WoD MMORPG Trailer

[dmccoy1693]

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I gotta admit. It looks freaking cool, but is this White Wolf's exit from Table Top Role Playing?

 

[prosfilaes]

I gotta admit. It looks freaking cool, but is this White Wolf's exit from Table Top Role Playing?

I don't see what this is going to change. They're already marginally a tabletop RPG company; reducing their new stuff isn't going to change much. The old stuff, once they've got it in PDF and handed to a PDF retailer, is just free money until people stop wanting (and stop selling) PDFs, so they're not going to stop selling the old stuff any time soon.

 

[dmccoy1693]

Well, WW is not wizards. they're not going to stop selling PDFs of old products because a new edition has come out. But does this officially mark the end of them not bringing out new products anymore? Is the MMORPG the "New Edition" with no book product at the same time.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

The (entirely possibly wrong) impression I got was that CCP bought White Wolf primarily for their IP. The pessimist in me insists that they'll strip mine it for use in various online games, and we'll never see a new game from them again.

But I'm probably overly pessimistic.

Brad

 

[mattcolville]

Surely that's a motion comic, not a trailer for a video game?

Also;

"Each a font of undying power tortured by their boundless appetites."

Really?

 

[darjr]

Jess Hartley (sp?) is one of the semi-regulars on the pulp gamer podcast and from what she has been saying I think this is a chance for them to stop the supplement treadmill, work on something new and cool, and still release books that they really want to, instead of have to.

 

[RangerWickett]

Nope, it's a game. Last night I was at a Halloween party with a WW guy, and he confirmed it.

 

[mattcolville]

Nope, it's a game. Last night I was at a Halloween party with a WW guy, and he confirmed it.

Not sure if you're replying to me or not, but my comment should have been parsed like this;

Surely thats not a trailer for a video game, it's a motion comic promoting a video game.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

I don't think anything in the trailer was game graphics.

But I thought it was already assumed by now that White Wolf will focus on new computer games from now on and that the pen & paper stuff becomes less and less relevant?

 

[prosfilaes]

Jess Hartley (sp?) is one of the semi-regulars on the pulp gamer podcast and from what she has been saying I think this is a chance for them to stop the supplement treadmill, work on something new and cool, and still release books that they really want to, instead of have to.

I think it's a nice theory, but I don't believe it. As long as the WoD is a company, and not a bunch of hobbyists, the WoD book department is going to have to support itself. It may not involve churning out an endless stream of supplements-The Complete Mokole, etc.--but the supplements they do produce are going to have to sell.

And the fact they're no longer putting out all the supplements and they no longer have the huge audience is going to work against them on the "cool stuff they want to work on" field, not for them. White Wolf could stick Vampire: Dark Ages into their schedule, and a certain percentage of their audience would buy it, and the rest wouldn't care. Now, if they make Vampire: Dark Ages and the same percentage of the audience bought it, it's a horrible failure and those GMs who waited four months for something they could use in their games are going to be frustrated that you went "cool" instead of useful and consider switching to a better supported game.