Yes, who could forget their "gameplay teaser" that mysteriously contained almost no gameplay.
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Layoffs at Otherside Austin (System Shock 3)
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Just watched the gameplayer trailer for the first time and you're right. If all they could put together after years of development was 2 second flashcuts of walking down hallways, the game was probably having major issues
Oh, I thought I was reading that they had a lot of work done already. Maybe not!
oh boy...
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The System Shock 3 team is no longer working on the project according to former developer
Things are not looking good for System Shock 3. According to a former developer, the original team responsible for this third part is no longer working on it. Therefore, we can safely assume that we won’t be playing this immersive sim game anytime soon. As RPGCodex member ‘Kin Corn Karn‘, a...
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I accepted a long time ago that I'd never get this game.
Fucking Unity. Why would you choose Unity over UE4 for a game of System Shock 3's magnitude?
Fucking Unity. Why would you choose Unity over UE4 for a game of System Shock 3's magnitude?
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This sounds EXACTLY like what they did to Underworld.
After that fiasco I had very little faith this company could make a game at all let alone a System Shock sequel. I would rather have whatever they were planning on putting out just never come at all than to see another of their "interpretations" of a classic Looking Glass game.
I feel terrible for the people who worked on this thing for so long and lost their job.
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In what way has unity been the problem? They were using the latest build that was only now released to the public. Not to mention that their troubles had less to do with engine and more to do with funding. Being on UE4 ain't gonna solve thar
Son of a bitch. Son of a bitch. Four years anticipating this game and... nothing.
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In what way has unity been the problem? They were using the latest build that was only now released to the public. Not to mention that their troubles had less to do with engine and more to do with funding. Being on UE4 ain't gonna solve thar
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Above posts say that Unity cost them time and effort.
QUOTE="ILikeFeet, post: 28963431, member: 1354"]
In what way has unity been the problem? They were using the latest build that was only now released to the public. Not to mention that their troubles had less to do with engine and more to do with funding. Being on UE4 ain't gonna solve thar
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Above posts say that Unity cost them time and effort.
You have no idea what you're talking about. The folks at OtherSide came on stage at GDC 2019 to talk about how Unity helped them get environments set up quickly through the High Def Render Pipeline, Shader Graph, Deferred Decals etc. It's clear the engine was never the problem. The writing on the wall was Starbreeze's financial issues, not whether if they used Unity or UE4. Jesus.
That post was embarrassing
I expect these uninformed shitposts every now and again on resetera but this is indeed embarassing.
The developer was literally quoted above saying choosing Unity over UE4 was one of their obstacles that hindered development. I was reacting directly to that statement.
Obviously it isn't the sole reason things fell to shit.
It's more their fault for choosing it for a project for which its tools weren't yet ready. That's what I was saying, not "Unity sucks". I worded it poorly, I'll admit.
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That sucks. This sucks for bith the. Developers and the fans.
We were getting a continuation to the ending of SS2 and now we have a lot of people without jobs. Hopefully they find another jib soon.
We were getting a continuation to the ending of SS2 and now we have a lot of people without jobs. Hopefully they find another jib soon.
Prey 2 had achievements in place. That's how far the developement was. It is in no way comparable.
Prey 2 was sabotaged by Bethesda, I thought this was well-known.
This one hurts :(
It breaks my heart that in 2020 a project like System Shock 3 struggles to secure funding. And they even had Warren Spector at the helm!
I wonder why OtherSide hasn't released any official statement about it though..
It breaks my heart that in 2020 a project like System Shock 3 struggles to secure funding. And they even had Warren Spector at the helm!
I wonder why OtherSide hasn't released any official statement about it though..
An unverified but plausible rumor from Reddit about the state of SS3:
System Shock 3 firm 'still here', insists marketing boss, but no word on dev team | VGC
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This really sucks.
System Shock deserves so much better than to be stuck in development hell and unable to secure funding. Spector's Twitter account appears to have gone quiet since development supposedly fell apart. Hope everyone that was on the dev team is doing okay at least.
I'd love Night Dive to get involved somehow. They have SS1, as well as the SS1 Remake coming and the announcement of a SS2 Enhanced Edition. Getting involved with SS3 would put it all under one house and I trust the hell out of Night Dive after the stellar work they've been doing on ports of late, as well as the awesome SS Remake demos.