[cdred]

Youtube Live:

http://www.kickstart...saken-virtues-0

[Aver]

Kickstarter by guy who paid 20M$ for a personal trip to the International Space Station, but can't afford 1M$ to finance his own game.

[Chromie92]

I'm interested since Ultima Online is one of the best MMO's I have ever played but I'm not donating to this.

[Jack in the green]

Aver said:

Kickstarter by guy who paid 20M$ for a personal trip to the International Space Station, but can't afford 1M$ to finance his own game. ›››

That's an interesting piece of information right there...

You know, like in any discipline, when you do not exercise it, you kind of become a rusted sword... thats my opinion... AND if you spent 10-15 years doing NOTHING, and suddenly want to come back, at least come back with fresher ideas... dont come back to say, "Im gonna do the same"... thats just lame.

As an example, I did enjoy a lot of adventure games by Roberta Williams and Jane Jensen, back in the day... but I would not spend a dime on any "new" projects of them (if they would come up) for the sake of it or for nostalgia. That just feels wrong.

[Kodaemon]

Aver said:

Kickstarter by guy who paid 20M$ for a personal trip to the International Space Station, but can't afford 1M$ to finance his own game. ›››

Forsaken virtues indeed.

[slimgrin]

This kickstarter stuff is going to crash like e-business did in the 90's.

[gregski]

Jack in the green said:

You know, like in any discipline, when you do not exercise it, you kind of become a rusted sword... thats my opinion... AND if you spent 10-15 years doing NOTHING, and suddenly want to come back, at least come back with fresher ideas... dont come back to say, "Im gonna do the same"... thats just lame. ›››

Uhmm, actually, doesn't it apply to most of the latest famous KS projects?

[Aver]

gregski said:

Uhmm, actually, doesn't it apply to most of the latest famous KS projects? />/>/> ›››

Brian Fargo was active. Obsidian guys too. Creator of Starcitizen was active too.

But Richard Garriott (Lord British) was kinda active too. 6 years ago he made Tabula Rasa. It was failure, but still, he wasn't inactive.

[Kindo]

Ridiculous. Having so many millions to spend on being a space tourist (it's seriously a ridiculous amount of money), but then have the nerve to put up a "passion project" on Kickstarter, asking for help to finance his game. No, this is not what Kickstarter should be used for.

[Jack in the green]

gregski said:

Uhmm, actually, doesn't it apply to most of the latest famous KS projects? />/>/>/> ›››

No. Tim Schafer's company, Double Fine, is an example of a great independent and thriving studio...; the guys of Project Eternity, though many could say fucked up some of their games, have great talent in the team, also NEW people; Brian Fargo (responsible of the new Torment game) has been active in the industry all these years.

Lord British is a different breed, not only is he a pompous git (as Bloth would put it />), he sounds like a washed up rockstar that got some hits 30 years ago, and NOW wants to do a tour and cash on nostalgic fans.

There's been a small number of oportunistic approaches to Kickstarter, (THAT is correct) but I think anyone who doesnt have shit between their ears can see them through as what they are...

[Aver]

Sorry, I was wrong about Mr. Garriott's space trip...he didn't pay 20M$, he paid 30M$!

http://en.wikipedia....i/Space_tourism

[Gibb_Geralt]

Naah.

[the Fixer]

Kindo said:

No, this is not what Kickstarter should be used for. ›››

Why not? If fools want to pay let the fools pay, me says.

[monotoy]

Aver said:

Sorry, I was wrong about Mr. Garriott's space trip...he didn't pay 20M$, he paid 30M$! />

http://en.wikipedia....i/Space_tourism ›››

funny how it went from $20m to $40m in a few years, one would expect and hope that this stuff gets cheaper after all

[gregski]

Aver said:

Brian Fargo was active. Obsidian guys too. Creator of Starcitizen was active too.

But Richard Garriott (Lord British) was kinda active too. 6 years ago he made Tabula Rasa. It was failure, but still, he wasn't inactive. ›››

Yeah, but "being active" doesn't really mean working on something truly significant. Roberts from Star Citizen, yeah he was active. Last time in the film industry. But at least he actually had some work already done when he started his crowdfunding campaign.

So that's actually more than one lousy artwork and "we will do it just like we used to do it in the good old days" slogan that so many others used.

[HomemComH]

He was awarded $32 million for the NCSoft lawsuit in 2011, fuck you Lord British.

[Sirnaq]

Ehh is that gameplay footage? It looks... bad.

[Kindo]

He also built a castle for himself, apparently. :/

[Aver]

Kindo said:

He also built a castle for himself, apparently. :/ ›››

And it was in MTV Cribs! This guy surely has a SWAG!

[cdred]

I have to say I'm not convinced about this project at all. I was hoping we could get something similar to Ultima 7 but it's definitely not going to happen. Oh well ...