The willful ignorance towards PC gaming from mainstream games media is probably my biggest gripe with them. It's shameful.
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What's up with the 2018 indie bombs from indie darling devs?
- Thread starter FolderBrad
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About FMF, the problems were:
-The name
-Coop game that is not simple
-Its a brawler...that have a lot of puzzles elements
-Has a lot of plot that they didnt marketed about
-Trying to make a plot heavy, cooperative brawler with a focus on puzzle yeah, thats hard to sell, even more as a indie game.
-The name
-Coop game that is not simple
-Its a brawler...that have a lot of puzzles elements
-Has a lot of plot that they didnt marketed about
-Trying to make a plot heavy, cooperative brawler with a focus on puzzle yeah, thats hard to sell, even more as a indie game.
I loved Guacamelee 1 but for some reason couldn't bother with 2, in part because it looked the same and also because there was not much buzz on the internet for the game.
At this point time is so limited and there are so many games that besides some few exceptions where I'm 100% sure that I know what I'm going into, I totally depend on Word of mouth and games becoming trends
At this point time is so limited and there are so many games that besides some few exceptions where I'm 100% sure that I know what I'm going into, I totally depend on Word of mouth and games becoming trends
Played and loved full metal furies, but found the general style outside of pixel work and especially writing to be off putting. The writing in particular feels amateur in a way that I accepted because everything else is great but nothing lands imo, and it is pretty....I mean there IS a lot of it
As for pit people looks great, wish I could play it but not on my console, for an exclusive the thing seemed to get absolutely no marketing
As for pit people looks great, wish I could play it but not on my console, for an exclusive the thing seemed to get absolutely no marketing
Probably been posted in this thread already but this article on why FMF failed was really eye-opening: https://www.destructoid.com/why-is-...idered-a-pretty-massive-failure--487156.phtml
I personally didn't play it because it was on Xbox and not PS4 and I wanted local multiplayer(don't have my PC set up somewhere that's conducive to that).
That said my boyfriend has an Xbox and I've played it since, game is super fucking fun. The shield girl is by far my favorite.
I personally didn't play it because it was on Xbox and not PS4 and I wanted local multiplayer(don't have my PC set up somewhere that's conducive to that).
That said my boyfriend has an Xbox and I've played it since, game is super fucking fun. The shield girl is by far my favorite.
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ITT: people can't read, LOL.
Indie devs read this board and they read GAF. I'm pretty sure they're aware of the bias against furries, so I guess they know better than to put that word in their game's title. Yet see how many people just ITT misread that.
I guess having made a name for yourself in the indie tier isn't enough to make people interested in your every project. Let's be real here, even if your game struck gold, you're not a Rockstar or Naughty Dog all of a sudden. And if your next project has the number 2 in it, can't really blame people to think it's just more of the same in an overcrowded market. It would/will be interesting to see the reaction to a Hollow Knight 2, or a Shovel Knight 2, as they're the current hot names in the indie space.
As good as they may be, indies are still widely considered their own world in this market. And they're still competing with much bigger, widely more publicized releases. Can't really fault people for sleeping on La-Mulana 2 or Guacamelee 2 this year. La-Mulana especially, you can't expect that to set the market on fire.
And when Nintendo's faulty online service gets many more threads and posts than the most anticipated indie games of the year from proven devs, you know where the people's attention is, anyway.
Indie devs read this board and they read GAF. I'm pretty sure they're aware of the bias against furries, so I guess they know better than to put that word in their game's title. Yet see how many people just ITT misread that.
I guess having made a name for yourself in the indie tier isn't enough to make people interested in your every project. Let's be real here, even if your game struck gold, you're not a Rockstar or Naughty Dog all of a sudden. And if your next project has the number 2 in it, can't really blame people to think it's just more of the same in an overcrowded market. It would/will be interesting to see the reaction to a Hollow Knight 2, or a Shovel Knight 2, as they're the current hot names in the indie space.
As good as they may be, indies are still widely considered their own world in this market. And they're still competing with much bigger, widely more publicized releases. Can't really fault people for sleeping on La-Mulana 2 or Guacamelee 2 this year. La-Mulana especially, you can't expect that to set the market on fire.
And when Nintendo's faulty online service gets many more threads and posts than the most anticipated indie games of the year from proven devs, you know where the people's attention is, anyway.
I'd say it's a combination of:
Oversaturation. There's too many games in general. I feel like every platform has at least one interesting indie game every week. It's hard to keep up.
And some of the devs attempting more niche-y genres. At least I think Castle Crashers and Bastion had more universal appeal than Pit People and Pyre.
Oversaturation. There's too many games in general. I feel like every platform has at least one interesting indie game every week. It's hard to keep up.
And some of the devs attempting more niche-y genres. At least I think Castle Crashers and Bastion had more universal appeal than Pit People and Pyre.
Not long after launch, I suppose within the first month (?) I remember reading about how it wasn't selling very well. That's what I was referring to. It picked up, like I said.
If it isn't in a Nintendo Direct, or doesn't have a good marketing campaign here on Era, there's basically no chance that I will buy it. That's just the way it is, I think, for a lot of people. If you don't have actual gameplay shown to you, all you're looking at is a list of the names of 10-20 new releases and their icon. What about the Full Metal Furies name or icon is supposed to make me give it a second look?
Take Golf Story, for example. The name and icon make it look like any number of shovelware golf games that release for every system. I never would have even thought of buying it if it hadn't been for the Direct that it was featured in, and the subsequent Era thread that had a critical mass of people saying basically "yes, this is a good game, and not shovelware." Most releases don't have that going for them.
I'm no expert, but I agree with the person who said way earlier in the thread that it seems one of the keys today is getting Nintendo to notice your game.
Take Golf Story, for example. The name and icon make it look like any number of shovelware golf games that release for every system. I never would have even thought of buying it if it hadn't been for the Direct that it was featured in, and the subsequent Era thread that had a critical mass of people saying basically "yes, this is a good game, and not shovelware." Most releases don't have that going for them.
I'm no expert, but I agree with the person who said way earlier in the thread that it seems one of the keys today is getting Nintendo to notice your game.
Era is the same site that lost their collective shit over Switch icons. You really think that they would see the name of FMF and not immediately scoff at it?
If furries stop you from playing Sonic, I don't know what to tell you.
Not really sure Pit People bombed, but Below seem to actively want to damage its chances. Being stuck in development for multiple extra years, and then randomly with little notice releasing in mid December...why? Why not even just wait until January?
Loved Rogue Legacy, but had lukewarm interest for Full Metal Furies. Title never bothered me, just no major element of the gameplay felt as unique as Rogue Legacy continuing your family line of random diseased people.
Loved Rogue Legacy, but had lukewarm interest for Full Metal Furies. Title never bothered me, just no major element of the gameplay felt as unique as Rogue Legacy continuing your family line of random diseased people.
Top Metroidvania for me this year aside from maybe Monster Boy (haven't finished it yet)! Guacamelee 2 is fucking fantastic!
At the end of every world there are computers that you need to put a code in.
Through the world there are hidden tablets that helps you to find the clues to solve it.
It starts simple like this code is based on this letter and you find the code and reaches "translates morse code" levels of out of box puzzle solving