It’s insane to me how often I see takes like this, where it’s clear that not only did they not play the game, they didn’t even watch a second of gameplay.
If the game didn’t HEAVILY penalize you for actually trying to exploit your pals, I’d agree, but mechanically a sweatshop will actually produce nothing at all in a short period of time. Bad working conditions lead to pals stopping work altogether until you let them rest, feed them, etc. to the point it’s obvious their marketing and actual game design aren’t in lockstep. You’re REQUIRED to treat pals well to make substantial progress.
If you advertise your game as a slaveowner simulator, people are going to conclude it’s a slaveowner simulator. That’s how marketing works.
The development team and the marketing team are not the same people. Extremely naïve to come to a complete conclusion with 0 exposure to gameplay. I don’t respect the opinion because it isn’t informed.
why would I play a game that was marketed in a way that makes me not like it at all? I don’t need to be “informed” by being exposed to gameplay. it’s not naive to reject something based on how it was sold to me lmao. it’s not my fault that the marketing people are casting the game in such a bad light
I don’t respect you being
It’s not an “ill-informed” take you obtuse nerd! A good part of the advertising & marketing of the game, the material that is proliferated and shown to potential buyers, emphasizes casual cruelty and slavery.
It’s not ill-informed to not want to play because of that! It’s still an option in the game, no? You can work your cute little anime animals to death, you can butcher and eat them. The shock value was capitalized on by scumlord streamers for views much the same way as it was by the marketing - one has to wonder why these systems were included if not explicitly for the shock marketing value.
Devs themselves advertise their game like that. Reviews are full of chuds too. It’s not even changed after all those months leading me to conclusion it’s intended.
I was interested in the concept at first but it’s the exact shit you mention that killed any enthusiasm I had.
“It’s not optimal to be cruel” and “you can fight the poachers” c’mon now, they clearly know what they’re implying and to assert otherwise is dishonest.
Maybe I’m “too sensitive” but them leaning into the vibe of cruelty and exploitation of deliberately cute, innocent sentient beings just made the whole thing feel gross to me. Personally I’d rather it not be an option at all but I’m clearly not the target demo, a not insignificant portion of which is irony poisoned chuds
Check the trailers. I was put off at first but tried it after checking the trailer and read the reviews which most of them state that the exploit/slavery is not the focus. There is free demo btw.
Nerd got banned and took it to dms lmao. If you’re reading this, you can eat my ass, punk
He also send message to me about good devs and evil marketing. Real g*mer moment. And the second dude is being ever funnier blaming it on… language barrier because it’s 1830 and obviously Japanese devs don’t know English.
If you report this that nerd will likely get sitebanned for dm haressment
Ah yes, the storefront page. Definitely direct dev communication and not marketing.
