoD books, and the only reason there are more books scheduled for MtAs right now than MtAw is because they're in the process of publishing Mage 20th Annniversary, and most of those "release date TBA" M20 books only exist because they were stretch goals from the Kickstarter campaign.
And the reason WoD books are PDF/PoD-only now is that it simply wasn't profitable any more for them to go through traditional distribution channels. The choice wasn't between sticking with the status quo or going PoD, it was between ceasing to publish entirely or going PDF/PoD-only. Steve Jackson Games had to go the same route with GURPS: even though they had the Munchkin cash cow giving them a solid inroad into gaming shops, they still weren't making enough money on print RPGs for them to be cost-effective.
On the other hand, now that CCP has finally admitted they aren't going to make a WoD game, perhaps they could offer the license to some other company who would make something out of it... hopefully not an MMO.
And I'm not sure there's a ton of interest in such an old property right now.
because they're bad at managing money
Admittedly it's hard for me to keep up without seeing new stuff o shelves at the local TT shop. Good to know.
That's less CCP and more "deadtree publishing is dying," really.
especially the action bar and character portrait/resource data down at the bottom
nice, elegant, and smooth... like a milk-white pair of bubble-shaped malkavian buttocks
on second thought maybe it's best that i never played this
i did things in the sims online that no amount of divine fire will ever be able to scour from my soul
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They are an Icelandic company. What did you expect?
Maybe they'll do a vampire expansion out of pity. As it is, it makes me think of Mage.
The Secret World has such good fluff.
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The Guardian ran a postmortem on the WoD MMO, and it's not pretty
That...is something.
One of my friends is a pretty bitter ex-employee, and it's impressive to see that article painting an even darker picture than what he described.
More than anything else, I worry about what this means for the IP overall, and for their licensing deal with Onyx Path Publishing. If CCP's absurd mismanagement of their White Wolf properties somehow threatens the development of Exalted 3rd Edition, I will go all kinds of Internet Crazy. Very rude messages on their official facebook page, poor Yelp reviews of their in-office cafeteria, you name it! My wrath will be boundless!
"Ok, we have everything in, and it's playable. Let's start testing."
"Let's add in [this idea]."
"But to do that we'd have to rewrite the entire engine."
"That wasn't a request."
That article though... that is depressing as hell.
I do not have high hopes for valkyrie either.
oh my god if i was a developer there i'd burn the whole fucking place to the ground, Office Space style
And yeah, definitely sounds like success for these guys was more accidental than intentional. I'm finding more and more that a lot of the movies and games I like seem to be accidents that the creators couldn't repeat if they tried. And boy do they try.
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I've said this for years. About the only appeal I have ever seen to EVE was the metagame, and that of course has nothing to do with the mechanics of the game itself. That is something which is almost entirely community driven. And even the metagame was something that was far more interesting to read about than to actually participate in.
Duke Nukem Forever comes to mind.
The meta is almost impossible to penetrate now. So EVE is really really fun for only a small percentage of its subscribers.
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Paradox, known for crusade kings and partnering with obsidian for Pillars of Eternity, has officially bought White Wolf and plans for multiple digital releases. Their acquisition includes all unreleased assets and rights to games in the works by CCP.
There may still be life in a WoD MMO.
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