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[–] PushButton@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago

It's not the customers like stories or not; it's customers want good stories.

If that guy's aiming is that bad at reading the market, it might be just a good thing he is not going the story path.

It sucks for the people being layoff though.

[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Ok guys valid points from everyone here. But who here has bought the latest 11bit Studios games? And I'm not talking about Frostpunk 2. I'm taking about Indika, The alters (not out yet, my bad) , The Traumathurge, Creatures of Ava ,... all of these games seemed like really cool things to me, sadly I could not afford them.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The Alters isn't out yet. Expected release Q1 2025. It's on my wish list because I love the demo.

Indika they were just the publisher. On top of which, maybe has a story that not everyone is interested in. I watched these guys play it, https://youtu.be/MuiHtAYOqgI and while it's creative and it's overall a fantastic game, is not one I'm going to play myself.

The Thaumaturge, again they are just the publisher. I hadn't even heard of this one which means as the publisher they did a terrible job marketing it.

[–] MarcomachtKuchen@feddit.org 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Thank you for the correction. The alters is indeed not out yet.

In my opinion for the other I doesn't matter whether they are just publishing or actually developing. The games are not bar but apparently don't sell well. Maybe their not the greatest at marketing but I enjoy the vibes they are going for

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

NGL the title always seemed like it wanted to be a mobile game so the studio saying this doesn't surprise me.

Not agreeing, but if I look at my own purchases for the last few years, there aren't many story driven games there. God of War and Starfield. Didn't play much either one.

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