New Shop Opens to Allow Purchases to Further Development - Project Gorgon - MMORPG.com

Shelassa · January 2017

New Shop Opens to Allow Purchases to Further Development - Project Gorgon - MMORPG.com

Project Gorgon News - Fans of Project Gorgon who are interested in helping to contribute to the further development of the game can check out the brand new Gorgon Shop on the game's official site. Support packages range in size from $75 to $1,000 and include a number of in-game perks such as gear, mounts, alpha / beta keys and so forth.

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Arkade99 · January 2017

I bought in for $20 back when it was on Kickstarter. That was after I had already been playing the game for several months. I play off an on now as new content is added, but it's definitely worth checking out if you haven't tried it.

darkhearts · January 2017

I swear they said after the kickstarter that it would be enough to complete the game. Then they opened another crowd funding saying they needed more. So idk about this anymore.

wyldmagik · January 2017

Support packages range in size from $75 to $1,000 and include a number of in-game perks such as gear, mounts, alpha / beta keys and so forth

Soon as I read that I cringed and it started a whole new view on where this game is acutally going. If you can not make the game without such ways of money making then please don't make it at all, it will only open the game up now to a bad stink about it coupled with the insulting mmo design that has shown its ugly head of late in other games. It's done, I'm done.

Classicstar · January 2017

And it's also soon coming to steam..very strange?

This is strange, first it's years in developement and supported through kickstarter then they announce it will come to steam as Early Access and now they also put in P2WIN?.. option.

Bad taste suddenly about this.

I take step back and this for me only result in stay way then helping them seems this is contra productive this new development.

Could be wrong but..

Never like this kind of business so..

I'm out.

Shaigh · January 2017

In 2012 they needed $55k to create to create the game and the game didn't get enough to be funded. In 2014 they needed $100k to create the game and the game didn't get funded. In 2015 they came back and only needed $20k to create the game, got funded with estimated release coming in 2016. In 2016 they did another crowdfunding campaign for $20k with a release in 2017. Now they are back and ask people to buy from their own store.

MMORPG developers relying on crowdfunding is like people hooked on crack, they keep asking you for more money and nothing ever gets fixed.

OhhPaigey · January 2017

Haven't played this in a while.

xyzercrime · January 2017

BTW, the shop opening has good reception among their player base:

http://forum.projectgorgon.com/showthread.php?99-New-ways-to-donate-nice

Contrary to some posters here, many PG players always keep asking the devs about new ways to donate their money. So it's not all doom and gloom I suppose.

MadCoderOne · January 2017

I logged in again out of curiosity after about 6 months, logged out after about 10 minutes and uninstalled... just meh

LeFantome · January 2017

The graphics are horrible.

Aelious · January 2017

At a time when features and game play uniqueness are hard to find I hope this is realized to its full potential. I know they are releasing a GUI update (not sure about graphics in general) but the devs are doing things in the right order. They could have spent time and money into aesthetics but they focused on features.

Scorchien · January 2017

Really great game that deserves the support , i been jumpin in and out to check the progress for 2 years now , And ill be throwin some cash at them , A unique game and world that would do the MMO genre good to see succeed

Ozmodan · January 2017

This is one of the those games that will never get completed. It looks like something that started out in high school and progressed.

gervaise1 · January 2017

I wish every game in development well but $1,000 .....

xyzercrime · January 2017

gervaise1 said:

I wish every game in development well but $1,000 .....

We don't know the exact prices yet. Furthermore, this is a game that can been played for a long time unlike other KS MMO. At this point, I think they deserve a fair look from us.

Wizardry · January 2017

Maybe the best game to use as an example as to why crowd funding is never a good idea.

1 Great game on paper
2 Even in game some ideas are really good
3 NOTHING ever gets polished/finished

#3 is the sole problem.As a developer looking for nothing other than more money,they cater to those top supporters.
In this game ..Gorgon,it should have never left the starting map,there was/is way too much work and polish to be done there before moving onto new ideas,new map locations.What Eric has done is keep adding new content to keep supporters coming back.

There is nothing in the game that can be called Triple A or polished,even the models should be updated,dungeons remade and imo the combat once you have actually played it awhile is not that good.
Sure there are lots...loads of ideas in the game,your typical bait and hook lure of tiered gear but it just needs too much refining and seeing that he just keeps moving forward and never polishes anything means the game will always be the same sub par effort.

Wizardry · January 2017

It is like that game that if the developer had SC's budget of over 100 million it likely could have been a 8/10,who knows maybe even better,maybe a 9/10 but as is ,little bits of money here and there and catering to top end players is never going to make the game better than a 5/10.Plus i am not so sure in the leads mind that he is set on making a better game,just a continued game.

PhelimReagh · January 2017

drivendawn said:

Some people here with all do respect don't know what they are talking about.
1. Everyone knows this is a small indie group and that this never will be AAA, however that won't change the fun factor of playing the game.
2. The only thing Eric is not polishing a lot of moving forward is graphics, animations, and performance. As he has been polishing and making skills, gear, and many other things.
3.If you follow what Eric says on his blogs you would know that the plan is to deal with the lvls, areas, skills, gear and all the content in general going up to lvl 100 and then worry about the polish for graphics and performance.

In all fairness, it is not the responsibility of a potential customer to stay up to date on the dev blogs of games in the works. You can expect them to, sure, but that would be setting entirely unrealistic expectations.

At the same time, critics claiming that their earlier efforts to raise funds were to "finish the game" or whatever the heck they imagine, for $20,000 or something, is even less realistic. No MMO is getting finished by 1 person, even if it was the most uber-talented gaming guru ever. It realisticly will need several million in inflows in some shape or form to get itself ready to get to the point where it's ready for Alpha or Beta testing. They are going to have to keep asking for money until the game is "ready". They will use every means available to do so.

Ultimately, the game has been open to play for free for two years now, at least. I think the market has pretty much decided what the game is worth to them. I wonder if they would have done better if they had not allowed access, but had invested time and money into some clever marketing shtick with concept art and vague hype. It certainly couldn't have been worse.

Theocritus · January 2017

This game has been in beta for years......Its an OK game but is very dated and old school.....I wish them luck but dont have alot of confidence in it

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