Penny Arcade unsympathetic to Troika

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Penny Arcade unsympathetic to Troika

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<strong>[Company -> Update]</strong> - More info on <a href="http://wikipocalypse.duckandcover.cx/in ... tle=Troika Games">Company: Troika Games</a>

In their most recent update, <a href="http://www.penny-arcade.com/">Penny Arcade!</a>
have written a short bit about <a href="http://www.troikagames.com">Troika</a>. There's no new information, but
the opinion is an interesting one, which I'm drifting towards agreeing
with.

<blockquote><em>It sounds as though Troika
is no more, or at any rate they are liquidating everything in their
offices, so if they are still coherent as a developer presumably
their next game involves sitting in a bare room. Troika (for those of
you with a concussion) is the little company that couldn't, producing
games of marvelous, unprecedented promise coupled with epic lapses in
technical execution. <strong>The company was a hole that great ideas crawled
half-way out of, so I hope you'll pardon me if I don't dab the corner
of my eye with a handkerchief and try to look strong.</strong> <strong>There were
undeniably talented people there</strong>. Hopefully they'll end up someplace
where that kind of thing matters.</em>

</blockquote>
I think that sums up a lot of my recent feelings toward the company. I
can honestly say, I haven't played a single one of their games through
to completion: the nearest I got was the end boss in <em>Arcanum</em>. I won't go as far as saying 'no more free rides', though.


Thanks <strong>MrSmileyFaceDude</strong> for the news tip.
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It seems to me Troika tried to build a business by trying to appeal to the hardcore RPG market, and had the business crumble because they expected customers to tolerate extremely buggy titles. It's a very Derek Smart approach to game developmet - "It's full of bugs, but you should play it because it's the only game like this!"

They certainly have no sympathy from me.
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Post by S4ur0n27 »

Well, the result is the same as if they pulled a Derek Smart, but I think they sound less suspicious, and look like they have good intentions.

Edit - You can put everything to the past tense.
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Post by jiujitsu »

Didn't you just get to 5k posts like two weeks ago, Sauron? D:

How do you post so much?!

Oh yea, RIP Troika and all that.
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Post by Fez »

I don't think PA seemed hostile to Troika, more bitter that they didn't live up to what they, and all of us I presume, think they could have been.

At least he wished them well and pointed out they were talented. He didn't kick them when they were down from what I could tell.
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Post by S4ur0n27 »

jiujitsu wrote:Didn't you just get to 5k posts like two weeks ago, Sauron? D:

How do you post so much?!
Everyone says that.
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