razgriz417
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Kickstarter: Divinity: Original Sin 2 [Over, $2 million funded]
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Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
It would be great if all co-op players started off alone in different locations. Their first real mission is to reach a sanctuary or inn to meet up with the other players.
This first mission would serve as each players tailored game tutorial as well as impart the sense that the world is big and alive and that it doesn't revolve just around you - that each player has their own story to tell from the outset and that stuff is happening elsewhere other than 'here'.
Similar to the Dragonlance books that start off with all the main characters meeting up at the inn in Solace (Dragons of Autumn Twilight) , after years of pursuing their own quests and trials, with the real adventure unfolding once they're all reunited beside the fireplace.
charlequin
Banned
Swen is so adorably enthusiastic.
It looks like it's normal colored stuff with a color grade filter over it, just like a ton of areas in D:OS. I'm not sure I'm convinced it's going to have a notably different style.
It looks like it's normal colored stuff with a color grade filter over it, just like a ton of areas in D:OS. I'm not sure I'm convinced it's going to have a notably different style.
LurkerPrime
Member
I sort of assumed the origins would start off people in different areas, and then they'd all meet up somehow at the end. It would give a chance for each character to establish their personality and differentiate themselves from one another before meeting up, which would be invaluable in multiplayer and cool in singleplayer.
We still have the bush disguise as the sneaking animation, so I'm sure it will still be a silly game, we don't have to worry.
More_Badass
Member
Only a few thousand away from $944,282. On day 4
Insane, Larian must be a bit overwhelmed heh
BrokenFiction
Member
If we thought Swen was manic before...
More_Badass
Member
$2M? They're already almost to a million in less than a week. I'd say $2.5M or higher
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20,902
backers
$944,284
pledged of $500,000 goal
Original Kickstarter officially surpassed.
backers
$944,284
pledged of $500,000 goal
Original Kickstarter officially surpassed.
I'd go even lower.
We've seen recent return-to-KS projects be even more insanely frontloaded than normal kickstarters.
Yes but they also get a bit boost at the end too. Hopefully we pass the 1.5m mark anyway to get all the stretch goals.
There will always be new ones
UrAvgGuy
Member
I say we make it to 1.5-1.8m. Anything more is a bit of a stretch, I think.
tim_pkmn89
Member
2m+ easily
Kickstarters always have a bathtub curve to them, especially with the "Remind Me" button activating in the last 48 hours.
Kickstarters always have a bathtub curve to them, especially with the "Remind Me" button activating in the last 48 hours.
People know this bu ti think they are talking about how the curve is going away because everyone is pledging sooner now on these games. Bards Tale IV was completely front loaded and barely had an ending bump.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Depends on the stretch goals; if they can nab Avellone's services or include NPC scheduling as stretch goals then the sky's the limit.
kobe(beast)
Member
If it is anything like the 1st one then count me in.
Avellone stretch goal has failed before.
To be fair, the campaign does say they're going for a more serious and "grounded" story this time round, whatever that means. I'm sure there'll still be some crazy Larian humor and wacky Larian settings, but by and large I would not be surprised if they're trying to be taken more "seriously" as a major RPG franchise like Witcher or whatever. For better or for worse. Lol.
Nah, funding almost always dies after 4 or 5 days. Especially for games with high visibility.
Big projects tend to make 50% or more in the first few days. So long as this gets a bump at the end, I'm thinking it'll stop a bit short of $2M
Can Divinity 2 handle four player splitscreen or is it limited to two players? Beyond the technical challenges, I feel like the UI would be unworkable with four players on one screen.
Here's hoping the console port of the first game sells well!
Here's hoping the console port of the first game sells well!
AngmarsKing701
Member
I'm only about 6-7 hours into the first one. Really enjoy the combat but got bogged down fucking around in the first town looking for the murderer. Finally said "fuck that" and go out of the town and now getting into some fights.
Checked out the KS and really amazed to see some of the higher end amounts gone (though not the top ones). Someone has some serious moolah out there.
I've never actually backed anything on KS before, but I'm definitely interested in pulling the trigger here.
Checked out the KS and really amazed to see some of the higher end amounts gone (though not the top ones). Someone has some serious moolah out there.
I've never actually backed anything on KS before, but I'm definitely interested in pulling the trigger here.
Yeah Bard's Tale IV was surprisingly front loaded and caught me off guard when it remained flat after the first few days and didn't get the normal last two or three day bump. So it will be interesting to compare this to Bard's Tale IV.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
Will be interesting to see how it's ratio compares to the other high funded games of this year.
I think in Bard's Tale IV's case it was more to do with it being a remake of a game in really small niche (I would consider RPGs a niche, but dungeon crawlers are an even bigger niche). Most people probably haven't even heard of Bard's Tale (except maybe the one with Cary Elwes - which is nothing like Bard's Tale 1-3 which Bard's Tale IV was following up on). I would imagine it didn't have a big bump at the end because anyone who was interested in it pledged at the beginning and it wasn't exciting enough to attract more people.
This kickstarter is following a game that is more recent and more well known than the Bard's Tale series. Divinity: OS coming to consoles also helps spread the word of mouth so more people would be aware of this game. Now, it just depends on how interested people are in the stretch goals to want to pledge by the end.
This kickstarter is following a game that is more recent and more well known than the Bard's Tale series. Divinity: OS coming to consoles also helps spread the word of mouth so more people would be aware of this game. Now, it just depends on how interested people are in the stretch goals to want to pledge by the end.
I think Bard's Tale's problem was that there isn't a very large group of people who really care for or desperately want another Bard's Tale game specifically. The momentum the KS had at all was down to Inxile's brand name and involvement with projects people actually wanted. Once that was over, there didn't seem to be much real passion left in the fanbase.
On the other hand, D:OS2 is a sequel to a well received current title. There's still a ton of goodwill and excitement, and they're playing their cards right with the new features and additions. I think the momentum will be similar to Shadowrun Hong Kong, but on a larger scale.
More_Badass
Member
Will be interesting to see how it's ratio compares to the other high funded games of this year.
Yeah, Divinity is unique in that regard. All those other campaigns were for a new IP (Crowfall) or a spiritual successor/sequel to some older classic game.
While this is a sequel to a popular modern game.
It would be better to compare this to a campaign like Shadowrun Hong Kong. Second campaigns to successful recent games that were also Kickstartered
Should do a little noticeable better than Bard's at least. $2M is what I am expecting too.
That is pretty much my take on why the Bard's Tale IV kickstarter had the funding pattern it did as well. Well that combined with the problem that dungeon crawlers seemingly appeal to a pretty small niche of players to begin with. Though that is why it will be interesting for me at least to see if my hypothesis is correct and that Bard's Tale's problems were mostly unique to it or if the arguments I have seen that say that inXile was a known quantity and that meant you didn't have a large amount of fence sitters waiting until the last minute to jump in hold water.
Interesting charts. I can't help noticing that Pillars of Eternity is very balanced.Will be interesting to see how it's ratio compares to the other high funded games of this year.
charlequin
Banned
The projects where the first-three-days share of the final total goes significantly over 40% tend to either be niche campaigns that mostly appeal to a pre-defined demographic (like Bard's Tale), relatively mismanaged (Yooka-Laylee did a notably poor job at engagement down the stretch), or simply so huge that they run out of possible backers (Torment and Shenmue 3 both fall in this category.) Two of these factors definitely don't apply to D:OS 2, and I would be surprised if they seriously mismanage the campaign given their efforts so far.
If this winds up a 33% project it'll end up at $2.7 million. 40%, which I think is in the probable range, would get them to $2.2m. Even 50%, which would be very unusually frontloaded for this project, would still get them to $1.8m. There's basically no way they'll come in under that, and they're almost certain to hit $2m.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong was 38% in the first three days, a rate which would put D:OS 2 just shy of $2.4m.
If this winds up a 33% project it'll end up at $2.7 million. 40%, which I think is in the probable range, would get them to $2.2m. Even 50%, which would be very unusually frontloaded for this project, would still get them to $1.8m. There's basically no way they'll come in under that, and they're almost certain to hit $2m.
Shadowrun: Hong Kong was 38% in the first three days, a rate which would put D:OS 2 just shy of $2.4m.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
Unless the marketing/PR team self-destructs and brings the campaign down with it, I can't see this Kickstarter not passing $2M mark. I see it ending between $2.2M-$2.4M at the moment, but Stretch Goals can always push a campaign past early expectations.
ElectricThunder
Member
They should make all the currently wrought stretch goals----beyond that, it comes down to whatever they cook up for Updates/additional Tiers, Influential figures bringing more attention/crossover buys from other big cRPG Kickstarters since they've already surpassed at least their older raw numbers outright even if not likely to be anything close to a 100% retention rate, and any stretch goals beyond the currently listed.
Doubtlessly off to a good start, all just depends from here.
Doubtlessly off to a good start, all just depends from here.
His Majesty
Banned
Josh Sawyer must have had a hand in that.
Larian said:
So sadly no NPC schedules & cycles and no fully voice-acted dialogue in D: OS 2. Don't really care about the dialogue but I had really hoped for the schedules to be implemented this time, too bad.
The charm of D:OS was partly due to its light-hearted stories and locations. It blended well with its imaginative gameplay. It was also something unique in the age of Tolkien-derived WRPGs. I hope Larian sticks to their strengths for the sequel. We already have enough WRPGs with "mature" storytelling. Divinity should remain something unique considering that. Just my two cents.
I dont want "mature" storytelling, I just want mature storytelling. That doesnt mean serious or melodramatic.
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
Undead Origin is a must have. Come on. I want to play as a cool dead guy.
SatelliteOfLove
Member
A. I don't mind reading.
B. Saving money is good.
C. NO ONE HAS AS MANY FRIENDS AS THE MAN WITH MANY CHEESES.
jackissocool
Member
Playing through the first right now with a friend. Phenomenal game, definitely on board with the sequel. Probably won't back cause I just got fired but I will buy day 1 for sure.
Played it on a macbook air and it ran fine
I don't care about the VA at all, but too bad about the day/night cycle. At least they seem to have some idea of what they can and can't do in time this time around
Fantastapotamus
Wrong about commas, wrong about everything
I don't really care about day/night tbh. Usually it just means "now you have to wait/sleep to finish a quest because you have to do it during the night/day"