Years After Raising $660,000, Playdek Keeps Breaking Promises To Unsung Story BackersJason Schreier8/02/16 12:00pm13114EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIn early 2014, the company Playdek crowdfunded over $660,000 to make a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy Tactics alongside its creator, Yasumi Matsuno. Two and a half years later, they just can’t seem to stop breaking promises.
Jason Schreier2/06/16 5:32pm15211EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkUnsung Story is never gonna happen, huh? After an endless string of broken promises involving the game they Kickstarted for over $660,000, the developers at Playdek said in an update today that they need to focus on other projects “for the financial strength of the company” and that they hope to get back to…
The Unsung Story Kickstarter Is Still Breaking PromisesJason Schreier1/14/16 2:30pm18013EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkTwo years after launch, Playdek’s Unsung Story remains one of the biggest Kickstarter disappointments to date, a $660,126 disaster that just keeps breaking promises. And now they’ve been MIA for three months.
Unsung Story Is A $660,000 Kickstarter DisasterJason Schreier9/22/15 11:30am62138EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIn January of 2014, a company called Playdek launched a Kickstarter promising a spiritual successor to one of my favorite games, Final Fantasy Tactics. It made $660,126. I really wish I hadn’t backed it.
The Spiritual Successor To Final Fantasy Tactics Still Isn't FundedJason Schreier2/12/14 12:00pm32512EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkWe're a little over two days away from the end of Unsung Story's Kickstarter campaign, and it's still not funded. That's kind of insane.
Final Fantasy Tactics Wasn't Supposed To Have Casting TimesJason Schreier2/10/14 1:00pm1908EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkYou know how in Final Fantasy Tactics—the wonderful strategy-RPG released for the PlayStation in 1998—your wizards and summoners all had to deal with charging times? And how if you wanted to cast a spell, you'd have to wait X number of turns before it went through?
The Creator Of Final Fantasy Tactics Wants To Make Another OneJason Schreier1/14/14 2:34pm39626EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkYasumi Matsuno is asking for $600,000 to make a spiritual successor to Final Fantasy Tactics, and if that sentence doesn't make you giddy, you haven't played Final Fantasy Tactics.
The Creator Of Final Fantasy Tactics Has A New GameJason Schreier9/19/13 10:40am1193EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkIt's called Unsung Story, and it'll come to digital platforms at some point next year.