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Do you think Firefly Online will ever be released?

POSTED BY: COSPLAYWITHCAPTMAL
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COSPLAYWITHCAPTMAL

Tuesday, January 12, 2016 2:31 AM

I'm the same way. I won't hold my breath but i'll hold out hope though. The boardgame is my favorite to play I love it and it really feels like Firefly so I'm cool just playing the boardgame lol. I agree with the limping analogy, I think the game has gotten too big even for them. When they first released the full length trailer "If I were a captain" the graphics were WoW quality. They were okay for an MMO. Now I've seen screenshots of the cutscenes and the quality is that of a PS4 game. I mean Mal in the game looks exactly like Nathan Fillion down to the way his hair moves and same with Kaylee and all the other members. I think the game has gotten way to big and way to complex but I think they are still trying (at least that's what i'll tell myself to make me feel better lol).

Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you.

MUTT999

Thursday, January 14, 2016 8:18 PM

Still frustrating, yes. But there's this recent article:

http://io9.gizmodo.com/whats-going-on-with-firefly-online-1752816226

So maybe there's some hope.....

WISHIMAY

Thursday, January 14, 2016 8:41 PM

OK, so they got a year into it and had to start over. I'm guessing they didn't want to say anything so the cast wouldn't feel they'd screwed stuff up?

Makes sense now, thanks Mutt!

So...maybe end of THIS year?

COSPLAYWITHCAPTMAL

Friday, January 15, 2016 11:14 AM

Eh I still think it's a mean move to keep it from the fans who caused this game to be made. I mean without the Browncoats like us we never would've had Serenity and we definitely wouldn't have a videogame. To me it just seems mean to block and delete everybody who asks (politely I might add nobody on the facebook page or twitter was ever mean) when the release date will be for the game. Most of the people on Facebook weren't even asking for the base game but for the beta which is only available to a select group of people. I'm still holding out hope! It does look amazing and I really hope the game didn't break the catalyzer on the main compression coil and ended up drifting never to be heard from again.

Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you.

THGRRI

Saturday, January 16, 2016 1:47 AM

They also closed down the trading post in Big Damn Hero's game. You can no longer purchase cards or crates.

COSPLAYWITHCAPTMAL

Saturday, January 16, 2016 6:45 AM

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Originally posted by THGRRI:
They also closed down the trading post in Big Damn Hero's game. You can no longer purchase cards or crates.

I deleted the app. I checked it for awhile but I deleted it because it's never updated anymore. That article is very very recent though so I'll still hold out a bit of hope.

Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you.

RAHLMACLAREN

Friday, January 22, 2016 10:05 PM

Game development cycles can get lengthy, especially when the game's engine is being built from scratch. FFO, sounds like it's using two graphics engines; one for the space flight, and the other for the ship interior and ground RPG parts. That's even more stuff to hammer bugs out of.

Of the entities , the developer (Sparkplug) or the publisher (FOX Interactive); according to my PCGamer Jan 2001 article "Where Does Your Money Go?", the PR dept, them's that would probably run the facebook and twitter accounts would be on the publishers end. If they're going silent, they're not doing their job.

Perhaps the reason we're not hearing much is because the developers aren't adding so much new content, as they are play testing and bug squishing.

If we don't hear anything or see any type of progress (more demo vids or pics) by May, I will personally go into full fledged panic mode followed by more depression.

Find here the Serenity you seek. -Tara Maclay

ASARIAN

Wednesday, January 27, 2016 1:24 AM

There's been a new breakthrough in home game marketing: Instant Cancelation. The games are canceled before they're even finished.

On a more serious note, I'm beginning to develop a doubt. Last serious activity was, what, 2013?! There were some recent scribblings (December 2015) that may point to the project not being entirely dead (or maybe just kept on life-support, so as not to have to bring the bad news). But I hold out little hope. Then again, as another fave Captain of mine once said, "I've never known Hope when it wasn't on a diet."

P.S. Dibs on "Curse their sudden, but inevitable betrayal!"

BRANDXS

Wednesday, March 23, 2016 8:34 AM

here,s the latest info I can find. Interview withjohn o'neil january 2016

http://io9.gizmodo.com/whats-going-on-with-firefly-online-1752816226

COSPLAYWITHCAPTMAL

Sunday, March 27, 2016 2:06 PM

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Originally posted by BRANDXS:
here,s the latest info I can find. Interview withjohn o'neil january 2016

http://io9.gizmodo.com/whats-going-on-with-firefly-online-1752816226

That particular article was already posted above but it's actually not the latest. A Spanish website posted an article that happened to mention Firefly Online and they said that the game is in the final developmental stages. I was lucky to be able to chat with Tybee Diskin (she's scar in Fallout Nuka Break and she's also in the Firefly Fan Film "The Verse") and she was confident the game was still on schedule since the DLC is still active. The DLC is that you get the Overland ship used in "The Verse". She's pretty confident everything is on schedule so i'm still holding out hope. However I think it's a really nasty move on the developers part that they won't tell us anything. I can understand not wanting to get fans hopes up but I mean Browncoats are the lifeblood of this game and they are totally leaving us out. I think that's a really jerk move and i'm not too happy about it. I also mentioned that they made it a point on their facebook page to block anyone who asked when the beta was releasing (the beta was to be released last year and then was pushed back to this January which never happened). I'm still holding out hope because of Tybee Diskin's confidence and that the DLC, Cortex, and website are still active. I also liked that the spanish article (dated this month) stated the game is still being made. I'm more afraid that when the game does come out after all this anticipation and waiting it may actually end up sucking.

Now you can luxuriate in a nice jail cell, but if your hand touches metal I swear by my pretty floral bonnet I will end you.