KickStarter Guido Henkel's Deathfire: Ruins of Nethermore - CANCELLED

[TalesfromtheCrypt]

That artwork doesnt remind me in the least of the awesome 80's fantasy art. It's really just terrible crap drawn by his talentless wife.
Anyways, good luck on his new project.

 

[Zed]

Deathfire sounds birthcool.

 

[villain of the story]

It's a shit name.

 

[Rhuantavan]

It's a shit name.

Although he said it started to grow on the team, it's just a development title.

 

[octavius]

That artwork doesnt remind me in the least of the awesome 80's fantasy art. It's really just terrible crap drawn by his talentless wife.

Looks like a poor man's Elmore, but it's still way better than for example Days of Dawn.

 

[Rhuantavan]

News, great news in fact! http://guidohenkel.com/2013/03/the-conception-of-deathfire/

 

[Infinitron]

Fuck, forgot Guido had his own thread.

Butthurt interview: http://www.alienlion.com/guido-henkel-talks-torment/

AL: How personal is the story of the Nameless One to you? Do you get the urge to continue or add to the story via a novel or a game, perhaps?

HG: I thought it was a great story and it was the reason why I signed on to the project in the first place. I had a number of job offers on the table at that time, and decided on this one because of the unique nature of the game. Little did I know then that I would have so little influence over the actual development of the story. Had I known, I would probably have picked the job offered to me by another Irvine-based company instead. It still puzzles me to this day, why I was ultimately courted, when the company was not at all interested in my creative experience and skills.

Another Irvine-based company = Blizzard.

 

[octavius]

News, great news in fact! http://guidohenkel.com/2013/03/the-conception-of-deathfire/

Sounds like...
























Grimoire!

 

[Zed]

that's some deviant art level shit.

so he's making an uglier grimrock, but with deeper character attributes, while retaining the RT gameplay.
okay.

 

[Koschey]

There is something to be said about having the agility of a small team and the ability to rely on your team members on a personal level, when they’re not around merely to fulfill a job obligation or, what’s even worse, point out to you that a certain task is not part of their job description.

So much butthurt. Now it's even spilling over to his non-Torment-related stuff.

As it is, I'm not really sure what to make of it. A deep character system sounds promising. On the other hand, a lot of it could be lost on a RT-blobber, depending on pace and implementation and his focus on IMMERSHUN makes it sound as if he were attempting Oblivion as a grid-blobber. Just wait and see for now, I guess.

 

[~RAGING BONER~]

that's some deviant art level shit.

so he's making an uglier grimrock, but with deeper character attributes, while retaining the RT gameplay.
okay.

I know we were fucking around in that other thread about the Nazi rpg were we could play as a Nazi...but wtf is this shit? tell me thats not official artwork?

That Nazi rpg was actually sounding cool to me...

 

[Blaine]

Deathfire sounds birthcool.

Hey, fantasy-flavored imaginary compound words are super-creative!

Everbloom!
Darkthorn!
Iceshroud!
Wolfmane!
Flamereaver!
Vinelash!
Windwing!
Silvermoon!
Sunguard!
Starfire!
Voidgleam!
Hawk....

Hang on, writer's block.

 

[Infinitron]

Deathfire sounds birthcool.

Hey, fantasy-flavored imaginary compound words are super-creative!

Everbloom!
Darkthorn!
Iceshroud!
Wolfmane!
Flamereaver!
Vinelash!
Windwing!
Silvermoon!
Sunguard!
Starfire!
Voidgleam!
Hawk....

Hang on, writer's block.

Strongpowerful manguy?

 

[Blaine]

Strongpowerful manguy?

answerrejoinder

 

[Stabwound]

Everbloom!
Darkthorn!
Iceshroud!
Wolfmane!
Flamereaver!
Vinelash!
Windwing!
Silvermoon!
Sunguard!
Starfire!
Voidgleam!
Hawk....

Hang on, writer's block.

Looks like a list of Diablo 3 rare items.

I'm not terribly excited about this game, but Grimrock was cool and it doesn't seem like this is going to be on kickstarter, so we'll see.

 

[Zed]

doesn't seem like this is going to be on kickstarter, so we'll see.

if they reach prototype stage, they would be stupid not to do at least a small $10k campaign or something.

 

[Lady_Error]

Deathfire sounds birthcool.

Hey, fantasy-flavored imaginary compound words are super-creative!

Everbloom!
Darkthorn!
Iceshroud!
Wolfmane!
Flamereaver!
Vinelash!
Windwing!
Silvermoon!
Sunguard!
Starfire!
Voidgleam!
Hawk....

Hang on, writer's block.

Startrail?

 

[Jaesun]

DEATHTRAIL!

 

[Lady_Error]

What I think will be good about this game:
- Focus on story
- Deep character system and stat checks
- Step-based engine

What will (probably) ruin this game:
- real-time combat
- not an open-world

So it will be something like Grimrock with a story... Who knows, it may actually be fun. At least, it sounds like Henkel is really into it.

 

[Rhuantavan]

I don't think that not having an open world will necessarily ruin this game. If he had to develop a heavily story-based game in an open world, he might never complete it.

If there was one thing that I really missed in Grimrock was NPCs and more focus on the lore and story. So for me this is a game I'm really looking forward to.

 

[Irxy]

Butthurt interview: http://www.alienlion.com/guido-henkel-talks-torment/

AL: A Jason Dark video game series… how about it?
GH: I’ve spent quite some time thinking about my Jason Dark property, actually, and a good number of people have suggested that I’d make a game. However, despite the fact that I have written and published eleven books in the series at this time, I do not get the sense that there would be enough of a gaming fan base that would make that a worth-while endeavor.

Haven't read any of his books, but an "occult detective" rpg sounds like 100x times more interesting than another generic fantasy grindy crap.
I don't really get why he thinks the book series should be more widely known for the game to be successfull, why can't it be the other way around? Make a good game, the jenre is yearning for original settings - i.e. The Witcher was virtually unknown outside of Russia and Poland, and now its one of the best rpg series, the books sell better too I bet. It would have much better chances to become a success and get more publicity than some dullrock clone, imho.

 

[Kosmonaut]

Leave Guido Henkel alone!

 

[CappenVarra]

Don't know if anybody mentioned it, but he also sent out a Kickstarter update to Thorvalla backers yesterday, pointing them to his Deathfire post...

 

[Jaesun]

Guido Henkel ‏@GuidoHenkel11m
Have you guys seen this interview with me yet? Check it out… — http://ow.ly/jkHKs

 

[Infinitron]

Guido Henkel ‏@GuidoHenkel11m
Have you guys seen this interview with me yet? Check it out… — http://ow.ly/jkHKs

Yes, we have. I considered putting his retarded angst about PS:T on the front page but decided to show mercy.