I was under the impression that we paid for this in kickstarter. Was that not the case?
One of my big concerns is how developers outside of this game (who also make use of crowd-funding) will look upon everyone's
"it's ok, we understand and we're fine with this" reaction.
I don't want crowd-funding on major titles to turn into a practice where developers promise the moon to pull in the cash, while telling themselves internally that their stretch goals are actually very flexible and open to dismissal.
It's ok for a player to look at a list of stretch goals and think
"there's no way they're going to make half of these" (not naming any project names......). It's not ok for a developer to do it while taking donations.
Larian Studios did great, and I'm totally pleased with what they've accomplished. I really wish they got schedules in, even if it meant changing other parts of the game that I feel were less critical. That said, I worry about the precedent being set here, and how it will impact future crowd-funded projects from other developers.
At least they didn't sell out to Facebook.
