tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post264890156249050062..comments2024-03-27T20:09:00.283-04:00Comments on Tenkar's Tavern: When Kickstarters Believe Their Own Hype - or - Who the F' is "Legendary"?Tenkarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05159289652051155824noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-26383413858263894572012-11-22T07:36:10.537-05:002012-11-22T07:36:10.537-05:00'Legendary' is a pretty grandiose term. T...'Legendary' is a pretty grandiose term. Taken at face value, it would mean that a body of information has grown up around you that others retell. It's a pretty hyperbolic term that reeks of empty PR-speak--unless, say, someone has actually written a book about you. Lacking that, warning bells are indeed warranted when such words are tossed around.<br /><br /><br />ScrivenerBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04861652415900436411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-45469368649531271332012-11-21T21:04:30.614-05:002012-11-21T21:04:30.614-05:00Guido Henkel was the producer for Planescape: Torm...Guido Henkel was the producer for Planescape: Torment- and also guy on the cover, being sufficiently scary-looking to need only a little blueface to make him pass for an immortal revenant.Sine Nominehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18335794366582322514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1724254580047847936.post-44741442107143974932012-11-21T18:40:46.991-05:002012-11-21T18:40:46.991-05:00I certainly get what you are saying, but at the sa...I certainly get what you are saying, but at the same time, Wasteland 2 succeeded despite not really having any concrete plans. Party based, turn based isometric combat was essentially their whole pitch, along with a funny video.<br /><br />And Brian Fargo was never really a developer, either, but a suit. He was successful because he name dropped Fallout so much.<br /><br />Granted, it was a sequel to Wasteland, which to me is probably the best computer game there is after the original X-com. But at the same time the Wizardry series was similarly extremely popular once (and still is semi-popular in Japan. The Playstation Portable just got a Wizardry game yesterday, albeit a renamed one - the Japanese developer lost the license, so slapped a different name on it), and while I never liked the Arkania games, they did have a following.. Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440605975564288373noreply@blogger.com