On Mon, 20 Mar 2023 16:29:58 -0600, "rms"
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rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> wrote:
Yes, kids: Remember when the Descent name was stolen from the original devs >by rogue Star Citizenites?
Yes. In fact, I even wrote several posts on the subject.
No?
No, yes!
Although I don't recall "Star Citizen" having anything to do with it
(man, "Star Citizen", there's another project worthy repeated
discussion... in the same way I keep bringing up NFTs and for much the
same reason ;-). I'd read it was just Interplay* being Interplay.
Well, that project crashed & burned, but it
appears that after the dust has settled the core of the new game is still >there, and today the new owners Little Orbit gave a big update: >https://www.gamersfirst.com/stfu/news/2023/3/8/kickstarter-blog
Well, good for them. I'm delighted the Descent name is no longer associated >with this STFU title, and they're probably relieved as well. Nothing good >came of this whole fiasco, but at least all parties can move on and do their >own thing now.
Even though I have little interest in the game myself, I've been
supportive of the project, and am happy that it's currently still in production. It will be an incredibly niche title - gamers as a whole
have repeatedly indicated that they've little interest in 6DOF games -
but it has a devoted cadre of fans.
Although - while I enjoyed the chuckle the abbreviation of the game's
title gave me - it doesn't inspire me with confidence that the game
will sell well outside that cadre. Perhaps another rebranding is in
order.
* although its not really the company founded by Brian Fargo, and
really just a holding company these days ekeing out the last dollars
worth of their increasingly aging IPs.
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