Vanguard: Saga of Heroes

Last week, Sigil Games Online, the company responsible for developing Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, was acquired by Sony Online Entertainment, the company that had previously been co-publishing the game. SOE has announced that they do not plan on making any major changes to the game, but will be working to see its performance improved

 I hope this allowed you to retire Brad because you spent countless hours on the other forums telling us this wouldn't happen...Fool me once <eq> shame on you, Fool me twice <VG> shame on me. From now on anytime your name is on a game it will probablly rot on the shelves. You tend to turn out a good game, but you have a bad history of turning your companies over to SOE which tends to screw up a good game <EQ>, <SWG>, <EQOA>, <EQ2>, <VG soon to come>.  So while you succeded in the game business, you have failed us as gamers.

 Sorry, done ranting.

 But to those that warned of this happening all along, kudos for trying to watch out for the rest of us who let our high hopes blind us.

Actually, in this case, it was probably a good thing.

Just imagine how bad you have to be to make $OE look good.

But Brad managed it.

Originally posted by Faelan
There's a lot of bad stuff to be said about Brad, but I think most of us here gotta admit something. He was an excellent salesman and got a lot of people hyped up over nothing. Well, almost nothing. Perhaps he should start his own religious cult or something

Originally posted by lordtwisted

but you have a bad history of turning your companies over to SOE which tends to screw up a good game <EQ>, <SWG>, <EQOA>, <EQ2>, <VG soon to come>.  So while you succeded in the game business, you have failed us as gamers.

Brad had nothing to do with SWG, EQ2 or EQOA. And since when was EQ2 deemed to be screwed up by SOE? Its one of the best MMO's on todays market (even this site agrees with that).

Brad screwed up VG, and SOE stepped in to rescue it, according to everyone who was involved (even those who lost their jobs and have a reason to hate SOE).  Lucas/SOE screwed up SWG (although the more I hear about SOE's involvement, the more I think it was more Lucas than them), and was EQ1 screwed up? Its still going strong years later...  Oh and you missed MXO and Gods n Heroes

Originally posted by lordtwisted

Last week, Sigil Games Online, the company responsible for developing Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, was acquired by Sony Online Entertainment, the company that had previously been co-publishing the game. SOE has announced that they do not plan on making any major changes to the game, but will be working to see its performance improved

 

 I hope this allowed you to retire Brad because you spent countless hours on the other forums telling us this wouldn't happen...Fool me once <eq> shame on you, Fool me twice <VG> shame on me. From now on anytime your name is on a game it will probablly rot on the shelves. You tend to turn out a good game, but you have a bad history of turning your companies over to SOE which tends to screw up a good game <EQ>, <SWG>, <EQOA>, <EQ2>, <VG soon to come>.  So while you succeded in the game business, you have failed us as gamers.

 Sorry, done ranting.

 But to those that warned of this happening all along, kudos for trying to watch out for the rest of us who let our high hopes blind us.

nvm

Originally posted by Faelan
There's a lot of bad stuff to be said about Brad, but I think most of us here gotta admit something. He was an excellent salesman and got a lot of people hyped up over nothing. Well, almost nothing. Perhaps he should start his own religious cult or something

Brad's speeches scared me away. The only reason I was a fan of Vanguard was because he was the guy behind Everquest so I jumped on board. Everytime he would talk though it would sound like "Waaaaaah!" but in a twelve paragraph rambling form. Even Farlan of Dark and Light fame had his cult of fanbois, so obviously it doesn't take much.

Sadly, I could make a website tommorow, claim I was going to make a MMORPG and then throw out some revolutionary ideas and catch phrases like 3rd gen and Triple A title and people would aimlessly follow me for four or five years too.

Originally posted by Wobblebob

Originally posted by lordtwisted

but you have a bad history of turning your companies over to SOE which tends to screw up a good game <EQ>, <SWG>, <EQOA>, <EQ2>, <VG soon to come>.  So while