[aidenn0]

Here's old grouchy me talking:

I don't like subscription games, particularly games like this that don't seem to need any network connection at all to function.

I still play games that I bought over 30 years ago. Quell probably won't be still running their servers for the original game in 30 years, and if they are I'll have paid $4k for the privilege of renting this game indefinitely.

I get that I'm not the target audience, and for many people $5-10 per month feels like a better deal than $70 upfront for a AAA game, but I personally won't back something that is useless without a subscription fee.

If for for $X I could get the game, Y months of whatever the subscription provides (Events, whatever) and the guarantee that the game will still work when the servers shutdown or my subscription expires, that would totally interest me.

[messiahtyler]

It looks like you get Quell single player free for life and the subscription is Quell +, I may have missed something where it mentions you need a constant internet connection though. Quote from the kickstarter: "Everyone who buys Quell gets the base game, for free, for life."

[yencabulator]

Part of the point seemed to be that

> free for life

tends to be for the life of the service (so typically 1-5 years), not for the life of the buyer.

[aidenn0]

Oh, I'm suddenly interested again; thanks for pointing that out!

[m_tweedie]

Happy to hear it! And to confirm, messiahtyler is correct—Quell+ provides additional content on top of the base Quell experience, enabling us to keep developing fresh experiences within the game.

[aidenn0]

I'm totally cool paying extra for premium content, I just don't want to be renting my video games :)

[m_tweedie]

Hear, hear!