Game News "What can change the nature of a game?" - Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter is LIVE

[Jaesun]

Brian Fargo ‏@BrianFargo
All hail @Dracogen who will contribute $100,000 for #torment if we hit 3 mil in funding. He is the man!

wow.

 

[hiver]

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2013/03/torment-tides-of-numenera/



Tens of thousands of gamers have already plunked down between $25 and $65 to get their hands on a copy of the game when it releases, but a surprising amount of its record-smashing funding is coming from big-time donors flinging bundles of cash in the five- and six-figure ranges at the game’s publisher, inXile Entertainment.

Backer Steven Dengler says he will pledge $100,000 (if the Kickstarter reaches the $3 million mark) for a chance to play the followup to the game he calls a “landmark” in his life.
“[Planescape] is the most rewarding game I’ve ever played,” he told Wired in a phone interview.

Dengler, CEO of the currency conversion services site XE.com, is a prolific Kickstarter backer. As an angel investor with a passion for classic PC games, he’s bankrolled Psychonauts publisher Double Fine in excess of $1 million to get new games out the door.
“The appeal of a Kickstarter is as much about rewarding people for what they’ve done in the past as it is helping them to create new [projects],” Dengler says.

 

[Infinitron]

Told ya it was Dengler.

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

Too bad the MMO thing is killing interest in me here, don't want "bring me 50 blood packs" quests and all the other features of it.

That's not descriptive of the kind of gameplay this is going to have at all. It's going to be a player-run game. Similarly to the VTM LARP.

Can't draw parallels to any MMO in the market except EVE.

Thanks for the clarification. I suppose it could be interesting after all. Oh, wait

"They want to make the game as accessible as possible, and this is one of their criteria for success. So they want it to be fun for both hardcore and casual gamers."

but on the other hand

"The game will not be combat-intensive, unless you choose to play it that way." Political maneuverings will get a PC further ahead than being the toughest character in town.

"Factions and territories will be a big part of the game."

Time will tell how it's gonna be.

 

[JarlFrank]

And either make something mediocre and generic or get sued really hard.

it seems to be quite hard to sue someone over the use of Elves and Dwarves and Orcs and even mechanics like AoO's, why should vampires be different?

Suggestions:

Vampires - The Disguise

Vampires - The Camouflage

Vampires - The Hide And Seek

Vampires - The Peek-A-Boo

Vampires - Shirking from License Payment

 

[Hobz]

ZIETS!

Dang! Brian knows his stuff.

 

[grotsnik]

And either make something mediocre and generic or get sued really hard.

Well, if White Wolf aren't going to sue over Dark, which last time I checked was even using 'vitae' to mean 'blood/blood levels', apparently you can get away with anything!

 

[Brother None]

You guys see update 3 yet? Identified areas! Video content! More companion! ZIETS!

 

[tuluse]

You guys see update 3 yet? Identified areas! Video content! More companion! ZIETS!

But most importantly, a video apology for the book of elves from CMcC

 

[Grunker]

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects.../422515?ref=email&show_token=0ffc57b8043a92bd

JAEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN

ZIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETS

 

[Diablo169]

Since Ziets already posted on formspring that he would at best only be able to do an area design given his commitments to Eternity I do feel that the stretchgoal is a bit misleading. Still it's nice to have him onboard.

 

[Spectacle]

Brother None, how about a stretch goal for an NPC based on and voiced by the publisher kid from the pitch video?

 

[Sacred_Path]

Damn, P:E's stretch goals were downright bold and inspired compared to this.

 

[Hobz]

Best handled kickstarter so far. There's no arguing.

 

[Hobz]

Counting Brian Fargo's 10% they already crossed the 2 billions mark.

Edit : 2 millions. My bad, I no speak english

 

[Brother None]

TWO BILLION!?

forever

 

[superdeluxe]

Ziets!!!!!

 

[Kosmonaut]

Nice update. I honestly didnt't thought that they would get Ziets. That Collin guy is awesome, by the way. :nohomo:

 

[~RAGING BONER~]

that's a whole lotta novella's!

will they be tie-ins to the game (like prequel's and backstories of characters we may come across, the immortal master perhaps) or simply independent tales of Numenera?

 

[hiver]

Pledge $125 or more

1000 backers - All gone!

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Damn, P:E's stretch goals were downright bold and inspired compared to this.

Oh?

 

[toro]

Pledge $125 or more

1000 backers - All gone!

Good. I will ebay the shit as soon as I get it...

 

[commie]

Now they need to announce a special 'plane dungeon' with multiple levels. On each level, funded by 150,000, there will be a new wacky world to travel to.

 

[Rake]

They need to announce 2D backrounds. At this point they would make the game way better than an area by Ziets or even MCA

 

[Brother None]

Now they need to announce a special 'plane dungeon' with multiple levels. On each level, funded by 150,000, there will be a new wacky world to travel to.

We already announced our version of the multi-level dungeon, it's the Castoff's Labyrinth.

They need to announce 2D backrounds. At this point they would make the game way better than an area by Ziets or even MCA

Ok. Keep giving us money and we'll get right on that.