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Tsurupettan posted:Oh my God. C:FW is back. Holy gently caress I played C:FW, and while I liked a lot of the ideas it had, after playing Homeworld and Total Annihilation it didn't really do it for me. And then I got to the mission where you have to keep a specific unit alive and you auto-fail the mission if he dies (and he will die because he has no survival instincts) and then when you finish the mission it kills him in a cutscene anyways. And then I never played it again.  Maybe I should dust it off and give it another go sometime, if it runs on win7. I certainly wouldn't mind a sequel using some of the same concepts. E: just remembered that Haegemonia actually did some of the same things with individual missions spanning multiple interconnected maps and whatnot, although it had more of a 4X element to it. I've often wondered if the Haegemonia devs were inspired by C:FW. quote:Pathfinder MMO Jesus, that would be a nightmare to balance. ToxicFrog fucked around with this message at 17:12 on May 10, 2012 |
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ToxicFrog posted:I played C:FW, and while I liked a lot of the ideas it had, after playing Homeworld and Total Annihilation it didn't really do it for me. In fairness to that mission in C:FW, Captain Black? does come back later. Only upgraded and more  than ever. so that is..interesting!I had to back that kickstarter, plus the Turrican one. Goddamn.
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SparkTR posted:Conquest 2: The Vyrium Uprising just got an ambitious Kickstarter. Conquest Frontier Wars was a kickass RTS with some unique ideas (like multiple battle maps in single match). The sequel has been in development hell for a while now and I gave up on it years ago, but it's surfaced on Kickstarter of all places and I hope it makes it. I really want it to exist. Holy balls- consider this one backed by me! Goddamn, it's been a while! Anyone know where I can get a digital copy of the original?
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ToxicFrog posted:Jesus, that would be a nightmare to balance. Hahahaha, balance. That's a good one. *plays wizard, is the best*
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SparkTR posted:Conquest 2: The Vyrium Uprising just got an ambitious Kickstarter. Conquest Frontier Wars was a kickass RTS with some unique ideas (like multiple battle maps in single match). The sequel has been in development hell for a while now and I gave up on it years ago, but it's surfaced on Kickstarter of all places and I hope it makes it. I really want it to exist. This game looks really cool and I might back it. Unfortunate that they seem to be too over-ambitious though. It's a sequel to a game nobody heard of made by people nobody ever heard of, in a genre that isn't known for great indie games. At the current rate, things aren't looking so hot. Hopefully they can get some good publicity.
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:Unfortunate that they seem to be too over-ambitious though. Assuming you are talking about what they posted in their list of features/what sets them apart, the only feature that is 'new' are Hybrid Units. The Admirals, supply lines, multiple maps and randomized galaxies were all in the original. That's all old hat since they have some of the original devs.
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CommissarMega posted:Holy balls- consider this one backed by me! Goddamn, it's been a while! Anyone know where I can get a digital copy of the original? Was wondering this myself and put the question to the developer on kickstarter; I got this reply: quote:We plan to do a digital release of the original during the making of the 2nd one - we want to up-res the interface etc. I don't know if this is or  edit: although, the more reason to pledge. Beef fucked around with this message at 19:18 on May 10, 2012 |
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Looks like the Republique kickstarter is due to have a dramatic last day. Currently 26 hours to go and they've closed the gap to less than 100k to goal. They've gained 93k just in the last 2 days, so it is possible, if not very difficult. It'll be interesting to see if this one makes it.
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I think it'll probably make it. It makes me a little leery in the last day or two when the average pledge is 3-4x what it was for the previous 20+ days of the project. It seems like the inverse should happen, more people at the lower price point. $125 isn't an impulse buy/pledge. Then again, Starlight Inception gained 1/3rd of its goal in the final day alone. Harlock fucked around with this message at 20:32 on May 10, 2012 |
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May 10, 2012 20:29
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Harlock posted:I think it'll probably make it. It makes me a little leery in the last day or two when the average pledge is 3-4x what it was for the previous 20+ days of the project. It seems like the inverse should happen, more people at the lower price point. $125 isn't an impulse buy/pledge. The current trend is that last few days of a project will show a dramatic increase in pledges. I would imagine that it's mostly people who were on the fence and decided to go for it before their chance to get in on the project was gone for good. For example, The Banner Saga pulled in a little under $150k in its last three days, with the amount of backers increasing each day (829, 1202 and 1457). That was out of a total of $$723k over 30 days (Wasteland and Shadowrun had a similar trend, but the last day wasn't a full 24h so it's a bit skewed).
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There's also the fact that, in a case like this where it's getting close to its goal as it gets even closer to its deadline, people who are invested in its success become willing to pledge more than they otherwise would have. You see people saying they just doubled or tripled their pledges all over the comments.
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Tsurupettan posted:Assuming you are talking about what they posted in their list of features/what sets them apart, the only feature that is 'new' are Hybrid Units. The Admirals, supply lines, multiple maps and randomized galaxies were all in the original. That's all old hat since they have some of the original devs. I actually meant their goal.
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Dr. Video Games 0031 posted:I actually meant their goal. Oh, whoops, my bad. Yeah I agree on that completely, it seems a bit of a stretch given how little known the last game was (even if it was fuckin' boss).
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They seem to want to finish it as a AAA-title or not at all. I would still like to see that steam version of the old C:FW though. edit: They added an item to the FAQ answering that question: quote:Why do you guys need so much money ? Beef fucked around with this message at 22:30 on May 10, 2012 |
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Everybody else get the Shadow Run second city poll today? Berlin sounded way, way more fun and interesting than any of the other options.
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Arnold of Soissons posted:Everybody else get the Shadow Run second city poll today? That's not how you spell Denver.
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Denver would only be good if they managed to rope this thing into the story: (i voted Berlin)
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Beef posted:I would still like to see that steam version of the old C:FW though. I think if they fail their kickstarter, but own the rights to C:FW completely, they should try to do this and use that money on the new game. But I'm no expert in this field and I could be really loving dumb and missing things.
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Beef posted:They seem to want to finish it as a AAA-title or not at all. For the game being 50% done, and asking for that much money, you'd think they could get some video or screenshots of their progress up.
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octoroon posted:I get what they're doing, and given the creators' reputations I'm sure this is legit. But a pitch video with zero content for an MMO-scale project promising lofty, vague, buzzwordy goals FEELS wrong. People with as much industry experience and credibility as these people claim to have should honestly know better. This is, at best, a very dubious use of KickStarter. I pretty much agree with this. However, I think Republique and Takedown are/were even worse. They're a lot less direct about saying what you're actually funding (so I'm sure some people think they're getting a game), and they're promising things that they might not be able to deliver. If either one doesn't get a publisher, or the only publisher they get makes them change the game around, you're going to see a lot of disappointed backers. The downside of the Pathfinder kickstarter not promising things they can't deliver is ... well, they're not really promising anything. I still find that preferable. That said, I'm not backing them. They're cool guys and everything, but I don't think this is how kickstarter should be used.
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Megazver posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1675907842/pathfinder-online-technology-demo Oh hey! It's Ryan… yeah, that'll be a disaster 
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Is Republique going to make it? 14 hours and 50,000 to go.
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Yodzilla posted:Denver would only be good if they managed to rope this thing into the story: Don't even joke about that thing. It will find you.
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Well Xenonauts met its goal today. That is all.
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It's pretty astonishing that Republique is probably going to make it considering it was less than half funded last week. Where are these money coming from?
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lordfrikk posted:Are there any news at all regarding Takedown or has it gone totally silent? http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/355932838/crowdsourced-hardcore-tactical-shooter/posts There was an update only yesterday. Hakkesshu posted:It's pretty astonishing that Republique is probably going to make it considering it was less than half funded last week. Where are these money coming from? Incidentally, the Takedown update also partially answers this question. There has been a ton of last minute advertising for Republique, both from other kickstarters and from places like Penny Arcade.
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Hakkesshu posted:It's pretty astonishing that Republique is probably going to make it considering it was less than half funded last week. Where are these money coming from? Kicktraq page shows that something happened May 3rd/4th and then May 9th/10th. Probably the mentioned articles.
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May 3rd was the announcement that David Hayter and Jennifer Hale are on the voice cast. I guess Metal Gear Solid fans have a lot of money. May 9th was just it approaching the deadline. Although I didn't pledge and I'm not super optimistic about the PC version, I'm altogether happy that it looks likely to make it. Electric Pope fucked around with this message at 12:35 on May 11, 2012 |
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lordfrikk posted:Are there any news at all regarding Takedown or has it gone totally silent?
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Electric Pope posted:May 3rd was the announcement that David Hayter and Jennifer Hale are on the voice cast. I guess Metal Gear Solid fans have a lot of money. May 9th was just it approaching the deadline. Jennifer Hale's tweet made me do the support for that game and really happy with the results. 
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Yodzilla posted:Denver would only be good if they managed to rope this thing into the story: So did I. It's one of the cities we haven't really visited in any capacity, at least in terms of Console/PC games.
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Megazver posted:http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1675907842/pathfinder-online-technology-demo It's really frustrating that this game managed to make 60,000 in a day while Kinetic Void is going to have to struggle to make that in a month.
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Redux: Dark Matters is a new shooter for Dreamcast if you're into that sort of thing: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redux/redux-dark-matters-a-shmup-for-sega-dreamcast
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Eisenwald is sitting pretty at 90% with 10 days to go. I'm hoping they'll do a new video to promote the final week.
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snipermonkey posted:Well Xenonauts met its goal today. That is all. With a full month left to go too. Looks like they might have some significant overage.
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Jason Rohrer, the guy who made those artsy games like Passage, Gravitation, Sleep is Death, and Inside a Star-filled Sky has made a 2-player (single cart) game for DS called Diamond Trust of London. You both try to out-compete each other in the diamond business, while doing sneaky things like bribing people to give you information your opponent thought was secret. It sounds kind of fun, but I don't know if I'd want to put that kind of money down for a game that requires my opponent to have a DS. Anyway, he has a kickstarter up for production of carts (the game is already made and approved by Nintendo if he can order enough carts) kickstarter link.
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Emanuel Yam posted:Republique just got funded with 7 hours to go. Hell of a last day. Blech.
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Yodzilla posted:Denver would only be good if they managed to rope this thing into the story: I loved this when I lived in CO... even with all the background stories of this sculpture and the NWO conspiracies surrounding DIA. I voted Denver. I want a Wasteland Chipotle.
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