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''Apocalypse Now - The Game'' live on KS with FF Coppola on board. Goal is $900K
- Thread starter FelipeMGM
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More_Badass
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These people are delusional
It should be noted that "Not Even A Part of Their Fucking Army Anymore" is listed in two tiers and isn't even explained what it is
Also, did they change the KS subtitle because now it says:
Apocalypse Now - like Fallout: New Vegas on acid in Vietnam
lol, pay us a million bucks but buy your own damn drinks.
More_Badass
Member
What kind of Kickstarter updates are they doing?
Check this out:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fringerider/apocalypse-now-the-game/posts/1794126
Check this out:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fringerider/apocalypse-now-the-game/posts/1794126
Alright this is being run by crazy people.
Caipirinha
Member
I think you guys are being overly negative of the concept, Apocalypse Now is one of the most renowned and critically acclaimed movies of all time so the recognition is there, and the concept of turning that theme of Apocalypse Now/Heart of Darkness into a video game is imo a great one, and one that video games need as to start doing if it wants to elevate itself up to the level of cinema.
The cruelty and madness of war, politics, race, sanity, history - Apocalypse Now has it all. I do what to see that in video game form.
But yeah all of this needs to be backed up with screenshots/videos of actual in engine concepts.
The cruelty and madness of war, politics, race, sanity, history - Apocalypse Now has it all. I do what to see that in video game form.
But yeah all of this needs to be backed up with screenshots/videos of actual in engine concepts.
And Spec Ops was a fantastic take on that. They didn't even need the IP either.
One thing is for sure though: you aren't going to elevate video games to the level of cinema by making a licensed game based on a really good movie.
More_Badass
Member
That's a fallacy in its own right. Do comics or books try to elevate themselves to the level of movies, or do they attempt to elevate their own medium, experiment and evolve compared to that medium's other works?
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
Classic example of the rewards being astronomically more than the donation.
SystemUser
Member
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fringerider/apocalypse-now-the-game
The kickstarter is done. This was doomed to fail from the beginning. They would need at least 10 million to pull this of and even then that would be a miracle. The game design they talk about is crazy ambitious. The game would need a lot a running under the hood, but they don't have a tech/engineering guru as part of the base team. This means they need to hire one. Headhunting one of these people is very expensive and keeping them is expensive and then they would need the support team.
Realistically to pull off an acceptable Apocalypse Now game with the design that they hint at would probably cost most like 20-50 million. Game dev is not cheap.
Erebus LLC said:
The kickstarter is done. This was doomed to fail from the beginning. They would need at least 10 million to pull this of and even then that would be a miracle. The game design they talk about is crazy ambitious. The game would need a lot a running under the hood, but they don't have a tech/engineering guru as part of the base team. This means they need to hire one. Headhunting one of these people is very expensive and keeping them is expensive and then they would need the support team.
Realistically to pull off an acceptable Apocalypse Now game with the design that they hint at would probably cost most like 20-50 million. Game dev is not cheap.
yo
Kwansu Dudes
Member
Martin Sheen looks horrifying
Bonfires Down
Member
Trailer looks good imo. Will wait for gameplay though.
I feel like I'm looking at a GTAV mod.
Bedameister
Member
Yeah me too. But looks good so far.
Evil Monkey DTT
Banned
Reminds me of that Rambo video game, I prey I'm wrong.