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General Discussion => The Speakeasy: OOG/Off-topic Discussion => Topic started by: Katrina Oniseki on 29 May 2013, 16:09
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http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/03/31/former-homeworld-devs-hardware-shipbreakers-gets-a-stunning-debut-trailer/
The debut trailer for Hardware: Shipbreakers, the sci-fi strategy game made by some of the people behind the Homeworld series, shows what can be achieved with just concept art, music and magnificently gruff narration. There’s nary a hint of ‘gameplay’ in this video – which tells the story of a shipbreaker’s desire to return home from a mysterious ‘graveyard planet’ – but it’s comfortably the best trailer I’ve seen all year, evoking the similarly beautiful cutscenes from the Homeworld games. Have a gander below.
We don’t know much about Hardware: Shipbreakers, other than that it’s a “persistent multiplayer” “social strategy game” from Blackbird Interactive, a company made up of former Relic staff, including Homeworld’s art director Rob Cunningham and lead artist Aaron Kambeitz. The description on the Facebook beta signup page reveals a little more: “HARDWARE (HW) is a next-generation online social game based on the concept of salvaging resources on a distant, barren planet named LM-27.” Next-generation eh? So presumably it’s going to be on PS4 or the mythical next Xbox as well.
Hardware: Shipbreakers is due out sometime this year, and after watching the following video (http://youtu.be/hSn6qk5OoHM), you’ll wish that “sometime” meant “sometime next week”. (Thanks to Kotaku.)
(http://media.pcgamer.com/files/2013/05/Hardware-Hub.jpg)
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:eek:
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Ok
That sound when they moved to the overmap...
I think I peed a little.
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Ok
That sound when they moved to the overmap...
I think I peed a little.
I squealed out loud.
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(http://fb-troublemakers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/shut-up-and-take-my-money2.jpg)
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All my sperm fell out. Again.
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Where were you guys when I was spamming the awesome trailers in OOC a few weeks ago and ranting like a madman that this was teh awesomez?
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Where were you guys when I was spamming the awesome trailers in OOC a few weeks ago and ranting like a madman that this was teh awesomez?
Somewhere else not paying attention.
Obviously :)
As for the content here, the concepts seems cool to me, but I'm still waiting for a Homeworld 3 to come out.
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Old news is old, but very happy the "old Relic" is kind of back together. Plus, it looks awesome.
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There are background youtube videos (http://www.youtube.com/user/InsideBBI?feature=watch).
Also, there is a beta (http://blackbirdinteractive.com/)....
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Waiting for gameplay...
Always wait for gameplay.
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Waiting for gameplay...
Always wait for gameplay.
Well said good sir
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We don’t know much about Hardware: Shipbreakers, other than that it’s a “persistent multiplayer” “social strategy game” from Blackbird Interactive, a company made up of former Relic staff, including Homeworld’s art director Rob Cunningham and lead artist Aaron Kambeitz. The description on the Facebook beta signup page reveals a little more: “HARDWARE (HW) is a next-generation online social game based on the concept of salvaging resources on a distant, barren planet named LM-27.
ALERT. ALERT. CRITICAL DANGER. ABORT. ABORT. ABORT.
:bash:
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We don’t know much about Hardware: Shipbreakers, other than that it’s a “persistent multiplayer” “social strategy game” from Blackbird Interactive, a company made up of former Relic staff, including Homeworld’s art director Rob Cunningham and lead artist Aaron Kambeitz. The description on the Facebook beta signup page reveals a little more: “HARDWARE (HW) is a next-generation online social game based on the concept of salvaging resources on a distant, barren planet named LM-27.
ALERT. ALERT. CRITICAL DANGER. ABORT. ABORT. ABORT.
:bash:
Someone somewhere will enjoy it, obviously. Don't mean I will though. I have no presence on facebook or twitter or any other site like it and I have no console that is up-to-date. Neither of these will change anytime soon.
This game looks to be promising... to many people. Me, as stated, still wait for a new Homeworld game.
A simple RTS title.
For the PC. That is all I really want. It it's made well and isn't overly exploited shit I'll buy it if it's not divided into 1 million parts and sold one piece at a time (over-use of DLC content etc) and I'll thank whoever created it and moved the story onward.
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Waiting for gameplay...
Always wait for gameplay.
Well said good sir
It looks like Episode 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=0kqNp1fZ9xQ#t=137s) has some basic gameplay.
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Latest trailer showed some basic gameplay (units moving, no combat yet), has definite homeworld vibe, but I came close to giving up on it when they asked for $100 for people to join the beta. They had, iirc, 10,000 open slots for that... 400? of which have been filled. Because asking for a hundred fucking dollars when you don't even have gameplay out yet is freaking derp.
I'll be watching this from a good, safe distance. Hopefully it will live up to expectaction.
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I found the terrain following of the flying units to be a bit derpy looking. I'm wondering how defending a wreck is going to be different from defending resource asteroid fields, too - but as you said, let's give it some time and space to develop.
And not pay $100 to get into the Beta.
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Latest trailer showed some basic gameplay (units moving, no combat yet), has definite homeworld vibe, but I came close to giving up on it when they asked for $100 for people to join the beta. They had, iirc, 10,000 open slots for that... 400? of which have been filled. Because asking for a hundred fucking dollars when you don't even have gameplay out yet is freaking derp.
I'll be watching this from a good, safe distance. Hopefully it will live up to expectaction.
Maybe they are attempting to emulate Star Citizen's crowdsourced funding?
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Latest trailer showed some basic gameplay (units moving, no combat yet), has definite homeworld vibe, but I came close to giving up on it when they asked for $100 for people to join the beta. They had, iirc, 10,000 open slots for that... 400? of which have been filled. Because asking for a hundred fucking dollars when you don't even have gameplay out yet is freaking derp.
I'll be watching this from a good, safe distance. Hopefully it will live up to expectaction.
Maybe they are attempting to emulate Star Citizen's crowdsourced funding?
Star Citizen, when they first asked for money, had:
- tiered funding starting at under $20, with interesting rewards for more money
- LOTS of video of progress already made, ships flying around, etc
- LOTS of info about what the game was actually going to be
- Chris Roberts
Shipbreakers, when they first asked for money, had:
- Artwork
- A small portion of the original Homeworld team (which IIRC doesn't include the writer)
In short, Star Citizen did everything right. They pretty much set the new standard for crowdfunding games. Shipbreakers asking for so much money just to sell you some fluff, and so much more money just to get into the beta, looks like they just threw something together to try and raise some quick cash, rather than putting in the time and effort for a proper crowdfunding campaign. Thankfully, it has failed. I don't want developers thinking that gamers are ready to shell out $100 to be beta testers.
I certainly hope that they live up to the hype generated by merely mentioning Homeworld. But what they have now leaves me asking "Where's the beef?"
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Seems... bland ? Damn, twice that word in the same day... : |
Interesting though, but graphically it's really not appealing.
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Blackbird Interactive has won the rights to use the Homeworld name. Most folk now seem to be calling this "Homeworld - Shipbreakers" #
Bad news, will not be F2P. Wah.
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Bad news, it's being produced by Gearbox, of Aliens: Colonial Marines fame.
FYP.
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Just what we need, another ground based RTS game. Ohwaitnothanks
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UPDATE
Hardware: Shipbreakers has been renamed to "Homeworld: Shipbreakers".
Yes, that means that by some stroke of luck, they have acquired the right to use the Homeworld IP (http://www.polygon.com/2013/9/1/4684456/gearbox-homeworld-ip-hardware-shipbreakers). It is now officially being touted as a prequel (http://blackbirdinteractive.com/games/) to the events of Homeworld 1, and rumor suggests that the gameplay will happen either on Kharak itself or elsewhere in the universe.
Furthermore, it will now be a stand-alone downloadable title and will no longer be F2P (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/127584-Homeworld-Shipbreakers-Wont-Be-Free-To-Play). They also dropped the Facebook requirement (http://www.polygon.com/2013/4/11/4214640/hardware-shipbreakers-inevitably-shares-homeworld-dna-developer-says). Still not confirmed to have a single player mode yet, but we're getting much closer to that. There is hope for it yet.
It's worth noting that all pre-purchases have been totally refunded to buyers, as they now have the financial backing of a major publisher and are totally changing their design goals because of it. They are reworking a lot of things and will be releasing a revised list of features and intentions later on. I don't think it's out of line to expect a proper prequel with a real story and campaign set in the Homeworld Universe.
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Nice
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The Homeworld franchise actually lessens my interest in this, but I might be alone with that. It's not that I hate Homeworld or anything, but novelty hello? That said, I'm still interested so I guess no one cares.
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Queue Bentus entrance.
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Shameless necro
Anyone got any news on this? At first and second glance this seems to be stone-cold, site and materials still up, but no news past 2013, no new dev blogs, no new tech demos, not even a "we're sorry to disappoint but we're bankrupt" closure notice.
Any leads?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7beE0NgnmU
Not the most impressive trailer.
But who am I kidding.
I will BUY that shit.
p.s. Being completely honest, I preferred the setting for Hardware.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7beE0NgnmU
Not the most impressive trailer.
But who am I kidding.
I will BUY that shit.
p.s. Being completely honest, I preferred the setting for Hardware.
I was way more interested in the crowdfunded lonely desert emotive feel of the early stuff? This looks like any ground RTS you played back in 1998 or something? They are even using the same sampled machine gun sound from the original command and conquer?
What happened?
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I will play this game and pretend that it's the Egivand Enclave salvage expedition crew down there.
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Thread necromancy inbound.
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak
Who's played?