In short, it’s because it’ll allow us to put more things in, prevent us from having to take shortcuts because of some development mistakes we made... And it’ll allow us to put more stuff in the editor...
All those things would increase the fun for our players...
By all means, these are things not only the game developers want but also the consumers.
I'm not sure if kickstarter will be a good thing or a stigma that will follow D: OS all throughout. I can already see it being mentioned in the reviews. The fact that it carried the connotation "Larian ran out of money" should be a decent warning. Maybe, uh... label it something like "Bonus features for D: OS" at kickstarter?
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I don't know... IIRC some games that need "additional"
funding went about it in a different way. They have different products for sale that offered early access to a beta version. It ranged from: simple access to an early version of the game to a high priced "investor level category" which gave the purchaser unique items, some collector material etc.
Well, IMO the benefit of that is, you don't come across literally asking for money, it's more like "Good news! Early access for a price!", where the truth is, "D*&%, need more money for additional content."
My mind's wandering off again, #^%& it.
p.s. and you can kindly ask them for feedback which they will readily give as fans of the game, you got money and free testing at the same time lol
