Few weeks back I asked in the steam chat if it was best for Jeff to put a pause on Antilia and work on a smaller project with the Toi Engine, as more of a tech demo of the engine while at the same time get some revenue going for RBG.
Hearing this news, and being about as old as Vaila here in the commute, I do have mix feelings about it... I can't exactly say why, not only because I'm too lax to think and still collecting my thoughts, I had plans when it was targeted to be an MMO, but now that it's going en route to this... doubt any plans I had can be salvaged but remains to be seen.
I'll still stick around, but at this time my support is awaiting jury.
It's what I said in a post I made on a thread to discuss the latest blog post.
Jeff did clear up something though to all.
To be clear, Antilia's sandbox mode will be more in line with western-style RPG games (Elder Scrolls, Fallout, etc.) It will not be a sandbox survival game per se. Sandbox, in game development terms, just means that it is an open-world simulation without a linear path. (Meanwhile, Story Mode will be much more linear.)Like I always say, when it comes to MMOs it's best not to force a player to go with a story as there's no immersion to it. "You're the hero born to save the world!" so is 500 carbon copies. With that being said this should seem interesting. Multiplayer is still planned though but more on the concept of Starbound, Minecraft, Terraria etc. in server hosting.
Far as my decision to support Antilia at this point... I need to see some proof first of how RBG is going to tackle this new direction before I give a verdict (fyi did a bit of a playthrough of Ace Attorney--Phoenix and Apollo--and Ace Investigations recently).
I've been a part of the Antilia commute since October 2011. Planned to donate $1,200 during the kickstarter (ironically I would've had financial trouble with my auto insurance if that went through). And had a few event ideas that were not direct-lore related to the world but something else. I'll need to look over my plans to see if I can salvage any... then again few of them were a bit narcissistic, much as I hate to admit it... mainly on the LongSly idea... don't judge me.
Anyway, I just hope Jeff and the team know what they're doing... feel greatly concern now for the future of Antilia, and I don't want to feel my time supporting and being with the commute was all for not. Also unsure if I should feel proud for having one of three golden fishing rods or not now... just feel some sort of guilt now.
Main problem would be finding someone who can host a good dedicated server... few have volunteered to save up money to do so but we'll see in the future. Another problem for me is "will my hardware still be able to handle it?" If not I fear time may not be on my side on this to save up money for a better computer. We'll just have to see where the game goes at this point on.
...for now just feel sad and a bit uncertain of myself, the commute, and the game with this new direction.
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