They got my $40 in 2012. I absolutely loved the Wing Commander series; Wing Commander II was an embarrassingly important part of my adolescense, I love space sims, and still had fond enough memories of the name Chris Roberts that I didn't think he'd blatantly lie and steal from me.

How people are still giving these clowns money I have no idea.

[–] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

People are buying the dream. There is personal investment now- this isn't a game, this is their game. Supporters tend to talk like this is a community project, not a transaction between a customer and a studio.

Whenever the studio finally folds, I guarantee there will be whales lamenting that if they'd only spent a little more they'd have kept the game afloat.

[–] Summzashi@lemmy.one 3 points 3 weeks ago

Same here. It was a much different time. Lots of games that originated in kickstarter became succesful. This just seemed like another one.

Hindsight is 20/20