"It is because of the 1-to-1 recreation and the way the pandemic has [happened]. Basically, everything has been hit and there are no more resources because everyone tried to get out. There is no more gasoline in the cars, there is no traffic, you're on foot."
Hold on, The story based reason is one would need to walk to the different districts since there's no vehicle transport?
So what?
A better excuse involving story would be that the bridges were destroyed and the tunnels flooded in an attempt to contain the pandemic, not "You would have to walk there and that takes time"
While I'm quite certain this is a project gone wrong, I'd agree the ones who donated ought to know what their money went towards. Are they legally or morally obligated to provide them refunds, perhaps. They likely generate enough revenue to allow it and Kickstarter probably has records of who gave how much. I also dislike how they've thrown the developer under the bus when they could've stood up and taken partial blame. And this from someone who watches their video's often. They've handled this poorly and In my opinion the project was doomed from the start.
With that said I hope this makes people open their eyes to Kickstarter and perhaps even "early releases", it's risky and you're giving money towards something that in a few cases are finished, most often are canceled or left in development cause the developers realize that finishing the product is a loss. This was one of those cases and while I partially feel bad for those that gave ten grand towards the project, I can't help but think " They can't have been so naive to think there was no risk involved"
If it however turns out people are that naive to Kickstarter projects then either there needs to be given contracts that ensure full or partial refund if the project fails or we're simply not ready to take the role of a investor and take the gamble. And since I highly doubt the contract route would be implemented then I hope this stands as something to have jerked the naive awake.
if it wasn't for the rapid respawning checkpoints, malaria and very weak and difficult to follow story, I'd say Far Cry 2 was fantastic, Instead it's pretty good but frustrating at times.
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