$10 DLC + Linux/Mac Backing = 2 X SCREWED

Can I ask something while trusting you’d be 100% honest?

How much did you backed this project for?

You simply need to learn that your way isn't the only way. I backed this game because IGA's Castlevanias easily make up one of my favorite series, and it's the only one that has been missing for the past ten years, so naturally there's been a bit of a void for me. But the Kickstarter didn't require that to be the reason. It didn't require any reason. You, and everyone else acting like you, have no right to tell anyone else why they should have backed the game. If they didn't want people to back for a Mac or Linux version, then they shouldn't have offered one. If they didn't want people to back for exclusive content, then they shouldn't have offered any.

And I wonder, if you hate "gatekeeping" so much, why did you back a game that was offering such content? So you're allowed to support something you're against, and you have a problem with other people that don't just accept what they're against. That's odd, to say the least.

And seriously, I can't wait to see how much the online pass costs!

I apologize for the double posting. I've been trying very hard to avoid editing any of my posts so I don't get accused of saying things and then changing them to affect how the responses look.



Who says this won't end with a nice little video of Iga throwing a small bag of cash down after a montage of mean posts about how platform cancellations were handled? They could easily refund every single Linux and Mac backer with just the DLC money from the first 300 preorders, and  you KNOW they're well past that number. Hell, they probably blew past that in the first ten minutes of preorders...

Besides, the only thing that makes corporations change their greedy behaviour is public pressure. I doubt 505 would really like it very much if Polygon ran a story about how their ex-pirate publishing manager ripped off Linux and Mac backers a second time right before they release the game, and really, do you think nobody will bring what they did to us up every time 505 publishes a game from now on?



Well, obviously. You think if they'd announced the $10 backer-perk DLC before they told the Linux and Mac backers to switch to physical that they would have still taken the bait and given up on getting a direct refund?

It's almost like they're being led by an experienced thief. Oh wait.



My purpose is the same as it has always been - to get 505 to refund me since they ripped me off, or to make them prove they really have a technical problem. I am STILL willing to accept a legitimate technical explanation for the problem and just walk away. Show me the bug, name the UE4 plugin that's broken, and I'll be more than happy to say "well at least they tried" and leave.

You and the other admins have told the "satisfied and excited members" to not engage me, you've told them and I've told them that this is between me and 505 and no one else, so if they're not going to listen to that, it's on them. Nobody asked anyone to play 505's public defender, but I'm sure 505 doesn't mind not having to answer themselves.

Fine.

The vast majority of folks don't do stuff to be wankers as the internet tends to believe. Could things have been handled better? Friggin' always. In the pitch of the fight, solutions are looked for at short distance to deal with an immediate problem. Only after the fact, when it's far too late and the plate is full of other pressing stuff, do we realize what we could have done.

New business, new mistakes, new solutions.

Hell, even the joke of IGA 'coming clean' has a bunch of 'journalists' being smug (I WILL PROVE THEM WRONG!).

Let's all take a step back.

I don't want to seem like an IGA a** kisser here but honestly I think he's not the one running the show anymore, in regards to selling the game and making business moves to ensure the game is a hit on the big picture. I don't know what kind of deals and signings went on between them, if 505 put in extra money in development for the game etc. but I don't think he's the primary figure calling the shots on big decisions. It's almost like he got caught on in the publisher's web but didn't have much choice in the matter. It'll be interesting to see if he wants his next game to be done in this crowdfunded fashion or just go back doing things the old fashioned way. I've no doubt that having to listen to backers and people as you go in this game development fashion must have been incredibly stressful than just making a game behind the scenes and revealing things when you're 70% done.

"Better" doesn't necessarily mean "good". Breaking a leg is better than breaking both legs and a hand but breaking a single leg is still not good thing.

browren

I've been replying to you publicly every time you pinged me, and I didn't dismiss you on Discord, I asked if you could repeat your question to me because I was told you pinged me but yesterday was the Zangetsu announce and I was indeed extremely, extremely busy.

For context although I try to reply as much as possible online, my actual job as the brand manager is to lead all publishing efforts for the game, so if for whatever reason I don't reply or ask for clarification or something, that's not me blowing you off, rest assured.

I understand if you're unhappy with the Mac & Linux situation, however we've addressed your questions. Platform changes were offered, upgrade to a physical were offered, we're too close to launch to continue that offer anymore, but if you emailed Fangamer requesting either of these two solutions in the past, they will have that in their records and will honor the request.