It appears that Take Two is closing down Intercept Games, the studio behind Kerbal Space Program 2
  • nukul4r@feddit.de
    58·
    6 个月前

    Wow, this sucks. For the team of course, and everyone who bought the game. I hoped to grab it one day, when it’s in a better state, oh well…

    • ours@lemmy.world
      44·
      6 个月前

      Because they fumbled it all so badly at every opportunity. Shady studio takeovers, disastrous launch, mismatched price…

      What a damn shame

  • MurrayL@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30·
    6 个月前

    Wow - Take Two shuttering this studio AND Roll7 (OlliOlli, Rollerdrome) just a month after they announced they’re buying Gearbox for almost half a billion. Absolutely catastrophic mismanagement. What a shitshow.

    • beebarfbadger@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 个月前

      Absolutely catastrophic mismanagement.

      Hard disagree. When the vultures gut and eat the racehorse they just bought, they’re perfectly happy with the outcome.

  • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
    25·
    6 个月前

    Given the botched launch, this isn’t much of a surprise. Only thing I can say is that I hope it serves as a lesson to people with the mindset of “this game’ll be great ^in 5 years^”

      • DebatableRaccoon@lemmy.ca
        2·
        6 个月前

        In which case, I’ll clarify that I meant the people who bought, found it was borked then chose to wait for updates instead of getting an easily deserved refund.

  • Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml
    24·
    6 个月前

    I said this at launch, you cannot do early access with an established IP. The agreement is a reduced price because you’re paying to get in on the ground floor before it actually gets good. But for an established IP you’ve already built your audience, so most people are going to buy on day 1 at the reduced price, so the “reduced price” has to basically be full price. Now you’re paying full price for an unfinished game because Take Two pushed them to release an unfinished game that had been delayed by years.

    It was doomed from the start.

    • Moonguide@lemmy.ml
      10·
      6 个月前

      Maybe it was the botched launch. Baldur’s Gate 3 was an early access title made by a known developer (at least in crpg spaces) of an existing IP, though BG 1 and 2 are old as hell and I imagine most of the player base didn’t play them, myself included.

      I played KSP and was waiting for performance to get better before buying KSP 2. Oh well.

      • Thassodar@lemm.ee
        2·
        6 个月前

        Regarding BG3: Do you feel you missed anything not playing 1 & 2? I’m usually an “in order” purist, but I have made exceptions.

        • WolfLink@lemmy.ml
          2·
          6 个月前

          I haven’t played BG1 or 2. As I understand it, the only connection between the games is a couple of cameo characters. The main plot and characters of BG3 are completely original and independent.

          However, it would be helpful to have some experience playing DnD and/or some vague knowledge of DnD lore.

        • jaspersgroove@lemm.ee
          2·
          6 个月前

          IMO the user interface/controls/gameplay of BG1 just feels so dated compared to modern games. If you didn’t play it back in the day and have that extra nostalgia bonus when you go to play it now, you may just find yourself thinking the game is super clunky and wondering what all the hype was about.

          That being said, the story is second to none, and the story of BG2 is arguably as good or better. So if you don’t mind the somewhat-dated play style and want a good story, they could be right up your alley.

          • Thassodar@lemm.ee
            1·
            6 个月前

            Hmm I used to play old point and click Sierra games, so the interface can’t be worse than those I’m assuming. The question is do I have the patience now to figure it out lol

            • jaspersgroove@lemm.ee
              2·
              6 个月前

              Some parts of the interface are actually pretty similar to the old Kings Quest/Quest for Glory games lol. For instance you still cycle through the cursor with a right click to look, talk, walk, and left left click to use the action shown by the cursor etc. The combat is substantially different, and sort of like KoTOR you can pause during combat and plan the next moves for all your party members. It also helps to have at least some understanding of AD&D’s combat system, THAC0 in particular, as that is what the combat is based on.

              But yeah if you’ve been gaming long enough that you remember the golden age of Sierra games then you will probably be able to appreciate BG1 and 2

  • Sonicdemon86@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    6 个月前

    Yep this is what happens when an indie studio gets bought by a triple A studio. They must look like they are growing for their shareholders.

  • Contramuffin@lemmy.world
    7·
    6 个月前

    Extremely disappointed. They had some very passionate people on the project and I was hoping that they’ll turn things around over the next several years.

  • Deconceptualist@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    6 个月前

    Damn, I really hope this isn’t true. I just started playing (even though my PC is below spec and I have to run it at potato quality) and I was having fun with the improvements over the original. I’ve followed the development and yeah initial launch was way premature but the 0.2 For Science! update looked to have turned things around.

    But staff departure postings on LinkedIn are a very bad sign…