Yeah I don't think 50K is nearly enough to make a PC game these days.
I wish 4A would buy the STALKER licence or get some partnership going with them as this series really deserves another entry. Metro Last Lights' outdoor section were so good and atmospheric and I yearn for what a STALKER game could look like if they made one.
The developers of MISERY claim it's a scam, with some pretty solid evidence.
http://www.miserymod.com/?page_id=1911
Hoping it's real, but not contributing. If it's legit and an actual game emerges I'll buy a copy, but even if it's legit this may well end up so meshed in legal wrangling that it never reaches the market.I wouldn't go as far as to scream "Fraud!" just yet. They say it themselves. Most artists and writers whose art was stolen are in fact members of the team. So they clearly understand that their work is being used and agree to it.
As for $50,000 being modest, the devs clearly state on the Kickstarter page that they already have most funds for the game and were about 50k short.
Sure, a few annoying legalities may have been overlooked in the creation of the kickstarter page, but lets give these people a friggin break. They are programmers, not lawyers!
In the end its all about money. The guy who owns rights to STALKER doesn't want anyone to benefit in any way from his property. Cant blame him, but I wish he would just shut the hell up and let these people make the game.
Interesting, thanks.I pledged, and this what I received in my inbox this morning. We should have a video soon. The fraud stuff going around is just fud..
Project Update #3: New Mini Update:
Posted by West Games
Check out our previous updates:
Massive first Update
Addressing Vostok Games
We're in our second day and already, we have more than 760 backers! Huge thanks to all of our current and future supporters. The video we promised is going to be posted in the next update, which should appear roughly on this Thursday morning/afternoon in the U.S.
As we've mentioned before, a former S.T.A.L.K.E.R. modder and current creator of a similar post apocalyptic Kickstarter project has been flooding our comments with negativity and misinformation, and then using various accounts to promote his game, called Project Seed. This is what we in the industry call guerrilla PR... We are taking appropriate measures to combat this.
We hope that this negativity stops, and we want to be supportive as well as constructive towards our peers and colleagues. Stay tuned for the video update!
EDIT: They are already at 30K
That would rule, although modded S.T.A.L.K.E.R. games can look pretty amazing already.Some of the folks from GSC Gameword did go to work at 4A Games when they shut down. I agree though, combine Metro Last Light's game engine with Stalkers gameplay, and you would have an amazing game. When playing Metro Last Light maxed out with PhysX enabled, there we some scenes that made my jaw drop playing it. It's one the best looking PC games IMO, second to Crysis 3.