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by The Witcher » Sat May 16, 2015 8:39 pm
When Soul Saga first caught my eyes, I had a feeling, a feeling of nostalgia, like something familiar from my past was telling me to stay, telling me to tippy toe and try to get a better look, like a little boy preying down the flavors of ice cream as the scooper passes his utensil over each and every flavor, like a child staring from the outside in, into a toy store, hoping, wishing, asking...... is it Christmas yet? I continued to stare down this Kickstarter and no matter what I couldn't shake off this feeling, was it love? The music, the world, the story? What was it about this beautiful project that kept my eyes unable to look away?
To be honest, I'm still not clear what it is about Soul Saga that I love so much and I'm still un-sure of what kept drawing me in so much.... Was/Is it the passion that would emerge out of Mikey's voice, every time he spoke of his baby during the live streams? Was it the fight during the last few minutes of the funding, where we were all together, watching, fighting for the numbers to go up, fighting for the dream of one man, a dream that soon became the dream of hundreds, no, thousands!(Bajillions!).... and we did it side by side with him, he honored us with a live stream and we watched together, we marched together, we triumphed together, we Cloud victory theme song'd together.
But not all has come so easy, we went through struggles of change, change that a few didn't accept and they had the right to worry, but Mikey delivered and showed them, us, that we never would have to worry, that no matter what happens! As long as Soul Saga is at the tips of his fingers, he would take us to the finish line, he would guide us, not only through the darkness, but past the barriers of the Tempest Rift and into safety, and back onto the holy lands of Medonia. What I love about Soul Saga so much? The journey,the struggle, the people, because I already loved Soul Saga, once I backed I already knew, I already felt the greatness I was/am going to end up with at the end of the stretch, at the finish line.......
Oh wait what was the question again?
What makes me want to play Soul Saga so much? What intrigues you about the game? The characters, the story, the neat throwbacks of fan suggestions that we will find hints of throughout the game. Being able to go, hey! isn't that what so and so suggested, it made it into the game and is so rad! The fan service, no not that kind of fan service, pervs. The characters the backers created and finally being able to get our hands on them, the airship battles, playing as the heartthrob/protagonist Garen, Finally getting to see what Karen and Mithos had developed into, after all lol, there was a whole struggle there based on the looks alone during the first few months after the Kickstarter. Squabbles!, Cider, Cake, Throwback Kickstarter skins, seeing what had made it into the game from the pre-kickstarter development, looking for all the mash-ups and merges from all the musicians and artists that had come and gone during the project, seeing how much Mikey got done and went far and beyond to achieve with the so little he was left to work with, especially after that one backer pulled out. Stepping into the Guild Hall for the first time, reading each and every bit of dialogue for every npc in game, finding all the little easter eggs and love letters, playing the game for the very first time and doing it in the nude.............
And that's why I deserve to be president of the united states! ....... wait what where we talking about again?
