BACKWARDS_COWBOY'S PROFILE

I'd be careful with the "Design an Ability" and "Design a Mini-Boss" rewards, unless you're limiting them to less than 5 or so backers. There's a lot of people out there who would pay $10 to get their name in the credits, but there's also a lot of people who would throw in an additional $140 to get a character design credit and ride that wave in to all their future endeavors. The only one that I'm really confused about though is the "Instruction Manual (PDF)" reward. The soundtrack half makes sense, but wouldn't the game come with a PDF/Word manual anyway?

Those are the only two concerns I'd have with rewards. But like Infinite said, be careful with any customized rewards if you plan on offering them at a relatively low value, but mass-produced t-shirts would be a great reward.

It still looks better than half of the design software in the Humble Bundle. Most of the stuff in there besides RPG Maker is for making Steam spam.

You could always remove the safety cage around a free-standing floor fan and just start swinging it around. It'd need a portable battery pack or an extension cord, but if it's metal people will die.

Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings.

There were several red flags that should have stopped me from even buying the game:

• It was a Nintendo DS sequel to a PS2 game. Not only did they switch systems, but they switched companies.

• It was $39.99, much more than anybody should ever have paid for a DS game.

• It used SNES-era graphics that were present in a bonus sub-menu of FFXII.

The back of the box said nothing other than a brief continuation of FFXII's story line, and a few screenshots. Having played other Final Fantasy and Square Enix games, I figured I'd get it.

The game itself is a Real-Time Strategy game, obviously meant to be inspired by or based on FFXII's real-time field battle system. Ordinarily, I would have been able to accept a new concept on an old series. The problem that drove me away? You didn't actually play as anybody. You just summoned monsters, and commanded them around the map. Main characters were present and controllable, but they served mainly as rally points and occasionally unleashed special abilities. There was no magic, no items, no character development. I gave up after about 12 hours near what I believe was the end of the game.

Terrible, terrible game. To this day, I still won't play any sequel that jumps between systems of different companies.

The biggest concern that anybody should have is the game turning into more of a movie than a game, like Final Fantasy XIII. With the graphics in the trailer, you know they're going to want to try and do that.