This will sound cold, but facts are facts,
Developers are lazy, incompetent and refuse to use modern graphic and coding tools available for the year 2020, their stuck in 1999 and feel compelled to reinvent everything. I talk about lazy, it's deeper than that, no passion, they seem to refuse to work for free. A huge project such as this, you would think they would have at least 25% done before they announced the project and sought backers. No pay me first !
Re inventing everything puts a huge delay in production because its not going smoothly as they hoped.
It shows too,
Each "segment of game play" is highly censored, choreographed and tailored as a stand alone program. Proof being their are not many of them. Proof being were all in speculation on everything.
I follow CohhCarnage and many of his streaming game plays. I feel I know him well and have a lot of respect. He's invited to all Pantheon streaming game plays, yet he has a look of disappointment each time as he is going along with the mess he is asked to overlook. I don't think he really backs this game, however that's only my opinion.
Where are towns and villages, where is that level one player, where is that solo player gathering materials to craft ?
A family member ask the kidnapper, show me proof of life ?...... Where is it for Pantheon ?...... 6 years ?
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If you have the means than you can but most people need a job that pays and no matter how much passion you have it isn't going to put food on the table and feed your kids. How can you accuse anyone of not having passion for not working for free. That is not even a legitimate complaint or test of one's commitment.
If you are rich and your bills are paid you have the luxury to indulge in developing a game as a hobby. Are you saying that only rich people have passion for the games they create? Most people cannot afford to develop games without help and they have to pay employees and other people who also will not work for free.
You don't work for free right but you expect other people to work for free because they should be passionate enough to do so. Seems like a spurious gauge.
People ask for backers because they don't have money and to be honest even if I had money I would not risk it on this genre. Why should a developer risk their own money when there is a system in place that allows them to share the costs of building a game with the fans of the genre. Fans who understand and support the games they want made.
If you're unhappy with the path, goals, course and pace of development, don't invest. They're not twisting your arm to invest. You don't have any insight about development of games in general and what is worst you're grousing about something you have absolutely no interest in except as your punching bag from what I see.
You should just stop following the development of this game at this point since it is obvious your opinion of the game is very low and it holds none of the levels of development you expect. Since you haven't invested a single cent it should not be difficult for you to let it go.
The game was invented on a bar napkin then asked for backing.
Again, pay me first then I'll put more ideas on the napkin.
People were holding this team in high regards for what ?
They seem to demonstrate none of that.
No starting villages, cities or towns, no level one characters show their is NO CONTENT !
All we have are a few files loaded up to demonstrate some group play..... Where's the beef ?
Lazy for the fact they show no passion only dollars,
Instead of proving me wrong on their laziness, you throw it beck on me for my redundancy to hide the fact they are lazy
I stand up against all corruption and deceitfulness.
It's kind of what Batman does
And you are just looking out for everyone else? Such a humanitarian.
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I care deeply for others,
People say you can't win an mmorpg.... I found a way, I win everytime in a true mmorpg. I help everyone and expect nothing in return.
Same as real life.
Not sure if it ever will be.
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MOST crowd funded games are just as you think this game is however this game has investors.The crowd funded part is imo icing on the cake,they are asking for it because everyone else is as well,so why not.
I don't agree with crowd funding at all,in reality it is called FREE handouts but of course crowd funding sounds better.
So because they have investors,i think this is why they don't need to actively push for crowd funding like we see other games doing it.
The way i see this project is it being similar to Vanguard.Perhaps they captured a few new tools,some new ideas,Brad partnered with some new faces and they figured they could pull off a better version than what Pantheon was which in reality wasn't bad,just buggy.
I have in reality given up on a new HQ mmorpg coming out,the market is way too simple right now,throw a thousand piles of crap at the wall and see if any stick.Luckily i still play Atlas and enjoy what it offers me, a sort of realistic role play environment.Then when i need a break i play the MANY other games i love like all the COD games,some old Shining force games,Langrisser 2,watch the UFC,movies,there is PLENTY of entertainment to go around without needing any of the crap being advertised to me.
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Some highlights from posters:
- Why should they work for free ?
Because they should demonstrate passion, Proof their is a game being made, give a potential opportunity for backers to say I-like-what-I-see..... Visionary Realms demonstrated NONE OF THIS.....It makes one think, how they found backers !
- Subscribe or donate you would understand more ?
This is easy...... Like what ?
It's my understanding the official message boards are lit up with basic questions that go unanswered. Same questions as here.
- I've only seen one MMO Kickstarter that could be considered a scam.
Not really a scam, but lazy, and no passion that could lead to failure.
- Investors more so than crowd funded.
Only sensible rebuttal however this is going off topic. No proof of life this game is being made. Again 6 years ?
- I dropped money on the development, you shouldn't have an opinion.
WHAT ?...... I'll say it again....WHAT ?
My answer to this is so deep it could be it's own topic. Good luck with your $1,000. Have you seen proof-of-life before you invested ?
Did you say I-like-what-i-see (refer to first highlight)?