The game world, which has become much more modern today, can change its trends faster than ever. Sometimes when we’re talking about the battle royale genre, we can suddenly talk about new competitive FPS or follow the rising sales of story-driven game genres. But in the industry where change is happening so fast, the expectations of the players are increasing day by day.
Just as we expect much more from the games we love, we can also request content that pleases us from new games. That’s why, when we see a new game that we believe we can love, we hug it with four arms. ( I’m still waiting for Witchbrook, for example. Where are you?)
The MMORPG called RAW, which will be our guest today, has also managed to attract the attention of many players…
Before going into the details of the game, let’s take you on a journey towards the world of “GTA V RP” that exploded in 2018-2019.
Everything actually starts in 2014 in the last stages of GTA 4. We do not know the exact date when the GTA world met the “roleplaying” genre, but we do know that during these periods, the famous Department of Justice Roleplaying (DOJRP) server was opened. When the door of the new online gameplay is opened with GTA V, the server is moved directly here.
As I said above, unfortunately it is difficult to give a clear date about the emergence of the GTA RP world. But I can tell you clearly when it gained popularity. When we look at Google’s data, we can see that the searches of the phrase “GTA RP” have increased significantly, especially in March 2019. The second and bigger wave is coming in 2020.
It would not be wrong to say that many games today have gained popularity thanks to Twitch broadcasts. Many developers are already aware of this situation and allow publishers to play their games first. But behind the second wave of popularity of GTA RP lies a bit of the pandemic process. The increased viewing times during our stay at home have attracted many players into the GTA RP world.
So the father’s share behind the mode’s popularity belongs to Twitch streamers.
So why did I tell you this? Because in order to get to know the game called RAW, you need to understand this world. Although it has attracted the attention of publishers and viewers, you can only bring a game that is not produced for this style to a level with modes. So at this point we have a game that is played a lot, but the basis is not suitable for RP. You will definitely understand that the sector has a new deficit…
When the dates show July 10, 2019, a game that claims to be able to fill this gap emerges. The first video of the game, developed by Killerwhale Games, which we have not heard of before, almost stirs things up.
Imagine a game where you can do everything. That’s what RAW promised us in its first trailer. A game where you can do every job, every service and service you can think of in the open world. This caused GTA RP fans to be hit in the heart.
In the first trailer released, there seems to be no limit to what RAW promises. You can buy and sell land and build your own house in this land. Players are even allowed to urbanize. Even the governor, police, fire brigade of these cities are made up of real players.
Friends, you can even be a grocery store in cities. It’s hard to believe that you can really get so much out of a game…
But that doesn’t stop the players. Although many people did not believe that such a detailed game could debut, RAW managed to gather bombshell support from the Kickstarter project within hours.
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Killerwhale Games, which only asks players for 70,000 euros for the game, is of course surprised by the support exceeding 171,000 euros within hours. Close to 4,000 players are supporting the Kickstarter project in a short time.
In fact, the biggest support package of 3,000 euros is sold out in a short time.
However, as you can imagine, the game’s Kickstarter page was soon shut down.
It is at this point that interesting gaps begin to emerge in the story of RAW and Killerwhale Games.
First, let’s take a closer look at Killerwhale Games’ claims. It has been suggested that RAW is a “do-it-all” game concept. But with a small budget of $70,000, it’s hard to do. Let’s underline that GTA V, on which the game is technically based, has a budget of about $ 135 million.
Still, the team says Kickstarter isn’t their only source. But after the intense interest from the first day, an interesting graphic is added to the Kickstarter page.
According to the information in this graph, the more support behind the project, the more often innovations come. For example, when $220,000 was reached, the ability to customize your character in the game would be added to the game.
Of course, Kickstarter does not believe that the project, which asks for $ 70,000 support, can be realized with this support. In fact, in interviews given by the authorities to important names in the industry, it was underlined that the creators’ tasks should be to raise enough money to complete the project and distribute the rewards. So you can’t do this with this money, Killerwhale tells his team on Kickstarter. The funding process is also stopped before it ends.
Killerwhale complains about this situation, because they believe that the reason for the suspension of the project is the new funding campaign they will launch in IndieGoGo. So much so that even on the official site of the brand, it is stated that the IndieGoGo campaign will start.
So where is this project?
Not only the IndieGoGo campaign, but the game called RAW itself has disappeared. Maybe the team has stepped into the project with really naïve goals, we don’t know. However, it is not a good omen that everyone disappears after the sector wakes up to the situation.
First of all, let’s say that the official Discord page of RAW cannot be reached. At least all of the ubiquitously shared DC links are invalid. The latest post on RAW’s own website is about the IndieGoGo share. But there is a more interesting detail on the site than this article from 2019. When you enter the page, pop-up ads appear. So the “project” is still making money from somewhere.
Let’s come to Killerwhale Games… When you want to reach the producer’s site , you get an “Account Suspended” warning. There is also no other information about the developer.
Perhaps this project, which started with good intentions, has managed to go down in history as one of the most interesting fraud attempts in the industry over time.
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