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[Roronoa_Zoro90]

@Staffy

Alpha Protocol, while not a terrible game…also not really good.

In my book

Impossible deadlines and/or tiny budget. In that case there were also big interferences by SEGA. Watch this video:

What Happened? - The Tragedy of Alpha Protocol

[Callangoso]

@javycane

Unless they have a second project that is aiming for that no. I think everyone unanimously agrees that the big Inxile rpg is 2025ish.

https://twitter.com/JeffGrubb/status/1404143222264193025?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1404143222264193025|twgr^|twcon^s1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-15349623952753941366.ampproject.net%2F2108192119000%2Fframe.html

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@Callangoso

Thats the only one on that Grubb list nobody kinda agreed on lol.

Also they are rumored to do 2 projects so Again It could be that.

[Callangoso]

@javycane

Thats the only one on that Grubb list nobody kinda agreed on lol.

We are just making educated guesses, Grubb has inside info. I’d rather believe in him.

[Roronoa_Zoro90]

@javycane

I just want TOW2 to have more exploration on the side tbh. No reason to wander off the “golden path” and explore since probably nothing was gonna be worth finding. Also improved combat a bit cause it was A) too easy even on hard and b) bullet sponge like sometimes.

I think all of those weak spots were due tu budget constraints, they even cut whole planets.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@Callangoso

We are just making educated guesses, Grubb has inside info. I’d rather believe in him.

Im telling you it could be the rumored second project and not the RPG we consistently allude to here.

[Roronoa_Zoro90]

@Callangoso

We are just making educated guesses, Grubb has inside info. I’d rather believe in him.

3 years (Wasteland 3 was released in 2020) for a big expansive AAA rpg for a team whixh never did one before is not enough imo, moreover if they are still doing a smaller project concurrently, IDK…

[Callangoso]

@javycane

Im telling you it could be the rumored second project and not the RPG we consistently allude to here.

Jez said that Project Cobalt, the Steampunk Inxile RPG is targeting a 2023 release.

https://www.reddit.com/r/GamingLeaksAndRumours/comments/ovg15h/jez_corden_inxiles_new_rpg_is_codenamed_project/?utm_source=amp&utm_medium=&utm_content=post_body

[MonkeyBoyFrancis]

@Staffy

Back on the topic about Fable and just XGS in general, sometimes we see some odd release date/window predictions here.

I just read that Witcher 3 apparently was developed in 3.5 years, now of course this is a studio familiar with RPG and PG not necessarily, but Obsidian IS, inXile too. So if CDPR can make such a humongous game in 3.5 years…RPGs by XGS aren’t gonna take a lifetime to be fully developed.

Witcher 3 was a last gen game. Cyberpunk took 5.5 years. Durations are going up. 4-5 years for Forza Horizon and Fable may be normal…And Playground is quick compared to most.

I foresee a lot of long term service games…like Assassins Creed Infinite

[Staffy]

@Callangoso

That’s the one according to Sponger is huge, biggest budget of XGS I believe he said and they are doing some crazy stuff for this one.

[Knottian (Daniel)]

@MonkeyBoyFrancis

Witcher 3 was a last gen game. Cyberpunk took 5.5 years. Durations are going up. 4-5 years for Forza Horizon and Fable may be normal…And Playground is quick compared to most.

I foresee a lot of long term service games…like Assassins Creed Infinite

Cherry-picked and incorrect data doesn’t bode well for an argument, especially since Forza Horizon 4 released in 2018 which makes this release a total of 3 years’ worth of development time (unless I fell asleep and discovered it is in fact 2022/2023 today…).

While the last two generations saw some development balloon in cost/time, newer tools and the advent of ML applications means that it’s more likely that development time stays the same in most cases, and decreases in some.

[Staffy]

@MonkeyBoyFrancis

Witcher 3 was a last gen game. Cyberpunk took 5.5 years. Durations are going up. 4-5 years for Forza Horizon and Fable may be normal…And Playground is quick compared to most.

I foresee a lot of long term service games…like Assassins Creed Infinite

Fable a long term service game? Well I’m not sure what to even think of AC becoming a service game. Hoping PG will just make another big Fable/RPG after Fable releases, maybe an expansion first.

I expect Avowed not to be service game, neither inXile and ToW2.

[Roronoa_Zoro90]

@Staffy

Fable a long term service game? Well I’m not sure what to even think of AC becoming a service game. Hoping PG will just make another big Fable/RPG after Fable releases, maybe an expansion first.

I expect Avowed not to be service game, neither inXile and ToW2.

Fable most likely will have a similar thing of Horizon online coop / shared worlds, maybe scaled down because the different nature of the game and then dlcs and other smaller things like any big game, that’s it.

[Staffy]

@Roronoa_Zoro90

Fable most likely will have a similar thing of Horizon online coop / shared worlds, maybe scaled down because the different nature of the game and then dlcs and other smaller things like any big game, that’s it.

Yeah, you’re right. I take that one back. While I prefer they would make it 100% SP, like Witcher 3, optional co-op is ok, as long as the mission structure is like a SP game. And not something like Kingdoms of Amalur that while it was SP, it felt like MMO to me.

[MonkeyBoyFrancis]

@Knottian

Cherry-picked and incorrect data doesn’t bode well for an argument, especially since Forza Horizon 4 released in 2018 which makes this release a total of 3 years’ worth of development time (unless I fell asleep and discovered it is in fact 2022/2023 today…).

While the last two generations saw some development balloon in cost/time, newer tools and the advent of ML applications means that it’s more likely that development time stays the same in most cases, and decreases in some.

I’m more thinking about the next Forza Horizon. It used to be 2 years and FH5 took 3. Will the next one with turn 10s new engine take 4? IDK. I don’t see development times going down.

@Staffy

Fable a long term service game?

Absolutely. Would be a total missed opportunity to not replicate what Sea of Thieves and Forza Horizon do …just in Albion.

[Roronoa_Zoro90]

@Staffy

Yeah, you’re right. I take that one back. While I prefer they would make it 100% SP, like Witcher 3, optional co-op is ok, as long as the mission structure is like a SP game. And not something like Kingdoms of Amalur that while it was SP, it felt like MMO to me.

Fable has had coop since 2, it’s no big deal.

[Hindle]

Fable will be 2024, mark my words.

[javycane (Javier Ruiz)]

@Callangoso

Again there is a rumor that Inxile has 2 projects and the big big rpg that everybody alludes to is not the one there for 2023.

[Staffy]

@Roronoa_Zoro90

Fable has had coop since 2, it’s no big deal.

Agreed. For those that like to play with someone else it’s great, but I’ll definitely go solo. RPG in my opinion is just a solo experience.

As long as we’re not talking about MMO or even MMO lite it’s all fine.

[Callangoso]

@Staffy

Yeah, you’re right. I take that one back. While I prefer they would make it 100% SP, like Witcher 3, optional co-op is ok, as long as the mission structure is like a SP game. And not something like Kingdoms of Amalur that while it was SP, it felt like MMO to me.

Fable 2 had co-op and the quest design was pretty good, so I wouldn’t worry about that.