(12-10-2015, 04:11 PM)Zhavi Wrote:(12-10-2015, 02:34 PM)Melkire Wrote: Don't trust crowdfunding.
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Vote. With. Your. Wallet.
Crowdfunding, to me, is a non tax deductible donation to developers and game ideas I like. As in, that's my nudge to keep trying to someone I already trust or whose ideas I like. If you're doing it to invest in something other than ideas in the clouds (where you expect nothing in return or expect it to crash and burn), you're gonna have a bad time. That said, everything I've put money towards I have been very pleased with.
edit - especially that messenger bag. That thing is hot.
Yeah, same here.
I'm very choosy about the games I contribute to, and I've been pretty happy with them so far. Planetary Annihilation is a really fun retro 4x game that pushes all my fun 4x game buttons. Elite: Dangerous has exceeded all my expectations. Kerbal Space Program managed their own crowdfunding scheme in the form of buy-in-alpha development, and I haven't regretted buying that, either.
For 2015, my game list pretty much consisted of FFXIV, Elite: Dangerous, and KSP.
In KSP, 2015 saw me finally figure out how to build multi-part nerva-driven spacecraft, saw me figure out how to orbit multi-part space stations around other planets, and how to consistently manage orbital mechanics at long range.
In Elite: Dangerous, 2015 saw me take my first really long range trip (hello Sagittarius arm of the galaxy). Exploration in that game really feels fantastic, largely because of the lack of MMO-style teleports and the fact that you only have one character per account. The lack of teleports means long-distance travel take time. A lot of time. My exploration Cobra manages about 900 light years per hour while still scanning systems and the like, so my trip out to the Sagittarius arm (about 10,000 light years) took about 11 hours of game play spread out over a couple of weeks. 11 hours during which I couldn't engage in other aspects of the game, like trade or combat, because I couldn't just log into an alt. And when I finally decided to turn back (it was more a lumpy oval, because I wanted to cross the rift back to the Orion arm in a different place), I faced 11 more hours of travel to return. And when I got back? It felt like a serious achievement. I have not experienced a sense of achievement like that in a game in a long time. It was strong enough that I've signed up for a fleet exploration group that's planning on taking a 10+ week trip out to the far side of the galaxy. Which, of course, means a 10+ week trip back. But I'm thinking I might just take the long way back on this one...
