Bard's Tale The Bard's Tale IV Pre-Release Thread [RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Metro]

You predicted what? That it did fairly well on day one gaining over half of their goal?

Don't be a dick.

Irony. Prevalent in newfags these days.

 

[PhantasmaNL]

Campaign is doing well. Bt is a harder sale then torment or wasteland plus the golden days of KS are in the past. I still think hbs are the real KS masters though.

 

[imweasel]

The Bard's Tale IV is doing better than Wasteland 2 and worse than Torment. But that is to be expected. Everything is fine if you ask me, although i'm sure that the Kickstarter would be doing better if Wasteland 2 was better received.

 

[t]

That poor schmuck Dawn. Taking the bait so easily.

 

[Bester]

The Bard's Tale IV is doing better than Wasteland 2

I don't think so. W2 didn't have any pre-launch hype as far as I remember, while BT4 had a huge one. BT4 basically made everyone pay on the first two days because of the hype, exhausting its resources very fast, while most people learned about W2 way after the launch day.

So if you adjust to that fact, it may very well be that BT4 is doing worse than W2, which I believe is the case.

 

[Fry]

Eh... all Kickstarters operate on something of reverse bell curve (peak->valley->peak). Way too early to estimate total funding.

We'll see what happens after the sooper dooper graffix vid they're posting later today. If Fargo has learned anything, it's how to keep the hype train rolling.

 

[Bester]

Way too early to estimate total funding.

You think? 2.7 mil. You can screenshot this, so your grand children believe you when you tell them you knew a kickstarter psychic.

 

[Fry]

Way too early to estimate total funding.

You think? 2.7 mil. You can screenshot this, so your grand children believe you when you tell them you knew a kickstarter psychic.

If my grandchildren even know what Kickstarter was, I'm killing them and then myself.

 

[Lady_Error]

Listened to an interview with Fargo at www.spieleveteranen.de (the last 30 minutes of the podcast).

He says that there won't be a separate combat screen, but a zooming out to show the whole playing field as well as your own characters. And it sounds like the characters won't move around like in Realms of Arkania. The zooming out will be basically just a graphical gimmick and the original phased/turn-based combat system will remain pretty much the same.

 

[Zombra]

He says that there won't be a separate combat screen, but a zooming out to show the whole playing field as well as your own characters. And it sounds like the characters won't move around like in Realms of Arkania. The zooming out will be basically just a graphical gimmick and the original phased/turn-based combat system will remain pretty much the same.

Right. Positional tactics - not a thing. From his descriptions to date, I still think that JRPGs are the best touchstone to picture what it will be like.

 

[Infinitron]

"They use the word blobber these days" haha. Pretty sure the Codex invented that.

 

[Kz3r0]

Funny how everyone is a Kickstarter expert nowadays.
Spoilers ahead, actually is going as planned, why?
Because Fargo knew that the Bard's Tale is too weak of a brand to carry its own weight, he could only rely on his personal Kickstarter fame.
This is why Fargo thanks to his connections in the industry created such an hype that would make Bethesda jealous.
This is why Fargo took advantage of tens of thousands of e-mail addresses to make sure that the backers of the previous campaigns pledged to this.
This is why he made a deal with GOG to give freebies.

Let's address some miscnceptions now, it is a bad idea wasting all the best shots in the first period of a campaign when the pledges come on their own, is just overkill.
And WL2 WAS well received, it's one of the most sold Kickstarted games, in case anyone's wondering as general rule Kickstarted games don't sell that well after release.

For predicting how much they will get here it is:
2.500.000$

 

[Onholyservicebound]

Because Fargo knew that the Bard's Tale is too weak of a brand to carry its own weight, he could only rely on his personal Kickstarter fame.

inb4 Metro.

 

[theSavant]

Funny, because I'd guesstimated 2.3 million. So we have 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7
Anyways, doesn't matter, I'm glad it has the pull to be funded

 

[SausageInYourFace]

What I am curious about is whether the gameplay footage released later today will really lead to a spike in pledges or not.

 

[Zed]

What I am curious about is whether the gameplay footage released later today will really lead to a spike in pledges or not.

don't think it's gameplay. will probably just be a fly-through.

 

[Kz3r0]

Funny, because I'd guesstimated 2.3 million. So we have 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.7
Anyways, doesn't matter, I'm glad it has the pull to be funded

Actually your estimete is more realistic based on the current trend, mine is adjusted on the assumption that Fargo has something planned for the last three days.

 

[Infinitron]

VIDEO: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/the-bards-tale-iv/posts/1253232

 

[Vault Dweller]

It's fucking awesome!

 

[Infinitron]

Screenshots:

 

[Bester]

The forest looks linear, like you can only walk forward, other directions being barred. I wonder if it reflects the area design they have in mind.

The mage is too cartoonish.

The music is nice.

 

[Athelas]

This thing is going to get downgraded so hard it's going to make Watch Dogs look like a paragon of truthful marketing.

I hope there won't be a backlash once the game is released.

 

[Scroo]

looks amazing. But everything I read about the combat is making me question it more, I dunno, maybe I should just wait and see.

 

[made]

So in this game you follow two blue balls through linear tunnels? Marvelous. Backed for 10k.

 

[Infinitron]

This thing is going to get downgraded so hard it's going to make Watch Dogs look like a paragon of truthful marketing.

I hope there won't be a backlash once the game is released.

There's no console factor here though (yet).

Actually, Fargo kind of obliquely referenced the downgrade thing in previous interviews - saying how because it's grid-based and turn-based etc there should be less issues with that sort of stuff and the full graphical power can be unleashed