Ka-pi96 said:
John2290 said:
Indeed. He's been in the spotlight lately for silly reasons however in a thread I made here someone posted past interviews and a google trip through his history in the gaming industry. He is one of the most reasoned and simply likeable characters in game development I've come across. I was going to buy this game anyway on sale but I'm buying tonight at full price just to support these developers and the man himself, I really respect this guy now.
@OP ...The fact that they sold one million off of this says great thing for niche markets and niches of niches Project CARS, DiRT rally, until dawn, kongdom come deliverence and the flurry of VR genres prove the niches are never dead but dormant until someone handles them right.
Love the devs, love the director and from the 4 or 5 hours of gameplay I've seen Im positive I'll love the game in a few wèeks when I get Finish Apex construct, run through moss, bored of sprint vector, too sore from knock out league regardless raid fatigue from FF14.
What a great start to a year that is sure to be amazing.
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Is the game really niche though? It's an open world RPG, that's about as mainstream as it can get (without being a shooter). The only differences are that it's a realistic rather than fantasy setting and the dev studio is much smaller than your typical open world RPG studio. Neither of those should qualify it as being a niche title though.
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Ya im not sure I'd call it niche, though it's a much different rpg than most games. What i would call it is a AA game, which is what makes this successs more impressive. New developer, smaller publisher, everything that points to a game that isn't indie but isn't a AAA blockbuster. And I think this success is important because this type of not quite AAA game is dying. Publishers don't wanna take the risk on anything that isn't huge these days. The 360/PS3 era was filled with these Lower tier games and this gen is mostly just indie or AAA
