More or less those coins were determined to appear in desire to get the same outcome as NXT did(but i still think of NXT as a scam, don't blame me, its just my opinion).
With the prices so low right now, against both BTC and fiats, people really have no excuse for calling NXT some sort of scam. I can't even imagine where the "scam vector" should be. Initial distribution maybe? Well, prices are cheap again, as I said.
If you're convinced by the project, get in on it.