KickStarter Pathfinder: Kingmaker Pre-Release Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

Possible incline. Seems like they are going for proper IE gameplay.

 

I have a feeling that this is going to be a first kickstarter RPG that is not going to reach the target sum. MCA alone is not enough to sell a game anymore and i doubt many people remember cursed lands ( not a bad game though).

 

I'm probably going to grab a copy when paypal becomes an option (kickstarter hates my cards). For one thing they are starting from a existing pnp ruleset. I like this, as I believe that a ruleset designed specifically for a computer game will always feel more... gamey than one adapted from pnp. So hopefully no +7% damage, -13% speed and all that percentage crap where you need a spreadsheet or DPS (oh how I hate that stat) to see how much hurt you are dealing out. It's RTwP, sure, but they seem to be going for slower ie style gameplay, so there's a good chance combat will be at least passable. Now they just need good story and writing (hopefully MCA will help with that) and we might actually get something good from kickstarter for once.

 

It isn't blowing the doors off in terms of funding pace right out of the gate, but $75K after some hours is far from a sign of doom----still ample chance depending on what updates they have planned and actual news coverage making the rounds.

 

The campaign pitch makes it sound fantastic, here's hoping they can deliver

Pls don't suck

 

Pitch sounds cool, and it seems more substantial and less Miltiades compared to SCL or Dragonspear, but really, it's easy to promise old school formula, what matters is the execution.

I'll buy it if the gameplay videos / Codexer impressions are good.

MCA endorsement/involvement means nothing these days, wouldn't be surprised to see dude on the next Bethesda Fallout at this rate

 

I don't think we'll see him there, Bethesda sold millions of copies without him and many of their fans probably don't even know him, so his presence wouldn't be as useful to hype the game as it is on a game made by some (relatively) unknown russian devs.

 

this is going to be shit. just like Jagged Alliance Flashback was shit. well intentioned shit.

 

"Don't you dare put Pillars of Eternity on this list."

 

What is the reason for that, Infinitron? Just so I can really understand, I'm not complaining.

 

They do this for all fundraisers. It's probably less of a hassle when the campaign has a PayPal option.

 

Backed the boxed edition tier once I knew that the devs are ex-Nival

 

Backed. 25% in the first day -should- equal funding by the end of the campaign, but I guess we'll see.

I assume Obsdian will tweet about it at some point. Them having their own Pathfinder product that they're bringing to PC/Steam in less than two weeks makes it all a bit weird though.

 

Looks and sounds generic as fuck if not downright ugly. Muh aesthetics...

Other than that I liked the pitch.

Will hold for a now, maybe chip in later. If there's a Codex fundraiser...

 

Managed to get an early-bird backing in (usually by the time I wake up downunder the US backers have nabbed them all). Hope this one reaches its goal.

EDIT: Cucked again. Apparently there were early bird tiers of $20 and $22 that sold out before I woke up. My "early bird" tier is $25.

 

Seems like Obsidian and some of the developers at Owlcat collaborated on Skyforge (2015) so they should be friends.

 

Lol, they opened a 3rd early bird. haha. I never seen that before.

 

Every early bird increase a bit in price

 

that's genius! create new early bird tiers with each tier being halfway between the previous and the non early bird tier.
I really hope they'll get the kingdom part right, but it's probably a long shot.
Willpower check failed, .

 

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And Gamespot interview: https://www.gamespot.com/articles/pathfinder-kingmaker-kickstarter-rides-the-wave-of/1100-6450570/

 

Why are they so vague about the ruleset? Can't help being worried this will be some gimmicky MMO-like implementation of """"""""""""""""Pathfinder"""""""""""""""" rules