I really love this concept, of any piece of media just coming out of absolutely nowhere with no big marketing or prior IP/dev association just blowing the fuck up with its sheer quality alone.
I feel like that's the kind of stuff that a lot of the time is genuinely incredible. It comes with no biases, no money pushing it up, just pure quality alone.
A big example is Golf Story. The trailer was on a no-name channel and company, but amassed over a 100k views just because it looked amazing and people spread the word. It actually became successful despite fighting against the fact that its name was super generic and seemingly unappealing.
It's now one of the highest selling games on Switch and widely adored by possibly close to a million people. Crazy how far it's come.
Another big example is Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon from Inti. While associated with an IP, it was on basically no one's radar as everyone assumed it'd be some minor mediocre little pop off from the 'actual' BS. But, the initial trailer was so goddamn hype with a crazy great artstyle, sick music, and gameplay reminiscent of Castlevania that it immediately started garnering support, and starting selling higher and higher as it came out and word spread that it was fuckin amazing.
Now, a lot of people are actually saying the 'real' game might not live up to the sheer quality of CotM. To think it was outright forgotten by even the backers at some point, such a wild rise to acclaim.
I feel like that's the kind of stuff that a lot of the time is genuinely incredible. It comes with no biases, no money pushing it up, just pure quality alone.
A big example is Golf Story. The trailer was on a no-name channel and company, but amassed over a 100k views just because it looked amazing and people spread the word. It actually became successful despite fighting against the fact that its name was super generic and seemingly unappealing.
It's now one of the highest selling games on Switch and widely adored by possibly close to a million people. Crazy how far it's come.
Another big example is Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon from Inti. While associated with an IP, it was on basically no one's radar as everyone assumed it'd be some minor mediocre little pop off from the 'actual' BS. But, the initial trailer was so goddamn hype with a crazy great artstyle, sick music, and gameplay reminiscent of Castlevania that it immediately started garnering support, and starting selling higher and higher as it came out and word spread that it was fuckin amazing.
Now, a lot of people are actually saying the 'real' game might not live up to the sheer quality of CotM. To think it was outright forgotten by even the backers at some point, such a wild rise to acclaim.
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