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A RPG based around city sized space craft and space stations. Featuring space combat, boarding actions, ground combat, diplomacy, trade, indepth crew interactions, research and scavenging in a semi proceduarlly generated universe.

Its having a kickstarter campaign now http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1964463742/the-mandate

Ok its not 40k but it ticks quite a lot of the right boxes.

Ok, I give up... I don't often back Kickstarter stuff, falling into the mindset that if it does end up getting released I'll probably pick it up then if it's not too expensive...but in this case...

Heheh, "Rogue Trader" was my first thought when I read about it as well.

They now have a preview character prologue generator, by the way. Pretty cool stuff.

http://www.mandategame.com/charactercreator/

Well, I'm in.
The additional copies looks nice, as the pledges get bigger.

I backed this. I'm considering upping my pledge to get Alpha access..,

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There is a new gameplay trailer and while it is obviously very early days at least it looks pretty



There is some interesting design information here as well http://ships.mandategame.com/index.html#weapons

I really like the sensible details in the weapon design with the ejectable missile magazines and stuff. The co-op aspect of weapon customisation also sounds interesting.

By the way, did anyone catch this in the update about ship customisation?

"As a captain of interior design do you opt for warm colours and a cheerful mood or try to mimic something grim and dark out of another sci-fi IP?"

I also notice that there is a prow labelled 'ramming'. It may as well have an Imperial Eagle figurehead.

Considering that the game is heavily influenced by Imperial Russia, and that this was Imperial Russia's coat of arms ...





(in fact it was used on ships it seems)

But now that you mention it, some of the prows themselves are already looking fairly 40k'ish all by themselves!

This may end up being the first kickstarter project I end up backing; Star Citizen looks amazing and all, but gameplay wise, it doesn't appeal to me the same way this does.

Space fighters are all well and good, but not-Rogue Trader? That's deliciously seductive.

And it has co-op! That's a major draw for me, too.

I'm also getting a kind of Master of Orion'esque vibe from the various ship, fighter and weapon designs, but that may just be because I loved that game so much.
Also, did anyone notice that, despite how it looks on the first glance, the bridge isn't actually in the tower? Smart design.

I kinda wonder if this kickstarter will succeed, though... 25 days in and only 1/3 funded. Well, they still have a month to go and I expect a lot of donations coming in during the last 2-3 days. Fingers crossed!

Oh, and check out not only their kickstarter but the main website! Loads of cool stuff there, like the Articles of War (could be "stolen" for a Rogue Trader campaign!) or the Your Crew concept.
http://www.mandategame.com/

I think its highly likely that they will succeed. They have made about $50k in the last week and while there is still $300k to go they have enough time, taking into account the usual boost that the final week will bring.

I thought that the Longdark wouldn't make it as it was moving slowly for most of its Kickstarter yet it ended up 20% over target.

Intrigueing.... may jump in on this, though only in a small way, I've been putting way to much money in kickstarters lately.

I just upgraded my pledge, the first time I have ever done that for a kickstarter. I now have beta access....(if it ever makes beta)

It's now been greenlit on Steam so it should be released eventually, even if the kickstarter should fail.

Oh yes, they've already put too much just into the basics that enabled them to show off the proof of concept etc to stop now - I'd just fear that, if the kickstarter fails, what would be released eventually would be a lot less awesome as it'd miss a number of features they are gunning for now.

Well, it's almost at 200k now. Fingers crossed.

Looks pretty boring. I don't much care for games that make me want to "care". I don't want to care, I want to win.

I'll keep an eye on it though. See how ship-to-ship combat works, maybe try a demo if one comes out.

You don't have to "care". Supposedly, you have the option to join the rebels or go independent and turn to piracy. You can also treat your crew like gak - with appropriate consequences.

Hm. Looks very tempting. I'll see if I have hte money for it.

For $20 for the game, it's hardly a lot to put in for something that could possibly be huge.
How many games cost that, for half of what this project is promising?

Looks promising. Backed.

xruslanx wrote:
Looks pretty boring. I don't much care for games that make me want to "care". I don't want to care, I want to win.

I'll keep an eye on it though. See how ship-to-ship combat works, maybe try a demo if one comes out.

The best way to win any game is through body count, regardless of what game it is.

 purplefood wrote:
I don't want to care, I want to win.

What if the game lets you do both, like, say... Mass Effect?

That wasn't me...
Just saying...

 Melissia wrote:

 purplefood wrote:
I don't want to care, I want to win.

What if the game lets you do both, like, say... Mass Effect?

Figures, Mass Effect was dull as hell.

xruslanx wrote:

 Melissia wrote:

xruslanx wrote:I don't want to care, I want to win.

What if the game lets you do both, like, say... Mass Effect?

Figures, Mass Effect was dull as hell.

... so tell me, friend, what games are not dull as hell?

Some generic borefest like call of duty, perhaps?

There's nothing wrong with wanting competition or playing games purely for competition.
It does seem a little strange when you consider the object of an RPG is to play a particular role and the challenge inherent in that is to find solutions to problems that fall into that role.
Reading books would also seems boring I guess... Unless it was a competition or something...

I play team-based FPS games that have no story all the time-- TF2 and Blacklight: Retribution being the two most prominent, but not the only ones. But the thing is, both of these have more depth to them, and both of them go to try to make you care about their/your character(s), in their own way. The TF2 teams have distinct personalities and styles which present them as your psychotic buddies and sociopathic enemies. In BL:R, the game invests heavily in allowing you to create your own soldiers and even more in allowing you to create your own weapon, making you care about, strangely, your gun and making it better suited to your playstyle.

A game that does not at least try to make you care about its characters is either extremely simplistic (such as Atari games) or extremely garbage.

 Melissia wrote:

... so tell me, friend, what games are not dull as hell?

Some generic borefest like call of duty, perhaps?

Europa Universalis, Baldur's Gate (1 or 2), Skyrim, Civ IV.

Mass Effect was just generic sci-fi universe #534, a game like that could never have been big without the booming adolescent console market who don't know what a decent game looks like.

xruslanx wrote:
Mass Effect was just generic sci-fi universe

Europa Universalis was just a "generic universe".
Skyrim was just a "generic fantasy universe".
Baldur's Gate was just a "generic fantasy universe".
Civ IV is likewise pretty "generic", too, really.

Oh, and guess what? All of these games tried to make you care, the very thing you decried earlier.


Mass Effect was a game that deeply appealed to adults as well as adolescents. Indeed, arguably it appealed to adults MORE-- it was far deeper than an "adolescent console" game.