Yeah just seen it, looks great. Backed it regardless
Okay,THAT'S not what I expected. Holy Hell it looks far prettier than I anticipated, and more expensive honestly. I expected more like a Legend of Grimlock looking type game. Can they afford to make it this good looking???
I was hoping to see combat but at least we saw some ue4 goodness. Looks great.
Wow, outstanding.
Lol! I believe that's The Bard's SongI'm still not sure if I'm going to back this, maybe if they had gotten Blind Guardian on board...
Kickstarter is, in many ways, the reason we're getting all these re-births of long dead franchises, homages, and other great games. I don't understand the kickstarter hate -- if you don't want to fund it, don't. If you don't want to play it, don't. If you want to wait till it's complete, do so. Kickstarter gets games created, many of which are dream projects to some of us (like Wasteland and Bard's Tale for me). Go kickstarter.
I'm quite happy to support the devs I like to make the games I want without them having to worry about going bankrupt if it flops.
Old-time big-names using kickstarter is fantastic
Kickstarter is, in many ways, the reason we're getting all these re-births of long dead franchises, homages, and other great games. I don't understand the kickstarter hate -- if you don't want to fund it, don't. If you don't want to play it, don't. If you want to wait till it's complete, do so. Kickstarter gets games created, many of which are dream projects to some of us (like Wasteland and Bard's Tale for me). Go kickstarter.
Looks pretty I guess, but I would have preferred actual gameplay footage...
*POW* [Graphic] *SMACK*
X Beats You for 57 Damage
*Blast* [Graphic] *BOOM*
You Cast Fireball at the Xs for 35 damage.
It'll be fine Kickstarter-funding wise. I just wouldn't be optimistic about the stretch goals.I'm really hoping this game gets made (and looks like the video) but we'll see.
It'll be fine Kickstarter-funding wise. I just wouldn't be optimistic about the stretch goals.
Yeah where is my downloadable demo? I wanna play the game before i help fund it so they can make it.
It actually kind of amazing the game hasnt gotten more backs. I mean for 48hrs they gave away free games, had a low 20$ tier and have released an amazing looking video. I think its all timing really.
Not to diminish your point, but it's not uncommon for gamestarters to have a demo.
I'm surprised today only netted $90k. I would have thought the in-engine video would have a much more major spike.
Yeah, makes me sad actually .
I think they need to show at least a prototype of gameplay.
Plus Bard's Tale has like no name recognition.
Yeah sure that's always nice but i doubt it would make a difference. People will still cry downgrade incoming!
Actually i have an inkling from some posts they have made they might be targeting VR for this, which makes perfect sense. Strap fargo into a chair and record him in VR world and i think that might actually be entertaining enough for some 'wow!'
Also posts on the kickstarter page are depressing as crap.Half the people dont even know what the first Bards Tale games even were.
Yeah, makes me sad actually .
I'm surprised today only netted $90k. I would have thought the in-engine video would have a much more major spike.
Plus Bard's Tale has like no name recognition.
October 2017?
a long waits ahead
Lol! I believe that's The Bard's Song
Also, this happened:If gamespot is to be believed, The Bard's Song was inspired by The Bard's Tale: http://www.gamespot.com/articles/qanda-blind-guardian-on-music-in-games/1100-6190306/
I'm honestly just happy that they'll make the goal. I figured The Bard's Tale would be a much tougher sell than their earlier games.
No name recognition?
Now I feel terribly old. The Bards Tale series was one of my earliest game addictions.
Yeah, as I posted earlier in the thread, this is doing better than I expected.I'm honestly just happy that they'll make the goal. I figured The Bard's Tale would be a much tougher sell than their earlier games.
I was right thinking they would have a much harder time funding this one. I think the problem is the series is too old. Most of us don't know how it's actually going to work from a gameplay perspective (apparentely they don't know either if they can't say if combat is in isometric view or not). It worked with Wasteland because they basically sold it as 'party-based old school Fallout'. With this one they haven't said something like that, so I bet most people don't know how it will be.
I wish they would have made a futuristic IP using the same tech as PoE and Torment. Oh, well.
I'm absolutely convinced that Wasteland 2 wouldn't have benefited at all from announcing console versions during the campaign, and might well have ended up with less funding (by losing out on part of the "old-school RPG" appeal, and making potential backers concerned about the ramifications). When that campaign was running, console gamers by and large didn't know who inXile was, who Brian Fargo was, who Interplay was, what Wasteland was and what Kickstarter was.I wonder if a study has been done on what limiting the platforms does to the speed/success of kickstarters. For instance, I would totally back this if there was a tier that let me get it for a console. I can't be alone (and based on skimming the posts here I know I'm not).
I say this even more so now that we're starting to see kickstarted games turn around and announce console versions anyway. If they did this out of the gate, I wonder if they would have an easier time getting funded/hitting goals.