Especially when there’s stuff like Clair Obscur coming out for $50. Polished to perfection. All it needs is a proper visual indicator for when to dodge enemy attacks and it’ll be a solid 10/10 for me
I completely agree. Clair Obscur feels genuine in a sea of live-service, in-game store laden modern AAA games. Almost like it was made for gamers and not investors.
Basically my metric for finding a game to play lately is “how much did they spend on marketing?” My favorite games I’ve played in the last 5 years were Project Wingman, Hi-Fi Rush, Atlas Fallen, Eternal Strands, The Finals, and now Clair Obscur. The first time I’d heard of any of them was when I was downloading them.
Crazy how good a video game can be when it’s made entirely by people who like video games
That said, there are some games that had an advertising budget that I liked. Sekiro, Nier Automata, Baldur’s Gate. The common denominator being a lack of monetization. If you’re selling the game, don’t sell cosmetics.
I bought almost every Doom and Wolfenstein, for $34 CAD. And got Doom Dark Ages for 10% off. With a bundle. Without the bundle, and coupon, it would have costed around $450 CAD.
I will make it work by not buying games at 80 usd.
Especially when there’s stuff like Clair Obscur coming out for $50. Polished to perfection. All it needs is a proper visual indicator for when to dodge enemy attacks and it’ll be a solid 10/10 for me
I completely agree. Clair Obscur feels genuine in a sea of live-service, in-game store laden modern AAA games. Almost like it was made for gamers and not investors.
Basically my metric for finding a game to play lately is “how much did they spend on marketing?” My favorite games I’ve played in the last 5 years were Project Wingman, Hi-Fi Rush, Atlas Fallen, Eternal Strands, The Finals, and now Clair Obscur. The first time I’d heard of any of them was when I was downloading them.
Crazy how good a video game can be when it’s made entirely by people who like video games
That said, there are some games that had an advertising budget that I liked. Sekiro, Nier Automata, Baldur’s Gate. The common denominator being a lack of monetization. If you’re selling the game, don’t sell cosmetics.
I bought almost every Doom and Wolfenstein, for $34 CAD. And got Doom Dark Ages for 10% off. With a bundle. Without the bundle, and coupon, it would have costed around $450 CAD.
But people well and the price well creep ever upward. Look at graphic cards.