Major Malphunktion is no longer at Otherside: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christophersiegel/
That sucks. Guess he was hit by those layoffs. It’s a bummer when you skim through this thread, seeing his enthusiasm and joy to be working on an Underworld game, then it actually came out, and it was what it was, and things just got dark.
The game is 75% off until August 12th on Steam.
What’s the verdict after the final patch?
The final patch cleaned up most of the technical problems, but I’m still trying to find the fun in it. A more comprehensive world and some type of social NPC AI (schedules, personalities, history, etc.) would have gone a long way to giving the game a real sense of place – something I think a game like this really needs.
It’s still a bit like a fancy tech demo, but I sincerely hope this doesn’t sink Otherside. Maybe players who come to it with a clean slate – not expecting a sequel to UU – will have a more favorable opinion.
I was going to until you wrote this:
What a bummer. The same thing actually turned me off from playing MGS5 (after I had already bought it).
yeah chris left the industry.
20 years was enough.
Prob’ly gonna pass on that kickstarter, yo.
That got a snort out of me… :-D
More like a “drop-kickstarter.”