The temperature is too hot for me. That’s because I get suspicious of games that are mega-viral and seemingly come out of nowhere to have everybody talking about them all at once. I figure it’s often either a fad, a masterfully executed guerilla marketing campaign, or genuinely outstanding, or some combination of these things. Of course, sometimes it is just genuinely outstanding, and if that’s the case I’ll probably pick it up eventually. But there’s no rush, so regardless of which it is, I’m a patient gamer and I’m perfectly willing to wait and let the dust settle so I can get a better perspective, and very often I find these kind of games fade pretty quickly and are forgotten and in the clear light of day I’ll often realize they’re not really the kind of game I like anyway. And if they’re the kind of genuinely outstanding instant classic they seem to be at first, they’ll still be around once I’m ready for them, and potentially on sale. So, overall this strategy of suspicion-by-default and wait for more data has served me well.
There are plenty of games I’ll impulse-buy, but it’s never the popular ones, it’s the ones that have a dozen reviews. I’m always suspicious of popularity. I do not believe in the wisdom of crowds, at least for my own entertainment preferences. I have very specific interests and preferences, and frankly I know them when I see them, and this probably isn’t it.
This one isn’t necessarily unexpected though - it was made by a bunch of ex-CDPR people. From the clips I’ve seen, it’s pretty much The Witcher 3: 2. Seeing as that game is many people’s all time favourite, the success of Dawnwalker doesn’t surprise me at all.
I only meant it came out of nowhere to me. I’m not trying to universalize my experience onto everyone else or attack the game, I’m just living and sharing my own experience, and this is how it works and looks from where I am, which I thought was the kind of perspective OP was asking for. I’m glad they’re enjoying it, but I’m going to be holding off.
Thats a very pragmatic approach, I can respect it. I was sold after seeing gameplay and learning of the development pedigree. I’ve been very happy so far. It plays very similarly to the witcher 3, though I’d say the movement and combat are better. Writing is on par and better in some places. Its got a few mechanics that are novel and I appreciate. Its got some bugs and a few things I dont love but overall its fantastic. Again I’m only 20 hours in. On day 25.
FWIW, I’ve been following this game since it was revealed over a year ago. They’ve done some pretty significant marketing over that time, with gameplay reveals, soundtrack drops, all the normal marketing things with a ramp up to release.
The person who said it’s like The Witcher 3: 2 is totally right; there are several mechanics that totally feel like the devs (who worked on TW3) wanted to have or expand in TW3 but were likely told no.
The temperature is too hot for me. That’s because I get suspicious of games that are mega-viral and seemingly come out of nowhere to have everybody talking about them all at once. I figure it’s often either a fad, a masterfully executed guerilla marketing campaign, or genuinely outstanding, or some combination of these things. Of course, sometimes it is just genuinely outstanding, and if that’s the case I’ll probably pick it up eventually. But there’s no rush, so regardless of which it is, I’m a patient gamer and I’m perfectly willing to wait and let the dust settle so I can get a better perspective, and very often I find these kind of games fade pretty quickly and are forgotten and in the clear light of day I’ll often realize they’re not really the kind of game I like anyway. And if they’re the kind of genuinely outstanding instant classic they seem to be at first, they’ll still be around once I’m ready for them, and potentially on sale. So, overall this strategy of suspicion-by-default and wait for more data has served me well.
There are plenty of games I’ll impulse-buy, but it’s never the popular ones, it’s the ones that have a dozen reviews. I’m always suspicious of popularity. I do not believe in the wisdom of crowds, at least for my own entertainment preferences. I have very specific interests and preferences, and frankly I know them when I see them, and this probably isn’t it.
This one isn’t necessarily unexpected though - it was made by a bunch of ex-CDPR people. From the clips I’ve seen, it’s pretty much The Witcher 3: 2. Seeing as that game is many people’s all time favourite, the success of Dawnwalker doesn’t surprise me at all.
I think the reveal trailer was like last year? This didn’t come out of nowhere.
I only meant it came out of nowhere to me. I’m not trying to universalize my experience onto everyone else or attack the game, I’m just living and sharing my own experience, and this is how it works and looks from where I am, which I thought was the kind of perspective OP was asking for. I’m glad they’re enjoying it, but I’m going to be holding off.
Thats a very pragmatic approach, I can respect it. I was sold after seeing gameplay and learning of the development pedigree. I’ve been very happy so far. It plays very similarly to the witcher 3, though I’d say the movement and combat are better. Writing is on par and better in some places. Its got a few mechanics that are novel and I appreciate. Its got some bugs and a few things I dont love but overall its fantastic. Again I’m only 20 hours in. On day 25.
FWIW, I’ve been following this game since it was revealed over a year ago. They’ve done some pretty significant marketing over that time, with gameplay reveals, soundtrack drops, all the normal marketing things with a ramp up to release.
The person who said it’s like The Witcher 3: 2 is totally right; there are several mechanics that totally feel like the devs (who worked on TW3) wanted to have or expand in TW3 but were likely told no.