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Kingdom Come - Realistic open-world Medieval RPG [Kickstarter]
- Thread starter Dennis
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In the video the creative director says they made a deal with the investor. I'm going to say they have enough experience to know that a verbal agreement means nothing and had a contract written up that outlined the conditions for continued funding.
Mount & Blade: Warband is probably the closest you'll get to what they're going for, especially with some of the mods out there. Chivalry and War of the Roses are just medieval arena fighting games.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
Optimized for 1440p+ displays.
28 MB gif totally worth it.
Get out of here with that stone-age resolution.
Messofanego
Banned
pooptacular
Member
Damn guys lets all chip in to get that rich dude to fund the rest. First KS for me. Going in for Baron. Dat combat.
I personally recommend Chivalry. As much as I like Mount and Blade, PV&K, I am not a fan of the winding up the strike mechanic of other games. It always telegraph your attack to the enemy. Not to mention holding a sword over your head and running around is funky. Chivalry doesn't have the winding for full power mechanic and it makes the combat very smooth and fast. It may seem simple at first, but it have a lot of depth to it. For example, every strike have several phases, winding up, release, and recovery. You can get interrupted during your wind up phase. Of course there are deeper elements that I can't talk about in a single concise post. My favorite part of the "depth" is mastery of upper body control as you can lower your body beyond simple crouching. IE, the ducking by looking down. It is not my first line of defense, but the very last. Mastery of ducking essentially give me 4 layers of defense. I found it amazingly satisfying to duck below enemy attacks like in the movies. No other melee game can I do that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llnRxtazljg
Really outdated tutorial, but still relevant.
Rock Paper Shotgun have impressions on a demo session:
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/22/mega-impressions-kingdom-come-deliverance/
Also, backed.
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/01/22/mega-impressions-kingdom-come-deliverance/
Also, backed.
Drake
Member
The game looks really cool, but I am still waiting for 2 other Kickstarters that I backed to come out (WL2 and Project Eternity). I vowed not to give out any more money until at least WL2 delivers. I'm sure they'll hit their goal (at least I hope they do). This game is definitely on my radar. I've wanted a realistic medieval RPG for a long time now.
Lord of Castamere
Member
They've already made a better crime game than La Norie. I wish I had more money to throw right now.
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Almost a third of the way there!
Dictator93
Member
We should ask them to release some uncompressed media (screenshots and videos).
I want to see this stuff at a higher fidelity!
edit:
This is not the only openworld Cryengine Kickstarter to launch today.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1324765189/cradle
I want to see this stuff at a higher fidelity!
edit:
This is not the only openworld Cryengine Kickstarter to launch today.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1324765189/cradle
Environments looks nice, but the whole kickstarter description and video is terrible.
Like why the hell they are showing a person moving in default Forest SDK levels or even having Forest level to run in background?
Dictator93
Member
Just tested it. It is making about £1000 every 5 minutes.
Bot tooo bad.
I was also worried at the start, the game technically is not "visceral, cinematic, or epic." So... joe schmoe may not care too much.
edit: even more than £1000 every 5 minutes. Damn.
Bot tooo bad.
I was also worried at the start, the game technically is not "visceral, cinematic, or epic." So... joe schmoe may not care too much.
edit: even more than £1000 every 5 minutes. Damn.
SneakySneaks
Member
Backing the hell out of this, it's the game I wanted Dark Messiah to be. I do hope we get some visceral (I know, but it really is the best word to use) combat. I'd love to see broken arms from maces/hammers, swords designed to crush instead of pierce. Man this can't come soon enough.
ScepticMatt
Member
It's doing just fine, trending towards 40% for the first day. (2:45 left)
Worst timing ever. Well good luck. I actually like the look of Cradle, but that's the only thing they show and they don't have any experienced developers to build trust.
The sheer amount of modding potential coming out of kickstarter projects is remarkable.
ManBearPig
Member
Just pledged £25 for the Baron tier. This game looks to be just my type. I loved Mount and Blade.
Messofanego
Banned
Braveheart and Lord of the Rings maps incoming.
Pfft, Game of Thrones is first in line these days. Especially for Medieval stuff.
To be fair, with CryEngine it should be easy enough, by just not locking files in compilation process.
But they are also developing some additional tools for quest management, so its bigger effort from them.
dragonelite
Member
I want to back but i need paypal.
Dictator93
Member
Tweeeeeet em.
E-Cat
Banned
Occulust Rift, lol.
I believe that the original premise for this game was that it would take place during the Thirty Years War (being that the developers are in Bohemia, one of the major battlegrounds of the conflict, that would make sense), but they probably thought better of it due to religious nature the Catholic/Protestant conflict. They can probably fictionalize the conflict but still retain the "spirit" of the historical events.
I would have definitely backed them, however, given it's only for the PC version (yes, I have seen the video and read that they want to put it on consoles but their bid to raise capital is not for consoles) I can't. It would be nice to if one day kickstarter projects would involve development for consoles directly.
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Deleted member 17706
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Wow, procedurally generated combat with no pre-made animations? That's impressive. Going to have seriously read this Kickstarter and determine how much money I'll put behind it now.
nelsonroyale
Member
Is there anyway I can back this for a PS4 version of the game? Digital or otherwise.
http://www.gamersyde.com/download_kingdom_come_deliverance_reveal_gameplay_trailer-31378_en.html
http://www.gamersyde.com/download_kingdom_come_deliverance_kickstarter_video-31379_en.html
Gamersyde delivered yet again. Unfortunately videos are in 25fps ;\
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You still cant publish freely on consoles, so its hardware providers issue, not developers issue.
http://www.gamersyde.com/download_kingdom_come_deliverance_kickstarter_video-31379_en.html
Gamersyde delivered yet again. Unfortunately videos are in 25fps ;\
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You still cant publish freely on consoles, so its hardware providers issue, not developers issue.
That's a pretty tall order as console development involves buy in from the console companies which is a big hurdle that does not exist at all on PC.
hemtae
Member
Well that just upped my pledge.
And on a consumer level, I do not have the rig to run it.
Lord of Castamere
Member
Where does it say that? All I saw was the release date being dependent on the certification process.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
Goddamn, first KS I think I'm going to back in a long time
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
From their FAQ:
"In our world, we can offer you PC version in all tiers. From the Baron tier above, you will be able to choose our game on any platform you wish from those mentioned above (i.e. Windows PC / Mac / Linux / Xbox One / PS4), with the proviso that on consoles the game must be approved by the platform holders first. In case we are not able to finish or release the game on the platform you chose for any reason, you will be able to choose again (from available platforms) or demand your money back."