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Nirli
Profile Joined February 2023
Bulgaria381 Posts
February 12 2024 05:44 GMT
#1521
On December 06 2023 19:21 Nirli wrote:
So, where's the people saying "100k won't make a difference, they're already fully funded"?


jaeydee
Profile Joined February 2024
1 Post
February 12 2024 09:17 GMT
#1522
Me and alot of people really do enjoy the game even at this state. The game is far more then a tech demo or "nothing thats fun to play". Theres even tournaments being hosted and played and alot of people are really enjoying the gameplay. Theres no 3. Race, no Tier 3 tech and the matches ALREADY are nothing short of spectacular sometimes. Watching Mixu, Parting and other pros micro their heart out with these fun units like atlas drops, weaver micro, imp suiciding or a big ass dragon is very pleasing to watch and play for yourself.

Ofc its not a finished product and the decision to develop a game in this extremly transparent way is nothing short of courageous. Hell if youre on the playtester discord you interact and discuss with the developers of the game on a daily basis. I have never experienced a AAA Game being developed in this way and i love the path they chose.


Why do some people here try to throw shit at frostgiant for doing a kickstarter when they cleary and transparently communicate why they are doing it and how the money is spent?

I really would love it if this megathread doesnt decent into some sort of circlejerk of stormgate.

I mean its understandably that alot of you are put off by this way of developing a game since its pretty revolutionary and not for everyone that just want to play a polished product. On the other Hand i would love if some of you give these guys at frostgiant the benefit of the doubt since you rarely see a group of dedicated RTS lovers develop a game in this honest, transparent and exhausting way. Dealing with passionate gamers is though.
Luolis
Profile Blog Joined May 2012
Finland7166 Posts
February 12 2024 10:48 GMT
#1523
I think the game is fun. Obviously it's not finished but atleast im enjoying it way more than i ever did with Lotv. Fuck lotv.
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17477 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-02-12 12:17:15
February 12 2024 12:01 GMT
#1524
I'm having fun with the game. There is not much content though. The player numbers fell steadily throughout the week.
On February 12 2024 18:17 jaeydee wrote:
Ofc its not a finished product and the decision to develop a game in this extremly transparent way is nothing short of courageous. Hell if youre on the playtester discord you interact and discuss with the developers of the game on a daily basis. I have never experienced a AAA Game being developed in this way and i love the path they chose.

I'm not sure this is considered a AAA game. If any one has more knowledge on this please chime in.
On February 12 2024 18:17 jaeydee wrote:
I mean its understandably that alot of you are put off by this way of developing a game since its pretty revolutionary and not for everyone that just want to play a polished product.

I don't think the development pathway is revolutionary. StormGate's development and the state of the franchise path is pretty similar to Fire Pro Wrestling World developed from 2017 to 2020. In a previous post, I outlined in detail how FPWW was in a very similar situation in 2017 as Stormgate is in right now.
On February 12 2024 14:44 Nirli wrote:
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On December 06 2023 19:21 Nirli wrote:
So, where's the people saying "100k won't make a difference, they're already fully funded"?


you make a good point.
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Miragee
Profile Joined December 2009
8658 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-02-12 12:35:03
February 12 2024 12:31 GMT
#1525
Yeah, Stormgate is definitely not a AAA project in this day and age. Budgets and developer numbers for AAA games these days are ten times as much as Stormgate. With the excessive use of Early Access in the game industry I think it's hard to call this development process unique in any way. Regardless of what you think about them, high budget games that have been in development for quite a while and have a similar approach to Stormgate (imho) are Star Citizen and Ashes of Creation for example.

On February 12 2024 13:56 TT1 wrote:
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On February 11 2024 17:42 Miragee wrote:
On February 11 2024 11:49 TT1 wrote:
hmm i switched "command row 2 column 2" to F, "command row 2 column 3" to S, "command row 2 column 4" to D (basically swapped those 3 keys around) so i could have my Lancer and Marine hotkey next to each other.. but now I can't build depots with F (it also switches depot from S to F) xd

all these random bugs in the hotkey settings makes the game unplayable for me because i wanna practice and test the game with my own hotkey setup

i switch my W macro shortcut to Tab then when i log out/back in the hotkey doesn't work anymore, so i have to reset my layout and redo it every time i log out and back in, now i can't even switch the unit/building hotkeys to F? cmon man

EDIT: i figured out the problem, i also switched "top bar row 1 column 1" to CTRL + F (the ability hotkey on top) which messed up "command row 2 column 2" hotkey, dunno why this is a problem when you can overlap other keys the same way


Yeah, the hotkeys are messed up. The fact that esc opened the main menu instead of going back a step in the UI when I missclicked drove me nuts. At least you seem to be able to change this. Some things just don't work. E.g. I wanted to set my camera saves to Shift+Fx like in BW but it only allows for ctrl+Fx or ctrl+shift+Fx, which are both uncomfortable to me.

On February 11 2024 11:56 BisuDagger wrote:
On February 11 2024 04:01 Miragee wrote:
After playing a handful of ladder games now I have to say it certainly plays much better than it looks. Still nothing exciting here but it's not bad, especially at this stage of development. I don't see how they fix the game being bland for me. The basic design choices which lead to this have already been made and are not going to change unless they do a complete overhaul, which I doubt.
What I also understand less and less is the notion that this is WC3 x SC2. I said it some time ago that it looks more like WC4 to me. After watching some stream and playing some games I think this games feels and looks very much like a continuation of Warcraft, rather than Starcraft.

On February 11 2024 02:26 gTank wrote:
NightEnd and HasuObs ... oh boy that are nostalgic names I have not read for a long time!

edit: this stream is not as fun to watch since you have no info like unit count, supply or resources.


Seems like they are having a lot of issues. Not sure they casted a live game yet or only from replays...

It feels more warcrafty to me after watching several tournament games. Nothing wrong with that, just doesn’t have the same appeal to me personally.


Yeah, I fully agree with you.



haha ya i wanted to change my fkeys to shift + cam keys too :D


Haha.^^ I have to stay corrected btw. Rebinding esc only helped in so far that the menu won't open anymore. However, it doesn't go back a step in the UI, even though I bound it to that option...
Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7159 Posts
February 12 2024 13:00 GMT
#1526
On February 12 2024 08:10 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
THey're opening up Kickstarter again for more people to join due to overwhelming, unprecedented customer demand! player #s have been falling all week. Any how...

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https://i.redd.it/ebvikq0g21ic1.jpeg

These haphazard, out-of-left-field changes are just LOL. This is your last chance to get in guys! Unless they offer another last chance...

are they this desperate for cash?


At it again Jimmy? On every page of this thread is at least one of those posts from you...

It was the 2nd most successful beta/ demo on steam NEXT fest after Dungeonborne and before Homeworld 3. And that one of the most hyped tournaments all year in Starcraft 2 (Stormgates main demographic) was happening at the same weekend might have something to do with it as well, don't you think?

Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
Detscham
Profile Joined February 2024
6 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-02-12 14:17:11
February 12 2024 13:38 GMT
#1527
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cha0
Profile Joined March 2010
Canada510 Posts
February 12 2024 14:18 GMT
#1528
On February 12 2024 22:00 Harris1st wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2024 08:10 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
THey're opening up Kickstarter again for more people to join due to overwhelming, unprecedented customer demand! player #s have been falling all week. Any how...

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https://i.redd.it/ebvikq0g21ic1.jpeg

These haphazard, out-of-left-field changes are just LOL. This is your last chance to get in guys! Unless they offer another last chance...

are they this desperate for cash?


At it again Jimmy? On every page of this thread is at least one of those posts from you...

It was the 2nd most successful beta/ demo on steam NEXT fest after Dungeonborne and before Homeworld 3. And that one of the most hyped tournaments all year in Starcraft 2 (Stormgates main demographic) was happening at the same weekend might have something to do with it as well, don't you think?



I usually disagree with Jimmy on pretty much everything but in this case he's not wrong... It's a pretty lame predatory dark pattern to use to try and push potential consumers into buying by setting a 'last chance at beta' and then afterwards just extending it(but also putting another limit on it so as a second 'last chance')
Swisslink
Profile Joined March 2011
2954 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-02-12 15:31:07
February 12 2024 15:30 GMT
#1529
On February 12 2024 23:18 cha0 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2024 22:00 Harris1st wrote:
On February 12 2024 08:10 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
THey're opening up Kickstarter again for more people to join due to overwhelming, unprecedented customer demand! player #s have been falling all week. Any how...

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https://i.redd.it/ebvikq0g21ic1.jpeg

These haphazard, out-of-left-field changes are just LOL. This is your last chance to get in guys! Unless they offer another last chance...

are they this desperate for cash?


At it again Jimmy? On every page of this thread is at least one of those posts from you...

It was the 2nd most successful beta/ demo on steam NEXT fest after Dungeonborne and before Homeworld 3. And that one of the most hyped tournaments all year in Starcraft 2 (Stormgates main demographic) was happening at the same weekend might have something to do with it as well, don't you think?



I usually disagree with Jimmy on pretty much everything but in this case he's not wrong... It's a pretty lame predatory dark pattern to use to try and push potential consumers into buying by setting a 'last chance at beta' and then afterwards just extending it(but also putting another limit on it so as a second 'last chance')


To be fair, they announced that before the beta week.
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada17477 Posts
February 12 2024 17:08 GMT
#1530
I did not see an announcement, generally available to the public, on Steam or reddit of an extension to Kickstarter until several days after the KickStarter ended.

Did any one see one?
Ray Kassar To David Crane : "you're no more important to Atari than the factory workers assembling the cartridges"
gfhztrhgf
Profile Joined February 2024
2 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-02-12 20:16:34
February 12 2024 20:14 GMT
#1531
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Hider
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Denmark9433 Posts
February 12 2024 23:30 GMT
#1532
Watching Mixu, Parting and other pros micro their heart out with these fun units like atlas drops, weaver micro, imp suiciding or a big ass dragon is very pleasing to watch and play for yourself.


Can you link me to any micro engagements that required more than 200 APM?
WombaT
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Northern Ireland26688 Posts
February 12 2024 23:57 GMT
#1533
On February 13 2024 08:30 Hider wrote:
Show nested quote +
Watching Mixu, Parting and other pros micro their heart out with these fun units like atlas drops, weaver micro, imp suiciding or a big ass dragon is very pleasing to watch and play for yourself.


Can you link me to any micro engagements that required more than 200 APM?

Should they? Even god tier blink micro by its nature isn’t crazy high in an APM sense, it’s all precision and targeting the weak stalkers accurately

Conversely even mediocre bio stutter-step can be way over that threshold, hell I suck but go at like 220 in marine split maps.

Part of BW’s/SC2’s high APM requirement is just swapping over to macro frequently, and in BW’s case the sheer difficulty of moving larger armies. In WC3, which Stormgate feels closer to huge APM is only really generated by spam. And doing well in that game is more dependent on micro than SC2 is
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Waxangel
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States33592 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-02-13 00:35:41
February 13 2024 00:29 GMT
#1534
On February 13 2024 08:30 Hider wrote:
Show nested quote +
Watching Mixu, Parting and other pros micro their heart out with these fun units like atlas drops, weaver micro, imp suiciding or a big ass dragon is very pleasing to watch and play for yourself.


Can you link me to any micro engagements that required more than 200 APM?


Honestly, this is the kind of complaint that reminds me of BW vs War3 or BW vs SC2 discussions on TL from decades ago.

People can rightfully think something is off about the game, but I think some people just throw random RTS-isms at it because they can't specifically articulate the problem. Randomly injecting "APM" as a reason for why you think the micro in the game isn't as impactful or impressive as SC2 isn't particularly accurate.

Granted, a lot of people saying the game feels off is still useful feedback, at least up to a point.
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nimbim
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany985 Posts
February 13 2024 00:33 GMT
#1535
When people had caveman strategies in early SC2, there was also talk about the low apm requirements and lack of strategic depth. If you watch today's pro SC2 it's just as sophisticated as BW. I think it's very hard to judge something like that this early.
I've played 6 or 7 games of Stormgate, didn't feel very interesting (yet), but the framework is certainly there to add more units etc
BisuDagger
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Bisutopia19338 Posts
February 13 2024 03:10 GMT
#1536
On February 13 2024 09:33 nimbim wrote:
When people had caveman strategies in early SC2, there was also talk about the low apm requirements and lack of strategic depth. If you watch today's pro SC2 it's just as sophisticated as BW. I think it's very hard to judge something like that this early.
I've played 6 or 7 games of Stormgate, didn't feel very interesting (yet), but the framework is certainly there to add more units etc

Early Deathball WoL was pretty horrible. Honestly, while I loved the storylines, I really disliked watching WoL for the first 2 years. Hearing anyone involved in WoL design is involved in this honestly concerns me.

I really enjoy watching SC2 today and am glad I stuck by it with a positive attitude. I’ll try to do the same with Stormgate.
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7159 Posts
February 13 2024 10:17 GMT
#1537
Just noticed this in the sidebar:

https://liquipedia.net/stormgate/EGC_Stormgate_Open/Katowice
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
hgzthgffd
Profile Joined February 2024
2 Posts
February 13 2024 10:55 GMT
#1538
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Harris1st
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Germany7159 Posts
February 13 2024 11:58 GMT
#1539
On February 13 2024 19:55 hgzthgffd wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 12 2024 22:00 Harris1st wrote:
On February 12 2024 08:10 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
THey're opening up Kickstarter again for more people to join due to overwhelming, unprecedented customer demand! player #s have been falling all week. Any how...

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https://i.redd.it/ebvikq0g21ic1.jpeg

These haphazard, out-of-left-field changes are just LOL. This is your last chance to get in guys! Unless they offer another last chance...

are they this desperate for cash?


At it again Jimmy? On every page of this thread is at least one of those posts from you...

It was the 2nd most successful beta/ demo on steam NEXT fest after Dungeonborne and before Homeworld 3. And that one of the most hyped tournaments all year in Starcraft 2 (Stormgates main demographic) was happening at the same weekend might have something to do with it as well, don't you think?


Second highest game played equals 3500 all-time peak. https://steamcharts.com/app/2764900. Thats not groundbreaking for the prodigy of RTS.

None of the big Youtuber/Twitch streamer were playing


RTS is a niche. The most successful RTS on steam is AoE II: DE with 20-25k daily players. That is what SG needs to top. It will never beat CS2, Palworld or Dota 2
Go Serral! GG EZ for Ence. Flashbang dance FTW
hgzthgffd
Profile Joined February 2024
2 Posts
Last Edited: 2024-02-13 12:55:22
February 13 2024 12:52 GMT
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