Umm, what happened to Sadness?

The topic title says it all. What on Earth happened?

The Company the NiBRiS was Co-Deving Sadness with Dropped out....

So now NiBRiS is not sure if they should Can it and focus on there other games in the works or Go it alone on Sadness.

Well it was supposedly canceled and people thought that because the devs got someone else to publish it that it was canceled but it's still alive (tsk rumours). Sooo stick around we may just find out something before 2010.

Uh, they don't exactly have a 'track record', 'body of work', or 'any thing that would lead a sane person to assume there was much of a chance that they'd release any game, let alone a good one'?Spelunker

Aw well there's always hope, right?

Uh, they don't exactly have a 'track record', 'body of work', or 'any thing that would lead a sane person to assume there was much of a chance that they'd release any game, let alone a good one'?Spelunker

I've been saying this all along, but apparently a few shots that might not even be gameplay from a tiny unknown developer are enough to get people excited these days. 

The Company the NiBRiS was Co-Deving Sadness with Dropped out....

So now NiBRiS is not sure if they should Can it and focus on there other games in the works or Go it alone on Sadness.

quetzalcoatl45

[QUOTE="Spelunker"]Uh, they don't exactly have a 'track record', 'body of work', or 'any thing that would lead a sane person to assume there was much of a chance that they'd release any game, let alone a good one'?ZephyrSB

I've been saying this all along, but apparently a few shots that might not even be gameplay from a tiny unknown developer are enough to get people excited these days.

There's no *might* about it.  They never showed off anything even remotely CLOSE to gameplay.  They never showed off anything that was even actually an artifact from a game.  

There was concept art, and then there was a teaser 'trailer' that was a chick on a green screen.  Nothing remotely driven by code. 

The Company the NiBRiS was Co-Deving Sadness with Dropped out....

So now NiBRiS is not sure if they should Can it and focus on there other games in the works or Go it alone on Sadness.

quetzalcoatl45

Well:

Nibris, due to artistic differences, formally ended negotiations with Frontline on 17th March. However, they have already located themselves a new partner, the identity of which is currently unknown.

"We would like to apologize for rumors and doubts that might have arisen," the company informed us. "We want to assure, that Nibris ltd. makes great effort to make our projects completely innovative and meeting highest quality standards."

-C3News

Time will tell...