Mad magazine has some policy that involves avoiding nearly all forms of marketing yet it is quite successful no? Even without marketing things can get sold well. The internet is a glorious thing.Nothing wrong with Marketing, with poor marketing good games sell badly. The problem is when marketing is given priority over quality.
Concerning the people about bad marketing. You do realize it's called a Dev Blog? These are usually for fans anyway and are meant to give some glimpses on the game pre alpha when normal studios wouldn't even tell you they actually develop the game.
They are niche company, helped by niche publisher Paradox. Their entire strategy is _not_ to do marketing the normal way because their entire market is essentially word of mouth.
"Sebaceans once had a god called Djancaz-Bru. Six worlds prayed to her. They built her temples, conquered planets. And yet one day she rose up and destroyed all six worlds. And when the last warrior was dying, he said, 'We gave you everything, why did you destroy us?' And she looked down upon him and she whispered, 'Because I can.' "
Mangalore Design
'When people stop believing in God, they don’t believe in nothing — they believe in anything. '
-Emile Cammaerts' book The Laughing Prophets (1937)
Under the patronage of Nihil. So there.
It was also so low key I didn't know about it. How not to announce a sequel. Speaking of which, just because a game is niche doesn't mean it doesn't need to be marketed, Crusader Kings II had a superb launch trailer, that used in game footage and a voiceover to show exactly why you'd want to play the game.
a launch trailer is something entirely different than something which was essentially just a project announcement. One also has to give Paradox kudos for having improved their marketing tremendously. I still wouldn't call those trailers impressive though and I don't even know about the earlier ones, I didn't come to any Paradoxtitle because of their marketing.
Talesoft is still essentially just a start up that grew out of an independant project which is their sole production title. Apparently they still run the equivalent of a garage company looking at those photos of their office.
"Sebaceans once had a god called Djancaz-Bru. Six worlds prayed to her. They built her temples, conquered planets. And yet one day she rose up and destroyed all six worlds. And when the last warrior was dying, he said, 'We gave you everything, why did you destroy us?' And she looked down upon him and she whispered, 'Because I can.' "
Mangalore Design
I get your point and I do think it's cool Taleworlds are simply going "here's what we've got", and not the crap that's been coming from CA since Empire and Napoleon. However it's also disappointing that in over a year since announcement, Bannerlord still looks like Warband with less crap graphics. They really should have started the stream of info about the game with some original things.
I guess one problem with having such great mods for a game can be that, as in this case, the game itself doesn't seem that impressive.
Bitter is the wind tonight,
it stirs up the white-waved sea.
I do not fear the coursing of the Irish sea
by the fierce warriors of Lothlind.
You sir, forget something very important M&B don't need that, If only thing that they do is to upgrade the Graphics It will be successes, Why ??? ........... because the mode makers are do what they want no matter what it is, the only thing that is hard to change is the Graphics, Play Light & Darkness, Brytenwalda, Clash Of Kings ,Or even the new one L'Aigle, and you will get the point, now on other hand "Crusader Kings" game i love lot, don't have the soul of a game that will last on your PC for long time, Even the Assassin Creed don't have that because what it offer is limited and the fan will end after a While,the only two game that i find good enough to last on my PC it Total War And Mount And Blade, all the other game that i play and love Start from Assassins Creed to Call of Duty, and even Age Of Empire i never find any thing new in it after i play it for a short time i finishing it by move her in the Recycle bin, But not the same with Total War And Mount & Blade, For that they are 100% Successful game .It was also so low key I didn't know about it. How not to announce a sequel. Speaking of which, just because a game is niche doesn't mean it doesn't need to be marketed, Crusader Kings II had a superb launch trailer, that used in game footage and a voice over to show exactly why you'd want to play the game.
sorry for bad English but the Temperature is 6- here .........................
“History repeats itself because no one was listening the first time.”
Round 3 fellas.
http://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord/Blog/4
Updated OP and added a link for French translation.
Mundus Bellicus - TWC - ModDB - Discord - Steam
~ Patronized by Gaius Baltar, son of the Great Family of imb39, of the House of Garbarsardar, of the Noble House of Wilpuri.
Oh boy
It appears the women working at Taleworlds are not allowed to have their own desk or even a simple chair, at least this is the immediate impression after seeing all those pics they've posted so far.
But can we be sure they are actually women at all?
"When I die, I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like Fidel Castro, not screaming in terror, like his victims."
My shameful truth.
That's great, but M&B would be much, muuuch better with historic background. Those Rhodoks and Vaegirs... Why not just create a M&B European Medieval already and make modders focus on polishing it instead of making a whole new mod which takes years to accomplish?
I disagree. The unique map and identities allow for a greater degree of freedom and balance in the base game as well as quickly bringing together highly contrasting cultures. It's also refreshing to be able to explore a different world. Plus given the absolutely massive range of the modding scene making it based off of European medieval times would only partially assist a fraction of the mods anyways.
They did have With Fire and Sword made which was historical based.
It seems the game will be released sometime this year. This unofficial confirmation comes from a fellow who was hired to compose a couple of songs for Bannelord.
http://d87098.wix.com/silkwood#!musik/c13dn (bottom of the page, Swedish)
It say "probably" so likely he knows nothing more than we do.
Dev Blog #4: http://www.taleworlds.com/en/Games/Bannerlord/Blog/5
French translation: http://www.mundusbellicus.fr/forum/s...l=1#post188858
If other peoples are too translating the blogs in their native language, feel free to post a link here, as I will update the OP.
Mundus Bellicus - TWC - ModDB - Discord - Steam
~ Patronized by Gaius Baltar, son of the Great Family of imb39, of the House of Garbarsardar, of the Noble House of Wilpuri.
Last edited by Phier; January 14, 2014 at 01:21 PM.
"When I die, I want to die peacefully in my sleep, like Fidel Castro, not screaming in terror, like his victims."
My shameful truth.