31st May 2017, 6:00 AM
Now that a lot of these Kickstarter games are out, I think it's about time to take stock of this particular one.
As it turns out, when developers already getting massive backing from external parties also go for a Kickstarter, it isn't the best sign. Might Number 9 and Yooka Laylee didn't get the most glowing reviews. Personally, I thought Yooka was a decent game and better than Mighty Number 9 turned out to be, but neither one really lives up to the sheer cash put into those things. The best of these sorts of projects turned out to be InXile's RPGs, which have received glowing reviews from lots of people (and some hate from a certain class of elitist nerd that just couldn't accept certain ultimately minor decisions).
I'm having some doubts about this particular project now. It became clear with Mighty Number 9 (and Comcept's other ideas, like ReCore), that Inafune isn't quite the talent he considers himself to be. Considering the ego trip that Iga also goes through in his promotional video, it's worth worrying about this new project. As for Shenmu 3, why was that ever crowdfunded at all? At least with the established developers, they were no longer with their original companies and were working with some startups, so it made a bit more sense, but Shenmu is being made by Sega, using Sony money, and they still wanted our's. The Shenmu 3 project is... sadly pretty fishy.
As it turns out, when developers already getting massive backing from external parties also go for a Kickstarter, it isn't the best sign. Might Number 9 and Yooka Laylee didn't get the most glowing reviews. Personally, I thought Yooka was a decent game and better than Mighty Number 9 turned out to be, but neither one really lives up to the sheer cash put into those things. The best of these sorts of projects turned out to be InXile's RPGs, which have received glowing reviews from lots of people (and some hate from a certain class of elitist nerd that just couldn't accept certain ultimately minor decisions).
I'm having some doubts about this particular project now. It became clear with Mighty Number 9 (and Comcept's other ideas, like ReCore), that Inafune isn't quite the talent he considers himself to be. Considering the ego trip that Iga also goes through in his promotional video, it's worth worrying about this new project. As for Shenmu 3, why was that ever crowdfunded at all? At least with the established developers, they were no longer with their original companies and were working with some startups, so it made a bit more sense, but Shenmu is being made by Sega, using Sony money, and they still wanted our's. The Shenmu 3 project is... sadly pretty fishy.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)