[Sledgehammer]

I love this game (this is the only early access game I ever bought) and going to be sincere, the name isn't as good as the original, honestly it's so-so which I personally expected. Fuck Iron Maiden for that, by the way.

Anyway, the rest seems to be really promising, the piano also has a potential to become a meme. However, my biggest concern is the date, I really hope you guys aren't pushing it, the last thing the game needs is to be rushed.

[lamduck]

I like the new name. The trailer looks amazing, already bought the Limited Edition and just got the Big Box too, you guys deserve the support for your work!

[NNC]

Excellent choice for the name. Iron Maiden now go fuck themselves.

[NNC]

Also the trailer is great. Too bad about the release date. I'm flying to Moscow on 16th August for a week.

[Mark]

I see the Founders Edition is sold out. How much was it?

[The Battlelord]

Warning: badass content detected, you may be stunned.

Old school game, badass character, fast paced, explosions, Boom Boom, KaBoom, Boom again, big guns, gore, freaking nice level design, one liners...
DAMN, this looking GOOD, I like Big Games and i cannot lie!

BlitZ, on 11 July 2019 - 08:27 AM, said:

Not crazy about the name change but excited for release and the game looks great.

There is a comment on Youtube:

Quote said:

Somebody put out a mod that turns it into Ion Maiden again.

If it come out for real i'll add it for sure!
Tradermarks!? FFS.

[Outtagum]

I was really hoping for 'Ion Bitch'. Oh well.

I bought it on Steam last year and just preordered the new Big Box. I'm ready.

[MusicallyInspired]

Mark, on 11 July 2019 - 09:12 AM, said:

I see the Founders Edition is sold out. How much was it?

Sold out last year wasn't it? It was $99.

[Mark]

I just joined up with GOG and ordered the game right away because it mentions a price increase on the 18th of this month. After making payment my account shows I can download 2 versions. Ion Fury and the demo Ion Maiden. If I click on the Ion Fury button will it tell me the download is available after the official release date? Or will some other version download start? Sorry for the noob question.

[NightFright]

I would hold on to the demo with the old name. If not, better d/l it now for your archives. It might be pulled and re-released with the rebranding.

[SonicB00M]

Gotta say, that billboard made me laugh

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[Hawke]

To echo what others have said, it looks great. Seriously looking forward to release day.

[Zaxx]

Echelon5, on 11 July 2019 - 06:56 AM, said:

Super turbo hyped for this and I'll gladly give my money (again, for the big box!) to support it but CHRIST why did you guys have to keep the fire bullets for the SMG. It looks and sounds so BAD.

I like the fire bullets, it makes you see your projectiles so you can lead your shots properly. Game design, son.

[Master O]

The Watchtower, on 11 July 2019 - 09:03 AM, said:

Also the trailer is great. Too bad about the release date. I'm flying to Moscow on 16th August for a week.

Are you colluding with the Russians?

[Mark]

NightFright, on 11 July 2019 - 10:01 AM, said:

I would hold on to the demo with the old name. If not, better d/l it now for your archives. It might be pulled and re-released with the rebranding.

But what about the other game file? When I click on it I see Ion Fury update 4.1 and 51MB in size. If I download that without using their Galaxy client will I be able to download the full version when it releases? Or did I just buy pre-release version 4.1 only? I didn't download it yet. I know I look stupid but this online game purchasing is new to me.

[MusicallyInspired]

If you bought Ion Fury you own Ion Fury and will get the full game when it comes out. Period.

[Mark]

Whew. Thanks. I'm not going to download and play anything until the full version is out.

[Ninjakitty]

The new name's a little mediocre, but I guess at least Iron Maiden's got pretty much nothing to sue for now whether they still want to or not. Hopefully it'll be a bit of a slap in the face to Iron Maiden's legal team

[PsychoGoatee]

Groovy trailer! This game will kick ass.

[Truck Stop Santa Claus]

The Truth 3D Realms doesn't want you knowing about

[xMobilemux]

So there is a 3rd person mode, another reason why the character design sucks ass and swallows.

But the game itself looks good, the music is cool and the level design is top notch.
Still not liking Shelly's voice or lines though, they just don't have any personality or style to them, just sounds like a normal female VA saying Build Era one liners.

Still I guess it won't be a total let down as 3DR's final game.

[Danukem]

I like the new title and I think it's an improvement over the old one. If you are going to acknowledge the gender of the protagonist, "fury" is better than "maiden"; after all, the furies in greek mythology were female deities dedicated to vengeance.

[NightFright]

Mark, on 11 July 2019 - 11:51 AM, said:

But what about the other game file? When I click on it I see Ion Fury update 4.1 and 51MB in size. If I download that without using their Galaxy client will I be able to download the full version when it releases? Or did I just buy pre-release version 4.1 only? I didn't download it yet. I know I look stupid but this online game purchasing is new to me.

There is already a new demo version? Well, I guess it's just the renaming, nothing else. 3DR still has IonMaiden_Preview-1.0u4.zip, of course - even though the image above already shows the new title. What else.

Anyway, gotta say that trailer made me really hyped for the game even more. I have a similar feeling of anticipation as I used to have back in 1996 before Duke3D was released. It's like a re-release of the game, but with new levels, new weapons, much more interaction, more sophisticated gameplay mechanics... ah hell, just everything bigger, better and even more enjoyable. August 15, guys, August 15! This time it's a DATE!

[The Kins]

NightFright, on 12 July 2019 - 12:04 AM, said:

There is already a new demo version? Well, I guess it's just the renaming, nothing else. 3DR still has IonMaiden_Preview-1.0u4.zip, of course - even though the image above already shows the new title. What else.

There's no new demo update on Steam - yet anyway. They just changed the game name on the store and library.

[ck3D]

SonicB00M, on 11 July 2019 - 10:35 AM, said:

Gotta say, that billboard made me laugh

I may be nitpicking (which I feel lame about for a first post in this thread), but if you guys are even worried about the credibility of the translation to the point of even getting such little jokes correct, then I thought I'd let you know "odeur de police de porc" sounds slightly weird in French, especially the "police de porc" bit isn't quite correct - I think "police porcine" would be a more appropriate expression there. You could also replace "odeur" by "parfum" or "fragrance" for something more pseudo-sophisticated as odeur is literally smell, but Pig Cops probably smell so if anything that bit can totally make sense. Not that I'd expect anybody to care about fixing one little mistake in one joke texture though, and it's also kind of charming.

Haven't posted earlier due to being rather disconnected from the gaming community in general but I've been following this project for a while and I'm excited for it - really impressive work from everyone - might be the first game I buy in years and honestly looking forward to how it's probably going to give a second life to the Build engine and its community in general; I'm interested to see how a new generation of players who wouldn't have touched the engine otherwise are going to try and reinterpret it, decades later, after Ion Fury introduces them to it.

Best of luck!

[Aristotle Gumball]

Trooper Dan, on 11 July 2019 - 10:38 PM, said:

I like the new title and I think it's an improvement over the old one. If you are going to acknowledge the gender of the protagonist, "fury" is better than "maiden"; after all, the furies in greek mythology were female deities dedicated to vengeance.

I just miss the pun, but yeah, it's not the worst name. Kinda reminds me of those abstract, yet descriptive Japanese titles.

[Echelon5]

Zaxx, on 11 July 2019 - 11:05 AM, said:

I like the fire bullets, it makes you see your projectiles so you can lead your shots properly. Game design, son.

You can have tracer rounds without the dopey looking fire effect hit an enemy sprite and then fall straight to the ground. Visual and kinetic feedback, son.

[Radar]

You also have a crosshair, no reason to lead your shots.

[Sledgehammer]

Ninjakitty, on 11 July 2019 - 12:53 PM, said:

Hopefully it'll be a bit of a slap in the face to Iron Maiden's legal team

The real slap in the face would be 3DR winning the lawsuit. Would take too much time though, so probably wouldn't worth it, at least not now.

thricecursed, on 12 July 2019 - 03:03 AM, said:

Kinda reminds me of those abstract, yet descriptive Japanese titles.

Hardly lol

Spoiler

The secret is simple: lack of good English skills. Devs are using various English words mainly because it sounds cool, though sometimes there are some references here and there, not too often.

On an unrelated note it's time to get a bit autistic.

Spoiler

Been looking through various English imageboards and it seems like Ion Maiden threads are always full of shitty posts, with people talking non-stop about how much the game is pozzed or that it was made by SJW, most of the time people are referencing that very same 3DR blogpost about Bombshell design from 90s which they called "a bit embarrassing looking with 2018 glasses" with some other sentences about sexualization being a problem nowadays in general to prove this, all over again (I always forget about it). Another reason they bring that up of course is to prove that Shelly was censored or that she simply is a feminist icon and other shit alike that was already mentioned before. People don't even talk about the game itself or even the character itself, as in about VA work or design more in-depth when they discuss the topic.

The reason I brought this up is that it seems like it's impossible for good Ion Maiden threads to exist on imageboards. I don't think even actually pozzed games had it worse compared to IM, ironically.

Now, I kind of agree with xMobilemux and other people when it comes to VA work, design and most importantly when it comes to personality, in a sense that it could be improved a bit. It's not terrible and definitely is better compared to many western female characters, but still lacking. I don't know, just look at Bayonetta, for example, and compare her to Shelly. My main problem is that she's quite forgettable, mostly due to her personality or rather lack of it, even though she has a backstory that is mostly related to her work. When a character's traits are only being strong and confident, such character is quite empty. I hope she'll get more traits, especially feminine ones, at least typical ones that are often used to write women characters properly and make them look different from men. Usually writers tend to make them flirty, sexy, bitchy or cunty at the same time, because these are simple feminine traits.

Some people may say that this is a FPS game and all, but this is not an excuse. For example, the character on my avatar is from a fighting game (where according to people story doesn't matter as well), she is a very strong lying cunt and is an evil psychopath bitch (that also has anger issues) who is very feminine at the same time and loves to manipulate people or just play them in general, she of course hides her true self and pretends to be sweet, kind and innocent girl to fuck with people, on top of that she looks like a rock star and has shitton of various references to music. This came from the top of my head and I could probably talk about more if I played the games now and read some lore.

It doesn't surprise me when some people call Shelly a female Duke Nukem, it is related to this personality problem too. Shelly doesn't feel like she's a face of her game because of weak personality and lack of defining traits, in fact if you remove her from the game or just replace her with someone else, it won't make the game lacking. Now, for example, even if you remove some characters from various fighting games, it wouldn't be the same anymore. The worst case of course is when devs replace majority of old characters by crappy, uninspiring characters instead in sequels, something people absolutely hate, though people hate uninspiring characters in fighting games general, the problem is relevant to this day.

[Master O]

Voidpoint has to spoof Iron Maiden's rapacious lawyers in some way, either in Ion Fury or a future FPS they make.