FAKK2 Postmortem

by Steve Gibson, Dec 19, 2000 4:14pm PST

Gamasutra has a new one of those postmortem articles. This time the focus is on FAKK2 from Ritual Entertainment. Some of the most interesting reading on the net if you're into gaming. The article is by Scott Alden who has since left Ritual in favor of 3DRealms. The game turned out quite good although criticized for being a bit short. Amazingly look at this:

No project management. During the development of F.A.K.K. 2, we had a project manager at the beginning of the project and a different project manager near the end. There were 12 months of development time in between, during which we had little to no management on the project. There were members of the team that took on this role, but only in a limited capacity, as they had tons of other work to do as well.

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I like 3rd-person games and I thought Rune was awesome.

Dec 20, 2000 6:51am PST

I like 3rd-person games and I thought Rune was awesome. : Kristen

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I hate third person games. Thank you.

Dec 19, 2000 4:30pm PST

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  RUNE is fucking awsome. You're welcome. BTW, the whole game, NOT THE DEMO. : Cygnus X-1
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The same Shambler who spent 15 seconds copy'n'pasting a small section one of his old articles and sending it to them, yes that is correct. Of course it is completely false to say I called them twats, because I didn't, nor that I said Romero was a genius, because I didn't. Though I wouldn't know about them posting it other than what people have told me as I certainly do not buy an atrocious magazine like PCZone.

BTW, it may have escaped your attention, but FAKK2 is not Daikatana.

Dec 20, 2000 6:41am PST

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- Isn't it possible he just went to another project in the company? And why the hell is this a big stor... : cot
- Actually,he went to work on Alice for 8 weeks + to help in their crunch time.He commented about it in... : TheDreamDragon

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"What went wrong with FAKK2..."

Answer: Just about nothing....everything about this game from monsters to graphics, maps to combat system, effects to themes, was fucking excellent. By far the best action game of they year....it was only too short because it was so great there really should have been more greatness.

Dec 20, 2000 2:38am PST

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I played the demo of fakk2 and was pretty impressed graphically.. but man games are getting shorter and damn shorter.. i mean elite force? jesus i did that in 1 god damn day.. and damn flip a switch .. open a door.. find a key open a door.. we need some inovation here.. Oni plays cool.. but ITS THE SAME FLIP A SWITCH OPEN A DOOR CRAP .. ugh.. im goin to play counter-strike :)

Dec 19, 2000 4:59pm PST

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- THAT WAS THE GAME OF THE YEAR YOU BASTARD! : xvdl
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I thought some of the level design was great along with some of the effects. but the models (except julie) looked awful. And the gameplay was herrendoulsy short, I finished this game over a weekend.

Dec 19, 2000 4:49pm PST

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  - er, maybe do you mean the movie was 100 times better than the game? : xvdl

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Damn ratbastard! Your last sentence is a work of art...because every word of it is TRUE! Those who can't do...become managers.

Dec 19, 2000 5:00pm PST

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It's common knowledge the project managment creates HUGE amounts of inefficiency. Just leave the damn developers (workers) alone, and go whack off in the corner. Managers = creators of useless tasks. For proof of this theory, see speciman named: John Romero.

Dec 19, 2000 4:33pm PST

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I do not dislike jumping puzzles.

I just dislike ones that are unforgiving or are made stupidly difficult for some reason.

And jumping puzzles in FPS games mostly fit at least one of those two conditions.

Dec 19, 2000 5:20pm PST

I do not dislike jumping puzzles. I just dislike ones that are unforgiving or are made stupidly diff... : seemlar

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"Are you a god?"
"No.."
"Than DIE."

Dec 19, 2000 4:21pm PST

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FAKK2 would've been good if not for absolutely insane enemy placement. They'd start out with some little jumping sequence that would be okay... then make giant insects attack you halfway through. Being knocked to your death halfway through a jump by a random unseen enemy is FUN.

Dec 19, 2000 5:10pm PST

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Oops, I was refering to post #26.

Dec 19, 2000 5:01pm PST

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HITMAN! HITMAN! HITMAN! HITMAN!

It's buggier than a baboons ass, but it shure is fun!

Dec 19, 2000 4:54pm PST

HITMAN! HITMAN! HITMAN! HITMAN! It's buggier than a baboons ass, but it shure is fun! : PooFlinger

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wow, just saw a diablo 2 commercial. cool, I think

Dec 19, 2000 4:36pm PST

wow, just saw a diablo 2 commercial. cool, I think : Anti_dentite

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The chix0r was hot in it

Dec 19, 2000 4:35pm PST

The chix0r was hot in it : MrShmoo

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why the hell can't i read the girl gamer comments? I can read these, i can read others, but i get a blank page following the comments link on that one. WTF?

Dec 19, 2000 4:30pm PST

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nevermind

Dec 19, 2000 4:32pm PST

nevermind : Not Given

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I thought it had potential but in the end it was just another tomb raider. I'm really starting not to like third person games. Alice would have been kool in first person.

Dec 19, 2000 4:27pm PST

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first post!!

Dec 19, 2000 4:15pm PST

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this game FAKKing sucked. Twice.

Dec 19, 2000 4:19pm PST

this game FAKKing sucked. Twice. : Polish Sausage

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Too little for too much money.

Dec 19, 2000 4:17pm PST

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