I doubt new team will finish this game if original one couldnt, for such a long time. I feel they will just run it with minimal investment to try and sell some "boxes".
That's because you don't know the history of this project.
The developers of Hero Engine (IdeaFabrik) need this game to be successful, because that's their best hope for getting their engine to be recognised as a "viable platform" for MMO's.
If IdeaFabrik can't make Repopulation at least moderately successful, Hero Engine will be relegated to the pages of history and they can all start looking for new jobs...
Isn't Pantheon using the Hero engine? Thought this game abandoned the Hero Engine for a move to Unreal 4?
I don't think Pantheon is, no. Thought they were on their own engine and https://www.heroenginegames.com/ doesn't mention them at all.
Yeah, the team had gone for UE4 after some business issues between ABT and IF and the whole deal. Their game rework didn't work as well as they intended and eventually were out of funds. Now the old version is back because that's pretty much the only way we'll get into TR anytime soon.
There's a huge amount of work that went into the HE version of the game and I think with a new team with inner knowledge of the engine, it's in a good place right now to progress forward.
Comments
I don't think Pantheon is, no. Thought they were on their own engine and https://www.heroenginegames.com/ doesn't mention them at all.
Yeah, the team had gone for UE4 after some business issues between ABT and IF and the whole deal. Their game rework didn't work as well as they intended and eventually were out of funds. Now the old version is back because that's pretty much the only way we'll get into TR anytime soon.
There's a huge amount of work that went into the HE version of the game and I think with a new team with inner knowledge of the engine, it's in a good place right now to progress forward.