Usually, I’m not the type to write too many wish list articles, but in this case I will make an exception. I’m a self admitted Marvel nerd, and would love nothing more than to be blown away by Gazillion Entertainment’s take on the Marvel Universe. That said, there are some things that can be glossed over in a huge undertaking such as this, and while small can be incredibly important the big scheme of things. With that said, here is my Marvel Heroes Christmas List...
A non-profit educational group is looking to buy the Marvel Heroes license to either maintain the MMOARPG as-is or use it to build an entirely new game.
Why campaign is set to "Flexible goal"? Like "We desperately need $450 000, but hey, we'll settle for any amount of money you'll give to us. And we won't have to do a damn thing.".
They say in Indiegogo campaign: "To achieve our plan, we are currently seeking a minimum of $450k – $900k". MINIMUM of $450k, so why "flexible"?
Next, they say that currently, "creditors claims totaling at $900K" and "The closer our offer is to those claims, the greater our chances of success". A chance costs $450 000.
They're also saying that "One downside is that Gazillion has spent millions to license the use of characters and story lines over the years", where will they get millions for a license? Another campaign? Aggressive microtransactions? Oh, right, "Unless millions are raised to fund this campaign, the odds of this option being successful are very limited."
Even their Paragon university website has "Coming Soon" on it and "Elder mage" have only one "news" and copy-pasted content from Indiegogo campaign. Sounds like a scam to me.
These were all my feelings as well. The whole thing reeks of ripoff and I'm generally a pretty forgiving guy when it comes to crowdfunding campaigns.
Chris and Colby are back with Episode 2 of the Gaming Historia podcast. In this episode, we use the imminent closure of Paragon as a jumping off point to discuss Digital Gaming and how it affects gaming as a whole. In addition, we get a little off topic about questionable things that are done with amiibos.
There's not a lot of closure when free-to-play games go away.
I almost spent 50 bucks on this game. It's sad for the people that spent all that money.
Had a notification on PSN that refunds will be given on things purchased from IIRC August until now. Hate to see it close down I was starting to enjoy it but at least will be getting some of my money back.
oh yes, more MMOs for consoles. DC Universe is awesome and this one would be too. Specially if it's F2P. =)
On DC Universe I made a character that looks just like She-Hulk, a character I used to hate but that now I love thanks to UMvC3. lol
It's funny that DC Universe is so full of people with characters that resemble the ones from Marvel. I have seen carbon copies of Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Wolverine, Deadpool, Dark Phoenix, etc. And He-Man too... How they do it, I don't know but She-Hulk and Hulk are easy since they are just green and big. XD