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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #285 on: April 03, 2013, 05:08:33 pm »
"Stranded.  Supplies Critical.  Chasing humanity's most dangerous creation."

Niiiice. :)

Btw I'm going to be rewriting the opening dialogue a lot now.  This mood totally changes things ;)  But it's much more appropriate.

Yeah, makes sense, heh. :)
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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #286 on: April 03, 2013, 05:29:12 pm »
By the way, the harbinger of destruction tagline made me think of mass effect pretty much instantly. One of the main "Reapers" (aka Lovecraftian AI) is named Harbinger. Heh.

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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #287 on: April 03, 2013, 06:03:09 pm »
By the way, the harbinger of destruction tagline made me think of mass effect pretty much instantly. One of the main "Reapers" (aka Lovecraftian AI) is named Harbinger. Heh.
Yes, that exact association came to my mind too.
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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #288 on: April 03, 2013, 06:18:11 pm »
"Stranded.  Supplies Critical.  Chasing humanity's most dangerous creation."

I love it. Sooooo when do we get to learn more about this game?  ;)

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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #289 on: April 03, 2013, 06:18:42 pm »
"Stranded.  Supplies Critical.  Chasing humanity's most dangerous creation."

I love it. Sooooo when do we get to learn more about this game?  ;)
You just did.
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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #290 on: April 03, 2013, 11:06:27 pm »
So not before the civil war, but before the ai war. Most dangerous creation?

Seems too obvious the threat...
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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #291 on: April 03, 2013, 11:13:53 pm »
So not before the civil war, but before the ai war. Most dangerous creation?

Seems too obvious the threat...
Well, you've seen exos, you know I'm not a very subtle person.

Though the actual situation in Exodus is probably more subtle than you may be guessing.
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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #292 on: April 03, 2013, 11:22:22 pm »
So not before the civil war, but before the ai war. Most dangerous creation?
Player characters doomed to failure?

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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #293 on: April 03, 2013, 11:37:15 pm »
Spoiler, you're actually the AI hunting down "the most dangerous game".

The title refers to your own journey, or exodus if you will.

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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #294 on: April 03, 2013, 11:44:51 pm »
Spoiler, you're actually the AI hunting down "the most dangerous game".

The title refers to your own journey, or exodus if you will.
Playing as the core did actually occur to me at one point, but it just wouldn't work ;)
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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #295 on: April 04, 2013, 12:15:26 am »
Playing as the core did actually occur to me at one point, but it just wouldn't work ;)

If the AI Wars universe (guess it'll need a new name soon?) lives long enough, it'll go through its dark and edgy phase, then we can?

Please?
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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #296 on: April 04, 2013, 12:37:29 am »
Playing as the core did actually occur to me at one point, but it just wouldn't work ;)

If the AI Wars universe (guess it'll need a new name soon?) lives long enough, it'll go through its dark and edgy phase, then we can?

Please?
That would probably depend on who was writing at the time.  I do dark, but I have limits (running jokes of player annihilation notwithstanding).

We'll see how Exodus does, as far as further exploration of the story arc and thus the character in question.
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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #297 on: April 04, 2013, 01:00:15 am »
Warhammer 40k corrupted me.
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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #298 on: April 04, 2013, 04:08:14 am »
I really like the you-are-doomed sense of AI War. It gives you the sense that the odds you've come up against are so frikkin' huge that the only thing you can do is make dark jokes. It's a good fit for the difficulty. And makes you feel really awesome when you deliver the AI's comeuppance against all odds.

And how 'bout an alliterative tagline: "Stranded. Starving. Saving Humanity."

And just to clarify, somewhere along the way, you'll be giving out free copies of this game, right? :)
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Re: Exodus Of The Machine Teaser 1
« Reply #299 on: April 04, 2013, 07:51:03 am »
"Your team is untested, your circumstance impossible.  Your enemy is unknowable, but no longer invincible."
Am i the only other one that likes this more? =p
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