Last time I have heard about a L4D co-creator making another co-op game, we got Back 4 Blood which I got beta for and which sucked some major ass and eventually died in less than 2 years after release. So, no. I am not hyped and nobody should until they actually show a good game. Glad my beta was free. Didn't had to pay for this crap to figure out it is crap.
Before lasik, form me it was either "Where are my glasses?" when they are on my head, or "I have glasses on my head!?" after it has been there but I put them back on my nose but the feeling of them staying on my head persisted.
They made it more difficult for community to spot bots. Now anyone can hide their profile post/comment history. By design!
pretty much for every legitimate post a day, you’d get 6 to 10 bot posts
Real! I once saw a post in some sub where mods were complaining about bot/AI problems lately. In comments there was a guy who said he is moderating a very niche sub about toyota trucks with a few thousands of users. He said that half of the posts in a day feature AI generated pictures of these cars. Can't be real people posting it. I wonder what really happens in bigger subs.
It is riddled with bots. Like, you know. The whole thing supposed to be where people would collaborate, vote for the best design on their sub and then implement it on the canvas together. But instead we got bunch of bot accounts that would draw pictures faster than a speed of sound and not let anyone draw anything there but themselves.
And also, during IPO incident, spez decided that the best option to distract people from the elephant in the room would be to run (at that point already not so much) beloved r/place.
In this crazy world where it could actually happen, I don't think they did it with intent. Most likely the haven't had this in their plans, but they did plan on having a minor in the game to ride a horse. They thought that it would be a great idea to capitalize on Steam ban - that is undeniable. And I can't blame them. That is indeed a perfect advertisement campaign - loud and, most importantly, free.
It is just hilarious to me that with all this clout and attention, their game is getting barely any buzz post-release. And also that the most posted article about Steam ban is mentioning them as one of the best idie devs out there when they are like mid at best.
They got tons of publicity by being banned from steam. They harnessed it as much as possible which spawned the infamous “one of the best indie game developers” title in some news articles. Being banned from two major game stores brings a lot of eyes on their game. And even with a bright spotlight lightning up their game - still barely anyone is talking about it. My theory is - game is below average at best and can be barely called an art piece in gaming industry. (based on what I know about the game and on one youtube playthrough)
Popularity matters cause it is a good metric to measure sales. If game is good and sells well - people will talk. People are barely talking about this game. Sales are probably very low. But also, what would sales be if it wouldn't be banned of steam? I bet they would barely exist.
Ah yes, yes. The game from "one of the best indie game developers" that, as of 2025.12.04 (2 days since release), has <4 Metacritic user reviews (no score) and stands at 77 score with only 7 reviews by game critics. Devs get tons of free clout by being removed, but somehow their game is still unpopular. Wonder why.
I am not looking for a purpose. All I care if I or people close to me are having a good life. It is not always good or perfect. But overall, I am happy at where I am but I also have space to grow to.
I find this very possible that they kept it hidden for so long. After all, Valve has been very tight on leaks for very long. Guess that HL2 dev build leak taught them a fair lot in how to protect their business from leaking info.
That is what I've missed upon my first play-through.
I wanted to do 100% right after the final boss but quickly realized that in order to do this, you'll need not only to cleanup everything before you reach top of The Thorny Tower, but also talk to children during different parts of the game. So, naturally I had to go though game once again and let me tell you what:
Tim Schafer is a fucking genius. Not only he made one of the most memorable Adventure games of all time, he has managed to enter 3D platforming and making it not only stylistically stand out of all the copy-paste industry stencil games, but also mix it with Adventure style dialogue that rocks your socks off. I liked the game, the story, levels, design and gameplay. But, man, dialogue is what really seals the deal to me. It is hilarious, smart, fits the world to a tee, and is important part of the game.
When I have played Psychonauts 2, I made sure to check in with all of the characters after each level of the game and explore on new dialogue options. 5x 100% playthrough, and it delivers every single time.
Say, a professional lawyer is making a reaction video to some other video depicting something that breaks the law and gives comments form law standpoint - that is fine. But might as well count as a commentary channel rather than a reaction channel. Also, these are fucking rare!
And then we got trillions of channels that just watch movie/game trailers, funny tiktok/reddit/insta/9gag videos, or worse - movies and just occasionally react in an exaggerated tone to them or dont react at all - that is content cancer prime.
I thought today to call a restaurant and book a table for me and my wife. And then I wanted to fix some issue with my service i selfhost. I had time for both. Guess, what I havent done?
None. I got distracted by other stuff.
I am un-diagnosed, so take it with a grain of salt (cause I sure do take it with a grain of salt every day)
4W rpi5 versus 7W n100 on idle is not a big of a difference. I admit that rpi5 would be around half as cheaper to run but even with really high electricity price, difference is minuscule. Your average wifi router would utilize around the same amount of energy as N100 minipc.
Last time I have heard about a L4D
co-creator making another co-op game, we got Back 4 Blood which I got beta for and which sucked some major ass and eventually died in less than 2 years after release. So, no. I am not hyped and nobody should until they actually show a good game. Glad my beta was free. Didn't had to pay for this crap to figure out it is crap.