Me too. I'm a sucker for Kickstarter but taking a complete pass on this.
James
Defense Grid 2
Kinda surprised this one hasn't gotten more notice. I seem to remember people really liking the first one.
James
$4.6 million for Ouya!
lawl
Does that really need a Kickstarter, though? The first did quite well. This is what I don't like about Kickstarter - what effectively amounts to pre-orders, rather than essential funding for a concept that simply can't be made otherwise. I mean, a sequel to a tower defense game is hardly the sort of audacious undertaking that no real publisher will back.
The developers claim that they simply do not have the money to put out a sequel without outside funding. I was under the impression that Defense Grid was very successful so this is surprising to me too. I guess they really want to keep ownership of the IP?
Not that it matters to me. Outside of a few non-standard tower defense games, the genre bores me to tears.
I think that Defense Grid is the best traditional tower defense game and I'd be happy to see a sequel. But I'm still not going to support this - if they aren't able to fund a sequel based on their success, then they've seriously screwed up somewhere and I have zero sympathy.
They're not asking for sympathy, they're asking for money. Money spends better, and helps develop a new engine for a new game.
James
Money they should already have.
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