I'm uncomfortable with this latest trend by video game designers. It almost seems that they are taking advantage of their target audience by doing this. With the names involved in this project I'm sure that they could have received funding from many other sources, but they decided to pan handle to the hard core fans.
I think in this case it will pay off in the long run for the fans. However I think in most cases kickstarter for video game creation is a shady deal.
Granted, this is sort of a massive scale version of the age-old pre-order scheme, but I prefer to think of it as a chance to give money directly to the artists and designers instead of a massive publishing conglomerate.
Then again, I might be prone to optimism since I love Mr. Schafer's earlier games. This is really the first time a (relatively) big game has been funded this way, so we won't really know how the whole thing pans out until it's been released.
On Topic: Yay! Double Fine. I donated. Can't wait to see how they involve the kickstarter supporters throughout the process of bringing this game to light.
Off Topic: PS Vita releases on the 22nd (15th for the 1st Edition buyers) and not a single article about it... WTF?
I think in this case it will pay off in the long run for the fans. However I think in most cases kickstarter for video game creation is a shady deal.
Then again, I might be prone to optimism since I love Mr. Schafer's earlier games. This is really the first time a (relatively) big game has been funded this way, so we won't really know how the whole thing pans out until it's been released.
Off Topic: PS Vita releases on the 22nd (15th for the 1st Edition buyers) and not a single article about it... WTF?