Not only was Grin's ill-fated Fortress on track to be one of the biggest Final Fantasy games ever but, as Associate Producer Linda Dahlberg explained in the latest issue of Play UK, it was also going to be quite different from what fans have come to expect from the series.
Marcus Estrada writes: "What does this mean for the over 2,000 backers of the project? Well, hopefully you received a digital game key if you backed at such a reward, as that appears it’s all you will have to remember the campaign by. GRIN confirmed they will not be able to ship out rewards even though most are otherwise ready to go. Postage is a huge expense which it seems was not collected as part of the Kickstarter. Tons of crowdfunding campaigns have found themselves destroyed by physical rewards."
Kickstarter is VERY clear when you fund something that there is no guarantees. In this case, the company made a clear effort to deliver, but in the end, failed. I was someone who invested, and it sucks, but I knew it was a possibility.
If the idea of possibly NOT getting anything for you money worries you, then you should stay away from crowd-funding and buy the games when they officially release. For every game like this, there are a few that make it and turn out well though.
Woolfe: The Red Hood Diaries developer GriN, not to be confused with the previously shuttered Bionic Commando developer GRIN, has filed for bankruptcy and will not be able to fulfill Kickstarter pledges.
Grin have released a new trailer and some information about the release of the fantasy, adventure Indie title Woolfe: Red Hood Diaries
Why didn't this get made instead of what Square is making?