May 2018 Kickstarter Update and Feedback Survey Results!

The succubus fits do to medival judeocristian lore, vampires, Castlevania, and Succubi are gothic. Valkyries come from Nordic and “Viking” culture, not really gothic and definitely not judeocristian. Your example of angles with armor makes the Valkyrie a bit awkward since there was already an angel in the poll.

Also I’m not a fan of lore breaking content nor do I find “lol random” humor to be fun, even less for it to be a good form of humor. Specially for games like Castlevania and Bloodstained which should and did take themselves seriously. Since that’s a main part of the gothic appeal.

Each thing has it’s place and Bloodstained just like Castlevania shouldn’t be a joke. It should actually take itself seriously with it’s world and lore to make us actually care for it. That’s why I invested and believed in this game. It’s a good sign of professionalism as well.

Small cameos aren’t a problem, but when a game becomes full of inconsistencies, and product placements that is when it becomes part of the problem. There is nothing fun or respectful in that.

Well, I understand that way of thinking. But I could also be wrong, but I kind of have an idea that the KS exclusive  (more expensive) copies wouldn't be purchased if you didn't make them Exclusive, not at all in the same amount anyways. Because it was a Crowdfunding project, to get as much funds as possible it's quite important to keep the Exclusive stuff Exclusive because you will lose trust otherwise.

Might be a bad example, but what makes a change of the content in a specifically named "KS Exclusive copy of the game with it's content" any different to say, Opening up the IGA ring for mass production once the game is released? So those who backed for 5000dollar or whatever it was gets nothing what they paid for. Now you can buy the ring for 100 dollar. Just an example, might be considered a bad one but still in the same kind of area.

You simply can't ask for crowdfunding offering special stuff and then making them UNspecial when there's no option to get out of the deal anymore, it's just not cool.

There are shops trying to make a living on collectible items/games that are actually buying a bunch to sell for more, and there's really no difference in buying special items to sell with a gain or any items for that matter to earn on it. EVERY business/shop/company do that, So why can't private persons do the same?

Buy for less and sell for more, that's how the world works. Shouldn't be something a developer should be bothered about at all, because that's exactly what the resellers do anyways. They buy for less and sell for more, and those resellers also buy collectors editions and sell for more once they're starting to get more hard to find in the world. It's a matter of Exclusivity, if you want exclusive stuff people tend to pay more, which makes others want to make a living out of it or at least earn a little bit of extra $$$ If it wasn't possible to do that, then there's no point in anything that cost money.

A game developer should praise this and embrace it rather then the opposite. They will sell more copies of the special edition/Pre release/extra content copies  thus making their budget higher and can make a better game. They would get less if there was nothing special with it, even if people would like to support the game. Why break your bank if you get nothing more then the game for it? Backing is pretty much the same as Investing in a game, or should be considered as such, it's not really because you don't get revenue from it. But letting your backers (Investers) have the possibility to earn some on special bonuses once a game is released is a great way to show appreciation for the investors that wont be getting nothing else then what they paid for.

At the end of the day, I don't think it neither is nor should be up to a developer to decide the after market value for a product they have produced. It's up to the consumers to decide, so by changing content and such which was initially suppose to be in a certain way BEFORE release, but after there's any chance to pull your "investment" out, is just not something I think a Game developer should be doing. Especially for the reason of stopping people from Harvesting special edition boxes to sell for more eventually, because what damage does that do to the developers? Nothing what so ever, they might just sell a shitload of more copies.

Think it got a little mixed and confusing now, but hope it's more clear and easy to understand then it feel like it is (very hot, sweating and tired)

It was difficult to see because you said "they should have come out with this survey" rather than  "they should have shown the results".

My post was pointing out that they did come out with the survey during that time because that seemed to be how your post was worded and why I asked you what you meant.

Regardless, this has been a topic in the community for a while now. It wasn't exactly brought up out of the blue, and I think that your fellow backers and fans are just as much a deciding factor if anything here (because we don't know if this actually decides anything) since they're the ones that voted for changes in exclusivity.

Because it's an angel... with armor! But that was more of a joke.

Castlevania had Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster, Medusa and Alastor is Greek, Agni is Hindu, Arahabaki is Japanese, Artibatirae is Roman, Balor is Celtic...
I'm reading off an extensive list here of cultural origins of Castlevania's enemies...
castlevaniadungeon.net/history/monstermyth.html

As you may find out, the franchise had long been an amalgamation of different cultures and mythologies. It's nothing new to it. "Castlevania shouldn't be a joke," okay, but it had no problem at all borrowing elements from all sorts of mythologies.

It also had a ton of anachronistic food items— tons of ones that hadn't been invented yet as of SotN, and ones that wouldn't have been possible in the region at that time period.

"It should actually take itself seriously with it’s world and lore to make us actually care for it."
Then it wouldn't make sense to put Miriam in a Succubus costume. Sure, Succubi exist in the mythology, but it would make zero sense for Miriam to dress as a succubus in the lore. Giving her a succubus costume would just be a fun bonus. It's really no different.

And I'm not saying the game should go full Dead Rising or Saints Row on us or anything, but a little bit of bonus here and there isn't going to kill the seriousness of the main game. The Axe Lord armor in Symphony of the Night wasn't very serious. Alucard got pissed off wearing the thing and could barely jump. Unlocking 8-Bit Simon in some of the later Castlevania games wasn't very serious either. Hiding pot roast or macaroni and cheese in the walls isn't very serious either. It's okay to have some levity once in a while. And Valkyrie armor really isn't up there in the joke caliber.

Cranium Huh.......... Neat. Thanks for the context!

They had a great deal at the festival last year about tasty food from different parts of the world. I missed out on it! What a shame.

Good thing I can get all that food from that festival later this year even if that festival is long gone! This because I bought The GrillMeister 5000. It's very logic, yes it is.

or..

Oh man, I missed out on my chance, bummer. It's after all exclusive content during that day of the festival so its only fair you needed to be there to even smell the food. Maybe next festival!

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Clearity

ex·clu·sive (ĭk-sklo͞o′sĭv) adj.
1. Excluding or tending to exclude: exclusive barriers.
2. Not allowing something else; incompatible: mutually exclusive conditions.
3. Not divided or shared with others: exclusive publishing rights.
4. Not accompanied by others; single or sole: your exclusive function.
5. Complete; undivided: gained their exclusive attention.

A. A news item initially released to only one publication or broadcaster.
B. An exclusive right or privilege, as to market a product.
Source: www.thefreedictionary.com/exclusive

Well, I wonder which one was posted on the Kickstarter.

B-b-b-but it'd be cut content! You'd never be able to completely complete the game even if its %99.99

Cranium

Since you and Enkeria Gin both seem to be addressing my posts I'd like to point out that your both using food/service in your examples which is fundamentally different from digital content taken out of the game for a select group of people. Food (or if you want argue it's a service whatever the points the same) has an expiration date and it requires to be made anew every single time it's consumed, the digital content is (or will be but I'm going to assume that the works been mostly done) finished and ready to be used by anyone for as long as they like unless they are locked off from using it. I know you've had issues with the term locked off in your previous posts. But the usage is accurate since this IS part of the game that's made to function in conjunction with the game not separately and it would have be cut out in some manner from the final product, so I'm using the term and not getting bogged down in semantics.

Point being there's no comparison with your extreme examples of demands for a chef with the correct knowledge and ingredients being on call 24/7 for the rest of eternity, and this content being locked off from the majority of players for the sake of exclusivity.

What your example is more akin to would be like the expectation that IGA should be available to any and all who want to pay 10k to have dinner with him regardless of his wishes, which no one is suggesting or thinks should be done.

And thank you for reposting a less inflammatory response then the first one cranium.