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I think Europe might be better off than us stateside, but you might have a point. The only "dedicated" RPG companies out there seem to be Betheseda, Bioware, and Obsidian. I'm tempted to throw in inXile, but they haven't done anything worth notice yet. I think Troika was the best of the lot...

Thanks, sho' is nice to meet y'all. By the way, I disagree with the eminence of Einstein. To try to reach the most simplistic explanation or system requires large amounts of time and effort. Indeed, it may very well be impossible to reach the definitive in simplicity. Thing of it term of...

Hello, Long time gamer, sometime come here to read the news. I actually got an account so I could post on Troika's troubles. Beyond that, I like RPGs, dry wit, and making simple things complicated.

One of my "sources" got me this Instant Messenger discussion that took place between two writers for an RPG company that shall remain nameless. The identity of the writers has been changed so as to protect those who were involved. With out further comment, here is the script: Writer 1: Ok...

Yeah, I'm pretty sure they were that small. Troika might have 30 employees divided between 2 teams, only one team worked on Bloodlines. Unfortunately, they never had any inhouse QA. Compare that to Beth or Bioware... I think Bioware has around 200 employees, but I can't find where I read...

Very well said Ratty. Bloodlines was created by a staff of no more than 17, and not one of them was a dedicated writer. I think Troika's originality and idea brilliance comes from that founding core. Interplay, well, they are more in dept than the Federal Government.

Yeah, its either that or the game somebody bought at Walmart because the box art looked cool, and never played it because it wouldn't work on their "CD" player. I think thats the fate of a lot of games.

Exitum, I'm laughing at you over here. Only, and I do mean only, on a fallout fansite will anyone think Troika has enjoyed a free ride. Fallout was never a mass market game, just those who've played it love it. After creating Arcanumn with a staff of only 10 people, they almost gave it up...

Thats the heart of it, right there. Bugs can be lived through, there was once a time when patching over the internet was unheard of, and Quality Assurance was the original developers playing through it. Fallout and its like from that era weren't good, they were the best! If you are going to...

I may be putting myself out on a limb here, but I think Bloodlines is the best RPG to come out since Planescape: Torment. Obviously, they aren't the cultural blockbusters Half Life 2 and the Sims were, but every indicator points towards Bloodlines selling very well for a single player PC RPG...

What has me bothered is the lack of immediate denial by Leon. If Troika has a stable future, then why can't they just come forward and say they're unfounded rumours.