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Post by Pure Miriam on Feb 15, 2019 16:36:30 GMT -6
Stop the Presses! As always, this thread was created to show what specialized press are talking about Bloodstained. If you find full articles or anything else about it, you can post here or you can create a thread for it too, no problem  Also, be sure to check comments at each article, if it has, to get a small glimpse of the overall feedback. Here goes:
DESTRUCTOID: After four long years, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night finally has a release windowIt looks like it's happening!
TWINFINITE: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Finally Releases this SummerKoji Igarashi’s Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night has been in development for a long time(...)
ENGADGET: 'Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night' is finally coming this summer (updated)You'll finally be able to play Castlevania's spiritual successor this year.
BLOODY DISGUSTING: 'Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night’ Sinks Into a [Summer] Release (Article title is wrong, it says Fall release) Good things come to those who wait(...)
VG24/7: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night trailer shows off Inverted Castle, reveals release targetThe team also left a very brief surprise at the end of the trailer: confirming the return of the Inverted Castle.
SILICONERA: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night’s Latest Trailer Shows Off Returning Bosses From Curse of the MoonThere are also Symphony of the Night homages by the truck-load, as we can see a Crissaegrim/Valmanway-esque weapon
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PLAYSTATIONLIFESTYLE: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Has a Release WindowIt may be a horrible night to have a curse, but it’s a pretty good night if you’re looking forward to Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
DUALSHOCKERS: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is Scheduled to Finally Arrive this SummerWhile we still don’t have a specific release date, a release window is good enough for me at the moment. I’ll take whatever I can get.
GEMATSU: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night launches this summerNew gameplay trailer released.
PUSHSQUARE: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Whipped Up for SummerIt’s got to be better than Mighty No. 9, right?
ANIMENEWSNETWORK: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Game Slated for SummerTrailer accompanies release window announcement
NICHEGAMER: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Set for Summer 2019 ReleasePublisher 505 Games have announced the release window for Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.
VARIETY: ‘Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night’ is Coming Summer 2019“We’re sorry to make you wait a little longer for ‘Bloodstained,’ but you can trust that this really is in the best interest of the game — and our players,”
NINTENDOLIFE: Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night Emerges From The Shadows This SummerAbout time
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Post by Galamoth on Feb 15, 2019 17:43:43 GMT -6
As always, well-done on the article compilation.
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Post by Time 4 Tea on Feb 16, 2019 9:58:24 GMT -6
I honestly hope the marketing department at 505 is going to give you a cut once the game is released! Your posts are always very comprehensive.
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Post by dareka on Feb 16, 2019 11:29:47 GMT -6
Reading the articles and the comments, I get the impression that it's not just players, but the gaming media that doesn't know how things work in this industry.
"Delayed for two years from the originally targeted release date" is par for the course for game development.
What happens is that not all games are delayed once the publisher's publicly committed to a release date. You can bet though, that by the time a game's been announced, there's a good chance it's been delayed internally for a year or so, sometimes more.
Honestly, if you think Kickstarter release dates are more like "guidelines", you've never seen the release dates used to get games green-lighted by management.
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Post by Pure Miriam on Feb 16, 2019 13:22:59 GMT -6
Time 4 Tea Ha! I would like that. dareka Heh, i always like to give the same example, DOOM 2016. 2007: John Carmack, co-founder of and then lead developer at id Software, indicated that Doom 4 was in development at QuakeCon on August 3, 2007. 2008: game was announced. 2009: multiplayer mode revealed to be developed in a "separate" way. 2011: Carmack said DOOM 4 was still in development, using a new "super script" called Superset C++ 2012: Team announced that DOOM 4 was, indeed, going to be a reboot. 2013: Carmack left ID software. Inside information revealed that DOOM 4 was in development hell and that, actually, DOOM 4 was redone from scratch in 2011 because 2011 version was too much like Call of Duty. 2014: Closed doors teaser trailer at E3 2014. 2015: Gameplay trailer. 2016: Game was released, on May 13, 2016.
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Post by Enkeria on Feb 19, 2019 1:33:04 GMT -6
A game can only be delayed if there is an official date.
Our closest official date was 2019. Now it's Summer 2019.
Before that it was either A. Placeholders or B. "We hope to be finished 2018".
The media really needs to dig through and separate the fiction from the facts.
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Post by purifyweirdshard on Feb 19, 2019 9:02:49 GMT -6
Nah, 2018 - '19 was an actual delay. "Summer" is the window specifically given within the release year it was delayed to. The way you phrase it, there'd be *no* actual delay, but in truth there definitely was at least the case for one. We all know and saw Angel say "definitely 2018" back last year, and it was at the end of trailers.
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Post by Mr. Welldone on Feb 19, 2019 9:21:08 GMT -6
Any of you guys ever get excited for a thing to the level of 'gosh, I sure hope some crap doesn't happen that kills me before I get a chance to play it'? This is getting there.
Nevermind, y'know, family and loved ones. I need to be alive for this game.
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Post by Yän on Feb 24, 2019 11:53:17 GMT -6
dareka What you say about internal delays is pretty spot on when compared with my own game-industry experience (along with what I've heard from gamedev-friends). Most people on the outside of the developer / publisher sphere really have no idea about it though since the industry likes to keep its secrets.
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Post by dareka on Feb 24, 2019 20:55:50 GMT -6
dareka What you say about internal delays is pretty spot on when compared with my own game-industry experience (along with what I've heard from gamedev-friends). Most people on the outside of the developer / publisher sphere really have no idea about it though since the industry likes to keep its secrets. Right, but with a Kickstarter, you know everything from the beginning; so all the things publishers normally keep to themselves are out in the open for the first time, and people freak out. Looking at how game elements such as character rosters, classes and such are regularly leaked before they're announced, you'd think the industry doesn't know how to keep its secrets; but it does, since most if not all of those leaks come from QA (i.e. testers), the people who learn about games only once they're close to being finished. Artists, programmers and game designers talk among themselves, but they never leak to the press. They know how the industry works, but they keep it to themselves; and when they share things over a drink, there's an understanding that what's talked about in developer circles stays in developer circles. |
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Post by Enkeria on Feb 25, 2019 2:46:36 GMT -6
dareka What you say about internal delays is pretty spot on when compared with my own game-industry experience (along with what I've heard from gamedev-friends). Most people on the outside of the developer / publisher sphere really have no idea about it though since the industry likes to keep its secrets. Right, but with a Kickstarter, you know everything from the beginning; so all the things publishers normally keep to themselves are out in the open for the first time, and people freak out. Looking at how game elements such as character rosters, classes and such are regularly leaked before they're announced, you'd think the industry doesn't know how to keep its secrets; but it does, since most if not all of those leaks come from QA (i.e. testers), the people who learn about games only once they're close to being finished. Artists, programmers and game designers talk among themselves, but they never leak to the press. They know how the industry works, but they keep it to themselves; and when they share things over a drink, there's an understanding that what's talked about in developer circles stays in developer circles. Kickstarter can't really show releasedate, because 1. You have to write something in that empty spot before you even can have a goal. 2. If a goal is met and you even surpassed it with additional features, then the date, if it even at the first place was accurate not so much anymore. 3. Kickstarter do not allow you to change these things. We do not know everything, but we do know huge chunks of it. |
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Post by Yän on Feb 25, 2019 5:41:08 GMT -6
Artists, programmers and game designers talk among themselves, but they never leak to the press. They know how the industry works, but they keep it to themselves; and when they share things over a drink, there's an understanding that what's talked about in developer circles stays in developer circles. And that has good reasons - just today I signed an NDA for my new job. If I talked to outsiders about pretty much anything, I'd risk losing my job and ending up in court. From what I understand, it's pretty much the same almost everywhere else. |
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Post by Brainiac on Feb 25, 2019 8:54:44 GMT -6
...there's an understanding that what's talked about in developer circles stays in developer circles.
The first rule of Code Club... |
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