Maybe they should try releasing it on steam.
Alan Wake 2 still hasn't quite made its money back, according to Remedy's latest financials
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SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I will be buying this as a Christmas present for several friends.
Really, really fantastic game, and Remedy is one of the best studios in existence right now. I can’t think of many other games / studios that take swings as big as them.
troyunrau@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
Considering how well received this game was, perhaps it is more about marketing or misunderstanding the genre appeal?
masterspace@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
I know I tuned out of Alan Wake 1 really early thinking it was going to be a boring ‘look around with a flashlight game’. I was very surprised by how fun and intricate the combat eventually got when I went back and actually played it through.
And just how funny and tongue in cheek all the writing is. I think it’s a bit of a hard sell because they want to gradually build and surprise you with new things, and all their humour is super deadpan and satirical of this hard boiled story, which can make it seem kind of boring at a surface / marketing level until you get into it and realize what’s happening and how much fun it is.
GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
Would probably help if it were available on a platform people actually use
itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
I haven’t quite finished playing it. I was in some weird music video and never went back to it. Someday.
crimsoncobalt@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe it’d help if they released it on Steam. I went to buy it the other day and noticed it’s only on the Epic Games store. I already made that mistake with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and I won’t be doing it again.
Mim@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Yeah, was gonna say: didn’t they go exclusive to the marketing black hole of the EGS?
Taking Timmies money doesn’t guarantee recouping your costs. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯