Odyssey Going Forwards
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It's unrealistic, since Fdev no longer maintains the code for the consoles (except for bug fixes).
Odyssey was probably also below sales expectations.
To this day I see no motivation to release odyssey on consoles.
Even if Odyssey is going forwards (does it actually?), it seems to do it at a veeeeeery slow pace.
Planet Zoo and JWE2 are seeing regular updates and new content releases quite often
Odyssey not so much (only 2 updates this year, with the second U16 being only hinted)
Even the weekly Discovery Scanner news were canceled - i mean there weren't actually any news regarding the game, but mostly things organized by the community (fair enough, no real complains here)
I would expect the Frameshift live streams to be moved from a fortnightly schedule to a monthly schedule
For me is it sad to see that there is no stable approach, no communication, some communication, a lot of communication, then again vague communication and now no communication (gamewise). A mixture of this would be great, some community spotlights some infos regarding long term bugs and so on, this would help a lot. The approach should be then stable, I mean we have seen 3 or 4 different versions of communication in two years. For me the best way was the issue list, and the community spotlights. Therefore the insight form the developer was good. But now what we could expect?
I hope that FDev works on promising projects.
The last ones pretty much sucked.
Then there would be least hope that Elite would continue.
The last ones pretty much sucked.
Then there would be least hope that Elite would continue.
Not much point in announcing that. The fortnightly ones are quite often cancelled anyway, making them de facto monthly.
You guys seriously need to stop people from being able comment on news bulletin posts.
Someone commented and I thought Fdev had actual news to share. Silly me for thinking the news thread was for news.
Someone commented and I thought Fdev had actual news to share. Silly me for thinking the news thread was for news.
This thread is 97 pages long. It would be unusual for the creator to post news here.
Sir David is a visionary that has realized his vision.
It's tough to be interested in tweaking or adding to that piece of art, and probably extremely tough to release the reigns to someone else to make significant modifications.
EDO must have stung him a bit, and I imagine it was the one time he released the reigns to other designers to run the show.
I think OA fairly assesses the communication and direction concerns with the game.
It might be nice if Sir David came back and offered some concrete goals for the game, or at least honestly stated the future is about in game events related to the unfolding narrative.
It's tough to be interested in tweaking or adding to that piece of art, and probably extremely tough to release the reigns to someone else to make significant modifications.
EDO must have stung him a bit, and I imagine it was the one time he released the reigns to other designers to run the show.
I think OA fairly assesses the communication and direction concerns with the game.
It might be nice if Sir David came back and offered some concrete goals for the game, or at least honestly stated the future is about in game events related to the unfolding narrative.
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Sir is applied to first names, if you mean like a knighthood, never surnames. E.g. Sir Winston Churchill or Sir Winston, but not Sir Churchill.
So it'd be Sir David.
So it'd be Sir David.
Thanks - we don't have any Knights over here in the States. Apologies if I offended.
Now you've done it.
Interesting
anyway, i prefer to call Sir David as DBOBE - i hope it's not offensive in an obscure way
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That’s because David Braben was awarded an OBE - which does not enable him to place a “Sir” before his name.
You are correct in referring to him as David Braben OBE.
Anyone referring to him as Sir David Braben is giving him a knighthood that Her Maj didn’t
You have chosen the 'most correct' way to address his title.
ETA: @Arioch beat me to it!
An Order of the British Empire (OBE) is ‘post nominal’, does not carry a title like Sir or Dame and you address them like regular people really.
I prefer the Brebus moniker for the hallowed creator, hopefully not offensive...
(sniffs, looks down nose) I believe the correct pronunciation is “Di Bobbie”
Unless you work for them when sir can be acceptable.
I feel a disturbance in the ontopicness.
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