I checked their Steam rating and it seems most people would agree with that, Contrast has a 90% on Steam while We Happy Few has a 76%.

That 90% is crazy to me, is Contrast actually good? Lol.

4/5 Stars on Xbox US Store as well, a decent bit lower 3.4/5 Stars on TrueAchievements though.

Yeah.  In defense of game critics here, it did launch in a rough state before some necessary updates came in.  Hell, it's still somewhat unpolished overall, but not to the point of overriding its positives like before.

So was the major issues that it ran poorly but is otherwise a good game? Maybe I should add it to my backlog.

The Minecraft movie launch sees the game's player count jump nearly 30%, and there was a boost to sales of the Switch edition, too. We look back at how other games have benefited from their movie and TV counterparts

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— The Game Business (@thegamebusiness.com) 10 April 2025 at 14:00

The Minecraft movie is breaking Box Office records, and it’s having a positive impact on the video game, too.

On Saturday, the day after the movie appeared in theatres, Minecraft daily active players rose 9% week-on-week, and on Sunday players were up 17% week-on-week. This is according to data from Ampere Analysis.

That may not sound like a huge leap, but that’s because Mojang ran a bunch of activity, including releasing some free Minecraft movie DLC, the week prior. The Saturday before the movie, daily active players were up 25% week-on-week, and Sunday numbers were up 14% week-on-week. That’s two consecutive weeks of double-digit growth for a game that already boasts around 170 million monthly active users.

In terms of sales, Nielsen/GfK reports that sales of the Nintendo Switch version of Minecraft rose 25% the week before the movie came out, and then again by 8% when the movie released.

I'd say it's a mix between those aforementioned technical issues and what they (as a team) could muster for an indie 3D platformer at the time.  Because you can see where the 2D/3D shadow mechanic could've gone farther too.

Not to toot my own horn, but what the hell:

https://n4g.com/channel/contrast_xbox-360/userreview/517241

(Though my updated thoughts are that it skims by as a 7/10)

Forgot to download SoM fully and my internet is being shit lately so it'll have to wait until tomorrow 💀

Microsoft has just unveiled its new Xbox “Wake up” commercial, directed by David Fincher and Romain Chassaing. Microsoft describes it as a “wonderfully off-beat fairy tale” featuring a rat that “rekindles his humanity through the joy of gaming” www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEv-...

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— Tom Warren (@tomwarren.co.uk) 10 April 2025 at 16:14

The Triple-i Initiative stream is live in 15 minutes (9 AM PT)

YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnNh...
Twitch www.twitch.tv/iii_initiative

35+ game announcements in 45+ minutes - world premieres, gameplay reveals & launch dates

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— Wario64 (@wario64.bsky.social) 10 April 2025 at 16:45