What do Final Fantasy, Skyrim, Valkyria Chronicles, Diablo 3, Halo 4, Crysis 3 have in common?

They are video games.

They have people in them

None of them hold any interest for me. That's what they have in common. Now, what do I win?

They all have orchestral music?

They're all part of a series of games

They're all better than COD?

They ignore grammar

THEY'RE ALL OVERRATED

Next?

Talking seriously now, Valkyria is the only one 'less overrated', but even deserving most of its praise its still more overrated then it should.

All that backlog of the team means in practice:

1-They know how to work on big teams at high profile projects:
wich are quite different then the obstacles they will face as a small indie team. Some of the experience will help, there will be some less traps they may fall, some few traps they may fall because of that and some garanteed good art and presentation; By no means that garantees a good game. First and foremost on big AAA teams each person gets a too small part on the project, so having been one of the level, art or game designers(amongst many on those teams) don't deserve the bragging rights to weave around saying you know to design sucessfull highly sold games.

2- They know how to better market and appeal:
And thats all nice and good, im confident they will come with a flavourous product that will grow on the eyes of the greater part of the player base they're aiming at. THIS is the strongest thing on this team, as its needed more vision and overall tought to put together something with appeal and self substance then simply copy pasting trends, and thats more granted the the risky 'lets try and see if it works' kind of risks indies take.

But we can only pray and see, after all, many seasoned and experienced teams comes now and them(much more often then they should) with bland concepts when they try to appeal and loose earning a focus or 'soul' of their all.

One thing im not expecting from this project is inovation. They already start flying all around the 'jrpg' banner and this sort of thing is NEVER good. Seeing a project first of all trought a genre is a bad start already, when you start from a genre and keep that as a aim you're asking for something derivative. Worse still they barely say anything about the project; Being a jrpg 'AT KICKSTARTER!' seens enought for the fanbase and themselves... im sure they will deliver what they're promising wich is another jrpg. Right, good... another one, another one of the many that comes out every year.

Im not saying genre-games are bad, i love a bunch of those, but in game design theres this mastery curve(i prefer to call that then learning curve)- once your mind grasps all the ins and outs of a game and you feel youve seen everything the magic fads away. When games stay too close within the stapples of a genre you're already starting with a too familiar setup and there will be much less for our brains to crunch on or the game to live long on our memories.

With such a talented team they could get the jrpg as a start, but keeping that as a inspiration to build upon wich clearly is not the case. Even if it will please the already devoted fanbase(of this genre) i can't stop being disapointed at the waste of such talents and money; I mean, the same team with a different pitch would get backed and with a different more worthy perspective could bring something really interesting to wait for, not another derivative game you know?

They are all well known games from successful franchises.

They are all expensive? :D

They all had better games earlier in the series? B)

Looked at site and......

Nobuo Uematsu! AMG! If you gotta get someone for your lead music composer and you want JRPG, he's the GO TO GUY. Awesome that he's in on it. Such a legend!

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And here I thought the thing they had in common was that I don't own any of them. Bet the game they're working together to make will be cool though.

Sounds like a good game. From the description, it sounds like a Final Fantasy Tactics style game(not sure if it's active time or turn-based). I don't mind that though, Final Fantasy Tactics is one of my favorite games.

did kickstarter actually did anything useful until now, other than decreasing some peoples wallet size?
well, if it really has nobuo uematsu as the composer in it, that might change.

They all were funded by a company or publisher instead of Kickstarter who 1) takes a percentage of the total and 2) does not charge the givers until the amount has been met so the total is usually much lower as people might not have the money on the given account?

They are all bad

they all have leveling systems based on experience?

looks dope, their goal was pretty low, unlike some other kickstarters.
id be in for a good jrpg!

They all got great MC with some weird issues, all have great music style, and of course they do get atention by the design and history of the game.

sounds interesting, sadly my wallet is a little light, so I don't know if I will pledge more than $1(I want to spend $35, since JRPG's are generally my favorites)

A woman that doesn't know english writes the storyline? Really?

you can find porn about all those? well, it is something in common..