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Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter by InXile [Complete; $4.3 million funded]
- Thread starter Perkel
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TRUE BELIEVER tiers are earlybird ones, I think. Although it's slightly odd having an limited earlybird version of a limited general version.
blackprophesy
Member
Backed! Doesn't look like they'll have too many problems reaching goal...just a question of how damn fast!
Guyz?! Guys! It's trending to almost 8 million dollars pledged! What will they do with all that money?
Making a follow up to the greatest RPG story EVER told will require all the monies!
C'mon, it's only been an hour. It'll take, ooh, maybe another two or three before it's fully funded.
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Deleted member 102362
Unconfirmed Member
Wonder if any stretch goals will get them to have Chris write a quest line or something.
$10 million stretch goal: Brian Fargo will do a burlesque dance at a private party for you and 50 of your friends (plus DRM-free digital copies of Torment for all of them!)
Wait I got that mixed up.
bobnowhere
Member
Ha, it went up $67k while I was reading the proposal.
Haha. The Kickstarter Fatigue thing was always ridiculous. Project Eternity made $4M less than 6 months ago. Dreamfall Chapters is well on its way to $1.5M.
Some people are going so far as to claim that gaming kickstarters are returning to their pre-Double Fine Adventures level. I suppose they have short memories, because prior to DFA, only one videogame campaign had ever broken $100k on Kickstarter.
I don't think so. You are the Last Castoff, that is the First Castoff. So I bet it is a nemesis or party member.
Interfectum
Member
pledged
They're both the same, the cheaper one is more limited than the other. Eventually it will run out.
I got stuck on starting the game a number of times, I found it a bit hard to get into it at the start, but after I pushed through the first couple of hours, I was addicted to it until the end.
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Deleted member 102362
Unconfirmed Member
$95 = early bird.
although i never pledged more than minimum I had to go for the 95$ one. It's just TOO good.
The great thing about this kickstarter is that although planescape was a slow-burner or you could even say a financial failure, its successor is going to be the exact opposite
It's somehow great how Planescape found its fans over all these years and now they (we) are showing it the respect it has earned
(although i bought it at release at the time^^)
The great thing about this kickstarter is that although planescape was a slow-burner or you could even say a financial failure, its successor is going to be the exact opposite
It's somehow great how Planescape found its fans over all these years and now they (we) are showing it the respect it has earned
(although i bought it at release at the time^^)
Nm, you're right.
The "True Believer" levels are the early bird tiers. Maybe they should have used a more obvious phrase instead.
From their Wasteland 2 Kickstarter update
If you want to read more, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2/posts/420739
If you want to read more, http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/wasteland-2/posts/420739
ThreePiMatt
Member
$50 is enough for me this time. I did a hundo for Wasteland 2 but at that point it was all still pretty new and exciting. Good to see there are digital-only tiers, I've always thought the physical knickknacks that games give out to just be silly and worthless.
Interfectum
Member
So tempted to drop $1000 on it just to 'put my money where my mouth is' but I'll stick with the $95 for now prolly.
Nope. The statue is of "the first castoff" the main character is the "last castoff". So that statue is the first dude this "changing god" inhabited.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
People keep leaving the $95 tier lol Theres going to be some lucky late sleepers.
I am sure rpgcodex is shitting bricks.
Been using Kickstarter so much I'm starting to get fatigued from all the clicking.
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
What the heck, I'm in for $20. Maybe I'll move up once I actually read anything on the Kickstarter page or even watch the video.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
F5 is the modern day "Updated my journal."
i hope Brian Fargo uses whatever infernal magicks he used during the Interplay days to secure really awesome voice actors. Interplay still is unmatched to this very day in that regard, imo.
i hope Brian Fargo uses whatever infernal magicks he used during the Interplay days to secure really awesome voice actors. Interplay still is unmatched to this very day in that regard, imo.
Screaming_Gremlin
My QB is a Dick and my coach is a Nutt
I'm for the $95 tier. Between Shadowrun, Eternity, Wasteland 2, and now Torment the next few years are going to be great for fans of older CRPGs.
loganclaws
Plane Escape Torment
So am I the only one who feels like this game just can't live up to PS:T?
- Chris Avellone is not on the team (yet). They might have a stretch goal prepared for him to join though.
- Using unity engine, this to me is a big no no. PS:T is a classic thanks to the beautiful 2D backgrounds and characters. I feel with this 3D engine and the budget they have, the characters and maps simply won't have the necessary details to give the game its "soul".
- The writing will probably try to mimick PS:T too much to the point of being uninspired.
- PS:T required a large team of artists and programmers to work on it for two years. This game has a 14 month schedule with a much smaller team.
- Chris Avellone is not on the team (yet). They might have a stretch goal prepared for him to join though.
- Using unity engine, this to me is a big no no. PS:T is a classic thanks to the beautiful 2D backgrounds and characters. I feel with this 3D engine and the budget they have, the characters and maps simply won't have the necessary details to give the game its "soul".
- The writing will probably try to mimick PS:T too much to the point of being uninspired.
- PS:T required a large team of artists and programmers to work on it for two years. This game has a 14 month schedule with a much smaller team.
Interfectum
Member
Oh for sure. If even half these projects turn out to be decent we are in for a good time in the next year or two.
Remachinate
Member
For all my bluster in the last thread, I'm still backing. High-concept narrative games are too lacking in modern development to not support.
Well it is not even primetime in Europe aka RPG land so expect big surge starting in about 2-3 hours.
Didn't reach gaming nor front page either yet.
Honetly 1mln within 24h is joke.
Noisepurge
Member
hahah, its almost funded already!
BigWeather
Member
Anyone know if the Numenera hardcover core book is going to be available in stores for those that didn't fund the earlier Kickstarter for that? Otherwise I may hop on the $250 tier to snag it.
It doesn't take the money out immediately, so there's no reason to make two pledges. Your bank account is charged right after the Kickstarter closes, or generally within 24 hours of it closing.
You can manage and change your funding level anytime before the end of the campaign. You're not actually charged until it finishes.
Acidote
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ScepticMatt
Member
They should get their stretch goals ready fast if they haven't already lol