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What's your favorite Kickstarted game so far?
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Either Omori or Undertale but I'm leaning more towards Omori since it's more recent and also a bigger game that I thought would never come out and yet it's here now and it's amazing.
Its a tie between bloodstained and shovel knight. Both of these games delivered for me on day one and every time I turn around theres more shit coming around the corner for it though shovel knight is finally done with king of cards.
Looking at games I've actually backed, most of them either have failed or have taken so long that by the time they came out, I had lost interest. I still have hope for Sea of Stars & Kingdoms of the Dump. Oh and if Heart Forth, Alicia ever comes out, it should be good (it's years past its initial estimated release date but the developer does give regular updates).
Part of the reason for my track record could be that I tend to focus on the smaller indie titles. The Kickstarters that raise far past their goals, I assume don't need my help and I figure I can just buy them when they come out if they turn out well.
Part of the reason for my track record could be that I tend to focus on the smaller indie titles. The Kickstarters that raise far past their goals, I assume don't need my help and I figure I can just buy them when they come out if they turn out well.
Pillars of Eternity 1 and 2. If Eiyuden Chronicle scratches that old Suikoden itch it might be up there as well. Wasteland 2 deserves a mention, I am not sure if I backed the Divinity games or not.
Same here, though I had issues with it, if I'm being honest; I much preferred the sequel over its prequel.
Shovel Knight or Bloodstained for me. SK has an absurd amount of content and was pretty much 100% what was promised, and Bloodstained is the only game as of late that actually scratched that Metroidvania itch for me (I didn't enjoy Hollow Knight at all)
Bloodstained.
I will remark, however, that all of the ones in the poll left me with good overall impression and despite a few high-profile Kickstart flubs, I do think that it's resulted in more good than bad as far as videogames are concerned.
I will remark, however, that all of the ones in the poll left me with good overall impression and despite a few high-profile Kickstart flubs, I do think that it's resulted in more good than bad as far as videogames are concerned.
Undertale is a cool game, some funny dialogues but I didn't really cared after I finished, Shovel Knight is really good, and Treasure Trove Edition is a great package , but Hollow Knight is a masterpiece, so was a no contest for me, Divinity Original Sin 2 is actually a contender.
I don't know- they all had fuckery to them:
Mighty No 9- took forever, debacle over rewards not being fulfilled. Shoddy game.
Yooka Laylee- to be fair- the kickstarter campaign was fine, and the game was timely. Just a very middling end product.
Friday the 13th- the game- again, here the campaign itself was fine, game release was timely, and I enjoyed it for what it was, while I could- but alas the game got all future support yanked like a year later due to the problems in litigation over the Ft13 license, so it all feels like a waste, and if the license was in question, the project quite frankly shouldn't have happened in the first place.
Bloodstained- took forever to release, and wound up with a shoddy Switch port I truly thought would have more parity with other versions, instead of being a shitshow compared to other versions. Especially heinous since the sold more on Switch than anywhere else.
Shenmue 3- long campaign, game wasn't great, even to early 2000's Shemnue standards, after all this time, that's really the best they could do? Oh- and the whole Epic games debacle made me feel dirty supporting them.
Wonderful 101- kickstarter delivered the game, AFTER launch. fail. Don't. Do. This. Stop screwing backers.
So after all this (which all came about early in the ps4 gen), the only thing I've pledged for in years is Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - I have high hopes- they seem to have learned the lessons from what came before- but I'm not holding my breath- that said, as much as I wanted to support the shit out of this project, I only chipped in for a digital copy this time. Didn't opt for physical (and possible late shipping or people getting the game before me at a cheaper price, and a better looking physical package), and certainly not for any add-on swag, which almost always arrives well past the point anyone even cares about the game anymore. I'll just take a digital code, which should be easy to forward over whenever it launches. (and they physically promised in this campaign that the backers would get this first.- so if they break that, they got problems)
Mighty No 9- took forever, debacle over rewards not being fulfilled. Shoddy game.
Yooka Laylee- to be fair- the kickstarter campaign was fine, and the game was timely. Just a very middling end product.
Friday the 13th- the game- again, here the campaign itself was fine, game release was timely, and I enjoyed it for what it was, while I could- but alas the game got all future support yanked like a year later due to the problems in litigation over the Ft13 license, so it all feels like a waste, and if the license was in question, the project quite frankly shouldn't have happened in the first place.
Bloodstained- took forever to release, and wound up with a shoddy Switch port I truly thought would have more parity with other versions, instead of being a shitshow compared to other versions. Especially heinous since the sold more on Switch than anywhere else.
Shenmue 3- long campaign, game wasn't great, even to early 2000's Shemnue standards, after all this time, that's really the best they could do? Oh- and the whole Epic games debacle made me feel dirty supporting them.
Wonderful 101- kickstarter delivered the game, AFTER launch. fail. Don't. Do. This. Stop screwing backers.
So after all this (which all came about early in the ps4 gen), the only thing I've pledged for in years is Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes - I have high hopes- they seem to have learned the lessons from what came before- but I'm not holding my breath- that said, as much as I wanted to support the shit out of this project, I only chipped in for a digital copy this time. Didn't opt for physical (and possible late shipping or people getting the game before me at a cheaper price, and a better looking physical package), and certainly not for any add-on swag, which almost always arrives well past the point anyone even cares about the game anymore. I'll just take a digital code, which should be easy to forward over whenever it launches. (and they physically promised in this campaign that the backers would get this first.- so if they break that, they got problems)
Hollow Knight by far, one of my favorite games of all time.
Hyper Light Drifter is really good, Shovel Knight I only really liked the Specter campaign.
I refunded Undertale after a hour or so since I didn't like gameplay. Never bought Bloodstained because it probably has the worst art direction I've seen in a game, it's like they pulled assets from a bunch of different games and put it all together.
Hyper Light Drifter is really good, Shovel Knight I only really liked the Specter campaign.
I refunded Undertale after a hour or so since I didn't like gameplay. Never bought Bloodstained because it probably has the worst art direction I've seen in a game, it's like they pulled assets from a bunch of different games and put it all together.
I voted Hollow Knight and it's obviously that one overall.
But I still want to give a shout-out to werezompire's Cosmic Star Heroine because that game was also fantastic and I was proud to be a backer. <3
Other great ones I've played have been CrossCode (backed), Bloodstained (backed) and Blasphemous.
But I still want to give a shout-out to werezompire's Cosmic Star Heroine because that game was also fantastic and I was proud to be a backer. <3
Other great ones I've played have been CrossCode (backed), Bloodstained (backed) and Blasphemous.
FTL, I played like 200 hundred hours of that over a couple of years. Darkest Dungeon at #2.
Funny, the only kickstarter I actually kickstarted was Pillars of Eternity and I never got around to playing more than an hour or so of it.
Funny, the only kickstarter I actually kickstarted was Pillars of Eternity and I never got around to playing more than an hour or so of it.
Bloodstained. It's still getting updated with new features. Classic Mode just came out last month.
Yooka Laylee, I didn't back, but I played it well after the patches and loved it.
Yooka Laylee, I didn't back, but I played it well after the patches and loved it.
Came for this. Truly the greatest kickstarter game without equal
For me, Bloodstained, not only did I get a game I loved with Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (and a nice Signed Collector's Edition), but we also got both Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon, and later Curse of the Moon 2, which were both amazing.
Definitely a franchise I can't wait for more from.
Definitely a franchise I can't wait for more from.
