Kindred Fates: Combat Arena

A literal scam that stole money from many Kickstarter backers

Hello. I have followed this game since the Kickstarter, and have 100+ hours playing the Alpha as well as talking to the development team, Skymill Studios, almost daily. Here's my review: [b]1) COMMUNICATION:[/b] The team is in constant communication with the community through Discord. They also release detailed bi-weekly newsletters. I always look forward to reading them. Rob, the game's creator, is often talking to us about his methodology and ideas for the game, while also listening to our feedback. If this game looks interesting to you and you have some questions for the team, you can ask them yourself at this very moment. [b]2) RECEPTIVE TO FEEDBACK:[/b] They are highly receptive to constructive criticism, as changes can be reverted and good ideas can see themselves making it into the game. I speak from experience as I created a video regarding basic attacks and movement, and within days the change was made to the game. Everything in my review is based on first-hand experience. Skymill is looking to make the best game that they can, and they're aware the community can be a big help for that. [b]3) PROGRESS:[/b] They are making huge strides in creating this highly ambitious game from the ground up. They share their developmental journey with us through newsletters, while sharing specifics when they can. A huge draw about this game is creating the monster taming game we all wish we could play. We played Pokemon as kids, but for many of us we feel it didn't grow up with us. They plan to solve that with this open world action combat rpg with over 150 Kinfolk. It's important to strike a balance between revealing enough to keep us engaged, but not enough to take the surprise/magic out of the first play-through. Take a look at their youtube channel and look at the old videos versus the new ones. The Single-Player preview released yesterday was absolutely incredible. The progress is clear as day. Single-Player Preview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPW40t49pJ8 [b]4) AUTHENTIC:[/b] The Skymill Studios team is genuine, kind, and dedicated. They are pouring their hearts into this gem of a game, and they've cultivated a positive and friendly community that I'm grateful to be a part of. I highly recommend joining the Discord and seeing for yourself. [b]5) COMBAT:[/b] Duh, the combat. Kindred Fates will be primarily a Single-Player game (with online pvp), but they have created the Alpha Combat Arena to test out basic combat mechanics. This helps them make the single player game better. Combat is fast paced, fun, and rewarding. Practice quickly produces results, and it's so satisfying pulling off cool combos and defeating your rival. The fact that this game is still in Alpha is baffling to me, because it already feels SO GOOD to play. Check out youtube for recent videos. Monster Tamer Bloba and Ynku upload videos quite often. And that's it. I highly recommend joining the Discord and getting involved with this project. There are high expectations for the final product, and based off what I've seen, I fully believe the team will pull it off. Thanks for reading.

I'm waiting for full controller support to really dive in, but I love the framework they have in place so far. The plans they already have in place look extremely promising, and the team behind it are hella dedicated, so I have high hopes.

It reminded me of Pokémon Generations.

Parece até ser golpe. Desenvolvimento não avança faz muito tempo; Exige um cadastro no próprio site para acessar o jogo e o site não funciona. A ideia pareceu ser interessante, mas a empresa não tem apresentado nenhuma evolução do jogo faz muito tempo. Melhor ir de Palworld mesmo. Pedi reembolso.

cool

worth the wait

How do I say this... This game massively, and I mean MASSIVELY, hyped me back when the kickstarter was announced. I even pledged some extra money for the beta access and plushie. Now that I could finally get my hands on the game, all I can say is that I am incredibly disappointed. You'll probably say "but it's a beta demo!", to which I'll reply to you yes, but this is supposed to represent at least 6 *years* of development. When I finally could play, I couldn't shake off the feeling of the game feeling very amateurish, like a solo dev doing a small project in their free time. The general feel of the game felt incredibly hollow. For example, you have almost 0 ambiance when exploring the world. No footsteps, no wind, no nothing. Simply a permanently looping soundtrack. It really sapped my immersion. Fighting with some creatures felt really messy, and sometimes really lacked impact, which didn't make it very fun. That being said, Kodoki felt pretty solid though. I really fear this game being a total flop when if finally does release. It has been delayed too much, and pretty much all hype about this game is now gone. It's going to get completely overshadowed by other creature collector games that have been pretty successful. Kindred Fates was pretty novel back when it was announced. Nowadays very much less so. I still really hope that all my fears have been for nothing, and that the final product is really a blast to play, but I won't get my hopes up. We'll see when we get there.

Des années d’attente… pour ça ? Kindred Fates: Combat Arena est une énorme désillusion. Ce n’est pas un jeu, c’est à peine une démo. Rien n’a été livré de ce qui était promis. Skymill Studios a passé son temps à parler et à promettre monts et merveilles, mais au final, il n’y a rien. Pas de contenu, pas de vraie progression, pas de fun. On se retrouve avec un projet fantôme qui sent l’abandon à plein nez. Pour moi, ce n’est plus de la déception, c’est de l’arnaque. On nous a vendu du rêve pour encaisser l’argent, et on repart avec… du vide.

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