XenoMask Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 (edited) Angry Joe would be great. I don't like him much but as far as publicity goes he certainly wouldn't hurt. But I think he's more of a mainstreamer most of the time.''You are pretty much right. In GOG interview for example I got image that he had never heard of gog before it stopped being good old games. But he does know some indie games(usually if they have something to do with his interests) and does have reviewed some of them. And like I said, he has reviewed UFO Extraterrestrials(because he was at news of XCOM: Enemy Unknown searching for good XCOM like game in meanwhile or something) and might have mentioned Xenonauts in some XCOM related thing, I'm not sure. Anyway, point is, he never does research and says stupid stuff rather often, but he is XCOM fan and he has fans so it might work if we want more publicity, but I'm not sure. And yeah, I watch his show even though I don't like his show He does sometimes have good points/episodes, but I do it mainly because of curiosity. I don't know why people have that tempting in their head to watch shows they know they don't like. I suppose its same factor that makes people watch bad(and not funny bad) movies on purpose. Edited May 20, 2012 by XenoMask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 Been checking the kickstarter for the past day or so, pledges are only going in at the minimum $20 increments, better work out a new way to get noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flashman Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 £12600... then Chris can start crying about more tile art Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoneBaby Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Just put in my $100.... I loved XCOM back in the early 90s, it was my favorite game for many years. I will be buying the "re-imagining" that Friaxis and 2K are doing, but have some concerns about the direction they are taking. Xeno, so far is exactly what I would have XCOM be today. It's got the updates and look of a modern offering, but it maintains the "spirit" of the original. I hope the contributions keep comming in, and the game can become a classic in it's own time. I'll be peddling this to my friends as much as I can -BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game_tester Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Game of 1999 year ... but current mechanics of Xenonauts is worse than in this game ... Now 2012 ... form ja2 & 1999 gone 13 years !!! Game mechanics in Xenonauts must be minimum as here ... (or better) [video=youtube;P2T1kKgfh5E]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=P2T1kKgfh5E#! [video=youtube;4G0mn_moQ9s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G0mn_moQ9s&hd=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
targetbsp Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Game of 1999 year ...but current mechanics of Xenonauts is worse than in this game ... Now 2012 ... form ja2 & 1999 gone 13 years !!! In what way specifically? One of the initial goals from the kickstarter funding was JA style suppression mechanics which they stated in update 4 will now be happening. And they've stated the AI isn't all there yet and will be getting much smarter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The New Romance Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 (edited) Jagged Alliance is a totally different take on the genre. It's like demanding there be five hundred customizable starships in the game because Xenonauts is also sci-fi and SPAZ and Starfarer have them and they're totally also indie strategy games. A little undifferentiated, that is. Edited May 21, 2012 by The New Romance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shima Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Ahem, at least compare it to vanilla JA2, not the 1.13 fan patch/compilation of mods, which is awesome, but definitely not from 1999. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodGuyEddy Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 @Game_tester: Die in a fire troll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean-Luc Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 @Game_tester: Die in a fire troll. Let's not escalate this please. This thread at least should be flame free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamoecw Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 look game tester has a decent point in that it should be better than those that have come before it. the only problem with his argument is that he lacked any sort of predecessor. i think we all have played plenty of xcom remakes/reimaginings over the years to know what xenonauts will be compared against. there are probably many people from similar games like JA2 that were unhappy with the current official iterations of the game that will be looking at xenonauts to see if they will like it, so there will be some comparison to xcom like games as well. if we can, in a respectful manner, point out the reasons as to why one type of game used one type of mechanic instead of xenonauts' mechanic, then perhaps they will understand the differences in the styles of games, and hopefully enjoy xenonauts better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Game_tester Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 look game tester has a decent point in that it should be better than those that have come before it. the only problem with his argument is that he lacked any sort of predecessor. i think we all have played plenty of xcom remakes/reimaginings over the years to know what xenonauts will be compared against. there are probably many people from similar games like JA2 that were unhappy with the current official iterations of the game that will be looking at xenonauts to see if they will like it, so there will be some comparison to xcom like games as well.if we can, in a respectful manner, point out the reasons as to why one type of game used one type of mechanic instead of xenonauts' mechanic, then perhaps they will understand the differences in the styles of games, and hopefully enjoy xenonauts better. What about this ideas .. ? Some ideas for engine - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeromanicus Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Did Xenonauts get coverage somewhere? It's halfway past 90k and it wasnt above 90k a few hours ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shima Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 $600 so far today which goes similar to other days in last week. Around 2000 dollars a day, which means military bases most likely won't make it I just hope the final push will be massive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Did Xenonauts get coverage somewhere? It's been on the front page of kickstarter for a few days now I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoMask Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Or that we manage to get someone to promote it before hand Or we promote it ourselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdemon2000 Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I put a link to it from this article, but not many comments, so not sure how much traffic that would generate. http://www.joystiq.com/2012/05/22/xcom-enemy-unknown-launches-retail-operations-october-9/#lf_comment=26440450 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shima Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Promoting it is the hard part. Hardly any news site is now interested in reporting about kickstarters... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoMask Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Think we could get any of those "One person runs this site" sites to do coverage? That or people really need to start tweeting/sending link to their friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shima Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 How many sites/blogs like that you know? And I doubt there's any of us fans who didn't tell all their friends about this game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoMask Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Well, uh... I do know some sites through Channel Awesome, like Blistered Thumbs(Note: I don't watch videos on that site so I have no idea if contributors on that site have their own sites and whether their shows are any good). I already did wonder whether Spoony Experiment or Angry Joe show would be good, but latter one at least seems to be contested.(I for example don't like Angry Joe either) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilrathi Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I wonder if there's any way to get it mentioned on a podcast like Gamers with Jobs or PCGamer (who seems to be steadfastly ignoring it). I know that someone affiliated with GWJ wrote an article but I haven't heard mention on podcast. I think just mentioning it wherever you can helps, too, since it creates more buzz. Tweet about it and think outside the box - see if you can get people who like aliens or other sorts of games to notice, too... if we're all trying to excite the same group of tactical turn-based gamers, that's really preaching to the converted. Figuring out people who wouldn't know about the project but who might be interested is key. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoMask Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 I guess if enough many people ask them, they will cover it Maybe author of webseries/web comic could work... But I don't anyone who is XCOM fan. Someone probably is though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shima Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 If they are, they will probably do a comic about firaxis' game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XenoMask Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Not if they heard about this one Plus they don't need to be gaming comics, any webcomic as long it has fans do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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