Kickstarter fatigue

Hmm no one pledged for Grim Dawn ? Here's my list but I'm not longer sure about the amounts:

Wasteland 2
Shadowrun Returns
Grim Dawn
Project Eternity

 

I still KS stuff occasionally, but I'm kind of burnt out on vidyagame kickstarters. I prefer boardgame kickstarters, where they already have the game done and the rules available for a readthrough. When the kickstarter cash immediately goes towards printing the components, I don't have to worry about vapourware to the same degree.

Still waiting on serpent's tongue though.

 

I don't think there will be much kickstarting from me next year.

I've already spent $926 on Kickstarter this year and have $15 in on Thorvalla and £22 on The Amiga Works. I will probably opt out of these though. I've already cancelled my plegde for Elite. And Cleve, of course, let's not forget him. He got $50.

It really is pretty lame spending aprox $1000 on games etc. where most of them won't be finished (hopefully) for another 1-2 years. What should one do in the meantime? Replay the (m)Ass Effect Trilogy, DA2 or just disassociate oneself from society and perfom a year-long wank in honor of the great incline.

 

I suggest a nice 12 month coma.

 

Pledged $50 for Grim Dawn, since I was tired of all those silly WOW cartoony looking ARPG games, and wanted a return to Diablo I.

 

On that note, have you tried Path of Exile? That pretty much scratches that D1/D2 itch for me - I'm sure it'll hold me over until Grim Dawn is released.

 

Yah, I actually got the entry level pledge, and played it for a while, but then they keep doing those wipes. I will pick it up again when they stop doing wipes, but one thing that game seems to be lacking is a good story, which I hope Grim Dawn will have. And yeah, Grim Dawn I think will release mod tools, and so nothing can beat that, since I only plan to solo.

Other games I pledged are :

Wastelands
Banner Saga - more for the story and animation than the gameplay
Xenonauts
Castle Story (prob won't play though)
Dead State
Project Eternity (not really excited for it)
Grimoire

 

Why would Obsidian start making good games now when they're doing one with a smaller budget?

 

Because they have no pressure to make a shitty game?

Edginess is so depasse this days, but the Codex still thinks its all the rage. I mean, Chris Avellone? Tim Cain? Josh Sawyer? Fuck those guys, like they ever made a good game in their entire career. Now inXile, that's a trustworthy company.

 

Yeah, I'm not that enthusiastic about new kickstarter projects as before. Just for this thread I've calculated all the money spent on it and it comes ~1k USD. Which means that I do spend too much on games.

Of all the stuff I've backed so far those are complete:
* Schlock Mercenary The Board Game - quite nice, maybe will write more about it in the gazebo;
* FTL: Faster Than Light - fuck yeah!

Playable but not yet ready:
* Xenonauts
* StarDrive

 

EA could do a Kickstarter with JVC's name on it, that would fulfill his criteria.

 

No, I wasn't aware.
Oh well, more money for Minttu I guess.

 

I was expecting this thread to be about Kickstarters recieving less and less money as too many people have jumped on the bandwagon.

I myself have never donated to any Kickstarter game. Money issues in real life prevent me from doing so and the spare money I do get goes to books.

 

Indeed. There are things I would kickstart if I could, but my money is tight.

 

950$ on 20 KS's + 400$ on Codex + 150$ on ITS

Projects that are related to games that I played and loved will still get major moolah. I probably don't have as much patience for 'lesser' projects now, though.

 

My list:

Wasteland 2 - 80$
Project Eternity - 130$
Grim Dawn - 18$
Legens of Eisenwald - 15$

A total of 243$ worth of vapourware awaits me on thursday.

 

You could give that money to me.

 

Except that they're giving the ME sequel/prequel/whatever to BioWare Montreal.

 

I've got 26 projects, but most of them failed. Also, 1 of those 26 is Myth, which I backed 1 dorra just so I could make fun of those retards.

 

You're forgetting that their Montreal studio is doing Mass Effect from now on while the ME Edmonton team moves on to a new IP.

 

Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption $20.00
"The Goon" Movie $50.00
Project Eternity $80.00 (+80$ Codex drive)
New Broken Sword $15.00
Planetary Annihilation $20.00
Jack Houston and the Necronauts $30.00
Paper Sorcerer $15.00
Dead State $15.00
Xenonauts $20.00
Echoes of Eternea $15.00
Ravaged $25.00
Republique $15.00
Leisure Suit Larry $15.00
Nekro $25.00
Grim Dawn $50.00
Shadowrun Returns $30.00
Legends of Eisenwald $15.00
Wasteland 2 $65.00 (+100$ Codex drive)
Double Fine Adventure $60.00
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Total (19 project) $760.00