The Secret World's Tornquist talks truth, pain, and non-combat gaming

Yeah disappointingly, virtually nothing about the actual game in this part. Shame.

I love him describing his motivations for contemporary setting.

The man seems to REALLY like what he does. I respect that and he certainly IS a genius who made games a feasible form of art and storytelling.

Tell us if its pay 2 play already.

I certainly like the idea of getting away from the mindless kill-everything-that-moves. Bored to-tears with that. Enough already! Evolve!

Destati: it's pay to play.

Hmm...does the game come out this year? That would mean like a November release and buries it under all 20 game of the year candidates...

All the big name AAA MMOs still seem to be subs, barring Guild Wars 2. It's possible TSW won't be sub based, but I'd be surprised. Also, if you assume sub and you're wrong, hey nice surprise. Vice versa, and you're angry.

The riddles in TSW sound like they could be at once interesting and extremely annoying.

I'll probably be looking a lot of them up online rather than trying to puzzle them out. I absolutely hated the arcane riddles in games like Myst.

It's a good article nevertheless, these kind of interviews give you a peak into the head of the person leading the game, what gives you some basis to assume how priorities are set and how the game is shaped.

As that person sets the tone and is directing it.

Expect P2P, the reason is simple Funcom stance is F2P is a certain normal stage of its life but not at the start.
Also sub games are nothing wrong, it's often due to mistakes made that games go F2P to regain their revenue and playerbase.

Games that don't leave a bitter after taste like Rift, run well. It does make it so the games have to be worth the price, in that sense it puts more pressure on the kettle.

I like the tone of this one and the other one that not everything will be to everyones liking, this means they are going with their design and not the one being presented to them like other mmo's of "how to make a wow killer".

I also find it good to read that he shares something i believe aswel that indie companies will push the game genres forward, not mass produced games by EA, Activision.... and their sub companies what follow the generic safe paths.
Despite shortcomings in the past i always appreciated funcom from atleast trying to not create another generic mmo.

looking forward to seeing more gameplay footage tomorrow.

@Saker

Exactly. Enough with the Pew pew. I want to use my brain. PLEASE?
If only some innovative developer out there could design a MMO to be a virtual world with real adventure and not just a "kill it kill it kill it, Great! Now repeat again because this time its your daily quest" game.

Sidenote: Where are the adventure/puzzle games? Last good one I played was Dreamfall. Why arn't these mainstream anymore... I miss having my brain captivated. :(

Yeah, I think of myself as a fairly intelligent person. Then I read interviews like this and think... man, I am just so average it's depressing.

I never got a chance to finish Dreamfall, but im right there with him when he said he wanted to introduce a sense of mystery with video games.

Sometimes, not having all the answers is fun- it can give room for the users imagination and provide a richer experience overall.
Especially when your main thematic elements include horror; the unknown can be very important for maintaining atmosphere in a story.

I hope these ideas translate well into TSW.