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Started 1 year ago by DSB
Latest reply from Phoenixblight

DSB
Member

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crateentertainment/grim-dawn

It's gonna get funded in time, but since all excess pledges are only going to make the game better, I feel it's worth beating the drum about.

I've gone in for 35 bucks, for two main reasons.

1) It looks creepy. Pretty much the last hack and slash that looked creepy was Diablo 2. Today it's all about happy clappy dungeoneering in cartoon fantasy lala-land. This ain't, and I like it.

2) It's genuinely indie, but it's also a few guys from Iron Lore, who did Titan Quest.

I wasn't a huge fan of Titan Quest, but I admire it for the same reason guys like OlderGamer really loved it. They made an effort in letting you fine tune your character, and the reason why I didn't get into it was because the world was mostly empty and the NPCs just stood around like statues, with exclamation marks over their heads.

Grim Dawn looks a lot more colorful and vibrant, so I'm thinking this just might be the perfect blend of nerdy tuning, carefully crafted mechanics, and visceral hack and slash goodness.

It's slightly high for a Kickstarter, starting at 18 bucks, but personally I can't wait to see it.

Posted 1 year ago #
OlderGamer
Moderator

That game looks proper awesome.

Hoping to contribute later this week. That is the type of game I was looking for out of Diablo III.

Posted 1 year ago #
viralshag
Member

I've already pledged $35! It does look awesome.

Posted 1 year ago #
freedoms_stain
Moderator

You know I'm not gonna have any time to play OTHER games in 2013 thanks to Kickstarter :-P

Double Fine Adventure, Wasteland 2, Takedown, The Banner Saga (although we'll probably see at least some of that this year if only the multiplayer) and on the recommendation of The Banner Saga guys Valdis Story: Abyssal City (might also come out this year).

I'll probably end up dropping for Grim Dawn too.

Posted 1 year ago #
DSB
Member

It's a small bonus, but I also kinda like the underlying accusation that they weren't allowed to really go with their visions after Titan Quest, even though it was a success.

Having developers break off and do their own thing in spite of their publishers is kinda poetic to me :P

They can take your paychecks, but they can never take... Yer freedom.

Posted 1 year ago #
antitheta
Member

I just contributed at the $250 level. And I had already signed up for the top-end version of their game 2 years ago when they first started working on the game. Honestly, these guys are amazing and it's unbelievable to me that no publisher has picked up this game yet. I hope they meet their goal, and make a TON of cash on this game when it's released.

Posted 1 year ago #
DSB
Member

Damn anti, you're a boss. And also quite a saint.

The target has been reached!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/crateentertainment/grim-dawn

Still hoping to see it go higher though, I'm pretty sure Crate are going to cram as much content in there as they have the money for.

Posted 1 year ago #
Phoenixblight
Member

Well thats good now I don't have to support it and will be pulling my money out and just wait for the actual release to buy it.

Posted 1 year ago #
euro2012
Member

That game is pretty good enough.

Posted 1 year ago #
freedoms_stain
Moderator

They posted a bunch of funding milestones and what they can do at them last night. More content is obviously very welcome - so Phoenix, maybe reconsider pulling out?

I hope making the minimum encourages a lot of new backers. Once a project has its minimum it's less of a risk, and Grim Dawn already looked pretty tasty from day 1 (except for that HUD :p).

Posted 1 year ago #
Phoenixblight
Member

I pulled because I put in more money in my friend's/teachers kickstarter which had made its goal. THis game does look appealing and once it is released I will buy it then not before.

Posted 1 year ago #
freedoms_stain
Moderator

$385,000 raised with 3 days left. I'd really like to see them make the full $480,000 goal, but if that's unattainable I'll settle for the £425,000.

Posted 1 year ago #
DSB
Member

I just really, really don't want to look at another one of these.

I've pitched in on Krater, Carmageddon, Grim Dawn, Banner Saga and Xenonauts.

And now Dead State are preparing a Kickstarter....

May fuck have mercy on us all.

Posted 1 year ago #
freedoms_stain
Moderator

Ok, 14 hours and a little over $18K to the final stretch goal (a new survivor town with new quests and merchants etc).

If anyone is secretly mega-rich, get the cheque book ready.

Posted 1 year ago #
Edo
Member

Just watched the latest melee combat trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xK_GPgyc26o and have to say that even though I know it's in the alpha stage at the moment I'm not impressed at all.It looks really unimaginative(or boring for that matter)and I hope they start to add some active skill related combos which will give some kind of variety to the melee combat.

Posted 1 year ago #
freedoms_stain
Moderator

The footage is pre-Alpha. Part of the reason for the Kickstarter is to get more people on board full time to work on the things that are lacking.

The Alpha won't go live til later this year when the new peeps will have had an impact on the game, beta next year and release 3rd quarter onwards 2013.

Anyhoo, less than 4 grand with 10 hours on the clock, looks like they'll make it.

Posted 1 year ago #
Edo
Member

@freedoms_stain
Ok...thanks for the info.

Posted 1 year ago #
Phoenixblight
Member

Yeah that footage would be that of what we call the first playable. Where you do a quick prototype to show what your game is about.

Just look at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF2mTdSHRRU

Molecule had sold their idea for LBP with just that.

Posted 1 year ago #

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