Outcast Reboot HD - The worst Kickstarter campaign yet?
I honestly don't know what i shall feel about Fresh3D Inc´s "Outcast Reboot HD" Kickstarter campaign. One part of me yells "Yay", while another part of me says "Money grabbing much?". And i can´t really say that the Outcast Reboot HD Kickstarter video, are doing the game (nor the Kickstarter campaign) any favours.
I´m not saying that the Outcast Reboot HD team are bad. Or that the whole idea behind Outcast Reboot HD are bad. But the Kickstarter video, and the "Outcast Reboot HD: first gameplay" video.Really made me think twice about investing my money in Outcast Reboot HD.
And the thing is this. Fresh3D needs $600,000 via Kickstarter (they have collected $238,000 so far). Or else there will be no Outcast Reboot HD. And there´s just 8 days left on the Kickstarter watch now. So the time is running out fast.
The only thing that could save Outcast Reboot HD from a certain death. Would be to do a whole set of ingame gameplay videos for the game. Because that´s the nr 1 thing that the fans hav been complaining about (read the comments below).
Oh well, i guess that we just have to wait and see how this turns out...
"This is a pretty horrible campaign as luis matheus noted, you cant show videos and screenshots that look like this. It completely kills the hype and all of the excitement that people might have had for this game. A prototype should be a MOCK-UP that is representative of the final look, you are supposed to keep the WIP stuff to yourselves. Make a mockup of the final game so we can see what it would actually look like." - Christopher Knight
"Worst Kickstarter campaign I've ever seen, had lots of potential, but it's ultimately gonna fail because your incompetence managing your media.
But the biggest mistake you guys made was making this video in the first place. It does NOT raise the hopes of anyone who isn't a fan, not everyone is gonna bother noticing that this is a Pre-Alpha and they're just gonna jump to the conclusion that it's the old game given a facelift.
The worst part of this is that I actually had hopes for your game, and I only wished for the best, but your project is just going to be one more dot in the long line of failed Kickstarters." - Luís Matheus
About Outcast Reboot HD:
"Fresh3D is bringing you a reboot of HD of 'Outcast', an action-adventure game developed in 1999 for the PC.
Outcast has been critically acclaimed to the point it has reach some cult status among many PC gamers. However, the software-only nature of the original engine (using voxels) meant the game has been ignored by many at a time when hardware-accelerated 3d polygons was becoming the norm.
Today, we have the opportunity to bring this fantastic game to a wider and newer audience and to reward existing fans with brand new HD visuals and improved gameplay."
Outcast was one of the first 3d games to offer:
- Non-linear gameplay,
- Free-roaming environments,
- Combats against clever reactive AI,
- Excellent voice acting,
- symphonic music,
- 20+ hours of highly engrossing adventure.
/Robin E
The Gaming Ground
