I suspect that for an indie dev, the answer will be (or at least should be) "whatever sells the most units". So it really is odd to stick to your original design in the face of such feedback.

Of course, it's probably far from trivial to simply offer an over-the-shoulder camera here. They've probably designed every level/track/road with that static viewpoint in mind, so there's probably heaps of "missing" world that they didn't bother to populate because it's never seen from that angle.

The game has a lot of charm though, so I hope they pull it off.

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It's like Dead Cells had a baby with Salt & Sanctuary! Absolutely beautiful!

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The camera angle is terrible, I agree, but like Renzatic, I coped and completed the demo. I doubt I'll pick it up unless they offer a better angle though. I found playing it like that tips the scale pretty far from "satisfying", past "mildly frustrating" and all the way towards "infuriating". Especially when you're getting chased, and you have to go flat out!

The loading mechanic was also pretty baffling for a while. I got there in the end, but again - pretty frustrating.

I'm so disappointed because I was really looking forward to this, along with Easy Delivery Co. Now neither game looks like it's going to live up to my weirdly high expectations! I got a couple of hours out of Easy Delivery Co at least.

The demo is really short - 10 to 15 minutes maybe, so it can't hurt to try it out at least.

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Finally!! Been looking forward to this one dropping! Only a few more weeks to wait!!

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What's going on here?? Bit of Zelda. Bit of Ico. Bit of Beyond Good and Evil. Lovely stuff - I'll stick this on the wishlist for now as I've just got too much to play right now, but I suspect I'll be tucking into this at around Christmas time!

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I played Crysis 2 back in the day and loved every single minute of it. I particularly enjoyed the stealth - the recharge on your suit and later upgrades meant that this was one of the first stealth games I'd experienced where there was hardly any waiting around for patrol movements to align (Dishonored was the next). Very refreshing. "Cloak engaged". Magical.

Then I played Crysis 1 and it wasn't anywhere near as good. Never played 3 - can't remember why, but I suspect it's because it was EA, and it came out in 2013, which was the year I burned by Windows partition and went full Linux. And the EA launcher was dogshit on Linux back then. I mean, it's a launcher, so it's still dogshit today no matter what O/S you're running, but it was particularly bad in 2013 when Steam was literally just out, and Proton wasn't a thing.

I almost never buy on GOG, but a tenner for Crysis 2 might be worthwhile.

(Edit: actually it's only £15 for all three in the bundle - an incredible deal considering Steam has the same bundle priced at a 45% discount... and it's still £41!!)

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Great voice acting, metal music and it's Scottish. I'm in.

I mean, obviously. :grin:

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Bit of a random comment, but there used to be a game in the mid-90's called "Fury of the Furries" - it was an excellent side-scrolling, physics-based platformer in which you controlled four different "furries" each with unique capabilities. Aaaaanyway, the music in that game was all chill and pan-pipey and the opening music in the trailer for TCHDC really, really reminded me of that game. Cos that's how my brain works.

Judge for yourself: https://youtu.be/6vD80v5PZ-A?si=IuOedzft_7c2mG70&t=126 [External Link]

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I've never met a consumer that wanted AI. Ever. The most positive thing I've seen written, or heard said about AI is a disinterested "meh". And yet the enterprise/corporate world seems to be tripping over itself for the tech.

So we have this weird dichotomy of big firms pushing AI and actually marketing it as a HUGE positive and then the actual recipients of that marketing are, at best, neutral, and at worst, actively turning their backs on the offering.

Absolutely bizarre.

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I'm with Leahi84 on this, although I'm pretty sure Doomguy would disagree. I liked that they remastered Hexen/Heretic, and I think Selaco was well done, but I'm just over-saturated with boomer-shooters now. I honestly don't even play the youtube trailers for them now! I hope they do well, but they're dime a dozen, especially in the last year or so.

I wonder what's prompted their resurgence?

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