Majormaxxx
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live long and prosper
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
She has not been with them since over 2 years ago. She lasted like 3 months or so before getting gone, old news.Someone is happy today to have destroyed what they hated
Damage must have been deep in that studio if the hiring process managed to grab that person to write the story.
Iced Arcade
Member
probably couldn't figure out how to make it a GaaS
ManaByte
Gold Member
It was Aspyr. They couldn’t figure out how to make a game from scratch.
Werewolf Jones
Gold Member
Fuck the remake. Someone get Avellone with a new studio to make KotoR III.
Mibu no ookami
Member
Yeah, she's unhinged for sure. She's a victim of her own mentality. She derailed her livelihood over nothing and those who cosigned her delusional have also derailed their careers. The industry is better off without them though, so they actually did everyone a favor.
Buggy Loop
Member
What I'm trying to say is that if the hiring process let that in, imagine the rest of the staff.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
Have I got a reality check of the majority of the gaming industry for you!
blacktout
Member
Not if it can't make it to market.
I think KOTOR is just a rather large game, and if you're trying to make that with modernized assets and gameplay, it's a massive project. The better approach would've been to test the waters with a QOL update for the original, check the sales data, and go from there.
Absolutely. So many developers and publishers today are making this mistake. We see all of these overambitious projects get greenlit purely on the basis of the perceived value of the IP and wishful thinking about profit potential, only to end up in development hell or cancelled outright, often taking the studio with them.
You see the same mentality at work on a mass scale at companies like Embracer and WB (Hogwarts aside) or in the many bungled GaaS initiatives throughout the industry. And no one seems to learn from anyone else's mistakes.
Dr. Wilkinson
Member
LOL
Gojiira
Member
I mean it was ‘Indefinitely delayed’ months ago…
All this ‘Sony should have’ rhetoric is nonsense though, they were funding it sure but ultimately Embracer was in charge of Developing and they chose the shitty devs…It SHOULD have been in-house but that isn’t and likely never was a possibility.
And to the dumbasses who said Xbox should have nabbed it, LMFAO, yes so they can cancel it at 90% complete like Scalebound, or release as shite as Redfall
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All this ‘Sony should have’ rhetoric is nonsense though, they were funding it sure but ultimately Embracer was in charge of Developing and they chose the shitty devs…It SHOULD have been in-house but that isn’t and likely never was a possibility.
And to the dumbasses who said Xbox should have nabbed it, LMFAO, yes so they can cancel it at 90% complete like Scalebound, or release as shite as Redfall
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Dr. Samuel Hayden
Member
Good. Disney would have demanded it be filled to the brim with woke bullshit alterations. It's genuinely a miracle the two Respawn games made it out mostly unscathed.
CamHostage
Member
Most of the Aspyr ports have been "fine", right?
I never had faith in them pulling off a full-scale KOTOR Remake (the only game I can think of that they actually made in-house was Torn, otherwise they mostly have made Mac ports and published some indies before,) but them somehow getting access to the LucasArts vaults to bring back classic Star Wars 3D games was kind of a nice surprise series. Ports were competent, remaster modifications were light and appropriate, KOTOR 2 had a fatal bug (and also they had that "Restoration Content DLC" snafu) but that got patched, and aside from the issues brought up, the job done seemed fine enough for a re-release (especially for games never available to players outside of the platform market that they first came out on.)
They did re-releases on various consoles (all on Switch in Heritage Pack, some on PS4, a few on Xbox but Xbox already has BC copies) and sometimes PC of Republic Commando, SW Racer, Jedi Knight 1&2, KOTOR 1&2, and SW Force Unleashed (Wii version, but secretly best version, albeit everybody wanted the HD game). All of those turned out to fairly acceptable feedback from what I saw. Fans are still petitioning them to get other stuff like Shadows of the Empire or Battlefront Classic or Starfighter or the white whale of the Rogue Squadron games. (I'd much rather Aspyr put more effort into getting more of that stuff remastered and repackaged than attempting to make a bona fide remake of anything... ideally Embracer doesn't pull Aspyr down with the ship while some more of the old stuff is maybe on their docket.)
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StereoVsn
Member
Yeah, biggest issue was them promising the fan mod as DLC for Kotor 2 which they dropped. Otherwise they have been alright.
Daniel_Mallorca1985
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Doczu
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Krathoon
Member
Here is the community patch for KOTOR1.
The annoying thing about the patch is that there is nothing showing that it is installed. I am sure I installed it.
The annoying thing about the patch is that there is nothing showing that it is installed. I am sure I installed it.
KOTOR 1 Community Patch
The K1 Community Patch (K1CP) is a compilation of previous bugfix mods and some new original fixes put together with the intention of resolving the many and various issues that KOTOR has. This includes some well-known game breaking bugs/softlocks, broken quests, inaccessible content, as well as l...
deadlystream.com
Madflavor
Member
I think this is good news. We knew that this remake wasn't being handled with the love, care and passion it should've received. Giving a large scale remake of a legendary game to an inexperienced and unimpressive developer was a huge red flag, it had Sam Maggs working on it for a period of time, and there was silence on the project since it's announcement in mid 2021. It's better we get nothing at all, then a shitty remake that would've pissed fans off.
That said, obviously I would love a KotoR Remake, but only if done right. So until the day comes where a respectable developer is given the reigns, let it burn. It probably barely would've been an RPG anyway.
That said, obviously I would love a KotoR Remake, but only if done right. So until the day comes where a respectable developer is given the reigns, let it burn. It probably barely would've been an RPG anyway.
Krathoon
Member
Just get it on gog and apply the community patch.
May as well get KOTOR2 and use the restoration mod.
TSL Restored Content Mod
Authors: Zbyl2, DarthStoney, Hassat Hunter & VarsityPuppet Contact: PM us at Deadlystream Name: The Sith Lords Restored Content Mod (TSLRCM) 1.8.6 1. Description: ---------- Welcome. Thank you for downloading and installing TSLRCM 1.8.6. This mods intention is to restore much of the content c...
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TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
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(Pictured: My uncle at Nintendo HQ in dispute with some dude who made Super Mario 64 in Unreal 5)
(Pictured: My uncle at Nintendo HQ in dispute with some dude who made Super Mario 64 in Unreal 5)
Gambit2483
Member
Why won't Embracer just admit it and tank stocks even further?
DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy
Member
I mean the originals are playable on Xbox and Switch (and PC of course), though I heard Aspyr kinda botched the Switch versions. At this point whoever controls the IP should get a more competent team to port the original games to PS4/5 and then see if sales can justify work on an actual sequel instead of remakes.
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MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Good. Was worried a remake would ruin the original cast of characters. Bastila Shan is one of my favorite Star Wars characters and I'd hate it if they changed Mission Vao in any way.
Barakov
Gold Member
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake Is Dead
The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is dead and no longer actively being worked on, according to a new report.insider-gaming.com
The Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake is dead. At least, that’s what Giant Bomb’s Jeff Grubb had to say on Friday morning during his Game Mess Mornings show.
Grubb said around the 57-minute mark. “
Originally announced back in 2021, the Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic remake has been through development turmoil from the start.
It was first in development by Aspyr Media before Embracer Group shifted the game over to Saber Interactive in August 2022.
This is fantastic news. If they don't remake it, they can't fuck it up.
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Larxia
Member
I agree. I played it for the first time 2 or 3 years ago and I found the combats absolutely terrible, I think it might even be the worst combat system I ever played, incredibly boring. You pratically don't do anything at all, just watch and wait.
Everything is handled by the computer throwing dices in the background, you don't see anything of what's happening and you just wait.
I think Baldur's Gate 3 is a much better version of a dnd combat system in a video game and would work better.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Heck let Larian have a punt at KotoR3