Burgeoning Battle Gamma Mr.knowitall Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 After finishing A4 and(maybe) Blade of Geneforge, should Jeff make NETHERGATE 2? In my opinion I think he should, because I like the storyline of the first one. Quote
Kyshakk Koan Controversial Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 Quite frankly, I don't think so. That was made a looong time ago, and unless he runs out of better ideas, he shouldn't. I think that was his prelude to jumping out of his bland exile type games. Quote
Unflappable Drayk Icshi Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 May God and all his Divine Host of Angels forbid that Nethergate is ever sullied by a sequel. It is inherently a stand-alone work. A sequel would only muddy the crystal-clear waters and cheapen what is Jeff Vogel's finest work to date. I like having Avernum and Geneforge sequels flying out the wazoo like foam-soaked donkeys, but Nethergate was so different than anything else he's done, and it should remain unique. ...And no, I'm not sure what "flying out the wazoo like foam-soaked donkeys" means exactly. But you get the idea. EDIT: I would write a lengthy and passionate argument for my objections, but I'm pressed for time. Lost starts in ten minutes, and I have to go to bed right afterwards because I have to awaken myself at the Hour of Beelzebub (7 am) for a trip tomorrow, and will be gone for four days. And so slips by another Golden Opportunity for Icshi to wax eloquent on a burning topic close to his heart. Quote
Unflappable Drayk Toenail Returns Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 How could it have a sequel? There isn't anything logical that could be in (shudders) Nethergate 2. If he wanted to have a sequel, he'd basically have to make a new game, but with Celts and Romans. Quote
Kyshakk Koan Controversial Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 There won't be. And if there is, it means Jeff is desperate and an idiot. Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 The end of Nethergate really makes a sequel impossible, but more games in the same style would be quite possible. There have been topics about it before suggesting how such a game could be set in early colonial America, in Egypt, in medieval Europe, and so on. —Alorael, who doesn't see how more Celt and Roman games could build on Nethergate. A prequel would be awkward since the end couldn't be quite as earth-shattering, a simultaneous plot wouldn't make sense, and as he already noted, a sequel is impossible. Quote
Unflappable Drayk Toenail Returns Posted April 2, 2005 Posted April 2, 2005 I sent Jeff an E-Mail a couple days ago concerning this subject, but he still hasn't replied. I'll post his message on this topic once he replies. Quote
Burgeoning Battle Gamma Mr.knowitall Posted April 2, 2005 Author Posted April 2, 2005 Hope Jeff replies soon, I can't wait. Quote
Easygoing Eyebeast VCH Posted April 3, 2005 Posted April 3, 2005 Please no BOG please no. I can just imagine the garbage people would turn out ahhhhhhh! Quote
Unflappable Drayk Toenail Returns Posted April 3, 2005 Posted April 3, 2005 You might want to post that in a Geneforge forum instead of a Nethergate one. Quote
Unflappable Drayk Toenail Returns Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Ok, Jeff finally responded: -We made Nethergate so that we could sell a lot of copies of it and make money. It's worked out all right for that purpose, but we are not going to write another one. -Jeff Quote
Magnificent Ornk Kelandon Posted April 4, 2005 Posted April 4, 2005 Quote: We made Nethergate so that we could sell a lot of copies of it and make money. At least he's honest. Quote
Curious Artila Sovreign of swords Posted April 5, 2005 Posted April 5, 2005 Nethergate, in my opinion, wasn't bad, but I would buy a sequel. It wasn't quite up there with the Exile/Avernum games. Quote
Unflappable Drayk Toenail Returns Posted April 6, 2005 Posted April 6, 2005 Quote: Originally written by Kelandon: Quote: We made Nethergate so that we could sell a lot of copies of it and make money. At least he's honest. Yeah, I guess he is..... But that book he's writing? That's just weird. So what if I buy it? I'm not weird......I'm....gifted.. Quote
Kyshakk Koan Lord Sylak Posted April 6, 2005 Posted April 6, 2005 i want to buy his book, even though im not a parent, nor shall i become in this life. Quote
Kyshakk Koan Controversial Posted April 7, 2005 Posted April 7, 2005 Personally, I don't read books anymore. I think it would be cool though, to read a book from a guy that I've emailed a couple times and played his games for years. I don't play them anymore though. They're falling behind other RPG's by a long shot. Quote
Hatchling Cockatrice Alorael at Large Posted April 7, 2005 Posted April 7, 2005 Name a recent better RPG, please. [Edit: A post this short should be hard to screw up, but where there's a will, there's a way.] —Alorael, who isn't being facetious. He doesn't keep up with RPGs very much and the ones he does know of aren't all that great. Quote
Ineffable Wingbolt bogus standard candidate Posted April 8, 2005 Posted April 8, 2005 Arcanum was pretty good (hated the last part, though). I liked Divine Divinity far more than I thought I would. Planescape (that's not that recent, though). Knights of the Old Republic, the first, the second just wasn't as good, and I hope Obsidian makes something better in the future. What do you think? (I hope Dungeon Lords is good. Wizards and Warriors just wasn't.) Quote
Unflappable Drayk Toenail Returns Posted April 16, 2005 Posted April 16, 2005 Knights of the Old Republic was pretty good. Though I've only played the first one. Quote
Tenderfoot Thahd The_Great_Unknown Posted April 20, 2005 Posted April 20, 2005 Yes yes, it should Quote
Curious Artila The Arpeggiator Posted April 28, 2005 Posted April 28, 2005 Really, Spiderweb has the best RPGs ever. Though they may be limited by crappy 2-d stuff, it's the most similar to classic D&D. This is what I think they were going for. I simply haven't seen any RPG that could compare as far as depth goes with any of Spiderweb's Avernum or Exile games. They're all mundane click, fight, get gold. No special encounters to speak of. If someone really wanted to make an excellent RPG, they should make one in the style of Avernum/Nethergate, but in 3D and sudo-real time (things act without you having to act). They'd have to work out a better system for special encounters, because a text box that tells you what you can already see is dumb. Maybe make a breif cutscene that you can direct in the editor(if there was one). Quote
Garrulous Glaahk Jame2 Posted May 19, 2005 Posted May 19, 2005 I wouldn't mind a Nethergate 2, but it shouldn't be a sequel to the original (not directly, anyways). I noted this a while ago, and I think someone else said it too, but maybe N2 should take place sometime during the Dark Ages or Mideval era. If the first, we could have Vikings versus Byzantines. If the second, we could have Crusaders on Crusade... Quote
Well-Actually War Trall Archmagus Micael Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 To be honest though, I don't think Jeff will ever get the time to make another NETHERGATE. He's starting A4 after releasing G3 for WIN, so it will be at least another year before he's free to make another game. And by then, he'll probably have come up with a much better system. - Archmagi Micael Quote
Garrulous Glaahk Jame2 Posted May 20, 2005 Posted May 20, 2005 Prolly not, but it's nice to dream. Don't you take my dreams away! (You can share them for $500,000,000,000, though.) Quote
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