i hope they make 1,025,000
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Project Phoenix: Squad-based RTS with Uematsu & industry veterans [Kickstarter Up]
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i hope they make 1,025,000
Dead Prince
Banned
i'm at $35 right now. waiting for them to update the information for ps4/vita.
zeopower6
Member
So many high profile KSes in the last month or two, lol.
BrokenFiction
Member
I had to back this one after hearing about the PS4/Vita announcement. Dat all star team...
Hydrargyrus
Member
Sony should buy this studio ASAP and give them all the money they want 
Cute.
That image itself is making me want to give them money xD
Dead Prince
Banned
Sony should buy this studio ASAP and give them all the money they want
wonder if sony gave them dev kits to use. positive they did.
clem84
Gold Member
I just backed the project at the 150$ level. The amount of stuff you get sounds amazing.
Seeing the size of this thread and the amount of money they gathered in almost a month, I'm surprised this KS isn't getting more attention. I thought gamers in general, and especially GAF, would be all over a project like this. Anyway... Another game that's about a year and a half away... Gonna be a long wait.
Seeing the size of this thread and the amount of money they gathered in almost a month, I'm surprised this KS isn't getting more attention. I thought gamers in general, and especially GAF, would be all over a project like this. Anyway... Another game that's about a year and a half away... Gonna be a long wait.
I think that's because they've shown nothing of the game. Nothing. A bullshit Mighty No. 9 level "screenshot" would do wonders.
DiipuSurotu
Banned
That and the fact no real veterans -- let alone RPG veterans -- are actually working on the "game" (as in the gameplay, not counting music and concept art).
Ummm they have shown a mockup. It looks like any other japanese strategy RPG only with free movement rather than grids.
Edit:
Dead Prince
Banned
would be a miracle if they can manage to reach the next stretch goal within the 61 hours. want explorable overworld. hopefully they can manage to get more money after this and still consider it
I want to pledge to this, but I'd like to know more about it first. If I pledge it will be for the $120 [or $155, I haven't decide, I do like the art...] since I need a physical copy [with all of the bonus goodies].
With Mighty No. 9, we know what we're getting. An old-school Japanese 2D action game akin to Mega Man. That's all I need to convince me. With Project Phoenix, though, it sound as though they're attempting to do something different, which can be a good or bad thing [depending]. And they still have "unannounced" team members? Seriously? If these people are as popular as the small description would lead you to believe, why not make the information available?
For Mighty No. 9 I had no reservations whatsoever in putting down my $500 pledge. For this, though, I hesitate to even put down $120. I guess I'll need to decide soon, since it only has a few more hours to go...
Edit - I looked up more interviews and, after some thought, I decided to pass. It just doesn't seem cohesive enough for me, which is probably why they haven't shown anything outside of art. It seems a bit risky for me to invest as much money as I was planning too. It sounds as thought it's a JRPG from aesthetics and that's about it. Even the crew behind the project don't seem to have a whole lot of experience, outside of Nobuo Uematsu, of course.
With Mighty No. 9, we know what we're getting. An old-school Japanese 2D action game akin to Mega Man. That's all I need to convince me. With Project Phoenix, though, it sound as though they're attempting to do something different, which can be a good or bad thing [depending]. And they still have "unannounced" team members? Seriously? If these people are as popular as the small description would lead you to believe, why not make the information available?
For Mighty No. 9 I had no reservations whatsoever in putting down my $500 pledge. For this, though, I hesitate to even put down $120. I guess I'll need to decide soon, since it only has a few more hours to go...
Edit - I looked up more interviews and, after some thought, I decided to pass. It just doesn't seem cohesive enough for me, which is probably why they haven't shown anything outside of art. It seems a bit risky for me to invest as much money as I was planning too. It sounds as thought it's a JRPG from aesthetics and that's about it. Even the crew behind the project don't seem to have a whole lot of experience, outside of Nobuo Uematsu, of course.
KZObsessed
Member
PS4 version makes me happy
Probably. I was talking mostly about the visuals moreso than gameplay. It's isometric chibi with no grids. I think I called it a cross between fft and bastion in my first post.
Ok, aesthetically it does look like that. The RTS aspect is totally putting me off though.
Looks like they want to at least achieve the lower stretchgoals by adding more stretchgoals. I backed the project, took the last $20 tier they had left
I think they did that just show off some ideas they had in mind for the game and to encourage the last minute pledging.
It won't make those new goals, obviously, but it can still reach the first million dollar goal.
My hesitation is that they seem to be relatively ambitious, but nothing to really show for it. Aside from the concept art, we really don't know what the game will be like, and even the entire team behind it hasn't been unveiled yet.
My major complaint with it is that for what it claims to be [an "indie JRPG"] it seems more to be a Western-styled game with a Japanese aesthetic. All of the people handling the gameplay portions are, more-or-less, from the West, while the art/story is being handled in Japan. That might all well and good, but I don't particularly enjoy Western RPG's, and the promise of squad-based gameplay worries me. I would have been much happier if it were turn-based.
Since I'm already backing Mighty No. 9 [$500 pledge] I'm questioning whether I should pledge the $120 for the physical Collector's Edition. I really do like the art, but what good will it be if the actual game isn't enjoyable? Regarding Mighty No. 9, I already know what I'll be getting [since it's essentially an established genre, and it's by the father of Mega Man himself!], but for Project Phoenix [a game promising to do so many new things] I need to know more before I commit.
It doesn't help that they're being somewhat deceiving in stating the game that the team has worked on previously but not the roles they were assigned. Some only had minor jobs such as QA, while the Director/Producer [who worked on Steins;Gate] was only a violinist doing the music.
Dead Prince
Banned
10 hours to go.
using the updated KS and old Paypal we are at 941,504. we need about 83,496 to reach the next goal (Fully explorable overworld complete with an upgraded combat transition) hope they make it.
using the updated KS and old Paypal we are at 941,504. we need about 83,496 to reach the next goal (Fully explorable overworld complete with an upgraded combat transition) hope they make it.
zeopower6
Member
PayPal is usually in their emails. It was at 34k~35k last I checked.
Dead Prince
Banned
Kickstarter$929,828
Paypal$34,536
Total $964,364
Paypal$34,536
Total $964,364
TDLink
Member
Current Kickstarter number is:
$975,017
So it is about 15k from the stretch goal now? Or is my math off?
Last update had them at $43,611 for PayPal.
Coupled alongside the current KS total of $978,599, the explorable overworld is pretty much guaranteed at this rate with ~$3400 missing.
$43,611 for PayPal? The kickstarter is currently at $981,845, so I guess they are just about to reach the goal. Such a close call. So glad the overworld is in.
TDLink
Member
Glad we at least got it to that goal. Unfortunatley any other stretch goals are extremely unlikely at this point. Still really pleased that it got this far though. Looking forward to playing the Alpha next year.
They're having a live chat now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjojdtwgcYE
Currently at $1.35 mill funding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjojdtwgcYE
Currently at $1.35 mill funding.
Old thread bumb. They've shown early 3D models of the characters.
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...japans-indie-rpg-feat-aaa-talent/posts/742856
They look good a bit on the shiny side for the hair which the modeler of those models mention will be fixed.
Also a good new artwork design:
https://www.kickstarter.com/project...japans-indie-rpg-feat-aaa-talent/posts/742856
They look good a bit on the shiny side for the hair which the modeler of those models mention will be fixed.
Also a good new artwork design: