If DoubleFine made a Kickstarter to Make Psychonauts 2...(POLL) - General Discussion

#1 Posted by DriveupLife (819 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

#2 Posted by Hailinel (18082 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

Maybe I'd contribute something. Maybe, but I wouldn't get my hopes up in any fashion. They've said before that the budget for a game like Psychonauts far exceeds the budget for an adventure game like the one they're making now. The Kickstarter would almost certainly end in failure without me being charged anything.

#3 Posted by Galiant (2126 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

Haven't played the first game, so I have no reason to contribute.

#4 Posted by Jazzycola (596 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

Nothing, I'm not going to pre-order a game that won't be out for another 2+ years. Also in my opinion, putting up Psychonauts 2 on kickstarter is the wrong way to get that game funded.

#5 Posted by laserbolts (5120 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

I don't pay money for something that doesn't even exist yet so I will continue to not support kickstarter.

#6 Posted by kindx (2238 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

Can't say I would. I enjoyed the first one, but I feel that it's been too long for a sequel that will truly feel like a Psychonaut's that won't feel out of place.

#7 Posted by Hailinel (18082 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

@BraveToaster said:

I haven't played the first, but I think Double Fine is wealthy enough to make a sequel without the help of Kickstarter.

They're not.

#8 Posted by Irvandus (2275 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

Will their be dubstep in it?

#9 Posted by IceColdGamer (591 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

Never played a Double Fine Production, so no, I would not donate anything.

#10 Edited by MattyFTM (13808 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

Tim Schafer has said that Psychonauts 2 would be like a $20 million game. Some things have raised impressive amounts on Kickstarter, but even if they were somehow to half their expected development costs, you'd still be seriously stretching that business model far beyond it's reasonable limits. Kickstarter seems to be great for funding smaller, indie projects. But it just doesn't scale up to AAA retail game territory. The gap between the Double Fine Adventure game and Psychonauts 2 is huge.

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#11 Posted by bartok (2371 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

Fuck Kickstarter.

#12 Edited by Mustachio (195 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

MattyFTM accurately identified the main problem. No matter how popular, I don't think we'll be seeing Psychonauts 2 reaching a viable Kickstarter goal that would let them produce it as a AAA game. At most they could use it as evidence to investors or a publisher that there is interest, but I doubt they'd risk a second Kickstarter project when the first has barely left the ground. Also, if people end up disappointed by the Double Fine Adventure project then they'll have no chance of getting funding that way in future.

#13 Posted by Mesoian (1553 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

@Galiant: You should rectify that.

#14 Posted by Joeyoe31 (660 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

Psychonauts is an okay game. I don't think it needs a sequel. I probably wouldn't contribute any money.

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#15 Posted by Modedude (36 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

Unless the game is seriously scaled back in terms of scope, they wouldn't be able to make the right amount of money for it.

#16 Posted by Hunkulese (1891 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

@BraveToaster

I haven't played the first, but I think Double Fine is wealthy enough to make a sequel without the help of Kickstarter.

Because of off the huge smash hit platinum selling games they've released? Just because you've heard of them doesn't mean they're wealthy.

#17 Posted by Insectecutor (1129 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

I wouldn't contribute anything because I don't want DoubleFine to make sequels. Psychonauts is still great and wouldn't be made any greater by making more of it.

#18 Posted by Jimbo (8863 posts) - 9 months, 3 days ago

They could make a Psychonauts 2 off Kickstarter, as long as it wasn't anything like Psychonauts 1. It's not like the gameplay was the strong suit of Psychonauts anyway (or any other Schafer game for that matter), so that idea might not be as unworkable as it sounds.

#19 Posted by KingdomCome (37 posts) - 9 months, 2 days ago

I thought the first game was majorly overrated.

#20 Edited by MetalGearSunny (6748 posts) - 9 months, 2 days ago

I probably would, but there won't be a Psychonauts 2 Kickstarter, for the reasons MattyFTM already stated.

Also, didn't that Minecraft guy say he would give money to Double Fine to make a sequel? Though, I don't really see that happening, at least for a while.

#21 Posted by ZeForgotten (9477 posts) - 9 months, 2 days ago

Depends on the Bonus stuff really.
But sure, as a minimum I would probably chip in 60 bucks.
And if everything goes tits up then oh no 60 bucks gone who's gonna keep the other thousands of dollars company?!

It's a gamble

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#22 Posted by deox (206 posts) - 9 months, 2 days ago

I'd probably would, It's a sequel I'd personally love to see, but I doubt we ever will.

#23 Posted by KarlPilkington (2546 posts) - 9 months, 2 days ago

@Galiant said:

Haven't played the first game, so I have no reason to contribute.

#24 Posted by SargeGulp (175 posts) - 9 months, 2 days ago

@KingdomCome: Gameplay wise it could get in the way of itself. But the story actually had me laughing out loud in places.