Vapourware System Shock 3 by OtherSide Entertainment - taken over by Tencent!

[Semiurge]

Games are too complex products to prepare a separate "China safe" version of a title, especially if Chinese were the ones financing them. So, given the choice between catering to their overlords, or to a handful of 白左 - would be no choice at all.

They already do it all the time. There are a ton of products that are changed to suit China for their own versions

Can you name any example outside World of Wacraft, where a single skin was altered? And, ironically, looks better, and had tons of people asking Blizzard to implement it everywhere as an option?

It wasn't just a skin, they've removed the skeletons back in the day: https://www.engadget.com/2007-07-10-china-removes-skeletons-from-world-of-warcraft.html
The catch is I've read John Staats book about WoW development recently and he outright stated that it was all a sham - later they've found out that their Chinese competitors just bribed the censors and Blizzard honestly removed skeletons and made some other unspecified adjustments. TBH, if a western company considers a China release, they will pre-remove all the potentially offensive shit before the release so you would never know. This is what regularly happens in Hollywood with all the blockbuster releases.

And there was, of course, this thing with Ubisoft recently: https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/rainbow-six-siege-censorship-china-sex-gambling-ubisoft-1942952

Let that be a reminder that ability to inflict pain is not the only measure of power, control over (loadz of) money is another.

 

[kangaxx]

The Shock 3 discord is really at a lull. The latest content is a discussion about the Codex's opinion on Witcher 3.

21:06] XXXXX:
rpgcodex, an interesting community to say the least
[21:08] YYYYY:
RPGCODEX is pretty hardcore
[21:09] YYYYY:
i would not want to get into debate with those guys
[23:19] ZZZZZ:
Which is funny cuz like half the time theyre wrong
[23:19] ZZZZZ:
They’re just good at writing long paragraphs and being bitter

Rekt.

 

[Nifft Batuff]

Games are too complex products to prepare a separate "China safe" version of a title, especially if Chinese were the ones financing them. So, given the choice between catering to their overlords, or to a handful of 白左 - would be no choice at all.

They already do it all the time. There are a ton of products that are changed to suit China for their own versions

Can you name any example outside World of Wacraft, where a single skin was altered? And, ironically, looks better, and had tons of people asking Blizzard to implement it everywhere as an option?

It wasn't just a skin, they've removed the skeletons back in the day: https://www.engadget.com/2007-07-10-china-removes-skeletons-from-world-of-warcraft.html
The catch is I've read John Staats book about WoW development recently and he outright stated that it was all a sham - later they've found out that their Chinese competitors just bribed the censors and Blizzard honestly removed skeletons and made some other unspecified adjustments. TBH, if a western company considers a China release, they will pre-remove all the potentially offensive shit before the release so you would never know. This is what regularly happens in Hollywood with all the blockbuster releases.

And there was, of course, this thing with Ubisoft recently: https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/news/rainbow-six-siege-censorship-china-sex-gambling-ubisoft-1942952

Let that be a reminder that ability to inflict pain is not the only measure of power, control over (loadz of) money is another.

https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/25/...gone-steam-removed-winnie-the-pooh-meme-china

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/opinion/china-censorship.html

 

[sys0nar]

Baldurs Gate 3
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2
System Shock 3

Thank you to whoever had to suck several greasy hairy game developers dicks for this to happen.

 

[Semiurge]

Baldurs Gate 3
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2
System Shock 3

Thank you to whoever had to suck several greasy hairy game developers dicks for this to happen.

It's better this way, now some REAL developer like CD Projekt can give Bloodlines the sequel it deserves.

 

[anvi]

The Shock 3 discord is really at a lull. The latest content is a discussion about the Codex's opinion on Witcher 3.

21:06] XXXXX:
rpgcodex, an interesting community to say the least
[21:08] YYYYY:
RPGCODEX is pretty hardcore
[21:09] YYYYY:
i would not want to get into debate with those guys
[23:19] ZZZZZ:
Which is funny cuz like half the time theyre wrong
[23:19] ZZZZZ:
They’re just good at writing long paragraphs and being bitter

Rekt.

Fucking normies

 

[LESS T_T]

Apparently Warren is still alive and going to give a talk for a Romanian game conference in November 4th (which will be fully online of course): https://dev-play.ro/agenda-2020/

Warren Spector, Otherside Entertainment
Keynote: Get Back In That Box: Creativity And Innovation Within Constraints

He will also be at a Spanish conference at December (also online) along with Harvey Smith: https://www.gamereactor.eu/warren-s...ve-10th-fun-serious-an-immersive-sim-flavour/

 

[RobotSquirrel]

Warren Spector, Otherside Entertainment
Keynote: Get Back In That Box: Creativity And Innovation Within Constraints

Should've called it this instead.

such a missed opportunity

 

[T.Ashpool]

what the fuck happened to this game, did tencent just buy the rights to do nothing with it? i expected to at least know by now which studio is working on SS3 and if it even is in active development.
what the fuck is warren spector doing? his last tweet is almost a year old and his twitter timeline is just him complaining about trump. jesus christ dude you were a legend once, then you made these shitty mickey games and now this. fucking unJUST yourself.

 

[Wunderbar]

Development was probably restarted from scratch, which means the new version of the game is going to be revealed in 2-3 years.

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

Will Shodan now be yellow instead of black? That switch should take less than 3 years, I hope.

 

[RobotSquirrel]

what the fuck happened to this game, did tencent just buy the rights to do nothing with it?

Tencents plans worry me. It feels like they bought the IP and not the studio. It likely wanted a competitor to Cyberpunk 2077 because its actions in the Chinese market tell us as such they indeed wanted a competitor product that they could go online with.


I am 100% worried!

 

[Nifft Batuff]

Which is the chinese word for pachinko?

 

[taxalot]

Which is the chinese word for pachinko?

如果你把它翻譯成英文，我操了你媽。

 

[Katana1000S]

What a pantomime, the show that never ends, efe will be working himself into a frenzy of excitement though

 

[user]

Baldurs Gate 3
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines 2
System Shock 3

Thank you to whoever had to suck several greasy hairy game developers dicks for this to happen.

Yes, a dream come true, what joy

 

[kangaxx]

Development was probably restarted from scratch, which means the new version of the game is going to be revealed in 2-3 years.

I mentioned this before, but there's still scope for Tencent to make SS3 a stunning and brave mobile base builder with micro-transactions.

 

[kangaxx]

Seriously chaps, this discord is an absolute hoot. Some more highlights (all 'sic').

[22:31] BBBBB:
people malding about tencent giving money to ss3 just suck
[22:31] BBBBB:
like it or not
.....

[22:48] BBBBB:
seems like a comeback of the people completely despising tencent will be like "shut up chinese sleeper agents"
[22:48] CCCCC:
They can take that stance if they want. They can talk to me when the shuttle lands. [ed: ?!?!?!?!?!??!]
.....

[22:54] AAAAA:
I mean if you have any issue with cina you might as well destroy all your electronics
[22:54] BBBBB:
you might as well go shut down the chinese government
[22:54] AAAAA:
most of stuff we use on a daily basis are made from the exploitation of people in asia or other places sadly
[22:55] AAAAA:
well I let chinese people choose to do that
[22:55] BBBBB:
well if it werent for the exploited people we wouldnt get prototype/pre-release leaks of things
.....

[07:27] CCCCC:
is the US much better? in many regards, no, not really. but at least in the US they don't have a "halal" organ harvesting scheme nor do they have 380+ concentration camps (xinjiang), nor will i get prosecuted for practicing islam
[07:27] CCCCC:
i've attended a HK solidarity rally a little over a year ago, amongst other things. i seriously don't know if i will disappear if i were to travel to china

 

[Butter]

True, China is pretty based.

 

[LESS T_T]

Maybe the last departure from Austin studio before Warren. Arturo Pulecio, the art director, has left: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arturo-pulecio-8327603/

OtherSide Entertainment
Total Duration 4 yrs 7 mos

• Art Director / Assistant Game Director
  Full-time
  Dates Employed Aug 2018 – Jan 2021
  Employment Duration 2 yrs 6 mos
  Location Austin, Texas Area
• Art Director
  Dates Employed Jul 2016 – Jan 2021
  Employment Duration 4 yrs 7 mos
  Location Austin, Texas

He has joined a VR game company.

 

[Old Hans]

Seriously chaps, this discord is an absolute hoot. Some more highlights (all 'sic').

[22:31] BBBBB:
people malding about tencent giving money to ss3 just suck
[22:31] BBBBB:
like it or not
.....

[22:48] BBBBB:
seems like a comeback of the people completely despising tencent will be like "shut up chinese sleeper agents"
[22:48] CCCCC:
They can take that stance if they want. They can talk to me when the shuttle lands. [ed: ?!?!?!?!?!??!]
.....

[22:54] AAAAA:
I mean if you have any issue with cina you might as well destroy all your electronics
[22:54] BBBBB:
you might as well go shut down the chinese government
[22:54] AAAAA:
most of stuff we use on a daily basis are made from the exploitation of people in asia or other places sadly
[22:55] AAAAA:
well I let chinese people choose to do that
[22:55] BBBBB:
well if it werent for the exploited people we wouldnt get prototype/pre-release leaks of things
.....

[07:27] CCCCC:
is the US much better? in many regards, no, not really. but at least in the US they don't have a "halal" organ harvesting scheme nor do they have 380+ concentration camps (xinjiang), nor will i get prosecuted for practicing islam
[07:27] CCCCC:
i've attended a HK solidarity rally a little over a year ago, amongst other things. i seriously don't know if i will disappear if i were to travel to china

this discord is is literally just full of chinese sleeper agents. I mean who else would have a discord for this shit vaporware game.

 

[Citizen]

Seriously chaps, this discord is an absolute hoot. Some more highlights (all 'sic').

[07:27] CCCCC:
is the US much better? in many regards, no, not really. but at least in the US they don't have a "halal" organ harvesting scheme nor do they have 380+ concentration camps (xinjiang), nor will i get prosecuted for practicing islam

Huh? Isn't that like the only good thing about chinese regime?

 

[Zboj Lamignat]

You have to hang on to something while witnessing no1 superpower slipping into third world status, fast.

 

[Semiurge]

You should be prosecuted for practicing islam.

 

[kangaxx]

Shock 3 development evidently going smoothly. This was tweeted in March following a year's break from social media.



Well it sounds like Spector is alive anyway. Maybe the codex should have clubbed together to bid on the 1h chat...