The
TAKEDOWN Kickstarter Page offers a few changes from when this fundraising proposal launched
earlier this month for a "Crowdsourced Hardcore Tactical Shooter." There's
an article on Kotaku explaining what's different (as we have entered an era when even crowdsourcing gets rebooted), regretting their failures at conveying why gamers should be excited about this project and picking a name that "SUCKED." In addition to the new title, the site offers new art and other resources to attempt to convey what to expect. Word is: "Will we be successful? Time will tell. We'll write a postmortem for other game developers to learn from, so no matter what we hope to make the landscape better for others. But no one will be able to say we gave up."
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Verno wrote on Mar 27, 2012, 08:37:
NKD wrote on Mar 27, 2012, 08:30: This whole "Lets kick out the publishers and do everything via crowdsourcing" shtick is going to get a lot of people burned as these things get funded and then go tits up or end up being terrible. Those things happen in the traditional publisher segment all the damned time, I'm not really seeing much of a difference. I'd rather get the odd indie flop if it means getting more creative efforts.
Aren't TOR servers emptying out btw? Well this time it will be us getting burned when a project doesn't make it to completion, not some publisher. In what world is paying sight-unseen a smart consumer decision? The only Kickstarters I'll ever pay for are the ones with a working alpha I can play right now. That shows at least some level of commitment.
Regarding TOR servers, I have no idea, I don't play anymore. I know most of the hardcore players are gone because of the made-for-morons content that makes WoW endgame look like waterboarding. |
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Mar 26, 20:33 |
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Mar 26, 21:04 |
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Mar 26, 21:49 |
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Mar 26, 21:57 |
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Mar 26, 22:08 |
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Mar 27, 01:47 |
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Mar 27, 01:49 |
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Mar 27, 06:15 |
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Mar 27, 12:09 |
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Mar 26, 22:36 |
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Mar 26, 23:21 |
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Mar 26, 23:25 |
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Mar 27, 07:53 |
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Mar 27, 08:30 |
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Mar 27, 08:37 |
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Mar 27, 08:49 |
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Mar 27, 09:24 |
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Mar 27, 10:18 |
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Mar 27, 09:40 |
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Mar 27, 10:06 |
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Mar 27, 18:08 |
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Mar 27, 18:42 |
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Mar 27, 11:37 |
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Mar 27, 20:40 |
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Mar 28, 02:35 |
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Mar 28, 07:27 |
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Mar 28, 09:47 |
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Mar 29, 07:40 |
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Mar 29, 09:37 |
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