Incline Colony Ship RELEASE THREAD

[Beans00]

then you're just a shitty human being.

Well I hated their game. Sorry if that offends you.

 

[BING XI LAO]

Always remember that the decision to make their games in 3D was an insult to prestigious cRPG gamers, and is the reason ITS collapsed.

 

[xuerebx]

Wait, is there an official post that ITS are closing down? Please link!

 

[Haba]

So what is Vince doing now, selling used cars?

 

[lukaszek]

So what is Vince doing now, selling used cars?

looking at amoured audience in this thread, should think about only fans

 

[Jrpgfan]

So what is Vince doing now, selling used cars?

Ending the war in Ukraine.

 

[Tavar]

Wait, is there an official post that ITS are closing down? Please link!

See this post by Vault Dweller from February.

 

[thesecret1]

Wait, is there an official post that ITS are closing down? Please link!

Vince mentioned several times ITT that CS sales weren't good enough to fund another game, so they'll just keep improving upon it for now, and then probably close the studio

 

[PunchYouInTheFace]

en probably close the studio

huh? last time I heard it was "more than their previous game"

 

[Tavar]

huh? last time I heard it was "more than their previous game"

Same as before. The game is selling better than AoD, but not enough to pay for the sequel.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Does Iron Tower have the chops to stand next to these other devs? Absolutely. In fact, I'd say Colony Ship has the best combat out of anything I've just mentioned, and I don't need to sing AoD's praises here. But they aren't a fundamentally different species: there's nothing about any of ITS's games to justify some higher cost for success than all these other developers I've named who seem to be flourishing.

I'm sure you're aware that the # of reviews is a good indicator of sales. A game with 9k reviews like Atom sold a lot better than a game with 3k reviews like AoD. And 17k reviews (like Hero's Adventure and Wandering Sword) represent a massive success that few indies get to experience. Even Pillars of Eternity has 'only' 15k reviews. Of course, they all pale in comparison with Stoneshard (25k reviews), but that's a different story.

Had AoD sold enough to get 9k reviews, you'd playing AoD 2 now. Unfortunately, it didn't and that's all there's to it.

 

[kangaxx]

Wait, is there an official post that ITS are closing down? Please link!

Vince mentioned several times ITT that CS sales weren't good enough to fund another game, so they'll just keep improving upon it for now, and then probably close the studio

That's sad. I didn't like CS on balance (first half was decent), but it was definitely better than much of the dogshit that gets released on repeat by the bigger studios.

 

[PunchYouInTheFace]

it was definitely better than much of the dogshit that gets released on repeat by the bigger studios.

If it wasn't a dog shit game, they could've been able to finance a sequel. Everywhere else retard like you would scream "Get woke, go broke".

 

[kangaxx]

Did you miss the part where I said I didn't like CS?

 

[PunchYouInTheFace]

Did you miss the part where I said I didn't like CS?

I didn't. I argued that you are wrong thinking it's "better than much of the dogshit that get released on repeat by the bigger studios".

Once an artwork/product get released the only gap between the games are marketing, but the scale for which both product get to be judged are the same.

 

[kangaxx]

Well it's a subjective assessment, just like anyone's preferences in games. Personally I appreciated this game more than a lot of the higher budget stuff I've played in recent years, albeit I didn't think it was a world beater itself.

 

[Gilius Thunderhead]

I'm sure you're aware that the # of reviews is a good indicator of sales. A game with 9k reviews like Atom sold a lot better than a game with 3k reviews like AoD. And 17k reviews (like Hero's Adventure and Wandering Sword) represent a massive success that few indies get to experience. Even Pillars of Eternity has 'only' 15k reviews. Of course, they all pale in comparison with Stoneshard (25k reviews), but that's a different story.

Had AoD sold enough to get 9k reviews, you'd playing AoD 2 now. Unfortunately, it didn't and that's all there's to it.

Don't let your dreams die. Ask yourself, what would Miltiades do?

 

[Cohesion]

So what is Vince doing now, selling used cars?

looking at amoured audience in this thread, should think about only fans

Tim Cain / Sawyer style.

 

[Beans00]

Don't let your dreams die. Ask yourself, what would Miltiades do?

He would say 'fuck you son of a bitch I'm so fucking edgy and mad I'm going to get really fucking mad and fucking do something to you that you will fucking regret'

Average writing in ITS games, lol.

Cope if you want bitches, ITS is fucking cooked.


Dungeon rats was their best game.

 

[PunchYouInTheFace]

subjective assessment

They've gone broke. That's not subjective.

 

[Maxie]

colon shit turned out to be shit and more people are waking up to this conclusion after an embarassingly long period of intense copium huffing. us people who hated the original age of decadence knew perfectly well the jig is up, and it's good to hear ITS is not going to develop anything in the foreseeable future. maybe by some strike of serendipity the devs set out to play some fucking role-playing RPG games instead and learn the difference between them and a janky CYOA with combat glued to it, because right now their content belongs in the latter category, along with Sorcery!

 

[Riddler]

Does Iron Tower have the chops to stand next to these other devs? Absolutely. In fact, I'd say Colony Ship has the best combat out of anything I've just mentioned, and I don't need to sing AoD's praises here. But they aren't a fundamentally different species: there's nothing about any of ITS's games to justify some higher cost for success than all these other developers I've named who seem to be flourishing.

I'm sure you're aware that the # of reviews is a good indicator of sales. A game with 9k reviews like Atom sold a lot better than a game with 3k reviews like AoD. And 17k reviews (like Hero's Adventure and Wandering Sword) represent a massive success that few indies get to experience. Even Pillars of Eternity has 'only' 15k reviews. Of course, they all pale in comparison with Stoneshard (25k reviews), but that's a different story.

Had AoD sold enough to get 9k reviews, you'd playing AoD 2 now. Unfortunately, it didn't and that's all there's to it.

I had never heard or those games before so I checked them out. Turns out they're Chinese language games with almost all reviews either being in Chinese or clearly machine translated reviews from Chinese. The few legitimate reviews I found didn't seem so positive but who knows?

Also, I have to wonder how much the Chinese audience is paying for the games, how profitable and successful are they really?

Either way, the meta for getting a very large number of reviews on steam clearly is to be a Chinese studio making a decent looking game (is it good? Who knows) in Chinese.

 

[thesecret1]

Also, I have to wonder how much the Chinese audience is paying for the games, how profitable and successful are they really?

Very. But it's rare for a western game to find success on chinese market, and vice versa. The tastes just differ too much.

 

[kangaxx]

subjective assessment

They've gone broke. That's not subjective.

You're talking about something different to me. Frankly your posts are pretty unclear.

 

[Jrpgfan]

subjective assessment

They've gone broke. That's not subjective.

You're talking about something different to me. Frankly your posts are pretty unclear.

Of course they're unclear, dude is a massive retard. Must have the IQ of a chimp.