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I've had very mixed results with videogames on kickstarter. One took hundreds of thousands of dollars and used it on an unrelated game then went belly up. One i

by shados 10y ago

I've had very mixed results with videogames on kickstarter. One took hundreds of thousands of dollars and used it on an unrelated game then went belly up. One is looking great and produced an awesome beta, but it's been years beyond the target date. Board games are a totally different story. Kickstarter started the the golden age of board games. Some of the best board games ever made come from there. They're almost always successful projects (not always good games, but they deliver at least). And that's not counting all the cool tabletop stuff like wyrmwood accessories. So now I only back board games. And I'm super happy with what I'm getting.

GlennS 10y ago
I've had an opposite experience. Most of the video games I've backed have turned out well, but the only board game I backed was quite meh. The board game was Mottainai. We did play it a few times, but my girlfriend found a strategy that works really well but makes the game boring (always just pray on your turn) on her first try. Data for video games: Great: FTL, Torment: Tides of Numenera. I didn't back the Pen and Paper RPG Numenera which Torment is set in, but it sounds really good. Good: Chaos Reborn, Sunless Sea, Dreamfall Chapters, Elite Dangerous, Broken Sword, Pillars of Eternity Bad: Godus. He made several of my favourite ever games, but Peter Molyneux is not getting a pre-order from me again. I can only assume that someone else was the talent at Bullfrog and Lionhead. Not finished yet: Battletech, Maia (early access is available and looks good) Never made: Unwritten. This was a victim of the US medical system. A refund was offered. Failed to meet target (therefore payment not taken): Ars Magica Video Game, The Ship: Full Steam Ahead, Nexus 2.
- M_Grey 10y ago
  The only things I've ever backed are FTL, Torment, Cryamore, and um... SnotBot (not a game). I must say, you took a lot of chances that I decided not to, and most of them turned out pretty well. This reinforces my belief that Kickstarter is really what you make of it.
  - GlennS 10y ago
    In hindsight, I could have bought most of these games for cheaper afterwards, so they weren't good deals for me personally. On the other hand, without Kickstarter a lot of those games would not have been made.
- XaspR8d 10y ago
  RE: Mottaini - always-pray is definitely annoying, but I don't think it holds up with deeper strategy. If your opponent is doing it vehemently, remember that you now have absolute control over what actions they take, and find a route that you can exploit much better than them. It's a very strange game, and one that will not match everyone's tastes, but I definitely think it falls right in line with Chudyk's other work and was a great value.
- hythloday 10y ago
  > I can only assume that someone else was the talent at Bullfrog and Lionhead. You should look into the career of the Carter brothers (Simon and Dene).
- al_chemist 10y ago
  It's ironic that you regret buying `Mottainai` since it means `regret`.
weaksauce 10y ago
I backed obduction from the myst creators and that turned out excellent. (Near the end of the game it felt a little bit directionless because you can go anywhere and sometimes you have to backtrack a bit. There is a puzzle that is unnecessarily annoying too because the level loading takes a long time and you have to do it a lot for that one in particular.) Other than that it was myst in a fps and the game is really good otherwise.

by shados 10y ago

GlennS 10y ago

I've had an opposite experience. Most of the video games I've backed have turned out well, but the only board game I backed was quite meh. The board game was Mottainai. We did play it a few times, but my girlfriend found a strategy that works really well but makes the game boring (always just pray on your turn) on her first try. Data for video games: Great: FTL, Torment: Tides of Numenera. I didn't back the Pen and Paper RPG Numenera which Torment is set in, but it sounds really good. Good: Chaos Reborn, Sunless Sea, Dreamfall Chapters, Elite Dangerous, Broken Sword, Pillars of Eternity Bad: Godus. He made several of my favourite ever games, but Peter Molyneux is not getting a pre-order from me again. I can only assume that someone else was the talent at Bullfrog and Lionhead. Not finished yet: Battletech, Maia (early access is available and looks good) Never made: Unwritten. This was a victim of the US medical system. A refund was offered. Failed to meet target (therefore payment not taken): Ars Magica Video Game, The Ship: Full Steam Ahead, Nexus 2.

M_Grey 10y ago
The only things I've ever backed are FTL, Torment, Cryamore, and um... SnotBot (not a game). I must say, you took a lot of chances that I decided not to, and most of them turned out pretty well. This reinforces my belief that Kickstarter is really what you make of it.
- GlennS 10y ago
  In hindsight, I could have bought most of these games for cheaper afterwards, so they weren't good deals for me personally. On the other hand, without Kickstarter a lot of those games would not have been made.
XaspR8d 10y ago
RE: Mottaini - always-pray is definitely annoying, but I don't think it holds up with deeper strategy. If your opponent is doing it vehemently, remember that you now have absolute control over what actions they take, and find a route that you can exploit much better than them. It's a very strange game, and one that will not match everyone's tastes, but I definitely think it falls right in line with Chudyk's other work and was a great value.
hythloday 10y ago
> I can only assume that someone else was the talent at Bullfrog and Lionhead. You should look into the career of the Carter brothers (Simon and Dene).
al_chemist 10y ago
It's ironic that you regret buying `Mottainai` since it means `regret`.

weaksauce 10y ago

I backed obduction from the myst creators and that turned out excellent. (Near the end of the game it felt a little bit directionless because you can go anywhere and sometimes you have to backtrack a bit. There is a puzzle that is unnecessarily annoying too because the level loading takes a long time and you have to do it a lot for that one in particular.) Other than that it was myst in a fps and the game is really good otherwise.