GenericUserName
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ITT: IRL example of "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"
[As soon as the Paypal/store/whatev is up, I'm chipping in too.]
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Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter by InXile [Complete; $4.3 million funded]
- Thread starter Perkel
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ITT: IRL example of "SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!"
[As soon as the Paypal/store/whatev is up, I'm chipping in too.]
What precedent ?
My money my choice. You sound like those people from march 2012 after DFA kickstarter they spread FUD that kickstarter should be only for small indie titles etc.
In fact after DFA all other small kickstarters received massive amount of funding completely shutting up naysayers.
No. Tonight
MightyHedgehog
Member
This thing is still going at a level rate of one-hundred thousand per hour...with no stretch goals announced yet.
A testament probably to both the pedigree and the deep desire to see more of these kinds of games with high production values, which seems to be entirely absent in more popular markets.
BETA access is cool, but I'm not sure I want to play a BETA of a single-player game. Plus no cloth map at that tier
I could switch yet, that cloth map stuff always gets me. But the sooner i'm playing is always nice.
Some guy who gets to play all videogames for free, and then doesn't.
A Human Becoming
More than a Member
No. I want to beat Fire Emblem: Awakening first.
$10 isn't a huge investment. Also, it was solicited by EviLore!Peer pressure always works.
Don't.
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Totally different art styles though which will translate through the games my friend
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This game concept art is indeed top notch. Hopefully they can translate that art into great looking game assets.
Labombadog
Member
Pledge $20 earlier today. Hyped!
Sheesh, really puts the differing concepts of the projects in stark contrast. One of the reasons I couldn't get really motivated behind Eternity.
I'll be disappointed if the difference is that big in game. Somehow I don't think that'll be the case.
The character art is actually far too good for a spiritual sequel to PS:T. Not very authentic
Buuuuuuut the Planescape setting itself had amazing art (Tony DiTerlizzi's pencils are my favorite), so....
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I don't understand why you compare two vastly different types of artworks, especially when Eternity has both.
....not Bioware....
That's at the 3 million mark.
trab pu kcip
Member
Deserves reposting:
This is the statuette from the $2000 tier.
woah *-*
It has improved since:
I'm mostly speaking on how it affects the perception of each respective project during the kickstarter campaign. Perception is everything. Having drop-dead gorgeous amazing concept art front and center will probably influence backing in the range of seven figures.
I still believe that Project Eternity will look great in-game. The isometric distanced camera will be more forgiving to Obsidian and gorgeous detailed concept art as the one in Torment will be more difficult to translate to in-game assets.
theSlacker
Member
So just like the $95 and $110 tiers. Not sure how much I like that.
Agreed. For me it wasn't just the quality of the concepts, but the "uniqueness" in the style that caught my eye. Eternity's first concept art was hardly unique, and neither was the high fantasy setting.
The Snow Dwarf picture I posted was from day one...
Had they not had this massive success with Wasteland 2, that would probably be true, and I'd have no problem with it. But they did, which means they could have found a publisher to fund their next game (maybe even this one), and self-funded using Wasteland 2's profits.
I get why this is a better deal for them, but I don't like scenario where gamers are continually asked to shoulder all the risk, while the businesses get to keep all the profits. I don't mind doing that once in a while when someone needs something to get started, but coming back for seconds is a whole other matter.
They even hint in the video that now publishers are interested in them. They have other opportunities, but they would involve having to pay back loans or let a publisher get part of the cut, and they'd rather have you take on the burden instead. It's not so sympathetic this time.
Anyway, I don't want to start a whole debate about. Clearly most people don't think about it the way I do, and they just see Kickstarter as a big store to buy games. I'm certainly not here to tell anyone how to spend their money, but I'm sticking to my "one kickstarter per lifetime" rule.
Fuck the notion of an EA, Activision, or Ubisoft published Torment sequel.
I can see where you are coming from with that, but for me this is a case of the end justifying the means. If Wasteland 2 turns out well, I wouldn't be opposed to backing even a third inXile kickstarter. I would, however, most likely cut back to a minimum pledge.Frogacuda said:
trab pu kcip
Member
this can't be stressed enough.
I'm already having nightmares of it.
MightyHedgehog
Member
1.2 million in nine hours.
There would hopefully be other publishers willing to take this on and have the funding to do so, but I'd only really be frustrated if these games were great, smash successes and they STILL wanted to go to Kickstarter for each game. Once they have steady revenue coming in I'd rather it be saved for a particularly risky thing on the side as the doubles as a way to see just how many people are REALLY interested in it.
I see terrible things if that happend. Thank god it didn't.
GenericUserName
Banned
Repeating this to strengthen the point.
Still waiting for stretch goals too. They better think carefully about how to present them. It'll look disingenuous if their first originally planned stretch goal hasn't already been met.
Ugh. Yearly releases .... Have all 360/720/PS3/PS4/Wii/WII U/Vita/3DS/XBLA/Kinect/Move versions!