I'm starting to think that, while the leak was most likely intentional, us all assuming that the game was canceled was not the response Disney expected. I'm guessing that the decision to release it now as an Early Access title on Steam was a very last minute decision, especially considering that the game doesn't even have the option to quit.

As far as the gameplay goes, I think they have a good base to do a lot of neat stuff with. I look forward to seeing what they do with future levels. Unfortunately, there really isn't a lot there right now to keep me coming back to this build.

Graphically, it's very shiny and pretty. The gridbugs look very cool, too.

ShadowDragon1 Wrote:looks pretty cool so far. I hope *A LOT* of people purchase this "early access" version of the game. *I speculate* the game itself *might* be a kind of "test" to gauge current general interest in the TRON IP....

Yeah. Sort of how Legacy had that test film to gauge demand. I just can't afford to throw money at it right now. Haha.

I haven't seen any video, but the stills remind me of mobile games, of the Temple Run genre. Maybe closer to Subway surfer. Hopefully it plays hard ball with the art. The art of Tron is what gets me hooked. I want to feel immersed in that again. The only Runner game that's had me hooked so far is the original Bit Trip Runner.

Downloading from Steam now.

I did a video about TRON Run/r, which goes into the rumors and events leading up to the title's release, and a few details about the game itself that you probably won't find anywhere else.

TRON.dll Wrote: I'm starting to think that, while the leak was most likely intentional, us all assuming that the game was canceled was not the response Disney expected. I'm guessing that the decision to release it now as an Early Access title on Steam was a very last minute decision, especially considering that the game doesn't even have the option to quit.

Mmm, no I don't believe events went quite that way. I think it was more of a case of the game was nearly cancelled by the executives at Disney, and the only way to save it was to put it on Steam early access. Why else put out an unfinished game? Then a scheme was hatched to use stealthy marketing tactics to help promote it, by "leaking" art and screenshots to hype up the fans.

ShadowDragon1 Wrote: I hope *A LOT* of people purchase this "early access" version of the game. *I speculate* the game itself *might* be a kind of "test" to gauge current general interest in the TRON IP....

I hope not... as that logic would be pretty flawed, imo.  I think it would instead gauge something like the "current general interest in the particular type of TRON game they are making."  For if it is a runner/parkour type of game, or similar, I won't be that interested; and my decision to *not* purchase has no bearing on whether or not I'm interested in the TRON IP, in general.  I am a TRON fan, but I don't just accept anything and everything dubbed "TRON" as being worthwile for the IP I know and love.  I think many fans would feel this way.  Regardless, I think it's cool that a new game is coming out, and I hope it meets/exceeds my expectations.

EDIT: Just saw this message on Steam by someone named "Paullo".  So, I'm not that interested in this game

"It may be early days for TRON RUN/r (great name, by the way) but things are looking super slick already. You'll only get three tracks as of launch day, but the core mechanics of running, jumping, wall-running, sliding, gliding and disc-throwing feel fantastic right away."

It looks like this can be fairly easy to mod, at least for texture mods. (You can get rid of the .pak if you unpack everything and put it in the right folder. So, at least theoretically, you could pretty easily replace textures if you do it right. Loading from these folders instead of the .pak takes a LOT longer to load the game, though.)

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Also, this is in the game as an animated sign (probably for a future level). Seems kind of strange that there's a date on it. Could it maybe be related to a new ARG? (The file for this sign is just a raw video you can find in the files, you don't need to dig in the .pak for it. However, there is a version of it in the .pak as well.) It seemed a little too easy to find.

(Putting as link instead of image in case it seems spoiler-y)
http://i.imgur.com/wh9jAsQ.png
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Edit: Looks like some people on tumblr beat me to the punch at posting it.

Gotta reset my computer to run 64-bit before I can play.

I did a review of Tron Run/r as part of a gaming news podcast/network that I've been running with a friend. I'll post it here when it goes up.

Argh, I kept meaning to post here about TR2N Liberation when I heard about it over at Unseen 64's Facebook group, but it kept slipping my mind. I thought it looked like an interesting concept, though we kind of got that in the form of Tron Evolution Battle Grid's lightcycle race mode.

TronFAQ, have you had any performance issues on the second Disc level of Tron Run/r? The game runs fine for me until about the end of the first wall run and then it grinds to an unplayable chug that the game doesn't seem to know how to handle, so my character clips down below the killplane or gets stuck in the air, all at a glorious 3 frames per second, haha.

TRON.dll Wrote: TronFAQ, have you had any performance issues on the second Disc level of Tron Run/r? The game runs fine for me until about the end of the first wall run and then it grinds to an unplayable chug that the game doesn't seem to know how to handle, so my character clips down below the killplane or gets stuck in the air, all at a glorious 3 frames per second, haha.

Some have suggested that lowering the graphics setting from the maximum (Epic) to a lower setting helps. Others have said that it does nothing.

Either way, it seems to be a flaw with the map/level itself and will need to be fixed. I hope Disney and Sanzaru have been reading the feedback and are aware of this.