[Kyanos]

Are we there yet? I wanna play!

[Mr. Tibbs]

Civvie and LGR are both really talented, and creating video reviews or features will help ensure that Ion Fury reaches a larger audience.

[Malgon]

It's kind of hard to believe this releases this week. It's been a long time coming, but I know it's going to be worth it. Can't wait!

[oasiz]

A developer can't cry until it's all over !

[MusicallyInspired]

The Watchtower, on 10 August 2019 - 11:17 AM, said:

Why the fuck people care about these self proclaimed important vloggers?

Because they're actually not self-proclaimed. They've garnered viewers because they make great content that they like. The fans have spoken, not Civvie or LGR.

oasiz, on 11 August 2019 - 01:14 AM, said:

A developer can't cry until it's all over !

Sometimes not even then! Patches, bugfixes and all that.

[NNC]

I remember the guy's video on Sigil, it was nothing special, and his voice was annoying as fuck. The only vlogger I enjoyed sometimes in the past was BigMacDavis, but even then, who cares if he stops it or makes more videos? This cultic fanboyism is sick. And so is the hysterical downvoting.

[Master O]

Question for the devs:

Once Ion Fury is released this Thursday, will the game be updated to its full version across all the stores where it's being sold at the same time? (Steam, 3DR, GOG, etc). Or is it gonna be in a specific order?

[NightFright]

My guess would be: Steam, GOG, 3DR. I hope I am wrong and it's at the same time on all platforms, though.

[oasiz]

We have always done everything to have things in sync. Our intention is to do this with the release as well.
None of us devs have direct access to 3DR or GOG backends so it is impossible to make precise promises on timing, however I doubt there will be any issues preventing a simultaneous unlock.

One time (update 4) was kept out of GOG and 3DR for months as it wasn't release-stable and it took us longer than we anticipated to fix it.

[Master O]

oasiz, on 11 August 2019 - 07:49 AM, said:

We have always done everything to have things in sync. Our intention is to do this with the release as well.
None of us devs have direct access to 3DR or GOG backends so it is impossible to make precise promises on timing, however I doubt there will be any issues preventing a simultaneous unlock.

One time (update 4) was kept out of GOG and 3DR for months as it wasn't release-stable and it took us longer than we anticipated to fix it.

You don't have direct access to 3DR or GOG? That's really surprising. I'm surprised the devs haven't had a chance to address that.

[oasiz]

We are the devs, not the publisher
You don't really have a neat API to push things on your own for GOG like steam does.

[NightFright]

Well, I am confident 3DR will publish the game on time. How it will be with updates may be a different thing, though.

[HulkNukem]

If anyone can comment on them, how are the console ports shaping up?



Also about the youtubers; LGR is in general just an optimistic nerd and he never claims to be anything else. He's a lovable dork.

Civvie has been critical about games, whether old or new, while still finding positives about them. He's usually spot on about any critiques as well. Watch his Pro Doom or Pro Blood videos and you'll realize this dude clearly played the shit out of these games in the 90s and isn't some pretender.

Also his review of Fresh Supply review where he calls out GGGManLives won me over completely. I have a feeling GGGMan is going to be a contrarian when it comes to Ion Fury.

[Mblackwell]

If I can be clear here, how this has been historically:

We make a build. Build will be whatever game content.
We push it to Steam, people on Steam play it.
We pack the content in an archive and send it to 3DR. They double check there's nothing weird and upload it (usually within 24 hours).
We send the same package to GOG.
GOG rips the entire package open and repacks everything with their own configurations, installers, etc and sometimes mess it up (yay).
They upload it when they feel like.

I understand wanting to buy DRM free games from there, but there is nothing very pretty about the process. Apologies for anything appearing late on their platform and I wish we had full control. We are planning on having things as coordinated as possible besides that potential roadblock of how GOG does things.

[Phredreeke]

I think someone from NightDive said that GOG now let devs push beta builds directly on their platform, the catch being that the user has to use GOG Galaxy to download.

[MusicallyInspired]

That's a pretty scummy move for GOG if so. I'm not liking the trend of GOG pushing Galaxy so much. People shouldn't have to use it if they don't want to. I like it and I love it's features (I've been using the new Galaxy beta and it's great keeping track of my entire library in one place), but people need the choice. Especially for GOG given how it started and what it stands (stood?) for.

[Jimmy]

HulkNukem, on 11 August 2019 - 11:07 AM, said:

Also about the youtubers; LGR is in general just an optimistic nerd and he never claims to be anything else. He's a lovable dork.

He was also a regular and well liked member of "this" community (including the old 3DR boards) for many years. Rather understandably he doesn't post anymore.

HulkNukem, on 11 August 2019 - 11:07 AM, said:

Also his review of Fresh Supply review where he calls out GGGManLives won me over completely. I have a feeling GGGMan is going to be a contrarian when it comes to Ion Fury.

I'm convinced that GGGMan takes money.

[HulkNukem]

BlitZ, on 11 August 2019 - 12:37 PM, said:

I'm convinced that GGGMan takes money.

He got paid by EA to make an Anthem review video, accidentally put the wrong EA watermark at the intro, EA made him delete it so he could reupload it with a fix, and instead he played the victim and acted like it was just because he was negative in the video. Then when EA challenged him he backed down and AFAIK never mentioned it since.

Dude has gone downhill.

[razgriz]

I'm wondering if it's going to be released at midnight?

[Malgon]

Out of curiosity, will Ion Fury be getting its own sub-forum here?

[NightFright]

And: Will the "Support Duke4.net" banner for IF ever be updated?

[oasiz]

absolutely never

[MusicallyInspired]

Something of Maiden must survive!

[NightFright]

There you go, fixed it for ya. Just need to upload it.



("slightly" trolling)

[Truck Stop Santa Claus]

ROFL

[KaijuTurtle]

[AlektorophobiA]

Just one more day, thank god that August 15th is a holiday over here, so i may or may not end up marathoning the entire thing.

[Malgon]

Will definitely check out his review (and other reviews) after I've completed the game, as I'm going in fresh to just play the game and be surprised with what it has to offer. Not much longer now!

[Sledgehammer]

Also, he did mention FPS problems (with minor issue still being a thing), watch from 17:35.

[Zaxx]

Oh man, the atmosphere is strong AF and the voxels look amazing.