Armada Online

[Pinback]

This is the second Kick start for Armada Online (never heard of it me nether, turns out the original was a 2D space game/rpg on the Dreamcast and only released in the U.S.A) as the fist one wanted $150K and was a bit of an epic fail, their now back with a more modest $48,000 [url]http://www.kickstart...1/armada-engine[/url] site[url]http://www.armada-online.com/[/url]

[sscadmin]

I don't know why they are doing this at all? I remember playing this game at least 3yrs ago and it was in a decent playable state back then. They should have released this ages ago, but the video does show off some fancy looking graphics than what they had a few year ago. Plus it's hard raising money for a MMO, MMO's die and then your stuck with nothing (ie: Black Prophecy).

[DoctorRoXo]

aggghhh! Black Prophecy had so much potential. fun ship controls. beautiful graphics. really enjoyed it. more mmo's need to go the Guild Wars 2 route. if they can do it, why can't others? is it just greed? just pay for the game up front and no monthly charges, and have a store for "aesthetic" add-ons.But yea, i still have Armada on Dreamcast. it's quite fun. bit of a learning curve thru trial and error since the game just plops you down into it and says 'good luck,' but rather fun. haven't played it in quite some time though, i should bust out the ol' Dreamcast and dust her off, think i have Starlancer somewhere too.

[True]

Oh well, I just made my pledge for this game. Although I don't see me playing it.But maybe it's fun, if they can reach their kickstarter goal.

[True]

It got cancelled in an early stage.
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Thanks for the good wishes and kind support. I will be closing the KS page.Roger and I will keep working on AO when we can. Tonight, I am working on npc conversations. We should be able to do at least two nice updates to the game this year.I hope everyone has a happy and healthy 2012, and an excellent new year.
SourceI guess it will take a while until we hear from them again. :-/

[Pinback]

Not too surprising that it failed as I doubt it was as well known as the developers seem to have thought it was.

[sscadmin]

The game is very playable now, they don't really need a kickstarter. They just need a decent business model to make some money for their efforts without making the game pay-to-win. I played this off/on for a few months a few years ago and was a decent game then. So I wish them the best and hope it can only get better. What didn't keep me in the game.... it seemed to grindy to me and had some a-hole players like in Dark Orbit.