I'm really excited for A Hat in Time, been keeping an eye out for it ever since it was announced. I heard it might come to the Wii U, I hope it does since my pc doesn't run games well.
Kickstarter Games I'm Excited For
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 On 02/19/2015 at 01:10 AM by Casey Curran See More From This User » |
Kickstarter seems to get more flack than praise nowadays. While once it was a way for Tim Schaefer to give an awesome new adventure game, now it feels like people are taking advantage of it more often. To that I say, what the hell do you expect? This is an industry where Dead or Alive 5 Last Round comes with over $100 worth of costume DLC. You give people an idea, they will find a way to exploit it.
But enough negativity, let's focus on something more positive. The awesome looking games we're getting off of Kickstarter. So here's a few I thought deserve more attention.
Hover: Revolt of Gamers
The idea behind this game was all I needed to get excited: Jet Set Radio mixed with Mirror's Edge, taking the style and skating from the former with the traversal and 1st person perspective (though optional) from the latter. And so far they really nailed the look and feel of the JSR franchise, leading me to believe this is the closest thing we'll get to a third installment of the series.
A Hat in Time
A throwback to old school 3D platformers like Mario 64 and Banjo-Kazooie that looks exactly like Wind Waker? Hell fucking yeah!
Energy Hook
Ever since I played Spider-Man 2 on the original Xbox, I wanted a game that could take that web swinging and expand on it to create a truly incredible game. By removing all the bad stuff from that game and offering trick based gameplay similar to Tony Hawk, I think this game will be the one to do that. Especially since the creator made Spider-Man 2 and Tony Hawk.
Mighty No 9
I'm sure I'll enjoy this on my Vita when it's inevitably free on PS Plus.
Amplitude
While I didn't play the original game, I played the hell out of its spiritual successor Frequency with my friends and am very much looking forward to a new one of these.
Pillars of Eternity
This is like a WRPG wet dream come true. It's a callback to old school isometric WRPGs. And it's being developed by Obsidian, the guys who made my favorite game ever. Even better: this is one of their few games which didn't go through some kind of development hell, whether it be forced to rush Kotor 2, the buggy Fallout Engine New Vegas had, or THQ falling apart before South Park came out. Here, the planets are finally aligning for them to make magic.
While I'm not a fan of the traditional fantasy, these guys always do something really interesting and different with their games. I'm really confident that there will be something here that makes it stand out from all the other fantasy stories out there.
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