KickStarter Kingdom Come: Deliverance Pre-Release Thread [RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Zed]

Are you ready? I have to apologize, but it seems, that we will be little bit late.

 

[Zed]

Two hours later, the website is updated... with "New info coming soon. Please watch this space. "

Good job!

 

[Morgoth]

Seems like they're getting prepared now... in a few hours.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=695001753865412

 

[Haba]

Eeh, it's middle of the night. Probably KS approval or something.

 

[Crooked Bee]

It's very unfortunate that no publisher wanted to fund this game. I feel that it will suffer for it. Games like this are meant to have a large budget and AAA production values, and definitely not be episodic... $500,000 if also a lot to ask for on KS.

Oh well, I'll pitch in for the digital copy in any case.

 

[SophosTheWise]

Oh, NeoGAF. In response to a guy who said that Kingdom Come's combat looked like shit:

It's a RPG, combat should be the last focus it gets. There are far more important things to worry about with RPG design.

 

[Zed]

Oh, NeoGAF. In response to a guy who said that Kingdom Come's combat looked like shit:

It's a RPG, combat should be the last focus it gets. There are far more important things to worry about with RPG design.

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There must be a KS error or something. Doesn't make sense why this would be so postponed otherwise.
Must be annoying for the guys at Warhorse. They'll probably pull an all-nighter.

 

[ColCol]

Oh look, another kickstarter, how nice. The world is wonderful.

 

[SophosTheWise]

Oh, NeoGAF. In response to a guy who said that Kingdom Come's combat looked like shit:

It's a RPG, combat should be the last focus it gets. There are far more important things to worry about with RPG design.

GAF
G A F
G A
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NeoFAG

There must be a KS error or something. Doesn't make sense why this would be so postponed otherwise.
Must be annoying for the guys at Warhorse. They'll probably pull an all-nighter.

Seems likely, though they still may also have problems with their servers. It's a bit careless and rushed. They've announced "it's coming!" like two or three times today, following another delay. It's good that they are quiet for now. I think it doesn't make sense for them to post this tonight, as it's 02:20 in Prague. They'll probably wait until 2 in the afternoon when everybody in their target group is online. At least that's what I'd do.

 

[SophosTheWise]

So, I just received an email by Warhorse. It's definitely a kickstarter. Downloading the trailer right now, though the speed is abysmal. The problem seems to be Kickstarter as they still don't have the URL yet.

Trailer looks pretty cool, especially the parts with warhorses, sieges and large scale battles. Really, it looks promising.

Today Warhorse Studios launched a Kickstarter for Kingdom Come: Deliverance, the AAA PC and next-gen console title slated for a 2015 release.

Game Director and Lead Designer Dan Vávra explains: “So far US$1.5m has been invested into Kingdom Come: Deliverance, largely from a single investor outside the games industry. This is a big and expensive game, and we could hardly hope to raise the entire budget needed on Kickstarter alone. Since game publishers are not throwing money at us, we’ve made a deal with our investor: if we raise the relatively reasonable sum of US$500k, it is proof for him that the game has potential, and he would continue to finance us. Anything over the sum we’re asking for will allow us to create additional content and a better overall product.”

 

[Zed]

I'm not backing a game depending on one (unknown) millionaire philanthropist.

 

[Tigranes]

The millionaire has been investing in the game for quite a while now, helping fund its development and its search for a publisher. Now, he/she has clearly said, I can't fund the whole thing, but I do want to see it happen, I'm willing to do it if you Kickstart. I don't really see what the problem is, if he/she was going to mess with the process they would already have done so.

 

[hiver]

And it will very clearly and definitely show is there actual people, actual customers that would want something like that.
kickstarter is a kind a decent basic litmus test of that sort eh?

 

[evdk]

Warhorse Studios, Prague, EU

I am surprisingly angry with this.

I'm not backing a game depending on one (unknown) millionaire philanthropist.

Not unknown, it's Bakala. Hardly a philanthropist. More like white collar criminal.

EDIT:

All crafting occurs in-game, using clever minigames, rather then boring, soulless menus.

It's like that "controller is the best input device" thing all over again.

 

[Excidium]

It's going to fail hard. I don't see this having the appeal to raise whatever it is they want.

 

[Crabcz]

Yes, the investor is Zdenek Bakala and he's a billionaire. They kickstart because he didn't become a billionaire by being a Samaritan. It's a cheap marketing tool that pays for itself and a good gauge of the projects potential.

 

[CyberWhale]

Not really sure about that. $500k is pretty low even when compared to 2D old school revivals and this is powered by CE3 and is going to be marketed as Skyrim killer.
I'm not really convinced that they are going to gather anywhere close to the most successful KS campaigns but reaching their goal shouldn't be a problem.

 

[Frusciante]

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyfmd9ZMyIw

Honestly I think it looks really good. Something new in an original setting? Not something the codex likes apparently.

Whether the gameplay, story and rpg part is any good is something that remains to be seen though...

 

[Morgoth]

Sure looks like a trustworthy guy this Bakala bloke. Hand-shake quality.

 

[Frusciante]

RPG features mentioned in the kickstarter vid (for what its worth):

- non linear quest with multiple solutions
- branching dialogue (duh)
- stats, skills and perks (haha)
- 4 layers of cloth and 16 equipable slots
- crafting like blacksmithing, alchemy and cooking
- need to eat and sleep to stay healthy
- food gets spoiled if its in inventory for too long

 

[SophosTheWise]

- 4 layers of cloth and 16 equipable slots

Probably one of the coolest things.

Overall, it sounds a bit like Mount & Blade meets Ultima.

 

[Frusciante]

preview: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-medieval-unmagic-of-kingdom-come-deliverance/1100-6417236/

 

[SophosTheWise]

And the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZP0Z7ChskE

Edit: just realized it's the same trailer as in the gamespot article.

 

[Haba]

Dungeons & No Dragons... hehe.

But ultimately, I guess this will become the proof for the age old "can you make a successful RPG without (heavy) fantasy elements" -debate.

 

[Morgoth]

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-01-21-i-do-care-for-a-next-gen-medieval-rpg-with-no-fantasy