This game is impressive in how it is one of the most soulless, industry plant-type creations I have ever bared witness to, but it is depressingly getting exactly what it wants in the longterm:
-Massive, influential YouTubers and content creators covering the game and giving it publicity it doesn't deserve
-Dronelike theorizing about nothing lore, with TWO videos by MatPat (where even he subtly decries the shady, scummy business practices of some of the people behind this game) regarding the same played-out bullshit story you can imagine
-And massive financial success from greedy, moneygrubbing marketing and merchandising.
The concept of this game being anything resembling "indie" has been entirely erased at this point.
This game is now the Warner Bros. of indie games. And it's genuinely depressing that a game like Five Nights at Freddy's that (while undeniably flawed) was a piece with so much genuine heart, passion, and drive to its creation ended up inspiring such a bland, but unfortunately successful DISASTER of a video game that ends up being just another "children's toys but with a dark twist" product to add to that homogenous glob of indie horror, all while reaping rewards it very much does not deserve.
Fuck this game.
-Massive, influential YouTubers and content creators covering the game and giving it publicity it doesn't deserve
-Dronelike theorizing about nothing lore, with TWO videos by MatPat (where even he subtly decries the shady, scummy business practices of some of the people behind this game) regarding the same played-out bullshit story you can imagine
-And massive financial success from greedy, moneygrubbing marketing and merchandising.
The concept of this game being anything resembling "indie" has been entirely erased at this point.
This game is now the Warner Bros. of indie games. And it's genuinely depressing that a game like Five Nights at Freddy's that (while undeniably flawed) was a piece with so much genuine heart, passion, and drive to its creation ended up inspiring such a bland, but unfortunately successful DISASTER of a video game that ends up being just another "children's toys but with a dark twist" product to add to that homogenous glob of indie horror, all while reaping rewards it very much does not deserve.
Fuck this game.
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@Midrulean
Thanks! I was mainly just trying to get across the idea of a soulless, corporate developer that I felt Disney kinda embodied, but if Warner Bros is an even better fit for that, we can roll with it!!
Thanks! I was mainly just trying to get across the idea of a soulless, corporate developer that I felt Disney kinda embodied, but if Warner Bros is an even better fit for that, we can roll with it!!
Disney is for sure as soulless as soulless gets, don't get me wrong
You get it.
I wish I could've seen you play it on stream. Good review nonetheless
being a horror fan in 2022 must be rough
It's painful
SiriusStarlight
1 year ago