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Posted June 03, 2015
With Kickstarter beta access on GOG.com!

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night is becoming one of the biggest, most successful Kickstarter campaigns in history.

Straight from the under the watchful eye of Koji Igarashi, one of the godfathers of the genre, comes the newest exploration-focused, side scrolling platformer with RPG and crafting elements. In short, it's shaping up to be the biggest Metroidvania release in recent memory - already surpassing its original Kickstarter goal by sixfold. As of right now that is.

We're huge fans of IGA and Castlevania, so when we heard that Koji Igarashi was returning to the genre we knew we wanted to work with the team to play our part in getting this amazing spiritual successor out there, completely DRM-free, with our signature kind of customer love.

That's why we're excited to announce that we'll be supporting the upcoming release with DRM-free versions to all Kickstarter backers of the game pledging $28 or more!

Everyone who backs the project at the $60 tier (or higher) will receive not only a DRM-free digital copy of the game, but also exclusive backer-only content and access to the beta, all right here on GOG.com.

You can make your pledge over on Kickstarter, and stay tuned for future backer updates with more details on how to get started with your access to the beta.
Post edited May 02, 2019 by Ashleee
Posted June 04, 2015
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StrawHatLuffy23: How could this backfire?
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AlienMind: Well, you have sold someone a non existent game. All sorts of things..:
- Game never comes out.
- Game comes out, but second half is missing.
- Promised game features are missing.
- Game comes out. Is shit.
- Developer turns into a menace to society.
- Bananas
In all these cases, KS will put hand in air and waits a while for grass to appear because it's reputation is already non-existent. Can GOG do the same? Until next time in this theater.

Hope all goes well, though.
And this is why I think this is a potentially disasterous risk for GOG. Sure, the campaign is funny funded (and then some), but there's a ton of things that could happen between now and release that could leave GOG seriously screwed if development for the game goes South. It's one thing for GOG to allow beta access for a KS game that's already in the late beta phase, or just undergoing polishing. It's another thing entirely for a game that's still at the KS backing stage.
Posted June 04, 2015
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It looks like GOG is insulated on this one.

Worst case scenario and the game never comes out, that's the development team on the hook to a lot of very angry people.

GOG has an arrangement to do a DRM-free version of the game when it's ready. They're also facilitating beta access as well as access to other backer-only content.

Everything still depends on the developers. There isn't a single syllable of that statement that says GOG or CD Projekt is involved with the development.
If it all crashes and burns, GOG can't provide what's being stated due to the developer's failure. That failure isn't on GOG.

So long as GOG has the infrastructure set up to smoothly provide beta and content access, and so long as they put out the DRM-free version in a timely manner upon completion as agreed, they'll be fine. That's their end of the bargain.
Post edited June 04, 2015 by CarrionCrow
Posted June 04, 2015
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Riotact: I don't get this, is it like Early Access for Galaxy or something?

Link doesn't show anything worthwhile and it says MAR 2017 for a release date.
Crowdfunding Betas and the regular Early Access aren´t the same, although they are called the same on Steam!
Major differences:
-Within Crowdfunding, you pay MORE to get earlier Access, in Early Access you pay LESS the sooner you want to play!
-Early Access tries to give you something playable, enjoyable as soon as possible, even if it´s hurt the development. That´s not the aim of crowdfunding!
-If a Crowdfunding Title gets 10000% Budget during funding they can adapt. If an Early Access Title get´s 10000% funded via Early Access Sales they got a huge problem as the game is already partways finished!

Anyways, it´s superb that GOG does now support Kickstarter-Betas, this move will secure ways more Kickstarter-Projects from early on!
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AlienMind: Good luck, GOG. This could backfire.
How? They aren´t selling the game right now, they just agreed to provide a plattform for backers to get their beta access on here & they announced that they WILL sell it once it´s finished.
A bit bandwidth cost is guaranteed, but more risks? Nope!

Anyways, in opposite to Early Access Crowdfunding got a very good hit-ratio!
Post edited June 04, 2015 by RadonGOG
Posted June 04, 2015
GoG transformed for quite some into GiG. Kinda cool to see this, but still GoG used to be always for old gems I couldn't find anywhere else.

At least we have IGA's game here too, hoorah.
Posted June 04, 2015
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Riotact: I don't get this, is it like Early Access for Galaxy or something?

Link doesn't show anything worthwhile and it says MAR 2017 for a release date.
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RadonGOG: Crowdfunding Betas and the regular Early Access aren´t the same, although they are called the same on Steam!
Major differences:
-Within Crowdfunding, you pay MORE to get earlier Access, in Early Access you pay LESS the sooner you want to play!
-Early Access tries to give you something playable, enjoyable as soon as possible, even if it´s hurt the development. That´s not the aim of crowdfunding!
-If a Crowdfunding Title gets 10000% Budget during funding they can adapt. If an Early Access Title get´s 10000% funded via Early Access Sales they got a huge problem as the game is already partways finished!
Thank you Radon,That was a very clear and concise explanation, I never really thought about the excess funding like that....then again, I don't do KS apart from D:OS because I like and trust Larian, so my knowledge is VERY limited to say the least, +1 for you!.
Cheers! :)
Posted June 04, 2015
Rock on!

Glad to see GOG helping Bloodstained go DRM-free. And beta access here is one less advantage for Steam.

Should be good exposure for GOG, too.

I dislike exclusive in-game content, but that's on the devs, not GOG. I wouldn't want the GOG version to be inferior, so offering the content here is the right thing to do imo.

All things considered, a good step towards a DRM-free future. :)
Post edited June 04, 2015 by SeduceMePlz
Posted June 04, 2015
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RadonGOG: They aren´t selling the game right now, they just agreed to provide a plattform for backers to get their beta access on here & they announced that they WILL sell it once it´s finished.
Let me get this straight. Given the case the game is _not_ released so far (beta or whatever, these names mean nothing anymore). In this case, the customer will give the money[tm] not to GOG, but still to KS?
Posted June 04, 2015
I really liked the Castlevania games on the DS, but one thing annoyed me constantly: every game needed some stupid gimmicky mechanic attached to it like the souls or the glyphs. It didn't give the game any extra depth, it just made progress more tedious when your spells were randomly dropped. Especially the souls from Aria/Dawn of Sorrow were stupid because every enemy dropped one. Seriously, how many spells do you need in a game like this? You will have between three and ten spells you use and never touch the rest. And on top of that you have the level up your spells as well.

I always enjoyed the alternate game mode more than the regular one. One character, or three, you get all the skills from the start and the rest is just about finding your way through the maze and now dying.
Posted June 04, 2015
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RadonGOG: They aren´t selling the game right now, they just agreed to provide a plattform for backers to get their beta access on here & they announced that they WILL sell it once it´s finished.
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AlienMind: Let me get this straight. Given the case the game is _not_ released so far (beta or whatever, these names mean nothing anymore). In this case, the customer will give the money[tm] not to GOG, but still to KS?
Straight answer: Yes!
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RadonGOG: Crowdfunding Betas and the regular Early Access aren´t the same, although they are called the same on Steam!
Major differences:
-Within Crowdfunding, you pay MORE to get earlier Access, in Early Access you pay LESS the sooner you want to play!
-Early Access tries to give you something playable, enjoyable as soon as possible, even if it´s hurt the development. That´s not the aim of crowdfunding!
-If a Crowdfunding Title gets 10000% Budget during funding they can adapt. If an Early Access Title get´s 10000% funded via Early Access Sales they got a huge problem as the game is already partways finished!
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Riotact: Thank you Radon,That was a very clear and concise explanation, I never really thought about the excess funding like that....then again, I don't do KS apart from D:OS because I like and trust Larian, so my knowledge is VERY limited to say the least, +1 for you!.
Cheers! :)
Glad to hear I could help!
Post edited June 04, 2015 by RadonGOG
Posted June 04, 2015
Interesting.Since when has GOG offerred betas?
Posted June 04, 2015
28$? Hmm... well, I do hope the game will be cheaper after the release. Still - good to know it's coming to GOG. Never heared of it before, but now... now I'm curios.
Posted June 04, 2015
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Soulblade777: That's great news! I was a bit worried to not get a DRM-Free Version of the game but this puts me at ease :)

There is related question which comes to my mind. There was another successful Kickstarter for La Mulana 2 which I helped back some time ago. Since you guys offer the first installment here, are there any plans about doing a similiar thing like with Bloodstained for the sequel of La Mulana?
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VanishedOne: If memory serves, Playism ran the campaign for LM2, and they have their own online shop to promote...
Ah, yes you are correct. The game will be released on Playism when the time comes.
I was just curious since I prefer having most of my DRM Free games here on GoG than on multiple Stores.
It's easier to notice updates here compared to, for example, The Humble Bundles...
No doubt it'll be released sooner or later here as well though :)
Posted June 04, 2015
Wow, they actually gameyfied their Kickstarter campaign. That's pretty clever.
Posted June 04, 2015
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AlienMind: Let me get this straight. Given the case the game is _not_ released so far (beta or whatever, these names mean nothing anymore). In this case, the customer will give the money[tm] not to GOG, but still to KS?
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RadonGOG: Straight answer: Yes!
Apologies, I misunderstood. I also don't see why this could be bad, then :-)
Posted June 04, 2015
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Bethezer: 28$? Hmm... well, I do hope the game will be cheaper after the release. Still - good to know it's coming to GOG. Never heared of it before, but now... now I'm curios.
I wouldn't bet on it. Usually pleding on Kickstarter is cheaper than buying the game at full price later.
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