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[nenjin]

Found this from a Gamespy Kickstarter Roundup.



http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/343838885/nekro

Funded goal: $100,000k

Pledged: $113,333

Time left: 66 hours

About the game:

Nekro is an overhead, randomly generated action game about summoning evil forces of darkness to do your bidding!

Hailing from the era of great classics such as Myth: The Fallen Lords, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Dungeon Keeper and more, we are creating a game rooted deep in PC gaming's history, but with all the flourishes you've come to expect from a modern experience.

Features:

A completely randomized world: Never play the same game twice.

Fully-integrated crafting system: Your spells and 'armor sets' are created with the things you find in the world...and the things you take from those within it.
   
A beautiful and rich world to explore: Nekro will have a host of unique tilesets and locations. From the burning hells to the ravaged lands of the east there will always be a new place to go, and as always, all of them are randomly generated. The game will put a big emphasis on exploration and discovery. The world is teeming with things to find and enemies to conquer.
   
Unique creature-based gameplay: Your summons will do your bidding but are not under your direct control. Each creature you create will have a set of behaviors unique to it. It's up to you to find the best combination of creatures to use for each situation. However, the nekro himself isn't powerless. If all else fails, you can always run intro the fray; transforming into a powerful demon and lay waste to your enemies.
   
World changing events: Each faction of the game (the nekro, the humans and the neutrals) gets their own world events that happen at random and can drastically effect the outcome of a fight. The nekro casts the world into Eternal Darkness, boosting his power. The neutrals summon The Werewolves of the Full Moon, spawning deadly werewolves across the land. And the humans call upon The Crusaders of the King, sending out extremely powerful templars to hunt monsters.
   
Available for PC, Mac and Linux: And completely DRM Free! (We hate it as much as you)

Game about being a Necromancer, raising creepy creatures that act in independently, crafting, randomly generated world, all with a Tim Burton-style look?

I'm game. I recall a few people in the "Games that you wish existed" thread wanting a game that's all about necromancy.

Their Kickstarter video is a little long and a little too rehearsed...but they've already in the alpha stage of development. With 5 days to go, all they need is a little bump.

I'm still fiddling with what exactly to call this game. It's not an RTS, but it's not quite Diablo either.

[freeformschooler]

This looks very fun. PTW.

[Sonlirain]

Reminds me of playing Diablo 2 with a armymancer on later patches (Summons were largely useless in several early versions till... 1.09 i think, while less numerous they became totally boss and capable of killing all bosses on Nightmare without any imput from the necro himself... and even some bosses in hell).

Anyway... it may be good.

[lordcooper]

Aren't these the guys that spammed the fuck out of RPS?  Regardless, I'm in for a few £.

[thepodger]

Eh?  What did they do?

[ColdSpiral]

Backers received an update on the 20th saying they needed as much coverage as possible - turns out a lot of the fans were pretty damn passionate and all of them flooded a bunch of news sites. RPS, GiantBomb, that Kotaku place etc. Same day another update was posted entitled "Please stop sending emails".
Shame, as it seems like a perfect match for RPS' fanbase, but it was probably what sparked their change of stance on Kickstarter projects, so they're unlikely to talk about it before the timer runs out.

[lordcooper]

Eh?  What did they do?

Stop mailing/tweeting us about Nekro. Organised mass spam like that creates annoyance, not enthusiasm, towards a project.

[nenjin]

Looks like they made their funding goal!

Too bad some over active fans had to go and tarnish their rep with RPS.