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It walks the line of a scam imo. They have developed and released enough of a "game" to keep stringing people along and pulling the correct heart strings to kee

• smcin 2y ago
  "Term limits" for Kickstarter games...? On the other hand we have the Asmodee Digital business model: release an (initially) broken game somewhat on schedule with tons of bugs (Terraforming Mars) and only start fixing a few of the bugs if you sell enough copies [0]. But don't fix enough of them to the level where the digital version is as playable as the physical version, not for 5 years at least... in all sincerity I don't know why it's not acceptable to call something a beta release, price it and set expectations accordingly - but with a defined timeline (or revenue goal) to when it should become fully playable. I'm also reminded of the failed Mycroft AI voice assistant [1]. [0]: https://videogamegeek.com/thread/2206151/cthulhu-reviews-terraforming-mars-comparing-the-di https://videogamegeek.com/thread/2206151/cthulhu-reviews-ter... [1]: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=mycroft+ai https://hn.algolia.com/?q=mycroft+ai
• yungporko 2y ago
  yeah i believe that it isn't an intentional scam, but from the POV of a customer, it would be totally indistinguishable from one and the end result is the same: taking money from gullible people for a promise that will never be fulfilled. i think it's just a poorly managed pipe dream product that won't ever get out of development hell. if the people involved in the management were half decent at their jobs they would have stopped expanding the scope and shipped the originally promised game 5 years ago, and then carried on releasing expansions like elite does.