I backed Hollow Knight, D:OS, PoE, D:OS2, Shovel Knight and a few others that I can't quite remember.
Pretty on point quality wise I'd say.
Pretty on point quality wise I'd say.
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Kickstarter - Did you back any games? Were you happy with the results?
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Mighty No 9- backed for $20- I actually think I got my money's worth- if I pledged more for physical items that were lame/late/nonexistent, I'd be pissed. But I got the game day one.
Yooka Laylee- Pledged $30 for digital version- also fine with this. Product was exactly what was promised- Banjo Kazooie Revival. Got money worth.
Friday the 13th- the game- I personally loved this, even if it was quite buggy at first, fun as hell. Even with it effectively killed by the devs after a year, I had enough fun to justify the $20 spent.
And then there are Bloodstained and Shenmue 3- jury's still out, but I'm optimistic. Plus the Bloodstained Curse of the Moon was an unexpected freebie and was cool as shit already and worth playing.
Yooka Laylee- Pledged $30 for digital version- also fine with this. Product was exactly what was promised- Banjo Kazooie Revival. Got money worth.
Friday the 13th- the game- I personally loved this, even if it was quite buggy at first, fun as hell. Even with it effectively killed by the devs after a year, I had enough fun to justify the $20 spent.
And then there are Bloodstained and Shenmue 3- jury's still out, but I'm optimistic. Plus the Bloodstained Curse of the Moon was an unexpected freebie and was cool as shit already and worth playing.
I've backed Mordhau, Shenmue and Bloodstained. Onlyplayed Mordhau so far in backer early release, and love it a lot.
I've backed Shadowrun Hong Kong and both Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2. Ive been more than satisfied with all three and should Larian use kickstarter for Original Sin 3 I plan to back it at a higher tier than I usually do.
The Binding of Isaac: Four Souls - Was enjoyable, well worth the purchase
The Good Life - Not released yet
Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey - Still need to get a PC powerful enough to play the game. Ran icky on PS4.
Pillars of Eternity - Haven't played yet, heard it's good
Carmageddon: Reincarnation - Backed because I loved Carmageddon 2 when I was a kid, haven't played it yet.
Wasteland 2 - Haven't played yet, heard it's good.
Broken Age - Was ok, the ending was meh.
Can't really say I've got my money's worth but hey, showing support is what matters.
The Good Life - Not released yet
Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey - Still need to get a PC powerful enough to play the game. Ran icky on PS4.
Pillars of Eternity - Haven't played yet, heard it's good
Carmageddon: Reincarnation - Backed because I loved Carmageddon 2 when I was a kid, haven't played it yet.
Wasteland 2 - Haven't played yet, heard it's good.
Broken Age - Was ok, the ending was meh.
Can't really say I've got my money's worth but hey, showing support is what matters.
Not really imo. Thimbleweed Park was much closer to what I was expecting. Not even talking about the graphics. I didn't hate it or anything, but it felt like a modern point and click and not a classic one.
Thimbleweed Park is like Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken.
Broken Age is more like Day of the Tentacle and Sam&Max.
Both are variations of LucasArts classic adventures, which was part of the pitch for the project.
Mighty no. 9
$60
Stopped me from ever supporting another game on kickstarter to this day.
Unless I get refunded $60
$60
Stopped me from ever supporting another game on kickstarter to this day.
Unless I get refunded $60
Released
Tower Unite - released, game is very good.
KARAKARA - Boring VN
ARCANA HEART 3 SIX STARS - released, pretty good
Yooka-Laylee - released, game was good
Tower 57 - released, haven't played it much but rather good
De Mambo - released, never played
Muv-Luv - released, haven't read it yet
Friday the 13th - released, bad game
Root Double - released, good game
The Grisaia Trilogy - released, haven't read it yet
A Hat in Time - released and awesome!
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - released and pretty good
Mighty No. 9 - released, have just slightly tested but seems very ok-ish.
Hyper Light Drifter - released, but never played
Hover - released, kinda cool but seems cheap overall
In dev
Indivisible - Nothing released - Est Jan 2018
Subverse - kickstarter just started but the team seems grounded - Est Jan 2020
Re:Legend - beta released, wasn't very good - Est Jun 2018
Knuckle Sandwich - Nothing released - Est Jan 2019
Temtem - beta released, seems good - Est Sep 2019
A Clockwork Ley-Line - partially released, not read but heard its a botched release for now - Est Jan 2018
Pixel Noir - small demo released, seems promising - Est Nov 2016
Heart Forth, Alicia - Nothing released - Est Apr 2015
Children of Morta - Betas have been released and seems ok, full game not out yet - Est Oct 2015
Bloodstained - Side game and beta/Demo released, seems promising - Est Mar 2017
Abandoned
Code Hero - Nothing released - Est Feb 2012
Project Phoenix - Nothing released - Est Mar 2015
Tower Unite - released, game is very good.
KARAKARA - Boring VN
ARCANA HEART 3 SIX STARS - released, pretty good
Yooka-Laylee - released, game was good
Tower 57 - released, haven't played it much but rather good
De Mambo - released, never played
Muv-Luv - released, haven't read it yet
Friday the 13th - released, bad game
Root Double - released, good game
The Grisaia Trilogy - released, haven't read it yet
A Hat in Time - released and awesome!
Shantae: Half-Genie Hero - released and pretty good
Mighty No. 9 - released, have just slightly tested but seems very ok-ish.
Hyper Light Drifter - released, but never played
Hover - released, kinda cool but seems cheap overall
In dev
Indivisible - Nothing released - Est Jan 2018
Subverse - kickstarter just started but the team seems grounded - Est Jan 2020
Re:Legend - beta released, wasn't very good - Est Jun 2018
Knuckle Sandwich - Nothing released - Est Jan 2019
Temtem - beta released, seems good - Est Sep 2019
A Clockwork Ley-Line - partially released, not read but heard its a botched release for now - Est Jan 2018
Pixel Noir - small demo released, seems promising - Est Nov 2016
Heart Forth, Alicia - Nothing released - Est Apr 2015
Children of Morta - Betas have been released and seems ok, full game not out yet - Est Oct 2015
Bloodstained - Side game and beta/Demo released, seems promising - Est Mar 2017
Abandoned
Code Hero - Nothing released - Est Feb 2012
Project Phoenix - Nothing released - Est Mar 2015
Successful pledges (~ 500€)
- All Walls Must Fall: A Tech-Noir Tactics Game - Launched it, but never got to play it further (something must came up).
- Banner Saga 3 - Backed because I liked & finished 1st, however never got to play 2nd so didn't play the 3rd :D
- The House of Da Vinci - Finished. I did enjoy it.
- Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Still didn't finish the 1st :( So the same fate as Banner Saga...
- Perception - Launched it, but wasn't too much into it when I was playing it. I guess I should try once more.
- The Bards Tale IV - Despite the general feedback I did enjoy it - 45 hrs in, but something came up. I hope to pick it up with the upcoming major Director's Cut update in June '19.
- Shadowrun: Hong Kong - Backed because I liked & finished the first - Shadowrun Returns, but didn't get to play the others.
- Concrete Jungle - I played it, just little bit. Didn't grab me that much.
- BEDLAM - Never played it.
- Kingdom Come: Deliverance - I played it, just little bit. First impression with the sword fighting left me with sour taste. Probably my fault - I just didn't bother to try harder I guess? And something came up.
- Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire - Played it on the launch - I did enjoy it - 58 hrs in. I hope to get back in now when all the DLC is out.
==== NOT RELEASED YET ==== - Oddworld: Abe's Origins - Book & Game Collection
- Scorn Part 1 of 2 : Dasein
- Ancient Cities
- Pine - An action adventure game that adapts to you
- Sacred Fire: Psychological RPG about revenge and loyalty
- BEAUTIFUL DESOLATION - Isometric Post-apocalyptic Adventure
- Ghost Theory - A serious take on paranormal research - This looks like it will never see the light. But I still hope.
- Sui Generis - This one may still see the light - but it's a looong run.
- Things from the Flood
- Godhood
Unsuccessful pledges - Raji: An Ancient Epic - Action Adventure in Ancient India (Canceled)
I mostly take Kickstarter or other backing thingy as a support for developers I know or when I want to support something new. I know the risk involved so I don't bother with the outcome as much. I enjoyed the campaign for Pillars II - for other campaigns I wasn't too much involved - like watching all the news, last pledge streams etc...
Video Games I backed (in order):
Wasteland 2
Banner Saga
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Torment: Tides of Numenera
River City Ransom: Underground
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Narita Boy
Bokube
198X
Chained Echoes
The first 5 have all delivered, and they were all pretty good. The second 5 are in production still. Bloodstained and Bokube will likely be out next. Narita Boy and 198X are slow going. Chained Echoes just got funded.
No regrets.
Wasteland 2
Banner Saga
Valdis Story: Abyssal City
Torment: Tides of Numenera
River City Ransom: Underground
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Narita Boy
Bokube
198X
Chained Echoes
The first 5 have all delivered, and they were all pretty good. The second 5 are in production still. Bloodstained and Bokube will likely be out next. Narita Boy and 198X are slow going. Chained Echoes just got funded.
No regrets.
I liked Broken Age Part 1. Part 2 happened far enough removed from Part 1 that I lost interest.
I loved Pillars of Eternity 1&2!
I didn't like Carmageddon: Reincarnation - the performance was never there, pretty disappointing.
Still waiting on Bloodstained and Psychonauts 2 though.
I loved Pillars of Eternity 1&2!
I didn't like Carmageddon: Reincarnation - the performance was never there, pretty disappointing.
Still waiting on Bloodstained and Psychonauts 2 though.
- Shovel Knight: Extremely pleased. Moar please!
- Yooka-Laylee: Simply okay at best.
- Bloodstained: Waiting. Curse of the Moon was amazing though!
- Yooka-Laylee: Simply okay at best.
- Bloodstained: Waiting. Curse of the Moon was amazing though!
I thought I'd backed more than this, but Kickstarter tells me I've backed:
Moebius - hah, this was terrible. The Gabriel Knight remake was worse than the original, but Moebius was just full on awful. A real shame.
Thimbleweed Park - wonderful, exactly what I'd hoped it would be.
Ikenfell - delayed but seems to be ongoing. I'm not even sure I'll really play it much in the end, but I liked the idea (Earthbound x Harry Potter).
Crimson Echoes - just backed this, looks Xenogears-y.
Other "Kickstarter" games I've definitely bought, even if I didn't back them:
Broken Age - didn't play part 2. I actually think it's a really polished and engaging experience... but you can't skip lines of dialogue! I read really fast, and can't be bothered to sit there and listen all the time...
Hyper Light Drifter - absolutely loved this, even if I had no hope of discovering all of its secrets because I am crap at games.
Crossing Souls - this was fine, although not top tier stuff.
Moebius - hah, this was terrible. The Gabriel Knight remake was worse than the original, but Moebius was just full on awful. A real shame.
Thimbleweed Park - wonderful, exactly what I'd hoped it would be.
Ikenfell - delayed but seems to be ongoing. I'm not even sure I'll really play it much in the end, but I liked the idea (Earthbound x Harry Potter).
Crimson Echoes - just backed this, looks Xenogears-y.
Other "Kickstarter" games I've definitely bought, even if I didn't back them:
Broken Age - didn't play part 2. I actually think it's a really polished and engaging experience... but you can't skip lines of dialogue! I read really fast, and can't be bothered to sit there and listen all the time...
Hyper Light Drifter - absolutely loved this, even if I had no hope of discovering all of its secrets because I am crap at games.
Crossing Souls - this was fine, although not top tier stuff.
Shovel Knight: Awesome, over-delivered at every turn, still more on the way.
Broken Age: Game was disappointing (ended up being okay I guess), documentary is absolutely fantastic.
Mighty No 9: Pretty bad
Yooka-Laylee: Okay but haven't played more than a few hours of this. Not really sure why I backed this as I'm not a huge fan of the Rare N64 collectathons
Bloodstained: TBA on the main game, but Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is great and should make backing the game worth it.
A note that I haven't backed at high tiers on any of those games and it's mainly been in the $20-50 range.
Broken Age: Game was disappointing (ended up being okay I guess), documentary is absolutely fantastic.
Mighty No 9: Pretty bad
Yooka-Laylee: Okay but haven't played more than a few hours of this. Not really sure why I backed this as I'm not a huge fan of the Rare N64 collectathons
Bloodstained: TBA on the main game, but Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon is great and should make backing the game worth it.
A note that I haven't backed at high tiers on any of those games and it's mainly been in the $20-50 range.
I know there have been some serious issues with some of the games.
BUT
I've had so many great successes
FTL, Torment, Elite:Dangerous, Pillars of Eternity, Grim Dawn, Shadowrun Returns, Banner Saga, Wasteland 2, Defense Grid 2,
Other games that came out (So they delvered the product), I just didnt really care for them: Castle Story, Broken Sword
Star Citizen: The Game hasnt been 100% released or delivered, BUT I have enjoyed the watching the production of this game as it goes through it steps.
BUT
I've had so many great successes
FTL, Torment, Elite:Dangerous, Pillars of Eternity, Grim Dawn, Shadowrun Returns, Banner Saga, Wasteland 2, Defense Grid 2,
Other games that came out (So they delvered the product), I just didnt really care for them: Castle Story, Broken Sword
Star Citizen: The Game hasnt been 100% released or delivered, BUT I have enjoyed the watching the production of this game as it goes through it steps.
Mighty No 9 - nope
Amplitude - nah
Pinball Arcade: Addams Family - ended up buying it separate with the season, but glad it was made
Bloodstained - still waiting, but I loved the spinoff game
Shenmue 3 - still waiting
Divinity Original Sin 2 - sure, happy
Battletech - very very happy
Overload - very very happy
System Shock Remake - still waiting
Xydonia - heard the devs are struggling, OK with waiting for now
Hypnospace Outlaw - very very happy
Jupiter Hell - waiting
Starmancer - waiting
Project Wingman - waiting
Bushiden - waiting
Amplitude - nah
Pinball Arcade: Addams Family - ended up buying it separate with the season, but glad it was made
Bloodstained - still waiting, but I loved the spinoff game
Shenmue 3 - still waiting
Divinity Original Sin 2 - sure, happy
Battletech - very very happy
Overload - very very happy
System Shock Remake - still waiting
Xydonia - heard the devs are struggling, OK with waiting for now
Hypnospace Outlaw - very very happy
Jupiter Hell - waiting
Starmancer - waiting
Project Wingman - waiting
Bushiden - waiting
I was pretty late to the Kickstarter scene and missed supporting a lot of cool projects such as Hollow Knight. However, I've been on a bit of a KS splurge in recent months.
Hazelnut Bastille, Monster Sanctuary, Towaga 2 and OMNO come to mind, though there may be another one or two.
The only game I backed before the last few months was Yooka-Laylee. While it was disappointing, I did have fun with it.
Hazelnut Bastille, Monster Sanctuary, Towaga 2 and OMNO come to mind, though there may be another one or two.
The only game I backed before the last few months was Yooka-Laylee. While it was disappointing, I did have fun with it.
Mighty No. 9 was my first and probably biggest mistake, but I didn't put too much into it. Everything else has turned out ok to great.
Stopped backing when I came to the realization that anything exclusive I would be getting via that method was either too expensive or not worth it. Many kickstarted games were having retail releases being put out sooner or more conveniently than for backers (Muv Luv was bad about this), and I just felt like if there is something I want I'll just wait and be just as happy picking it up in the store.
Stopped backing when I came to the realization that anything exclusive I would be getting via that method was either too expensive or not worth it. Many kickstarted games were having retail releases being put out sooner or more conveniently than for backers (Muv Luv was bad about this), and I just felt like if there is something I want I'll just wait and be just as happy picking it up in the store.
I've backed various games over the years... backed what became Broken Age and Republique. Never played either haha. Actually, I never even redeemed my codes for them.
More recently I've backed Flynn Son of Crimson, Hazelnut Bastille, and LUNARK. None of those have released yet, but I'll certainly play those. I don't back at super high tiers (enough to get the game and pay for a couple extra goodies so that the devs get some extra money towards dev), so I don't worry about it too much. I understand that it's a risk and I'm not promised anything. All in all, I think Kickstarter for games is great. A lot of great games that wouldn't exist otherwise have been made and released thanks to Kickstarter. That outweighs the disappointments for me.
Hey, thanks! :) Was hoping to see more Bushiden backers LOL
More recently I've backed Flynn Son of Crimson, Hazelnut Bastille, and LUNARK. None of those have released yet, but I'll certainly play those. I don't back at super high tiers (enough to get the game and pay for a couple extra goodies so that the devs get some extra money towards dev), so I don't worry about it too much. I understand that it's a risk and I'm not promised anything. All in all, I think Kickstarter for games is great. A lot of great games that wouldn't exist otherwise have been made and released thanks to Kickstarter. That outweighs the disappointments for me.
Hey, thanks! :) Was hoping to see more Bushiden backers LOL
I've backed:
Aegis Defenders
Battle Chasers
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Chasm
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Flynn Son of Crimson
Heart Forth, Alicia
Hollow Knight
Hyper Light Drifter
Legend of Iya
Massive Chalice
Mighty No 9
Pier Solar HD
Project Eternity
Project Phoenix
Strength of the Sword: ULTIMATE
Time Spinner
Unsung Story
Warmachine Tactics
All in all I think most of those that have come out have turned out pretty well. Some of them are downright classic entries in their genre, like Hollow Knight.
A few obvious ones are stinkers... But Unsung Story for example may actually come out.
Aegis Defenders
Battle Chasers
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
Chasm
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Flynn Son of Crimson
Heart Forth, Alicia
Hollow Knight
Hyper Light Drifter
Legend of Iya
Massive Chalice
Mighty No 9
Pier Solar HD
Project Eternity
Project Phoenix
Strength of the Sword: ULTIMATE
Time Spinner
Unsung Story
Warmachine Tactics
All in all I think most of those that have come out have turned out pretty well. Some of them are downright classic entries in their genre, like Hollow Knight.
A few obvious ones are stinkers... But Unsung Story for example may actually come out.
Seems like the current dev has been updating his progress lately but I haven't bothered reading them. Man, that was the first time I felt scammed by a KS when they originally announced about the dev breakdown.
I backed three:
Double Fine Adventure (Broken Age)
The Banner Saga
Amplitude HD
I thought all of them were fantastic to varying degrees (Amplitude was my favorite). Of course, none of them were huge gambles either, other than maybe TBS, but the team was made of industry vets as well. These are the only kind of Kickstarters I ever intend to back - ones that have devs with a proven track record.
Double Fine Adventure (Broken Age)
The Banner Saga
Amplitude HD
I thought all of them were fantastic to varying degrees (Amplitude was my favorite). Of course, none of them were huge gambles either, other than maybe TBS, but the team was made of industry vets as well. These are the only kind of Kickstarters I ever intend to back - ones that have devs with a proven track record.
- Ghost Song - Funnily enough this was my first backed project. Really looking forward to it when it releases in 2025, only 11 years after its original date.
- Project Phoenix - lol
- Mighty No. 9 - lol
- Hyper Light Drifter - 8/10
- STASIS - 6/10
- Obduction - 6/10
- Heart Forth, Alicia - Not released. Looking forward to it. Probably wouldn't back this game today though.
- CLANNAD english release - Already played the Japanese VN with a fan patch... just wanted to support the localization.
- Yooka-Laylee - 6.5/10
- Bloodstained - I have moderate hopes for this one.
- Shenmue 3 - Never played a Shenmue but I backed it for Huber.
- System Shock remaster - I really hope they do this game justice. It's looking good so far.
- Prey for the Gods - I have the early access version, but I'm waiting for full release. Trailer was great... hope the game lives up to it.
- Myst 25th anniversary collection - It's Myst, so it's good.
I regret everyday not backing Mordhau. I still play Chivalry and can't believe how long it's taking Mordhau to release. I want to play so bad. Looks incredible.
Shantae HGH
Very satisfied with the results, especially since through the course of releasing the DLC I ended up with a free PC copy on top of the PS4 version I wanted. So much that I also own it on Vita and got the Ultimate Edition Day One physical version on Switch.
I've not backed any other games, though, because unless I'm super confident in the product, I don't want to be part of another debacle like Mighty No 9 or super delay fests like Bloodstained.
Very satisfied with the results, especially since through the course of releasing the DLC I ended up with a free PC copy on top of the PS4 version I wanted. So much that I also own it on Vita and got the Ultimate Edition Day One physical version on Switch.
I've not backed any other games, though, because unless I'm super confident in the product, I don't want to be part of another debacle like Mighty No 9 or super delay fests like Bloodstained.
I backed this one too, and honestly I'm at the point where I assume it's never coming out.
I'm noticing many backing some of the first few games on Kickstarter (and haven't played those games/no longer interested). Did you guys back the games to legitmatize the platform? The Genre? I remember when FTL, Double Fine, PIllars, Wasteland came out, KS backed games was getting a ton of publicity.
I backed Tainted Grail and that one game with hot guys in it made by Zoe Quinn
The first seems to be going great, second sounds like a scam
The first seems to be going great, second sounds like a scam
Oops I forgot non-KS...
Indivisible - waiting, but the demo was excellent
PoE 2 - so far I really like it, better than PoE. Haven't played enough yet tho.
Kingdoms & Castles - played it 10 mins :X
What the Golf? - waiting
Psychonauts 2 - waiting
I am fine with it, and am willing to Kickstart more games. Cautiously. But I've Kickstarted a bunch of media and videogames have BY been the worst managed, and late. Developers need to learn to be more transparent and more conservative with estimates.
My list:
Blasphemous - In Dev. Loving everything I've seen so far
Narita Boy - In Dev. Updates have been sparse, but seems to be progressing well
Yooka Laylee - I like it a lot. Very happy.
Strength of the Sword: Ultimate - Almost here! Pretty excited for this one.
Starcrawlers - Extremely happy with this one. Best $15 I ever spent. Seriously, if you like the old school dungeon crawler games you should give this a try.
Unsung Story - Yeah, this one was a huge mess. But I'm a sucker for anything even remotely Matsuno related so it was worth the risk for me. New studio took it over and while it's not really shaping up to be what I was hoping for, I have been entertained by all the drama and still might get some sort of a game out of it.
Mighty No.9 - Not only did I back this thing, i chose the WiiU version which has a 2 minute load times. I do think that the attention this received probably directly lead to Mega Man 11 existence which is great. So in a way I guess it was worth it? kinda?
Blasphemous - In Dev. Loving everything I've seen so far
Narita Boy - In Dev. Updates have been sparse, but seems to be progressing well
Yooka Laylee - I like it a lot. Very happy.
Strength of the Sword: Ultimate - Almost here! Pretty excited for this one.
Starcrawlers - Extremely happy with this one. Best $15 I ever spent. Seriously, if you like the old school dungeon crawler games you should give this a try.
Unsung Story - Yeah, this one was a huge mess. But I'm a sucker for anything even remotely Matsuno related so it was worth the risk for me. New studio took it over and while it's not really shaping up to be what I was hoping for, I have been entertained by all the drama and still might get some sort of a game out of it.
Mighty No.9 - Not only did I back this thing, i chose the WiiU version which has a 2 minute load times. I do think that the attention this received probably directly lead to Mega Man 11 existence which is great. So in a way I guess it was worth it? kinda?
I have only backed Shenmue, so not sure yet, but it has for sure taken longer than I thought it would.