NoFaceNico
Member
Sometimes they do:
Sometimes they don't:
But yes, it is shady as hell and from what we're seeing so far I don't think this project is below pulling a stunt like this.
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RED ASH Kickstarter crashes n burns (Comcept/Inafune/Hyde making Mega Man Legends 3)
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Sometimes they do:
Sometimes they don't:
But yes, it is shady as hell and from what we're seeing so far I don't think this project is below pulling a stunt like this.
twothunder
Member
Quickly went from
$487,266 current pledge level
to
6,065 backers
$486,511
pledged of $800,000 goal
3 days to go
And they once had $489.784 before too
It's losing backers fast now. Not surprising.
$487,266 current pledge level
to
6,065 backers
$486,511
pledged of $800,000 goal
3 days to go
And they once had $489.784 before too
It's losing backers fast now. Not surprising.
ThatStupidLion
Member
just coming into this....
is this essentially Mighty No. 9 Legends?
is this essentially Mighty No. 9 Legends?
Yes. We should probably wait for Beck.EXE next.
qft. people have been saltier than fuck. I mean it's like the Mno.9 hate multiplied with FUD and gave birth to the commenters on this KS.
This is a donation out of love, for me. I don't have a lot to give, but I will give a bit, and since all I want is a Legends game, my bar is set at a realistic level. Not to disparage the expectations and demands of others, but I just want to see the thing made, completed, and have a decent amount of content. that's it.
Phoenix Fang
Banned
I really can't understand the hate this guy gets. I find it disgusting considering this place is supposed to be full of mature gamers.
I see the kickstarter getting a lot of hate, not the individual. In my opinion, it was badly run.
I finally pulled out ($229).
I don't expect this to get funded, but in the off chance it does (and it's not fraud), I do not want to be involved with a company like Fuze.
If the final Kalkanon eventually comes out, and is not a disaster, that's great, and I'll get it.
But given everything with Fuze and Hyde, I am expecting problems over the next few years.
twothunder
Member
Can't blame you.
I didn't back. Had my doubts from the beginning. And after all of this.. I'm glad I didn't
Chairmanchuck
Member
Hate is a strong word, but his decisions should be criticized. He first announced MN9, which was cool. But no physical edition to get if you back IIRC.
Then later he did another KS for the voice acting of MN9.
Then he announced an anime, so you might wonder why he needed to ask fans to fund Voice Acting for this.
Then somehow now you can get a physical edition of MN9, but from what I can see backers cant get it, if nothing changed.
And he sold the rights for a live action movie.
Then he asked fans to pledge for this project, while already finding a publisher as it seems.
I do not know why this doesnt grant us the right to criticize Inafune.
Btw. I wonder what this 8 hours of content mean. I mean usually when a publisher says something like that, the games are shorter than advertised most of the time.
Quadraphonic
Member
They had a publisher?
Well, there goes my $89 pledge. I'll buy the physical copy later for half the price.
Well, there goes my $89 pledge. I'll buy the physical copy later for half the price.
Diablohead
Member
This sums up why their kickstarter is beyond dumb right now, I would be doing the same thing if I had money on the table.
D
Diggeh
Unconfirmed Member
April Fools! It's being made regardless. Now he can say we the fans were the reason it almost failed. Inafune the hero!
what a mess
Fuze is a new company and started presumably after the Chinese gaming ban was lifted. It also looks like Nvidia and others funded it, (as per a Gaffer.)
I wouldn't be surprised if they convinced this company to publish for them on the cheap now that they have money given to them and no prior experience on anything else gaming-related which they would need for their supposed "new" console.
Either way, as a game developer I would NOT consider them to publish my game. Way too risky.
That is a fate worst than if the Original Ks failed just like it was supposed to . I mean it is bad enough that I can never play legends 3 but this too. Legends fans can never catch a break
This is what I really want
boviscopophobic
Member
Was it already mentioned here that the Fuze website appears to be using unauthorized art assets?
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
Their latest kickstarter was a mess. They deserve to be called out on it. Any more than that and people need to calm down.
^^ that doesn't inspire confidence. I doubt they had a publisher when this was started. Once they knew the game wasn't going to reach it's goals they probably sent out some feelers to contacts. Or Fuze contacted them after seeing it wasn't going to get funded.
Was it already mentioned here that the Fuze website appears to be using unauthorized art assets?
Yup, and that their console was supposed to come out in June 2015...
Like man, like you couldn't just wait to get a good publisher and had to find one ASAP while the KS was still happening.
Caffeine
Member
Was it already mentioned here that the Fuze website appears to be using unauthorized art assets?
thats what im saying its suspicious lol
Stone Ocean
Member
Ok, I'm approaching "tinfoil money laundering scheme conspiracies" levels of cynicism right nowWas it already mentioned here that the Fuze website appears to be using unauthorized art assets?
I'm going to guess there is someone high up at fuze that's a giant legends fan.
NoFaceNico
Member
Gosh! Why, what ever made you think of that?
Was it the sketchy website? The missed deadline they haven't take down? The fact that they're based in the Cayman Islands? Their incredibly vague goal to make "the most famous Chinese brand for Game Console". The fact that they haven't ever produced anything?
Was it already mentioned here that the Fuze website appears to be using unauthorized art assets?
This just cements the point that they found a random publisher within the past week or so to save the game, as they didn't expect the Kickstarter to fumble as hard as it did X(.
Watch as the game gets canceled next year due to legal issues with FUZE :'(.
Stone Ocean
Member
It was probably the Ouya, who makes games for that?
NoFaceNico
Member
That's actually a stab they were taking at Ouya... I guess??
"Low configuration!"
What the fuck does that even mean?? Is that a form of criticism or insult? Y'know what, forget I asked. The rules in the universe that Inafune and Fuze live in don't apply to ours.
Edit:
Actually, yeah! I think I will use that as an insult.
Firmus_Anguis
Banned
The MN9 kickstarter felt genuine by comparison and was handled way better.
Besides, which many have pointed out, the jury is still out on wether MN9 is actually a good game or not - Hopefully it is!
Besides, which many have pointed out, the jury is still out on wether MN9 is actually a good game or not - Hopefully it is!
NoFaceNico
Member
Dynamite Shikoku
Congratulations, you really deserve it!
That Fuze website is hilarious.
boviscopophobic
Member
So, given that adding map section "B" was going to cost $500K, and the completed map goes up to section D, this suggests that they were planning on getting at least $2.3 million from Kickstarter. Whoops.
Credit where credit is due, at least this update is clearly explained, not self-contradictory, and doesn't seem to raise any major new unanswered questions.
rockman zx
Member
So Fuze is paying $1.500.000 and backers will pay $800.000 for the Challenge Dungeon ,Tyger Playable Character and Call & Gofer Village Reconstruction .
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Guess there won't be any Challenge Dungeon ,Tyger Playable Character or Call & Gofer Village Reconstruction then.
Wildschwein
Member
I'm not backing out just yet, but in that cheap empty gesture kind of way, because this KS isn't going anywhere.
They're not getting to 800k unless something big happens.
You're right, that's not constructive at all.
So, all the stuff that originally the prologue game was going to have alongside the scale of the world will still be intact, while we are getting PS4 and X1 ports on top of it all.
Then, for stretch goals, they are very minor things that aren't a huge deal, so if they don't get funded, the core game doesn't suffer in any meaningful way?
.....Despite how horrid this Kickstarter was run, the end result isn't as bad as I thought it would be. I honestly didn't think the game would have happened last week, but here we are with Fuze seemingly coming out of the ether to save the day XD.
I watched the GT Time about this last night and I just couldn't stop laughing XD. How confused everyone got alongside the facial expressions as Kyle was describing the Kickstarter was pure goal :').
Graphics Horse
Member
Hmm. I think they should have thrown a bunch more rewards into the default ' stretch' goal if they really expect this to work.
Alex_Mexico
Member
Good Lord, by the end of that podcast I hated the blonde dude that's sitting by himself. He asks about everything and comes across as really really ignorant of every of same topic! "So you can still pull out your money from the Kickstarter, right?". Christ.
And he does this all the time every week.
Stone Ocean
Member
Oh, so they funded the whole prologue game instead of just the base?
That's... nice. I would be pretty excited if I didn't think Fuze was shady but then again they can be triad figureheads for all I care if they actually pay for the game. I hope development goes all right