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Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Release for Only $20, Release Times Revealed

hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

This kind of argument suuuuuucks. I can at least understand the other commenter being sceptical of games that are popular because marketers are sneaky like that (not that I agree with the person you’re replying to), but this “you can’t criticise unless you’ve developed a game” thing is no good

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Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
My point is that it is infinitely easier to be destructive than to create.

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- hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  No I get it, and that in particular is a good point, but the whole “you can’t criticise this until you’ve made something equivalent” is just nothing
  
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  - Whostosay@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Yeah I didn’t mean to make that a blanket statement. Hollow Knight is just one of the few cases of just an incredible game, well liked, by a studio looking out for their customers and not being greedy fuck heads. The original comment has no place for many reasons. The hype is there because it is earned for sure.
    
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    hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    It is sad that there are such few cases in an industry that could be so artistic! I wanna make it clear that I do have a lot of respect for indie Devs like Team Cherry for the way they’re working and the way they’re not exploiting their fans.
    
    I have no strong feelings on whether this game, or Hollow Knight, are overhyped and I know they’re beloved. I enjoyed Hollow Knight.
    
    I also do understand being sceptical of “beloved” products. There’s a lot of sneaky marketing tactics out there. I’m very anti-advertising, so I know I’m biased and probably a little paranoid lol
    
    I’m absolutely not saying Team Cherry is doing some sneaky grassroots marketing campaign or anything, and I do believe that Silksong has a lot of people excited which is why we’re seeing so much chatter about it! We are not disagreeing.
    
    I hope you’ve had a good start to the week! ✌️
    
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Killer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
What marketing has team cherry actually done? All the hype is from fans that have been waiting for years.

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- hotdogcharmer@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I wasn’t making any comment about that.
  
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