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Oh nice, both leads are women? I guess that might be a point in its favour, even if it's bad otherwise? *scrolls down* O-okay, so all four people behind it are typical white male nerds, I guess... I guess they might still be able to pull something together? *reads further* Oh jesus, they're from Bioware. Kill me. *watches pitch video* Kill me, and then yourselves.Young Freud posted:Where is the pitch video? I can't seem to find it in it's usual location. Did they remove it? This too. This looks bad and they can't even market this poo poo well enough to make it look appealing.
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Do people actually say "I want to play a game with Souls-style combat"? Am I old?
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Aug 7, 2015 18:38
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Programmer Barbie should only program in Ruby and walk off when Nerdlinger Ken tries to talk to her about type systems.
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Aug 7, 2015 18:40
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Caphi posted:Do people actually say "I want to play a game with Souls-style combat"? Am I old? yes? what even is this question
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Aug 7, 2015 20:16
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Stux posted:yes? what even is this question It seemed like an absurd thing to specify spontaneously. "What kind of game are you looking for?" "Oh, you know, RPG, good character writing, strong female protagonist, Souls-style combat..." I mean I know it's because "plays just like hit game you already love Dark Souls!" is an actual line item on their pitch, but that sounds weird to me too. Just say "action-RPG."
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Aug 7, 2015 20:44
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Saying the combat is supposed to be like Dark Souls says a lot more than saying it's an action-rpg, which is an incredibly broad and vague term.
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Aug 7, 2015 20:52
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Caphi posted:It seemed like an absurd thing to specify spontaneously. "What kind of game are you looking for?" "Oh, you know, RPG, good character writing, strong female protagonist, Souls-style combat..." There's a pretty big difference between Dark Souls and Dragon Age.
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Aug 7, 2015 20:53
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I'm sorry, I just thought the claim that "our game has combat that's just like Dark Souls! It's what we know everyone wants!" was a weird selling point to make.
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I think what Caphi means is less that it is weird that they said that the game has Dark Souls-style combat, and more that they said that as if they already know that's what people want out of it. Their explanation of the combat is less "it's like Dark Souls, which could be what you are looking for from this" and more "it's like Dark Souls, which totally is what you are looking for from this!" It's just a little phrasing difference is all. edit: beat by almost an hour by the poster themselves, i should remember to refresh every once in a while
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Aug 7, 2015 21:46
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Caphi posted:It seemed like an absurd thing to specify spontaneously. "What kind of game are you looking for?" "Oh, you know, RPG, good character writing, strong female protagonist, Souls-style combat..." its a popular niche i dont really usee ur point at all sorr.y
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Aug 7, 2015 22:26
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I thought this was a thread for awful kickstarters not awful posts about marketing 
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Evil Fluffy posted:I thought this was a thread for awful kickstarters not awful posts about marketing It's kinda both. We're now something into the fourth or fifth year of online crowdfunding and a bunch of game developers don't know you need to have something to show before someone is going to fund your game other than a slick pitch video. If I don't know you from something before like Brian Fargo or Jordan Weisman, you better be showing me a vertical slice of your game, I'm not funding it if I have the money.
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Aug 7, 2015 23:54
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At this rate I'm going to be sick of Souls-style gameplay before I ever play a Souls game.
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Aug 8, 2015 02:22
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The combat style and its harshness are the main things the Souls games have going for them. It's not a strange claim to make if you want to piggyback off their success. Whether these games actually have Souls-style combat is a different matter entirely.
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DM1: Titanium & Carbon Fiber Wallet by Decadent Minimalist https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mooner/dm1-titanium-and-carbon-fiber-wallet-by-decadent-m So terrible how dare people spend money on things
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Aug 8, 2015 04:12
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Erath posted:DM1: Titanium & Carbon Fiber Wallet by Decadent Minimalist https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mooner/dm1-titanium-and-carbon-fiber-wallet-by-decadent-m It appears that is the second version of this, the first one was an aluminum model that also greatly exceed its funding goal; https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mooner/decadent-minimalist-one-aluminum-wallet
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Erath posted:DM1: Titanium & Carbon Fiber Wallet by Decadent Minimalist https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mooner/dm1-titanium-and-carbon-fiber-wallet-by-decadent-m I kind of like it, and could see myself using it to replace my current card wallet. But too expensive for me. I'll wait for the inevitable Chinese knock-off.
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Aug 8, 2015 04:35
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Why do I even bother working when I could be making tacky wallets for a ridiculous mark up?
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Aug 8, 2015 04:46
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why does everyone want to reinvent the wallet? what the gently caress is so wrong with wallets? just use a regular loving wallet.
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Aug 8, 2015 04:55
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My guess would be that pretty much everybody uses one so you have a huge market to exploit. Why it's working I haven't the foggiest.
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shiksa posted:why does everyone want to reinvent the wallet? So they can be a unique snowflake.
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CROWS EVERYWHERE posted:The combat style and its harshness are the main things the Souls games have going for them. It's not a strange claim to make if you want to piggyback off their success. Dark Souls also didn't have pre-perceivable backstory. You basically learned the whole history of the world as you played. The main character was a blank slate used that the player could add their own perspectives and desires on. Part of it's popularity comes from that "learn as you go" backstory of all the characters and "you are the hero" player experience. I'm also not sure how you would be able to control the actions of two characters in a Dark Souls game.
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Young Freud posted:It's kinda both. We're now something into the fourth or fifth year of online crowdfunding and a bunch of game developers don't know you need to have something to show before someone is going to fund your game other than a slick pitch video. This is the fault of people giving Bloodstained and Shenmue III a bagillion dollars despite no gameplay or anything shown besides concept art and poo poo. I mean it's still dumb as hell but nerds are dumb and let it work. Alien Rope Burn posted:At this rate I'm going to be sick of Souls-style gameplay before I ever play a Souls game. Lucky for you none of these games claiming to be inspired by Dark Souls are anything like it. Groovelord Neato has a new favorite as of 15:18 on Aug 8, 2015 |
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Alien Rope Burn posted:At this rate I'm going to be sick of Souls-style gameplay before I ever play a Souls game. I played the first Dark Souls and hated it so at least I know to avoid these things when I read that it's like Dark Souls.
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Groovelord Neato posted:This is the fault of people giving Bloodstained and Shenmue III a bagillion dollars despite no gameplay or anything shown besides concept art and poo poo. I mean it's still dumb as hell but nerds are dumb and let it work. No gameplay was available when I backed Wasteland 2 and Shadowrun Returns yet the end result was two kickass games.  It's easier to trust something made by people who are pretty well renown and respected in the industry. Or just really well known for good games in the 90s despite having a lot of baggage and lukewarm work since then (IE: Chris Roberts and Peter Molyneux).
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Aug 8, 2015 19:35
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flosofl posted:I kind of like it, and could see myself using it to replace my current card wallet. But too expensive for me. I'll wait for the inevitable Chinese knock-off. Do you just stuff all your cash in your pocket when you use one of those things?
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chitoryu12 posted:Do you just stuff all your cash in your pocket when you use one of those things? I use a leather card/ID wallet and a money clip when I do carry cash (which is not often). I loving hate full size wallets and I don't like things in my back pockets. It's a personal preference.
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Aug 8, 2015 20:48
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I been away for a week. Is star citizen still the most you retards have spent money on for nothing?
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Aug 8, 2015 20:57
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flosofl posted:I use a leather card/ID wallet and a money clip when I do carry cash (which is not often). This thing at least isn't notably smaller than a normal wallet. You know you can put full size wallets in your front pocket, right? Nobody will stop you.
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Dylan16807 posted:This thing at least isn't notably smaller than a normal wallet. Did the whole "I hate full size wallets" not sink in? This is what I use: http://www.saddlebackleather.com/frontpocketidwallet ID card slot. Room for one Credit Card in the front. Up to 4 in the back, and my medical insurance card in the middle. It's appreciably smaller than a Bi- or Tri-fold wallet. And no I won't be getting that card holder. I though about it, but it's way too expensive for what it is, and it would be bulkier than I'd want (so I agree with you on the bulk issue). I'll stick with my current card wallet.
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why are you assholes still paying for things that aren't made yet?
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:why are you assholes still paying for things that aren't made yet? cause if i preorder now I get a hat on steam
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Aug 8, 2015 21:14
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chitoryu12 posted:Do you just stuff all your cash in your pocket when you use one of those things? The one I linked comes with a credit card sized money clip with a cutout so you can still easily access your cards
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Leal posted:cause if i preorder now I get a hat on steam please tell me you wait until it is in beta
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I care deeply about what others do with their money. Deeply.
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Mumpy Puffinz posted:why are you assholes still paying for things that aren't made yet?
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TetsuoTW posted:wait do you think this thread is for things we've actually put money into? That's the most common cause when it turns to poo poo for a couple pages, yeah.
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Dylan16807 posted:That's the most common cause when it turns to poo poo for a couple pages, yeah. No, when it's something we've actually put money into it turns to poo poo for a couple of hundred pages then gets its own thread. Also Noni is usually involved somehow.
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Evil Fluffy posted:It's easier to trust something made by people who are pretty well renown and respected in the industry. Or just really well known for good games in the 90s despite having a lot of baggage and lukewarm work since then (IE: Chris Roberts and Peter Molyneux). The problem is something like Shenmue doesn't work in 2015 and we already got the Mega Man guy loving up.
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