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Kingdom Come - Realistic open-world Medieval RPG [Kickstarter]
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SkeptiMism
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Very interesting read (and as a site note, the guy seems like a pretty good writer) indeed.
Do you honestly think a simple touchpad (pad, not a screen) would make the PS4 version have a real edge? Sure, it may help with a few minor things making them slightly more comfortable , but it's certainly not a game changer or anything.
Morrigan Stark
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Lord of Castamere
Member
I wonder if Sean Bean charges extra to be killed off or if it comes with his standard acting package now. Maybe he likes to be killed off so he charges more if he lives.
Questions questions.
Questions questions.
Update #4
Stretch goals
You have taken our campaign literally by storm, we never expected to raise our goal in the first 36 hours. But we can always do better and there are things we can do to make Kingdom Come: Deliverance go further.
Our investor is as happy as we are and he confirmed that he will keep his part of the bargain. This means that every penny will go into making the game better. We can hire more people, use better technologies, record live music, and hire top actors. Somebody told us to hire Sean Bean for voiceovers. Yeah, we would love to, he is awesome, but we will need some serious cash to afford such famous names and the more we raise, the higher the chance this will happen.
So here is the list of things we would like to do with the extra money we raise:
Stretch goals
You have taken our campaign literally by storm, we never expected to raise our goal in the first 36 hours. But we can always do better and there are things we can do to make Kingdom Come: Deliverance go further.
Our investor is as happy as we are and he confirmed that he will keep his part of the bargain. This means that every penny will go into making the game better. We can hire more people, use better technologies, record live music, and hire top actors. Somebody told us to hire Sean Bean for voiceovers. Yeah, we would love to, he is awesome, but we will need some serious cash to afford such famous names and the more we raise, the higher the chance this will happen.
So here is the list of things we would like to do with the extra money we raise:
reskin would be much more expesive and imo not worth it as they are aiming for realism (female knight in 15th century Bohemia is nonsence).
This is "just" big questline as the girl(miller's daughter) which saves the blacksmith at the start of the game.
I meant that if You design controls around tons of buttons/mouse navigation on PC, You cant recreate that on Xbone, but You can on PS4 with touch pad.
The worst thing about past generation [next to RAM limitations] were controls, like for example Mass Effect 2, where one button was dodge, resurrect and cover ..., that was so annoying in MP.
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Getting to Performance Capture Would be amazing.
Maybe not, but i'm sure a good motion capture integration costs more than 100k £
Update #5
New tiers
We were surprised how fast the Emperor tier sold out. Is seems that some people really wanted to own some sword. Many people also wanted to contribute more and used the Pope tier – that was a pleasant surprise. For these reasons we added three new tiers:
New tiers
We were surprised how fast the Emperor tier sold out. Is seems that some people really wanted to own some sword. Many people also wanted to contribute more and used the Pope tier – that was a pleasant surprise. For these reasons we added three new tiers:
- The Wenzel der Faule backers will get a sword. However, we want the first backers to have something unique, so while the Emperor tier swords will carry unique inscriptions, the Wenzel swords will be all alike. And because we don’t have unlimited supply of churches, the Wenzel tier backers will get their conciliatory cross instead of a church portrait. The conciliatory cross is a medieval artefact, especially in Central Europe, whereby a criminal could reconcile with his victim by paying a compensation and erecting a cross. Finding conciliatory crosses is going to be an achievement in our game and they will carry names of the Wenzel der Faule tier backers.
- The Illuminatus and Saint tiers are intended for the people with lot of money and no better way of spending them. The swords for these tiers are going to be hand-and-a-half, i.e. so called Bastard swords. They will be of the highest quality, hand-made, individually forged beautiful weapons with personalized inscription. Beside the sword you will also get a hand-painted shield decorated with the coat-of-arms of a noble family related to the game story. You will also get billing in the game credits.
- The Saint tier backers will moreover get their own statues in the in-game churches, with their name on it. And they will get an amazing two day tour through the real-world locations where our game takes place. There will be a professional historian/archaeologist to point out the historical connections and you will be able to visit places that are normally off limits to tourists.
The world would implode if Sean Bean actually managed to survive a story!
NoPiece
Member
I was just coming to post the same thing. Manageable increments, clearly defines, and tangible benefits for each. Really well done, and makes it much more likely they'll make them.
grin and bear it
Neo Member
I would love the option to play a female character, but I understand having one for the entire game was not their intention, and I'm fine with that. I would hope they give her her own animations and not just make her a simple re-skin of some NPC. They're already pushing 400,000, so there might be a chance.
Oh, and by the way, I will never understand the love-affair people have with celebrities. Why not save some cash and just hire a voice actor? What's the big deal about having someone "famous" do the work? I mean, I like Sean Bean and all, and the sound of his voice is pleasant, but come on.
He wasn't even that great in Oblivion.
grin and bear it
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Tertullian
Member
That 400,000 stretch goal is spectacular. Good thing 400,000 is a lock at this point.
DaciaJC
Gold Member
Yep. Here's hoping they'll be able to record some Gregorian chants.
Morrigan Stark
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They should hire Simon Templeman for the main character's voice. I'm sure he's not that expensive, and he's ridiculously talented. And I would back this to infinity. :nods:
Thaumaturgic Tomato
Member
Authentic period music. Get those lutes tuned to A 432hz boys and girls.
ChosenPredator
Banned
i wouldnt mind some of the voice actors from the Kain Legacy games
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I hope such low physical rewards won't hurt them.
There is a big possibility that people could misread the gender stretch-goal and think that you could play the whole game with the female character, whereas it only pertains to the opening part, which was initially supposed to be a cinematic intro, but would now be playable with a female character.
Do you plan to support Oculus Rift?
Cryengine supports Oculus Rift by default, so general answer is: yes. We plan to support this awesome hardware gadget.
imo when making a melee combat system, it HEAVILY depends on which view you use.
Third person might be nice just to see your armor but you can do that in the inventory screen so maybe just to take pretty pictures......... that's about it.
I want somebody to name a game that has a deep first person AND third person melee combat system. Chances are one or the other is a lot less useful.
Warhorse choose First person and hopefully I feel it was the right choice especially if they are going with the "realistic" tag.
Third person might be nice just to see your armor but you can do that in the inventory screen so maybe just to take pretty pictures......... that's about it.
I want somebody to name a game that has a deep first person AND third person melee combat system. Chances are one or the other is a lot less useful.
Warhorse choose First person and hopefully I feel it was the right choice especially if they are going with the "realistic" tag.
If people misread the incredibly clear statement above as to what it is in regards to the female character then they need a good hard slap.
N7Commander95
Member
Name dropping Ryse for performance capture is fantastic. If anyone hasn't played it, look up a couple of scenes on you tube. Facial capture is phenomenal, probably the best you will see in a game.
Here is some of my own examples:
Ryse: Forest Level - First 20 seconds
also
Ryse: Beach Level - First 27 Seconds
Also, the female character stretch goal sounds great. Might have to update my backing to Earl now.
Here is some of my own examples:
Ryse: Forest Level - First 20 seconds
also
Ryse: Beach Level - First 27 Seconds
Also, the female character stretch goal sounds great. Might have to update my backing to Earl now.
Definitely going to back this, just can't decide between £30 physical edition and the £65 one.
Definitely going to go for one of those, that's how you do a collector's edition - none of this "Throw a soundtrack CD and some DLC in there and sell it for 70 quid" that some publishers are fond of doing these days.
To think Warhorse are working with a smaller budget, probably higher production costs for the physical items, and are still selling the two editions for very reasonable prices.
Definitely going to go for one of those, that's how you do a collector's edition - none of this "Throw a soundtrack CD and some DLC in there and sell it for 70 quid" that some publishers are fond of doing these days.
To think Warhorse are working with a smaller budget, probably higher production costs for the physical items, and are still selling the two editions for very reasonable prices.
Is it possible to use amazon payments for this? I know kickstarter has it, but I've set mine up a while ago and cannot see an option to use it when it comes to payment options to back this. Anyone know? Thank you.
Edit: My fault for not doing better research, appears Amazon Payments only works with kickstarters that have a U.S. based bank account it seems.
P.S. I backed at the digital knight tier. Was about perfect for me, I hope this game capitalizes on its potential.
Edit: My fault for not doing better research, appears Amazon Payments only works with kickstarters that have a U.S. based bank account it seems.
P.S. I backed at the digital knight tier. Was about perfect for me, I hope this game capitalizes on its potential.
Yeah, it would be really hard to misread that.