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I can't see what is the problem with pounds but then I'm not american.
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KickStarter Satellite Reign - Syndicate Wars spiritual successor from original devs
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I can't see what is the problem with pounds but then I'm not american.
Ah I don't think its the currency per se but more so the lack of any payment options that comes with a kickstarter in pounds. Personally I can state for a fact that there were a few prior kickstarters in pounds that interested me but the prompt for the credit card # made me not bother.
In this case its classic game from childhood and a good pitch so couldn't resist lol. Have to keep in mind that the vast majority of kickstarter users probably only backed US (Amazon) kickstarters. Thus promt for cc#...kills lol
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That was me. I only back the USD projects. I'll wait until it comes out and buy it maybe.
It offends them that the developers don't accept God's own currency as default. :patriot:
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Interesting tactic, labelling all the goals with the dollar value first.
They will be lucky if they make the initial goal.. destructible environment would have been sweet though. I hope I'm proven wrong.
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Simulated gameplay video: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/5livesstudios/satellite-reign/posts/545284
General Maxson
Arcane
Wow this looks great. I wonder why it's not swimming in money. It looks attractive enough even for popamolers. 
Diablo169
Arcane
What the fuck is it going to take for this to be funded? Really pisses me off that this isn't doing better.
I *think* they should have released this vid waaay earlier. That'd get them all the funding they need.
The same material was on the pitch video...
Name
Cipher
Is this project worth supporting? I find the original Syndicate has a nice 2D environment but horrible twitch gameplay(mostly consists of pressing panic buttons), real earth time based strategy department and no real storyline to talk about, and since I haven't finished that one I didn't try Syndicate Wars.
Space Satan
Arcane
Why the hell they release it at the END of funding when they can't even manage min. goals? Should they advertized it right at the start people would be more enthusiastic.
I think it is....It's for sure an upgrade on the original as far as that they are expanding gameplay and not just makign a reskin. But really judge for yourself. Read the basic pitch. To be honest after the pitch video they had me at Open living Cyberpunk city.
ANyway 300k now. Got a great shutout from Chris Roberts and should get another from inXile in their next Torment update.
And not reach base goals??? LOL they will hit 500k I'ms ure and could really go much higher if inXile pull through. Welcome to UK based kickstarters....
Space Satan
Arcane
Wow. They jumped from 260k to 300 overnight.
Someone got conned into the £5k tier.
I'm still not sold on the idea. I'll keep an eye out when it's released and get it if it's worthwhile then. But my gut instinct says this'll be banalshitboring.
Space Satan
Arcane
another 2k in two hours...they made approx 1k per day for a week before that.
Trash
Pointing and laughing.
Guess they finally started recieving some serious coverage and that 'gameplay' vid seemed to have drawn some attention. Despite being footage they already had in the KS vid. Le sigh.
Do hope they'll make it. What they describe sounds highly ambitious. Truth be told though, I've been waiting for over a decade for a Syndicate game. Gambling a few pounds on this actually being that game doesn't bother me.
Do hope they'll make it. What they describe sounds highly ambitious. Truth be told though, I've been waiting for over a decade for a Syndicate game. Gambling a few pounds on this actually being that game doesn't bother me.
KoolNoodles
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Sure it's possible. Heck, wouldn't it be wise to have a reserve bank to throw in if you get close enough and time is running out, just to seal the deal? Maybe one of their parents was generous with the birthday money.
Space Satan
Arcane
As I recall, Fargo promised to invest his own 200k should Torment kickstarter fail to reach initial funding.
Bitcher1
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You recall wrong.
AstroZombie
Arcane
Wow this looks great. I wonder why it's not swimming in money. It looks attractive enough even for popamolers.
Payment options for UK kickstarters are awful, here's what Mike Diskett had to say about it:
First and foremost do everything you can to get on the US Kickstarter, it's painful to see people turned away from pledging because they don’t have a credit card, or they don’t want to enter their CC details. US backers are in the majority and they have their amazon payment details already entered in. The ease of a one click pledge becomes a battle with CC forms. Why KS for all their greatness don't take Paypal , or amazon or google wallet from the UK is beyond me, what is this 1996(I’m sure they have logical reasons for doing so btw).
http://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/Mike...Letter_from_the_trenches_of_a_Kickstarter.php
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