"Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom" Sells 50 000 Copies Since Launching Last Week.
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I definitely already got my money's worth, about 75% through. Very good game, lots of cool hidden stuff.
Flash games usually use segmented parts rather than individual, hand-drawn sprites like we see here.
Well deserved. Monster Boy is a contender for my GOTY easily...it really is that good. Well worth the price considering how big this game is and the amount of effort that went into its production.
Any Wonder Boy (or indeed platformer) fan should not miss this game. It is one of the best
Any Wonder Boy (or indeed platformer) fan should not miss this game. It is one of the best
Just let my wife know that IF she's looking for another gift idea for me, this is it. Saw the twitter posts yesterday about the music, and that was enough for me.
i don't know if it's the animation or what but the characters move weird and that's all i can equate it to.
I'm not sure how having the same games but physically would make any difference XD
I never buy physical though for both added space and my hatred of plastic and wasting the planets resources. I gave all my books to charity and bought a kindle for e reading for the same reason :)
Is this supposed to be a bad week one result for an indie game, especially at that price?
I would have thought this was some great performance, but maybe this one was more expensive to develop.
Edit: devs seem happy. The tone of some posts gave me wrong idea.
I would have thought this was some great performance, but maybe this one was more expensive to develop.
Edit: devs seem happy. The tone of some posts gave me wrong idea.
Wether or not you think the game is worth the price I think the devs made a huge mistake pricing it at 40. I have no doubt that it would've sold more than tripple if it was priced at 20.
Personally 40 dollars for a 10-15 hr long game is pushing it I will wait until it's 20 or less.
Personally 40 dollars for a 10-15 hr long game is pushing it I will wait until it's 20 or less.
I am sad that 2D is considered cheap and budget these days.
I am also frustrated that even self professed old school nintendo gamers (who just a little while ago were begging for third party support), now have a hard time justifying a barely premium price.
I am also frustrated that even self professed old school nintendo gamers (who just a little while ago were begging for third party support), now have a hard time justifying a barely premium price.
Well worth it. Second best game of the year behind smash IMO. The wonderboy games are some of my all time favourites and I'm so happy to see it getting a lot of love. Never thought it would happen.
Be that as it may, I don't think anything below $40 was a choice for them considering all of the licensing costs and how long the game was in development. It's a sad story, for sure, but I also strongly disagree with any sort of notion that a 2D game is somehow not worth a price that is already $20 less than a full priced console game.
It's more 20+ hour though I suppose it could be that long if you rushed through it.
Oh, and the definition of this as an indy game even though it has the original wonder boy developer, and musical contributions from top japanese video game musicians.
I guess treasure was actually an indy studio all along.
I guess treasure was actually an indy studio all along.
yeah wish i could've joined the day 1 crowd - i adore the classic wonder boy series (and last year's remake) and if i wasn't broke & moving I'd be all over this. what I'm not gonna do is say it's not worth the asking price.
haven't even finished RDR2 yet but ill jump on this soon! do hope i can find a deal by then though haha
haven't even finished RDR2 yet but ill jump on this soon! do hope i can find a deal by then though haha
This notion of hours per dollar is really destroying games for me. This is why we have open world games with a billion pointless busywork quests. It's why there is grinding and unlocks. It sucks.
This is a 20+ hour game already. It's a huge game packed with variety. It's a great length too.
We don't need more 100+ hour games that most people won't finish.
Spider-Man is shorter even and I actually finished it. We need more games with reasonable run-times that aren't pull of useless busywork.
Uncharted games are about the same. Honestly I wish more games were in that range. Too many games stretch it out for no reason.
I balked a bit at the price when I saw it was $40 when this dropped, but after playing, it was well well worth the money. I went digital on launch, but I'm going to double dip and grab a physical copy too.
You know, that's not how it works... that Kindle and the e-books used a lot more of new resources than your existing books sitting on the shelf did.
They are people that don't like Smash and rich people that like to buy many games too.
Is this game an evolution of the wonder boy/monster world formula in some ways or pretty much the same thing?
Let's say the physical version costs $10 to manufacture/distribute. That would mean that the developers would get the same amount of money selling it for $30+manufacturing costs, compared to $10+manufacturing costs to 3 times as many people.
Yeah, it's a great game, I'm glad it is relatively successful for its price/release date. I was disappointed that it wasn't being talked about much on Era, although this thread seems to be helping to spread some awareness. It is also not a short game, somewhere in the 20-30 hour range I believe. I've gotten 3 orbs and feel like I've barely scratched the surface of the game.
It's a major evolution. It's what you'd expect from a modern sequel.
I was hoping you wouldn't say that. Now I have to get a second mortgage.
Seriously though this will motivate me to pick up The Dragon's Trap again and finish it this time (I liked it well enough but other games got in the way). Then I can move on to Monster Boy.
What exactly makes this game a "Premium Quality" game over all the direct competitors coming in at $20 like Steamworld Dig 2 and Hollow Knight? This game looks identical in quality in every single way to those 2 games and at launch they were $20. Wheres the $20 tax coming from? Big time publisher? I've never heard of FDG until now. I'm scratching my head here.
$20
$20
$40
???? Premium Quality??? Ok...
???? Premium Quality??? Ok...
Because i'd never buy new books I haven't read before obviously :/
Not sure if this was intentional or not but that MonsterBoy pic is from a super early version of the game, not the full version, they completely overhauled the artstyle and graphics. It literally looks nothing like that.What exactly makes this game a "Premium Quality" game over all the direct competitors coming in at $20 like Steamworld Dig 2 and Hollow Knight? This game looks identical in quality in every single way to those 2 games and at launch they were $20. Wheres the $20 tax coming from? Big time publisher? I've never heard of FDG until now. I'm scratching my head here.
$20
$20
$40
???? Premium Quality??? Ok...
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Yeah that is a super dishonest post. Also, part of the answer is: the composers, the animators, and the (I assume) the license itself.
The answer is level design, level design, and level design. Monster Boy beats them to a pulp at it and I love both Steamworld Dig 2 and Hollow KnightWhat exactly makes this game a "Premium Quality" game over all the direct competitors coming in at $20 like Steamworld Dig 2 and Hollow Knight? This game looks identical in quality in every single way to those 2 games and at launch they were $20. Wheres the $20 tax coming from? Big time publisher? I've never heard of FDG until now. I'm scratching my head here.
$20
$20
$40
???? Premium Quality??? Ok...
Yep. More variety, more art, more music and an insanely high quality.
I adore Steamworld 2 and HK, but this is significantly better from a design standpoint.
That post above really irks me, to be honest. If a game this good isn't worth $40 then what is?
I really hate this race to the bottom.
There were a lot of SEGA fans left behind after the '90s. We will come out to support the IP but SEGA just has to make it.
Yeh and why does it even matter? If you were only happy to pay $20 then wait for it to go on sale instead of whining about it now.
If you can sell 50'000 in week one at $40 then you made the right choice in terms of pricing. They'll mop up the sales from lower hanging fruit when they inevitably put it on sale a few months down the line
It is because this audience has been educated in a certain way. The race toward graphics is pushing the narrative that value is in big scale 3D games.
The fact that indie games are selling way more on Switch is one of the consequence of that. Nintendo publishes a lot of 2D games alongside smaller titles and don't devaluate their games. They showcase their games with a focus on gameplay ideas rather than graphics (which are improved closer to launch).
We can blame random users on Era but the problem has deeper roots than that.
Please explain further. Why exactly? I don't see anything special in the footage I've seen. I thought the level design was good in those other games too. Also, how is the average gamer supposed to know that and differentiate? I suppose Monster Boy does have a long standing name going back decades so maybe thats what you're paying for.
Hollow Knight being $20 is an absolute steal and they probably should have charged more for it. It was worth more.
It also has totally different circumstances from Monster Boy, which was in development for a long time, is a part of a series with an attached licensing cost and ties to Sega, and also the licensing for all of the big name composers who contributed to the game.
It also has totally different circumstances from Monster Boy, which was in development for a long time, is a part of a series with an attached licensing cost and ties to Sega, and also the licensing for all of the big name composers who contributed to the game.
Not intentional, just a quick google search. I didn't know there was an uglier earlier version.
My post was dishonest? It was totally honest. It really truly looks just as good as those other games in every way to me.
Yeah it's been in development for four years and went through several iterations.
People think you deliberately chose a substandard/old picture of Monster Boy to underscore the cost point even further.
Whats the 3rd picture?Yeah it's been in development for four years and went through several iterations.
Pretty sad seeing a lot of skepticism about the game in here. But, a great outcome for the developers so far!
I'm still deciding which platform I'm going to pick it up on, but 100% I'll be buying this.
I'm still deciding which platform I'm going to pick it up on, but 100% I'll be buying this.