Favorite Kickstarter Projects.

[Knight Marius]

I got a really great kickstarter Project in mind, and no its not Warmachine of Satellite Reign even thou they have my vote and i will but the games, its called Balrum, a great indei rpg with a lot of great ideas thrown in, please check it out guys. It's certainly worth it :)

[Kirelli]

Balrum does seem like a nice game. I especially like how they want to make the word "alive", by making both animals and npc interact with eachother etc. Looking forward to trying it ^^

[StolenPaper]

I'll definitely be keeping my eye on this game. Has a lot of potential. Thanks for the info.

[Knight Marius]

Thanks guys do please spread the word about the game, the team is very dedicated and deserve to make this game happen. :)

[knuddelholic]

Indeed a nice game and I just joined as baker myself. I also posted a message in the German forum to spread the word to help those guys.
Ever nice to see a game which is not about Walmart style looting but about immersion and having a living world.

[Lahnmir]

Great to see Balrum getting more attention, it definitely deserves it.

Some comparisons have already been made with Eschalon/Gothic/Harvest Moon and most importantly, Ultima. Those might be some pretty big shoes to fill for the development team but I know one thing for sure, they got all the right ideas. On a more personal note, I really love the graphics, a lot more then other indie RPGs out there.

[♠-_Voltaire_-♠]

Glad to see this, hope it works out!

[Clash]

Balrum is on my must be backed list. I love the graphics, the npc and animal interactions, the weather changes, the house building, and even the farming. There is so much do.

[PaulV]

Backed, really looking forward to this. And they should be on Greenlight, that would definitely give the Kickstarter a boost (and besides, I think they will finish the game whether the KS succeeds or not, although it could come much later and with much less features if it fails). If it does fail, I hope they try again. But right now, they could use more media attention, they need to approach PC and RPG themed news sites.

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I'm a blockbuster type of guy, why is this?

[Knight Marius]

Give em a chance Bro Gene, not all big projects are good, just like not all big projects are bad, and this feer of trying something new is bad for you! And thanks a lot PaulV please spread the word about the game, the devs and I are working hard on getting more media coverage but its rather hard atm. I dont suppose you had maybe John Bain's or Angry Joes phone number perhaps :P

[knuddelholic]

The problem with blockbusters is that they invest a lot of money which lowers the will to risk somthing as you have to answers to shareholders which usually don't have a clue about games. The result is that they recycle old formulas again and again and again. With big budgets comes great risks and worse, more dependency.

Luckily the many years old race for better graphics comes to an end as graphics reached a point where there is not that much to improve anymore to have a real edge.
The huge companies hate that as they lost their simple no-brainer formula grahpics ueber alles ;)
This and the new financing tools like Kickstarter & Co are a big chance for the real game makers which don't have to answer to the shareholders and create games they stand fully behind and not get slashed during and after the creation process.
The sweatshop corps of course will never disappear. But Ia m glad that we have m ore choices again when games are made from gamers for gamers and not from some shareholders which just want to make a quick buck.

Like so many other games I saw on kickstarter does Balrum contain game elements which I thought lost for many years as everything was just about eyecandy and creating digital crack instead of an appealing game.
I really hope they make it :)

[knuddelholic]

Here's some review: http://kotaku.com/old-school-charm-and-a-deep-crafting-system-meet-in-thi-920013023