ReVeN Pushed Back to an Undefined Release Date in 2017

I thought it looked cool just by the character. I read it was inspired by Metroid, which was my first guess, by the suit of the character. So I watched the video.

How is this only "inspired" by Metroid? It looks EXACTLY like Metroid. It may as well be Samus Aran's kid.

To me, all they did was take Metroid 3 or Super Metroid, tweak the monsters, suit, ship, change the colors a bit, and slap a new name on it.

As much as I want another Metroid game to come, I don't want a cheap knockoff.

"Inspired" is a very loose term to describe just how much Metroid it actually is.

I want another Metroid game just like everyone else. I'd LOVE another Metroid Prime game tbh. But we'll just have to wait. We don't need a potentially new series which is Metroid's (fraternal) twin sister.

Honestly, he is taking the initiative to take responsibility and keeping people informed. Despite that, he should have prioritized the kickstarter program. This is part of the reason why people do not like Kickstarter. At least if he keeps open communication they might be more willing to understand but really it is a bad flaw in his actions

@Alterraia My thoughts exactly. Unless this game evolves into something that feels unique, yet looks subtly inspired by Metroid, it will NeVeR be a memorable experience.

So in other words we won't be seeing this on Wii U ever

His post explaining the delay is beyond belief. He used his share of the $33k raised ($9k) to buy a car and a computer that's able to make games. He then used the car paid for by backers to deliver pizzas so he can afford to keep making games but not the game he promised the backers. No, another game that can be sold to provide funds to make the game originally promised. Utterly farcical!

This looks a little too 'inspired' to me - do yourselves a favour and check out Ghost Song

Looks like a Flash game and plays obviously nothing like Metroid.

Why is there no new metroid on wiiu?!!! Have they forgotten it is also thirty years of metroid?!!

So... it just sounds like every kickstarter game being made has just been a failure one way or another. No, I don't mean completely, but there's always... something. Good thing being a backer's never appealed to me, I guess. But what about the people who have been backing games and have had to consistently wait on each and every one because of stuff like this?

@Simbabbad My thoughts exactly. Animation also looks very "floaty" like the character isn't moving in sync with the walking animation. I do like the aesthetics, but overall it feels very much like Flash to me.

@GraveLordXD
The news on that is that there isn't any release date yet.
They ran into a bit of trouble with porting the game because Game Maker and Wii U aren't that good friends yet.
They're committed to getting it solved, however.

@GraveLordXD As far as I'm aware,the last we heard about the Wii U version was that it was "in limbo" and unlikely to come. Supposedly due to contractual issues between Nintendo and the engine developer. From what I've read, the engine never was compatible with Wii U so the developers made promises in the hope it would be eventually.

I'm a backer for this, and while it stinks I'm very patient because I know a good metroid clone is worth the wait generally just look at how good Axiom Verge turned out. with them doing well with xbridge it will help them finish the funding. They raised so little on the actually kickstarter I knew it would be a rocky path for this game to come out lol. At least he is however being honest and keeps us updated. The one thing that most of these people should be understanding is it takes more time than they are putting in their original kickstarters. These small kickstarters should be giving about 3 year timeframes it sounds like then they will be more likely to hit the timeframes.

@allav866 Lol well said. Agreed.

So looking at the stretch goals, they had one that was simply "The game is completed faster" and they were only 10% or $4k away from reaching it---Yeeeesh, imagine the s***storm if that went through.

Looks really good, it's a good thing the Indies are at least attempting to fill the void left by Metroid. Axiom Verge almost brought me to tears, I was so happy to play a new Metroid style game after such a long time.

As for the actual topic. I do respect this guy's honesty, I know it's not really the same thing, but I like to play around with RPG Maker myself and I have a hard time completing anything I start because I have a tendency of getting sidetracked to other things.

I actually backed this project on a whim. One of only 2 kickstarter projects I've ever backed. The other one was a project I was very interested in, La Mulana 2, which I didn't hesitate to back, but I also noticed this one and thought "why not?" 10 bucks isn't much of a risk. It was clear that the developers were inexperienced and I sort of half expected things to go this way. I do still believe the game will eventually be released, although maybe not on wii u. At least backers did already get something out of it (a completely different game than the one they backed). I suppose if I had put hundreds of dollars into this I'd be pretty upset, but then again, I can't understand why anyone would put a substantial amount of money into a project like this.