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avatar! May 18, 2013

Eternal Darkness 2!
...sort of.

but... they want $1.4 million, because apparently you can do so little with a mere million these days?? Also, it looks like most everything is digital-only. So, although I would love to see a sequel (spiritual or otherwise) to Eternal Darkness, I will pass.

raynebc Sep 12, 2013

Sweet.  River City Ransom is one of my favorite NES games.  They've got themselves another backer.

TerraEpon Sep 29, 2013

"enemies are encountered randomly while exploring the map"

Well, no reason to back that then.

avatar! Sep 30, 2013

TerraEpon wrote:

"enemies are encountered randomly while exploring the map"

Well, no reason to back that then.

Didn't notice that. Hmm, that is a problem. Maybe they'll change it, since everything is sill pre-alpha.

TerraEpon Sep 30, 2013

Well a lot of people still have the bizzare notion that (invisible) random battles are a good thing....

Pellasos Oct 1, 2013

TerraEpon wrote:

"enemies are encountered randomly while exploring the map"

Well, no reason to back that then.

well, they said old school. i used to hate random battles too years ago, but i got used to them.

rein Oct 1, 2013

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm a sucker for allowing these Kickstarter projects to take advantage of my nostalgia.

avatar! Oct 2, 2013

rein wrote:

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm a sucker for allowing these Kickstarter projects to take advantage of my nostalgia.

That's part of the fun smile

rein Oct 2, 2013

avatar! wrote:
rein wrote:

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm a sucker for allowing these Kickstarter projects to take advantage of my nostalgia.

That's part of the fun smile

Nostalgia is fun, for sure, but my concern is that some of these projects are just cynical money grabs.  Appealing to the nostalgia of twenty- and thirty-something geeks is a reliable tactic to attract crowdfunding (unless you're Jim Walls).

I don't suspect Cosmic Star Heroine of this, since Zeboyd is a known quantity, but I have doubts about the new River City Ransom campaign, for example.

avatar! Oct 3, 2013

rein wrote:

Nostalgia is fun, for sure, but my concern is that some of these projects are just cynical money grabs.

A very fair concern. You just have to go by your gut instinct, and choose projects that seem genuine. Apparently here is one game that has, uh, problems after raising over $500,000!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/260 … 3#comments

I've already received a number of my kickstarter rewards, and have not been disappointed with any of them.

rein Oct 17, 2013

I was expecting Cosmic Star Heroine to blow past its funding goal, but pledges have petered out since the goal was met.  I'm also surprised to see that the high-level funding tiers are massively unpopular.  Credible projects like this one frequently attract pledges in the thousands of dollars.

avatar! Oct 17, 2013

rein wrote:

I was expecting Cosmic Star Heroine to blow past its funding goal, but pledges have petered out since the goal was met.  I'm also surprised to see that the high-level funding tiers are massively unpopular.  Credible projects like this one frequently attract pledges in the thousands of dollars.

It still has 14 days to go! It may still double or more it's pledge. Also, all three of the highest tiers have sold out.

Now, one of the reasons I'm not interested in this project (and perhaps this is why others may also not be pledging) is because of their lack of physical rewards. You need to pledge $350 to get an artbook. Really? you need that much just to publish a book?! Other similar projects offer art books at around $125. Not to mention that many projects also include a soundtrack as well as physical copy of the game! Also, they do not even mention whether this will be a hardback or softcover, which makes me think it will be a softcover and no word on size. So, you might pay $350 and get a 30-page softcover art book...big yip. I am of course hypothesising, but this lack of rewards and explanations is a turn-off for me at any rate.

XLord007 Oct 17, 2013

rein wrote:

I was expecting Cosmic Star Heroine to blow past its funding goal, but pledges have petered out since the goal was met.  I'm also surprised to see that the high-level funding tiers are massively unpopular.  Credible projects like this one frequently attract pledges in the thousands of dollars.

This one has also gotten very little press compared to things like Mighty No. 9 and Shantae which both received almost daily press coverage on Twitter. Additionally, the creators aren't doing much to promote it compared to the well-oiled PR and social media efforts of Comcept and WayForward.

Razakin Oct 18, 2013

XLord007 wrote:

This one has also gotten very little press compared to things like Mighty No. 9 and Shantae which both received almost daily press coverage on Twitter. Additionally, the creators aren't doing much to promote it compared to the well-oiled PR and social media efforts of Comcept and WayForward.

Only two guys doing the game, so kinda hard to drop same amount of promotion like Comcept or WayForward. But both are active on twitter (Zeboyd Games, Robert Boyd & B.Stiernberg.

And I wonder if that art book is at 350 dollar pledge because it's probably not so cheap to make it, + all the possible shipping etc. costs from it. But really can't wait to play the game, their earlier games have been stellar in my books.

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