“In the end, we had to hire attorneys to get access to the assets and source code.” We were literally, physically incapable of supporting the game” continued Goldberg, emphasizing the far from ideal situation they were left in.
#RUNE 2 HUMAN HEAD CODE#
“To make matters worse, they held the code and assets hostage for months after launch. And even more damning, according to Sam they only discovered through the press that Human Head Studios had dissolved only to coalesce back into Bethesda as Roundhouse Studios. They couldn’t get any answers from Human Head, weren’t invited to the studio to celebrate the launch. The publisher felt blocked out as the game first approached launch. Because it wasn’t just a shoddy game, it was what felt like a betrayal to the entire team. You’re falling to your death and you’re not even sure what happened,” explained Sam Goldberg when I asked what it was like when the game launched. “It was like standing with your buddy, overlooking the Grand Canyon, and then the dude just pushes you right into the abyss. Related Story Alessio Palumbo Rune II Interview – Choosing Epic Games Store to Deliver a Bigger, Better Game to Everyoneīut voice acting is one small thing, and it's nice to hear that the development team are getting the support they need, given the huge challenges they’ve faced.
#RUNE 2 HUMAN HEAD PROFESSIONAL#
Some of this voice talent comes from various streamers and members of the community that have supported the game since the start, and while that is sweet, you can tell that some aren't exactly of professional caliber. The original game only had voice talent for the Gods you’d encounter, but now even the villagers you meet will have something to say. And with those new missions, there's now over 2000 more voices lines recorded for the other NPCs you’ll meet along the way. To go with that, there are hundreds of more quests to discover and complete, several of which take you delving deep into dungeons. The world is much bigger to start with, having somewhere between 200% and 300% more landmass for your Viking to roam. I could write an entire paragraph just listing the things that have improved since I last played the game a year ago, but it’s just easier to simply say that the entire game has improved.Īs I got to grips with the almost overwhelming improvements, Mitch Alpiner explained some of the many tweaks made to the game that I couldn’t immediately see.
It looks like how you might imagine the rugged Nordic fjord looking, except for the plethora of monsters. The start of the game is bright, the environment immediately detailed.
Rune II nowadays is very different as I discovered when I took the opportunity to check out the Steam ‘Decapitation Edition’ ahead of its launch (scheduled for November 13th) with some members of the development team and publishing team, who've been working together to correct the strange course of events that plagued this game a year ago. The game was dark, the missions sparse, and the world barren. It was an interesting premise that unfortunately failed at more or less every turn. Most of the Gods were gone, monsters now roamed the world and your task was to smash them, before defeating the one ultimately responsible, the usual mischief-maker: Loki. If you missed it the first time, Rune II was an open world action RPG where you took on the role of a Viking trying to survive after Ragnarok, the Norse end-of-the-world myth. The results are incredible for an eighteen-person team and less than a year of work.
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