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Unsung Story developer announces PS4, Switch and Xbox One versions

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LordOfLore

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The new developers behind Unsung Story: Tale of the Guardians, the tactical role-playing game that was funded on Kickstarter in 2014 and has had a tumultuous time coming to fruition, is heading to three new platforms. Little Orbit announced this weekend that Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Unsung Story are in the works.

When Unsung Story was first unveiled, the plan was to bring it to mobile devices, but original developer Playdek later targeted PC platforms. The game's Kickstarter campaign had stretch goals for Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 versions of the game, though pledges fell short of those goals.

Unsung Story's new developer Little Orbit, which officially took over the project in August, said the current-generation console versions of the game are being developed for a reason close to their hearts.

”For me, I remember playing Final Fantasy Tactics from the couch on my PS1, and that format was quintessential to my experience enjoying that game," Little Orbit CEO Matthew Scott said. He added that backers of the project will be able to update their platform preferences via a survey.

Scott said that Little Orbit was also canceling or changing some of Unsung Story's backer rewards. Some, the developer said, would be ”financially wasteful to produce" because so few backers wanted them, while others weren't properly priced to account for shipping costs. Here's an explanation for the former:

The biggest example of the first case is the Game Package sold as a $5 add-on. This package promises 3 exclusive stages only for the backers that ordered it, and only 329 backers purchased it. That means we would be producing 3 extra stages of the game for a small group of players, and we can never release those stages anywhere else. That's not a commitment we can make. For now, we are going to cancel this item. However we are evaluating the possibility of offering a new add-on closer to launch that will give backers a discount on purchasing some form of DLC that isn't exclusive.

Similarly only 52 backers selected the Kindle version of the main game and 61 backers selected the Kindle version of the Card Game. Windows Tablet had equally low orders. It's possible that back in 2014, both of these platforms were more viable, but today we need to focus on systems that the majority of backers chose.

The late addition 2nd T-Shirt is another example. Only 5 backers selected this add-on, so it makes no sense to go through the work and effort of making it.
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Scott asked backers not to panic, saying, ”While we are changing or canceling some rewards, we are also going to give some limited refunds to make up for it."

Little Orbit dropped this weekend's good and bad news as part of what it hopes will be regular communication about Unsung Story's development. The studio picked up the game from original developer Playdek, the two companies announced in August, saying they were starting from scratch on the tactical RPG.
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Matsuno isn't connected to this at all now, right?
 
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Nirolak

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They have Matsuno's original design documents, but he's not working with them at the moment unless something has changed.
 
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Elaugaufein

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I can't really be upset at this. It'll likely be 2020 before this is shippable and a lot of the 2014 sensible targets are already looking questionable now , let alone then.
 
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Hero of Legend

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Glad to hear it's on Switch. :) But who's the actual dev? Did Little Orbit form a new in-house team? They still own Vicious Cycle I think.
 
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FiveSide

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Rooting for these guys. Hope they turn this game around and turn it into a success story.

I didn't back the original Kickstarter because it looked kind of sketchy, but if these guys keep communication open and put forth a solid product, I will support it and purchase a copy (and play it, of course).
 
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Fisty

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FiveSide said:
Rooting for these guys. Hope they turn this game around and turn it into a success story.

I didn't back the original Kickstarter because it looked kind of sketchy, but if these guys keep communication open and put forth a solid product, I will support it and purchase a copy (and play it, of course).
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Yep, I really hope they can at least bring a servicable game with a good story since the concept seemed to have a lot of potential. These devs would buy a decade of goodwill from gamers if they can salvage this shitshow, even if it's just decent.
 
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Parham

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SuperBanana said:
Guess I need to post this again since there are some people who seem to have already forgotten after 2 page. Wow, how the mind slips!

"Allegedly"

Opening admitting to sexually assaulting someone(then banning anyone who called him out for it)
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Posting revenge porn with their real full names then another admin(a now jailed pedophile) printed the photos and jacked off over them and sent it to the boyfriend.
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You're right, how can we even know if he's guilty or not? HMMMM

Also:
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Wamb0wneD

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Marcel said:
Words are nice. A game sure would be better for the backers who got taken for a ride, though.
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Isn't it a completely different dev and publisher now though? They are aware that it will be hard to make up for the BS backers have been put through but they started from scratch with Matusos stuff.

Slime said:
It would be cool if this game turned out to not be bullshit.
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Yeah I catched up on everything that happened with this game. God damn...
 
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Marcel

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Wamb0wneD said:
Isn't it a completely different dev and publisher now though? They are aware that it will be hard to make up for the BS backers have been put through but they started from scratch with Matusos stuff.
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They are trying their best with a bad situation but I got my refund already. I'm totally over this disastrous KS and don't really feel any sympathies for those involved now or in the past.
 
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120v

Member
supposedly the whole thing is revamped, headed by 'competent' people now...?

willing to ignore the affair was a tire fire
 
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Spman2099

Member
All of this seems reasonable. I am really rooting for these guys. I think they are heroes taking on this project. If this game turns out solid it is going to be an absolutely incredible story.
 
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vareon

Member
Taking on this project was insane. Not only you have to start from scratch but you also have the leftover Kickstarter baggage and expectations to deal with. Good luck.
 
NoKisum

NoKisum

Member
With so much radio silence on this one, I assumed the project got cancelled. Did they just completely start over?
 
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KarmaCow

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NoKisum said:
With so much radio silence on this one, I assumed the project got cancelled. Did they just completely start over?
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The original people behind the kickstarter burned through the money by doing pretty much nothing for years and bailed but this other group bought up the scraps that were left and are seemingly committed to actually making the game for the backers.
 
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Strings

Member
AuthenticM said:
So this is the game that shit the figurative bed, right? The one that almost felt like scam?
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This and Project Phoenix (whose Kickstarter updates grow increasingly aggressive / hilarious).

EDIT: Oh god, apparently Tiny Metal (upcoming Advance Wars-like game), which looks quite good, was made in conjunction with the Project Phoenix folks. Not sure how to feel about that.
 
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BigPete

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vareon said:
Taking on this project was insane. Not only you have to start from scratch but you also have the leftover Kickstarter baggage and expectations to deal with. Good luck.
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On the other hand they got a world and system designed by Matsuno out of it.
 
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Elaugaufein

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BigPete said:
On the other hand they got a world and system designed by Matsuno out of it.
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I guess it's safe too. If you can't do it, it was a pit, if it does you salvaged something that was wreckage which is a good reputation boost. I still don't see how they justified the business case though, hiring Matsumoto to write a new world and system for them would probably have been cheaper than the debt hole that is owed KS rewards.
 
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HiddenWings

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I wrote this one off, so I'm curious to see where it goes. I'd have opted into a switch copy if they hadn't decided that it should be an extra $7 to do so. I like having Disgaea on there, but I'm not tossing any more money in.
 
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