Jon Selin from Dreamlords returns with another Developer Journal. This time, he tells us all about The Dumbest Quest in the World.

The Dumbest Quest in the World exists. And more disturbingly, for a brief moment it existed in our game. The other day I was watching one of our designers exerting all his piss and vinegar as he was working on a new quest for Dreamlords. Then he shook is head, turned to me with a sad look on his face, and asked: "What do you think when we create utter crap for your game?"

I didn't know what to say at the time, and to be honest I don't even remember what my answer was. Given the question, it is more likely than not that my retort was a pun of questionable character.

A few days later, I was glaring at the true meaning behind his question. The Dumbest Quest in the World. Behind closed doors we call it "The Gay Quest", and no, it's not about gay bashing, the quest is actually about interracial homosexual relations, but it doesn't stop there... Oh well, I better explain it from the top.

You can read the whole article here.

Originally posted by Dish
I liked that article although I'm pretty surprised that he was willing to publish it on here. If that was my game I wouldn't want any potential customers finding out that my team would even think of making a quest like that

Originally posted by SUMB44

Originally posted by Dish
I liked that article although I'm pretty surprised that he was willing to publish it on here. If that was my game I wouldn't want any potential customers finding out that my team would even think of making a quest like that

Quite the contrary, this type of honesty and openess from a Dev is refreshing and speaks volumes about his confidence in his product which hopefully bodes well for the future of the industry.

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Originally posted by adliPremo
It could definitely damage some relationships internally though. He's throwing one of his designers under the bus. Of course, that designer actually does deserve to be fired.

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I doubt the quest was intentionally designed that way. It was probably some unfinished project or sandbox-type experiment that somehow got into the game and left in that weird-ass state it was in. Still, an amusing article.

Great Journal.

And this has to be said... well just because. Jon is extremely cute and I LOVE the hair.

/applaud

Well, the article did get me to actually notice Dreamlords even existed...but a quick search of the early reviews have warned me off of it....

It's not for everyone, but I can't remember reading it ever claming to be either. In other words, don't worry yourself with beta reviews. Dreamlords is one of those games so different from the mainstream that you'd be better off making up your own mind instead of listening to someone on a MMORPG site, who might not care at all for it's unusual breed of web-strategy/rts/rpg gameplay. :)

I'm not going to contradict myself (too much) by sharing my own experience at it, but I'd like to say that if I wasn't behind a pesky, college firewall I would definetly be participating in it past the one era I was lucky enough to play as a beta tester. There's a satisfying depth to it both gameplaywise and especially communityspecific which feed off eachother and can make it just as addictive as classics like Starcraft or Utopia.

Originally posted by Krieg
Too bad you need to buy the game to "try it out."

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Originally posted by Joscellin

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Originally posted by Krieg
Too bad you need to buy the game to "try it out."

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Yeah, that whole $5 activation fee plus 14.95 for the first month will really break your bank. They had a beta, then they released it, god forbid they don't open a free trial automatically.
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Originally posted by Joscellin

Originally posted by Krieg
Too bad you need to buy the game to "try it out."

Yeah, that whole $5 activation fee plus 14.95 for the first month will really break your bank. They had a beta, then they released it, god forbid they don't open a free trial automatically.

Killer game if it's what you enjoy, utter crap if it's not. Definately a love it or hate it scenario, thankfully there are quite a few who, like me, love it :)

Originally posted by JelloB2000

 

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Originally posted by Joscellin

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Originally posted by Krieg
Too bad you need to buy the game to "try it out."

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Yeah, that whole $5 activation fee plus 14.95 for the first month will really break your bank. They had a beta, then they released it, god forbid they don't open a free trial automatically.
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Lack of free trial is bad and it is not worth 20$ to find out if its a bad game or not. Beta has nothing to do with trials, thats just a testing phase (even though some companies have started to use it like a trial phase).

well i felt that this game was not for the quests, although it does add content i don't think it is content worth a dang. I am not sure if the game would be better with or without them.

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Originally posted by Joscellin

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Originally posted by JelloB2000

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Originally posted by Joscellin

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Originally posted by Krieg
Too bad you need to buy the game to "try it out."

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Yeah, that whole $5 activation fee plus 14.95 for the first month will really break your bank. They had a beta, then they released it, god forbid they don't open a free trial automatically.
(...)

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Lack of free trial is bad and it is not worth 20$ to find out if its a bad game or not. Beta has nothing to do with trials, thats just a testing phase (even though some companies have started to use it like a trial phase).

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Name a recent successful MMO that had a free trial upon release. Coming up with anything? That's cause there aren't any. WoW, EQ2, EVE, GW all these games didnt begin their free trials until *at least* 4-6 months after release.

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