I guess there are lots of those decisions I wouldn't have made. Her design would have worked better if it were a combat-lite investigation game, and then they could have gotten way more interesting with OOPs besides "gun" and "double jump." If they want to keep the metroidvania aspect, where she walks in off the street only to shoot thousands of dudes while shrugging off bullets and casually accruing magic powers without much reaction, then maybe a more fantastical design like Shanoa for Order of Ecclesia (or the obvious comparison, Samus) would have worked better along with a different back story. It's the incongruity that throws me off.What are you expecting her to wear.
She was/is a normal human woman till she becomes the director.
Unless you wanted her to go home and change once she became the director.
And by the time she gets "god like" you should be wearing the mirror suit which is more sci-fi.
But otherwise the game starts with her literally walking in off the street....if she was "videogamey" she would be standing out like a sore thumb on the street.
Outside of the FBC the universe is still just our world so its not like normal people are dressing all scifi in their daily lives.
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Did Control bomb?
- Thread starter Lant_War
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Polaris was already in her head.
The Gun, the building the hiss and all the first hour or so fucked her up but not so much that she would lose her shit completely considering she has been hanging with Polaris since she was a kid.
I doubt it would've sold well enough to justify forgoing EGS's $10M deal. And regardless, it'll still have the chance to be sold there in a year for anyone who may still be interested. (they can count on getting my money down the line, assuming it doesn't show up on one of the game subscription services.)
Do you know which other games/companies have declined? Any actual confirmed instances not just rumours
For one https://www.pcgamer.com/darq-developer-reveals-why-he-turned-down-epic-store-exclusivity/
And there are plenty of undisclosed instances of it happening I'm sure.
If he was offered 10 million he should've taken the deal.
I wanted to get it but Astral Chain, Greedfall, and WoW Classic all came out around the same time and unfortunately I only had enough funds/time for 3 of them (have still barely touched Greedfall since getting it).
I am hoping to pick it up on Black Friday if it's on sale.
I am hoping to pick it up on Black Friday if it's on sale.
there are winners and there are losers.
Steam constantly has sleeper indie hits who sell a million out of nowhere.
Just recently, Code Vein had a CCU peak of 32k users. if the old extrapolation still holds true ( sales are approx. 10 times the launch week peak CCU) it should have sold 250k to 350k units.
Damn, hadn't thought about it like that :(Another gravity queen bites the dust.☹
Another gravity queen bites the dust.☹
They will live on in our memories as amazing fucking games that only the true elite knows and has played.
D:
Hopefully Alan Wake crossover DLC and the continuous performances patches can revitalize Control, such a phenomenal game.
But I get why people aren't jumping on it, it seems so bland at first glance while it really isn't in the end.
I haven't jumped on it solely because of performance on PS4. I wanted this game day one. But now I will wait until heavily discounted/PS5.
Don't know if it was mentioned before but the game is actually 20% off in the PS store, I bought the season pass :)
Control is a real gem with some technical issues on console (I hope they are mostly fixed with the latest patches).
The game is 9/10 for me on PC and it's really fun to play.
The game is 9/10 for me on PC and it's really fun to play.
Running studio in Ukraine and on Malta is cheaper than running studio in Finland. On top of that Remedy got new building during Control development and they have good working conditions including generous paid vacations and things like that. So I would guess that Remedy needs more money from sales.
You're right! That's why some people think that the game bombed...
My memory isn't the best sometimes lol
I think it did bomb.
Bought it once on PC, took it to my buddy's house to show it off and he ended buying his own copy on PC.
I liked it so much I got two steelbook copies from Best Buy - one on XBONE for another friend and another on PS4 for me (need that platinum).
The copies sat in my "pick up in store" cart for pretty much a week and the store's inventory never changed in that time - the steelbooks are only sold at Best Buy for ten bucks more than retail. The game isn't moving physical copies.
The steelbook is much nicer in person, by the way, and comes with some lovely concept art.
This game fundamentally deserved a way more massive marketing push than it ended up getting.
Bought it once on PC, took it to my buddy's house to show it off and he ended buying his own copy on PC.
I liked it so much I got two steelbook copies from Best Buy - one on XBONE for another friend and another on PS4 for me (need that platinum).
The copies sat in my "pick up in store" cart for pretty much a week and the store's inventory never changed in that time - the steelbooks are only sold at Best Buy for ten bucks more than retail. The game isn't moving physical copies.
The steelbook is much nicer in person, by the way, and comes with some lovely concept art.
This game fundamentally deserved a way more massive marketing push than it ended up getting.
I had absolutely never heard of the game until I saw the release thread on this very forum. It's like there was absolutely no marketing, hype, or buzz around it.
Thanks for the heads up, but I'm willing to hold off and hope it'll be 50% off by BF. (seriously I'm freakin' broke right now)
I think I only heard about the game from Nvidia and their RTX marketing
Her design is fantastic.Probably. I think it could have done a lot better if the main character's design wasn't so underwhelming. People don't even know her name lol.
