Crimzon Clover World Explosion (Switch)

[famitsu1]

Anyone seen the newest ridiculous excuse for more delays:
https://firstpressgames.com/blogs/news/ ... A%E8%A1%A8

[Jonpachi]

Anyone seen the newest ridiculous excuse for more delays:
https://firstpressgames.com/blogs/news/ ... A%E8%A1%A8

Summertime, and the lyin's easy...

[SeafoamGaming]

Anyone seen the newest ridiculous excuse for more delays:
https://firstpressgames.com/blogs/news/ ... A%E8%A1%A8

OK there’s no way his ranting about slander isnt related to my article lol

[m.sniffles.esq]

When you hire a vendor, there's a contract, and on it a delivery date. If the vendor breaks said contract by not making that date, the party that hires them doesn't have to pay (or can just dissolve the whole she-bang, get back the deposit, and hire a new vendor)

So if that released statement is true, they're basically saying "the finished product is late because the vendor is late--but it's cool--as we'll make WAY more money"

Perhaps they should use it towards hiring a pr person to write their releases...

[famitsu1]

Don't know feck all me, but doesn't anyone have the power (legally speaking) to step in by now and say enough is enough, you've taken a feck ton of time and still nothing!? Can't Clover be freed from the hands of First Press and the license given to someone capable of actually releasing it? I would have more faith in Del boy Trotter.

[m.sniffles.esq]

Can't Clover be freed from the hands of First Press and the license given to someone capable of actually releasing it?

Probably not
Distribution rights are sold outright. So they legally own it until whatever stipulation of the contract is met (be it time, x amount of units, something like that)

[Sengoku Strider]

Anyone seen the newest ridiculous excuse for more delays:
https://firstpressgames.com/blogs/news/ ... A%E8%A1%A8

"Additional problem is the fact that neither of them were willing to put any deadlines in writing, even after numerous requests, as they feared to be sued for liabilities should they not meet those deadlines. We had to reluctantly accept it for they would plainly refused to accept the job."

Uh, why use these scammy printers then?

[m.sniffles.esq]

"Additional problem is the fact that neither of them were willing to put any deadlines in writing, even after numerous requests, as they feared to be sued for liabilities should they not meet those deadlines. We had to reluctantly accept it for they would plainly refused to accept the job."

Oh, disregard my post from before (in my defense, it's hard to read when one is rolling their eyes)

Uh, why use these scammy printers then?

If even true, lower cost

[SeafoamGaming]

Don't know feck all me, but doesn't anyone have the power (legally speaking) to step in by now and say enough is enough, you've taken a feck ton of time and still nothing!? Can't Clover be freed from the hands of First Press and the license given to someone capable of actually releasing it? I would have more faith in Del boy Trotter.

The project blue dev openly tried to force a takedown of his game from FPG’s store and they just ignored it. So probably not.

[SeafoamGaming]

Another update https://firstpressgames.com/blogs/news/ ... 2024-07-19 and of course it’s more cardboard rambling with a strict focus on chained echoes.

I don’t think anything but chained echoes is getting out guys

(Doesn’t help when people get mad at FPG in the chained echoes discord, Deck13 folks have acted very casual and not at all concerned about FPG being FPG. After all, they got paid upfront so who cares if their game takes priority over anything else?)

Also yeah I lol’d at them remarking people barely open their games so they want it to be consistent for sealed collectors

[TransatlanticFoe]

"It's impossible for us to skip ahead"
....
"Except to get Chained Echoes out because it's really popular"

I'm pretty sure at this point it's easier to just buy a printer and do it yourselves if this printing company are so bad and have been the bottleneck to Crimzon Clover for *checks notes* 3 years

[Ms. Tea]

An update from another dev with a game that's been stuck in limbo forever:

https://bsky.app/profile/goodboygalaxy. ... 7pzc4nos2s

The Goodboy Galaxy devs apparently cancelled their contract with First Press as of September 30th... but they haven't removed the game from their store and are still taking orders. Not clear from Rik's post whether First Press have actually refunded any customers or not, but my guess would be they haven't. What a mess; I feel awful for them it turned out like this. I hope they still manage to find a way to get their game a physical release... and that something happens for the other First Press games that are trapped, like Crimzon Clover and Neko Navy.

[fuse]

I am in the fabulous position of having backed Goodboy Galaxy for a physical, and having ordered Chained Echoes and CCWE along with an OST. Slightly surprised to find that update from the Goodboy team here first rather than via Kickstarter, but I assume that update's coming.

I've had things from FPG in the past, and while they've been very good they have taken way, way longer than ever expected, even with the adjusted expectations that come with all of these publishers. I am not surprised that developers would lose confidence in their ability to deliver.

What's worrying me most right now is that there was an update from them about Chained Echoes about having the game in stock and ready to start posting out. More than two months later, and there's still no update to say that it's shipped, and I now note that the blog, the YouTube video, and the social media posts are all set to not allow comments.

[SeafoamGaming]

I am in the fabulous position of having backed Goodboy Galaxy for a physical, and having ordered Chained Echoes and CCWE along with an OST. Slightly surprised to find that update from the Goodboy team here first rather than via Kickstarter, but I assume that update's coming.

I've had things from FPG in the past, and while they've been very good they have taken way, way longer than ever expected, even with the adjusted expectations that come with all of these publishers. I am not surprised that developers would lose confidence in their ability to deliver.

What's worrying me most right now is that there was an update from them about Chained Echoes about having the game in stock and ready to start posting out. More than two months later, and there's still no update to say that it's shipped, and I now note that the blog, the YouTube video, and the social media posts are all set to not allow comments.

I have seen SOME people get that, but very, very few. Mainly german influencers, and german customers, and a few non german customers who threatened refunds. I think the CEO dude is literally shipping them all out by hand and is acting his usual self, which isn't surprising.

Speaking of which, the FPG guy posted what might just be the most unhinged response to the Goodboy Galaxy developer.

https://bsky.app/profile/njeisserevised ... b25xr7hs2t

TLDR: they're filing a defamation suit because the FPG CEO is a fucking loser child who hates being told no. Heaven forbid they ship stuff or GIVE REFUNDS.

[Steven]

Oh hey it's this thread. I still haven't gotten my refund from Worst Press Games. I just emailed these fools again a few minutes ago, but I don't think it's going to happen. They still haven't shipped my games, and I don't think that's going to happen either.

Crimzon Clover people should just give up and buy the digital version. At least you'll actually get it!

While I am here, who in Deutschland do I have to send my legal stuff to regarding Worst Press Games?

[SeafoamGaming]

https://firstpressgames.com/blogs/news/ ... -our-hands Now boasting they have the CE Figurine, after 5 years, and acting like everything is good and it'll ship out for soon for real this time we promise

still refund dodging and still not answering emails, though.

[brokenhalo]

https://firstpressgames.com/blogs/news/ ... -our-hands Now boasting they have the CE Figurine, after 5 years, and acting like everything is good and it'll ship out for soon for real this time we promise

still refund dodging and still not answering emails, though.

Reading it carefully....

"Below, you can compare the original model that will be include in the Super Collector's Edition with a representation of the final size that it will have. Of course, customers who bought the Super Collector's Edition will receive the red model with dimensions similar to the gold one."

It certainly seems like they don't actually have the figurine. They've merely decided that the figurine they make ~eventually~ will be the same size as this other figure they've pictured for reference. At least there's a tiny bit of communication from these clowns and they haven't packed it in entirely.

[Gamer707b]

This is why I don't like to give my money to anyone so far in advance. I'm thankful I got my money back from these bozos when my instinct said that this was going to be a mess some 2 years ago. I too pre-ordered CrimSon Clover, I think it was the Collector's. However, every time I would look to see the progress on the site, it always said something like " in progress" as the status. Then there was and up that said "next year second quarter" or whatever it said and I said, "that's enough." I would love a physical, but I wasn't desperate for it either. I saw the writing on the wall. Thankfully, after 3 or 4 emails, I got my money back. Crazy to think 2 years later and they still haven't delivered the goods. I really do hope you guys still holding on get your games, but some friendly advice. To avoid future hassle, think twice about giving anyone your money so far ahead. I'm not going to do this again myself. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

[Jonpachi]

My strategy is to just keep putting in more and more pre-orders. I've put in about 25 now, and paid in full each time. I figure if I can help fund their efforts, we'll all win. Right?

[Steven]

A random question: how many people here have cleared this game's Arcade Original mode besides Jaimers? Not Novice Original or Arcade Boost or Arcade Unlimited or anything else, just Arcade Original. I've been playing this recently and it keeps destroying me, usually on stage 3, so some advice would be welcome. Novice Original is way too easy for survival and I'm not really interested in scoring (mostly because I have absolutely no fucking clue how it works), so I moved to Arcade Original. At least I'm having fun with this game unlike when I play Daioujou and have a miserable experience because I hate everything about that game except the music