What KICKSTARTER(S) are you BACKING and WHY?

charlest wrote: Grabbed an early bird.

Me too! It's my first Cmon kickstarter. All 1000 early birds sold out in the first 2 minutes, craziness.

Yeah, Blood Rage was similar. You have to be on the ball refreshing right at the time they say it will launch.

So are there avatars for all 7 sins? I may be missing something.

Each sin will have their own Avatar, minions and controller. There are only 2 sins included in the base game. The others will be given out as either stretch goals or possibly add ons, they haven't said yet.

Yes, and from what I understand the 7 scenarios in the base game map to just the two included Sins.

I looked at it and thought "I already can get Claustrophobia" and this is essentially the same setting and theme.

Wait... the game is called '7 sins' but the base game only comes with two??

The kickstarter for the Hawk The Slayer sequel doesn't look like it's going to make it.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/723609774/hawk-the-hunter

quozl wrote: The kickstarter for the Hawk The Slayer sequel doesn't look like it's going to make it.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/723609774/hawk-the-hunter

They have 4.5 million, looking for a $500,000 donation to complete a 5 million dollar budget. Investors will split any profits, backers will get t-shirts. In fact, as best I can tell backer money counts as revenue so the investors get double bang out of every "donation". They're indemnifying their risk with the Kickstarter.

What remains is to size it right so that it succeds, because if it doesn't they can't bill, i.e., can't book the revenue. Interesting game right there.

Huh.

quozl wrote: The kickstarter for the Hawk The Slayer sequel doesn't look like it's going to make it.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/723609774/hawk-the-hunter

Hawk the Slayer is still, hands-down, my favorite fantasy film. That said, I'm not so sure about this. How will Voltan be able to chew up all the scenes unless it's Jack Palance under the helmet? A new Crow actor? Will he be able to deliver lines in the same monotone, robotic manner? Skeptical about this. Still, if it looks close, I'll throw a few dollars at it.

Here's a little article about HtS. Not sure cgi is going to serve this series well. In fact I seriously doubt it.
www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jul/06/haw...-marcel-jack-palance

Does Simon Pegg know about this KS event? He's a big fan of the film. As are The Darkness. Are they aware? In fact, here's some positive Hawk the Slayer...-ness... The lyrics are inspired by Crow from Hawk the Slayer.

Crow, Elf: We have sat waiting like this many times before. Sometimes I tire... of the fighting and killing. At night, I can hear the call of my race. They wait for me. When I join them, we will be forgotten.

"Last Of Our Kind"
We have sat like this just waiting for their arrows to blacken the skies
Many times before and we will again... God willing
I am honoured to have served alongside men who inspire defiance
Sometimes I tired from the fighting and the killing

We are survivors
The ones left behind
The last of our legacy
The last of our kind

Children
We are the last of our kind
Children
We are the last of our kind

When the arrows fall like rain
We'll survive and rise again
We are the last of our kind

All the jackals and the undead just can't wait to wipe the last of us out
Once there were others like us then there were none
Late at night whilst the world is sleeping I can hear the call of my kin
They wait for me and when I join them we will be forgotten

We are survivors
The ones left behind
The last of our legacy
The last of our kind

Children
We are the last of our kind
Children
We are the last of our kind

When the arrows fall like rain
We'll survive and rise again
We are the last of our kind

Children
We are the last of our kind
Children
We are the last of our kind

When the arrows fall like rain
We'll survive and rise again
We are the last of our kind