Bard's Tale The Bard's Tale IV Pre-Release Thread [RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Themadcow]

Indeed, he's either talking about BT1 (technically Tales of the Unknown vol1: The Bard's Tale) or BT3 (Nuked version) for Skara Brae or more likely getting it confused with Tangramayne. Pffff...

Good spot.

 

[Zombra]

$1.7M for McComb and $1.9M for MCA? Are we going to make those amounts? Tracking experts, what do you say?

 

[Kz3r0]

$1.7M for McComb and $1.9M for MCA? Are we going to make those amounts?

Easily, Fargo is just playing safe, notice as he combined various items in one stretch goal when usually they could have made for some intermediate tier.

 

[Infinitron]

Don't see it making 1.9 though I'd love to be surprised. 1.7 is a possibility.

If things are close, PayPal might put it over the edge.

 

[Kz3r0]

Don't see it making 1.9 though I'd love to be surprised. 1.7 is a possibility.

If things are close, PayPal might put it over the edge.

Where is the Avellone news?

 

[Infinitron]

Where is the Avellone news?

Are you ignoring Zed?

 

[Kz3r0]

Where is the Avellone news?

Are you ignoring Zed?

 

[Taxnomore]

Are we comparing Kickstarter penises now ?

Projects I backed Pledged Reward Deadline Messages

Shenmue 3
$29.00 DIGITAL COPY A digital copy of Shenmue 3 for PC or PS4…

Estimated delivery: Dec 2017

Jul 18 2015

The Bards Tale IV
$20.00 EARLY BARD GETS THE WYRM THE BARD'S TALE IV as a digit…
Estimated delivery: Oct 2017

Jul 11 2015

Collected pledges
13 projects
Projects I backed Pledged Reward Got it! Messages

"Order of the Thorne" & "Roehm To Ruin" by Infamous Quests
$15.00 One Copy of Each Game! You get both games! "Order of t…
Estimated delivery: Nov 2015

Underworld Ascendant
$20.00 PIONEER - EARLY BIRD SPECIAL All of the above, PLUS: …
Estimated delivery: Nov 2016

1 message
Mar 4 2015

Shadowrun: Hong Kong
$15.00 >>>CHUMMER * A DIGITAL copy of the Shadowrun: Hong Ko…
Estimated delivery: Aug 2015

4 messages
Feb 13 2015

Thimbleweed Park: A New Classic Point & Click Adventure!
$20.00 A digital copy of the amazing 2D point & click adventure …
Estimated delivery: Jun 2016

Kingdom Come: Deliverance
£15.00 ============================ SOLDIER (digital) ********…
Estimated delivery: Dec 2015

1 message
Feb 14 2014

Divinity: Original Sin
$25.00 Divinity Original Sin Digital Copy ======================…
Estimated delivery: Nov 2013

Torment: Tides of Numenera
$35.00 PATRON OF THE ARTS - ALL DIGITAL =======================…
Estimated delivery: Dec 2014

Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues
$25.00 FIRST RESPONDER ============================= Be one of…
Estimated delivery: Oct 2014

Dead State: The Zombie Survival RPG
$15.00 A DRM-free digital download of the game for PC at nearly …
Estimated delivery: Dec 2013

Two Guys SpaceVenture - by the creators of Space Quest
$45.00 COLLECTORS EDITION AUTOGRAPHED 8x10 + INVOLVED EASTER EGG…
Estimated delivery: Feb 2013

Tex Murphy - Project Fedora
$50.00 *Credit to download your choice of one vintage "Tex Murph…
Estimated delivery: Dec 2012

Double Fine Adventure
$15.00 The finished game in all of its awesome glory DRM free on…
Estimated delivery: Oct 2012

Wasteland 2
$50.00 One digital copy and one full LARGE BOXED COPY OF WASTELA…
Estimated delivery: Oct 2013

4 messages
Jul 22 2014

As for why this one isn't doing as great as Wasteland 2 while Bard's Tale is a better known franchise, it is no mystery. The reason Wasteland 2 got funded succesful was definitely not Wasteland 1, but Fallout... which is a game way up ahead in terms of popularity to Bard's Tale. I'm only moderately excited about the game myself. I backed it because "Meh, why not."

 

[Fry]

Am I the only one who had never heard of "Shenmue" before the Kickstarter?

 

[Alchemist]

Chris’ involvement will be locked in the moment we pass the $1.9 million mark on the Kickstarter, where he’ll be designing the Cairn of Horrors, an all new dungeon built from the worst things that live in the imagination of Chris Avellone. The Cairn has one purpose, and that purpose is to kill you.

Cairn of Horrors eh? Sounds like a direct reference to the infamous classic AD&D module Tomb of Horrors. Sounds good to me - if that's the intention.

 

[theSavant]

Does anyone know if the skill system from BT1-3 could be "exploited" like in Wizardry, such as creating an almost invincible Faerie Ninja?
Would be sad if not, because it also adds to replayability by trying solo-runs. Were solo runs possible in BT1-3?

Please no "perks" for BT4... Perks would completely destroy the game

 

[Infinitron]

New interview: http://www.4colorrebellion.com/archives/2015/06/26/kickin-it-with-brian-fargo-the-bards-tale-iv/

 

[Themadcow]

Depends what you a solo run. You could fill your party up with binds and summons in 2 and 3 but only have 1 player created party member. I can't imagine it being possible in BT1.

There was no skill system like Wiz so it was just a case of picking a class with race determining max stats. It usually just involved a lot of re-rolling, especially if you got unlucky with health or spellpoints.

 

[Russia is over. The end.]

Damn, such two good updates and they drew in NO MONEY literally. What the fuck

New kickstarter lesson - good updates don't bring in any money when they happen after the hype is dead and everyone's forgotten about your campaign.

 

[Seari]

Maybe people finally learned that kickstarter goals are bullshit.

 

[Excidium II]

Maybe people finally learned that kickstarter goals are bullshit.

Too optimistic

 

[Lady_Error]

Cairn of Horrors eh? Sounds like a direct reference to the infamous classic AD&D module Tomb of Horrors. Sounds good to me - if that's the intention.

It also sounds similar to the Hall of Gorrors in Wizardry 7 - a collection of the hardest monsters the game has to offer. Beating them is completely optional, but I thought that was one of the best ideas in Wizardry 7.

 

[Fry]

Damn, such two good updates and they drew in NO MONEY literally. What the fuck

New kickstarter lesson - good updates don't bring in any money when they happen after the hype is dead and everyone's forgotten about your campaign.

It wouldn't be dead if people were excited to begin with. I don't think the Bard's Tale brand draws much interest.

I gave them the minimum cuz it's inXile and I want to keep them employed, but I'm not going higher than that. Just don't give much of a shit about first person RPGs.

 

[theSavant]

updates don't bring in any money when they happen after the hype is dead and everyone's forgotten about your campaign.

It definitely feels like that. Thanks to their slow updates and vague responses. Now its dead. *poke poke*

 

[Excidium II]

I like how the thing raised $100,000 above its funding goal with 10 days to go still and it's treated like a failure

:kickstarter:

 

[theSavant]

It's so dead it jumped up 4k in one day.

Uhm yeah... but this should have been the "Avalon Jump", bringing in at least 10x the pledges.

 

[Apexeon]

Damn, such two good updates and they drew in NO MONEY literally. What the fuck

New kickstarter lesson - good updates don't bring in any money when they happen after the hype is dead and everyone's forgotten about your campaign.

Yeap.

Witcher 3 is also keeping people busy.

 

[Fry]

I like how the thing raised $100,000 above its funding goal with 10 days to go still and it's treated like a failure

Fair enough, but it's being compared to inXile's previous efforts not Kickstarters in general.

 

[ArchAngel]

It's so dead it jumped up 4k in one day.

Uhm yeah... but this should have been the "Avalon Jump", bringing in at least 10x the pledges.

Avalone jump would happen if he was at 1.5 mil $. But now people are waiting until last few days to see if the KS has a chance to reach 1.9 and then pledge for the Avalone jump.

 

[joelofdeath]

For anyone not reading the KS comments, I've been tracking the progress of bard's tale vs other big kickstarters, which also allows me to make pretty informed projections.
Current projection is $2.08 million, although this has been falling over time, which reflects this kickstarter is doing poorer now, compared to its initial burst, than previous kickstarters.

Previously, Torment had the worst final week compared to the earlier part of that kickstarter. If bards tale has the same sort of finish as Torment, it will get around $1.85 million. Any lower than that and you're saying this will have the worst finish of any of the big kickstarters so far.

Also, it's interesting that Fargo's kickstarters have slow finishes (relatively). He is probably better at drawing folks in early through smart media campaigns and special offers.

Dashboard: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q9n4N7Pr4hjtn7LZWFYT_0tRFCK6Mox1f87iL11PMgw/edit?usp=sharing