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Gothic Fantasy MMO, Shadow's Kiss, Outpaces KickStarter Funding Goal - MMORPG.com News

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imageGothic Fantasy MMO, Shadow's Kiss, Outpaces KickStarter Funding Goal - MMORPG.com News

The team behind the gothic vampire fantasy MMO, Shadow's Kiss, has completed its Kickstarter funding initiative. Originally asking for $25,000 to complete development, the project closed with over $80,000 in pledges with an anticipated release date of December 2018.

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 31,892

    DMKano said:

    I know it's pre-alpha - but to me this looks like a crappy version of TSW, except the movement is even slower - so it's one of those "walking simulator" games /shudder



    20 years ago - vampires, werewolves, it was pretty cool, but today - just feels so damn worn out.










    I still think vampires and werewolves are fun.

    I think this is going for more Vampire the Masquerade. At least from first glance. Some of the walking is a bit funny I'll admit.

    If one were to do this they would have to realize that this was an indy game and that it would only be "so good".
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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,000
    edited December 2017
    Looks interesting. They should do a trailer video showing the level of detail they hope to achieve. Could always use another good gothic game. Time will tell.

    Funding period Oct 31 2017 - Dec 5 2017 (35 days)

    Done in a year?

    Their donation tiers look tied to the characters skill tree.  The more you donate the more skills you start off with.

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 31,892
    DMKano said:
    Sovrath said:

    DMKano said:

    I know it's pre-alpha - but to me this looks like a crappy version of TSW, except the movement is even slower - so it's one of those "walking simulator" games /shudder



    20 years ago - vampires, werewolves, it was pretty cool, but today - just feels so damn worn out.










    I still think vampires and werewolves are fun.

    I think this is going for more Vampire the Masquerade. At least from first glance. Some of the walking is a bit funny I'll admit.

    If one were to do this they would have to realize that this was an indy game and that it would only be "so good".

    Hey I still have friends that dress up in goth - and they eat this stuff up, and that's cool. Whatever makes people happy.

    I am only speaking for my personal level of interest in vampires/werewolves - it has gone from HYPE (back in early Underworld movie days) - to completely over it in the last few years.

    Pretty much the same thing happened with the whole zombie craze - was cool at first, but now... ugh
    There are only so many relatable monsters. Of course, I suppose, one can make a sort of Demon realm and start making up anything and everything but I imagine that would appeal to less people the more "way out" one got.


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  • Asm0deusAsm0deus Member EpicPosts: 4,381
    Sovrath said:
    DMKano said:
    Sovrath said:

    DMKano said:

    I know it's pre-alpha - but to me this looks like a crappy version of TSW, except the movement is even slower - so it's one of those "walking simulator" games /shudder



    20 years ago - vampires, werewolves, it was pretty cool, but today - just feels so damn worn out.










    I still think vampires and werewolves are fun.

    I think this is going for more Vampire the Masquerade. At least from first glance. Some of the walking is a bit funny I'll admit.

    If one were to do this they would have to realize that this was an indy game and that it would only be "so good".

    Hey I still have friends that dress up in goth - and they eat this stuff up, and that's cool. Whatever makes people happy.

    I am only speaking for my personal level of interest in vampires/werewolves - it has gone from HYPE (back in early Underworld movie days) - to completely over it in the last few years.

    Pretty much the same thing happened with the whole zombie craze - was cool at first, but now... ugh
    There are only so many relatable monsters. Of course, I suppose, one can make a sort of Demon realm and start making up anything and everything but I imagine that would appeal to less people the more "way out" one got.


    What DMKano is talking about it more of an old timers problem. It's the same in games or movies etc.  Once you have been playing or watching or just have years of experience with something it gets old.

    It's like horror movies I used to love them when I was a kid but rarely watch them now as I find it hard to find a horror that will give me the same feel as it used to, it's all just so old and seen that, done that before.
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 31,892
    Asm0deus said:
    Sovrath said:
    DMKano said:
    Sovrath said:

    DMKano said:

    I know it's pre-alpha - but to me this looks like a crappy version of TSW, except the movement is even slower - so it's one of those "walking simulator" games /shudder



    20 years ago - vampires, werewolves, it was pretty cool, but today - just feels so damn worn out.










    I still think vampires and werewolves are fun.

    I think this is going for more Vampire the Masquerade. At least from first glance. Some of the walking is a bit funny I'll admit.

    If one were to do this they would have to realize that this was an indy game and that it would only be "so good".

    Hey I still have friends that dress up in goth - and they eat this stuff up, and that's cool. Whatever makes people happy.

    I am only speaking for my personal level of interest in vampires/werewolves - it has gone from HYPE (back in early Underworld movie days) - to completely over it in the last few years.

    Pretty much the same thing happened with the whole zombie craze - was cool at first, but now... ugh
    There are only so many relatable monsters. Of course, I suppose, one can make a sort of Demon realm and start making up anything and everything but I imagine that would appeal to less people the more "way out" one got.


    What DMKano is talking about it more of an old timers problem. It's the same in games or movies etc.  Once you have been playing or watching or just have years of experience with something it gets old.

    It's like horror movies I used to love them when I was a kid but rarely watch them now as I find it hard to find a horror that will give me the same feel as it used to, it's all just so old and seen that, done that before.
    I've been watching horror movies since '75. Still love them!

    Including the old Frankenstein, Wolfman, Nosferatu "whatever" movies.

    I even have vintage sci fi movie posters. I suppose it's just a "taste" thing. I still think they are all great!


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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,000
    Usually there's a deep story involved and the horror parts are just accents that set the mood of the story. The worst movies are horror just for it's own sake.

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 31,892
    Usually there's a deep story involved and the horror parts are just accents that set the mood of the story. The worst movies are horror just for it's own sake.
    Personally I'm not into the "torture porn" movies though there are a few exceptions such as the first two Hell Raisers, original Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street. That sort of stuff.
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  • Octagon7711Octagon7711 Member LegendaryPosts: 9,000
    On the crowd funding page it says ends 5 Dec, but the comments section refers to crowd funding ending midnight 4 Dec. These guys appears to be all over the place. Not even a forum on their home page. Not good signs.

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  • ForgrimmForgrimm Member EpicPosts: 3,059

    DMKano said:

    I know it's pre-alpha - but to me this looks like a crappy version of TSW, except the movement is even slower...



    That was the first thing I thought when I watched it, "looks like a shitty version of Secret World"
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 31,892
    edited December 2017
    I saw Gothic and was excited. Then I saw the article and realized it is this gothic not that Gothic if you know what I mean...
    You mean "this" gothic right? B)


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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    ALWAYS a business,aiming for an angle to promote and sell their games.
    GOTHIC...Werewolves,yeah i know there is a large following but common sense seems to still be lost when comes to people throwing away money at these upstart businesses.
    Not one single game should be getting a single dollar unless it is offering full legit shares in the business,you cannot take money and not give something back...oh wait seems they can.

    If you have a game idea,then go out,get your own money in a way that says you actually have confidence in yourself/team and game,this does NOT say "confidence"this says "just give us money "because we used a few terms that interest people like Gothic and Werewolves..Vampires etc etc.

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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 31,892
    Wizardry said:
    ALWAYS a business,aiming for an angle to promote and sell their games.
    GOTHIC...Werewolves,yeah i know there is a large following but common sense seems to still be lost when comes to people throwing away money at these upstart businesses.
    Not one single game should be getting a single dollar unless it is offering full legit shares in the business,you cannot take money and not give something back...oh wait seems they can.

    If you have a game idea,then go out,get your own money in a way that says you actually have confidence in yourself/team and game,this does NOT say "confidence"this says "just give us money "because we used a few terms that interest people like Gothic and Werewolves..Vampires etc etc.
    Actually there are Werewolves and vampires, not really throwing around "terms" as that is what the game is about. Now ... is there "Gothic architecture because that could be the deciding factor!


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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    Lifeless stiff mannequins is how the models look.
    yellow "?" good job that is an immediate fail for me.This game looks very much amateur,no doubt it is banking on the THEME as the selling point and NOT the quality of the game.

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  • PemminPemmin Member UncommonPosts: 623
    25,000 dollars to complete development seems suspiciously low to me. considering that's enough money to pay 1 person basically minimum wage for a year.....seems fishy that they couldn't find an investor for that last 25k
  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 31,892
    Torval said:
    Sovrath said:
    I saw Gothic and was excited. Then I saw the article and realized it is this gothic not that Gothic if you know what I mean...
    You mean "this" gothic right? B)


    More like my favorite goth... :D

    I love that show!!!!
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 31,892
    Torval said:
    @Sovrath me too. I've watched it so many times. You might like Black Books if you enjoy that style of comedy. The cast in that one is so tight. It's just a few series long like IT Crowd.

    https://www.amazon.com/Cooking-the-Books/dp/B06XCL5D1R

    Thanks what an awesome recommendation! appreciate it.
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  • FlyByKnightFlyByKnight Member EpicPosts: 3,967

    DMKano said:

    I know it's pre-alpha - but to me this looks like a crappy version of TSW, except the movement is even slower - so it's one of those "walking simulator" games /shudder



    20 years ago - vampires, werewolves, it was pretty cool, but today - just feels so damn worn out.










    Beat me to it.
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  • Viper482Viper482 Member LegendaryPosts: 4,052
    $80k isn't enough to fund the MMO equivalent of lemonade stand.
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  • nemein1nemein1 Member UncommonPosts: 10

    DMKano said:

    I know it's pre-alpha - but to me this looks like a crappy version of TSW, except the movement is even slower - so it's one of those "walking simulator" games /shudder



    20 years ago - vampires, werewolves, it was pretty cool, but today - just feels so damn worn out.










    so ur gonna hate the new amazon mmo then i guess
  • AlbatroesAlbatroes Member LegendaryPosts: 7,671
    Viper482 said:
    $80k isn't enough to fund the MMO equivalent of lemonade stand.
    Yeah, when I looked over the article again about how much they requested/pulled in, its very suspicious, like that one guy who kept trying to pull up kickstarters and using steam early access to keep using that divergence or whatever title to keep scamming people for money....
  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722

    DMKano said:

    I know it's pre-alpha - but to me this looks like a crappy version of TSW, except the movement is even slower - so it's one of those "walking simulator" games /shudder



    20 years ago - vampires, werewolves, it was pretty cool, but today - just feels so damn worn out.










    You can thank Twilight for that.

    I love Vampire stuff but the mainstream vampire/WW stuff is garbage IMO. The last vampire related media i enjoyed was Bloodrayne on Playstation 2. I heard the Underworld movies were good but i don't watch movies so i missed them.
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  • OrthelianOrthelian Member UncommonPosts: 1,034
    That is one hell of a low goal...

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  • Loke666Loke666 Member EpicPosts: 21,441
    DMKano said:
    I know it's pre-alpha - but to me this looks like a crappy version of TSW, except the movement is even slower - so it's one of those "walking simulator" games /shudder

    20 years ago - vampires, werewolves, it was pretty cool, but today - just feels so damn worn out.
    Twilight did hurt the genre a lot and anything trying something similar will crash and burn. I don't think it is impossible to make a good MMO based on it though but then I rather have us hunt those things instead of playing them.

    That said, I wish CCP didn't cancel WoDO, that game had a lot of potential.

    Then again, if the game is reallly fun we would ignore it's cheesier part, I just fear that is unlikely.
  • FlyByKnightFlyByKnight Member EpicPosts: 3,967
    I like what The Secret World tried to do, they just did it meh and never improved.

    I loved the occult, spookiness, puzzles, and the atmosphere of Kingsmouth and some of Transylvania. I want to see Cthulu tentacles coming from the clouds.

    I think I'm a little more bored with Elves, Orcs, Dwarves, Furries and Lolis than I am of Werewolves, Zombies, Ghosts, and Specters and other wild stuff like that from various cultures.

    I wouldn't mind seeing this stuff be a bit more prevalent in MMORPGs.
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  • SovrathSovrath Member LegendaryPosts: 31,892

    DMKano said:

    I know it's pre-alpha - but to me this looks like a crappy version of TSW, except the movement is even slower - so it's one of those "walking simulator" games /shudder



    20 years ago - vampires, werewolves, it was pretty cool, but today - just feels so damn worn out.










    You can thank Twilight for that.

    I love Vampire stuff but the mainstream vampire/WW stuff is garbage IMO. The last vampire related media i enjoyed was Bloodrayne on Playstation 2. I heard the Underworld movies were good but i don't watch movies so i missed them.
    I think the first Underworld movie is good. The others? Well, more "fun".

    30 Days of Night is a really good Vampire movie as well.
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