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Yeah, they spent a good chunk talking about a distinctive art-style of games they liked but the game looks derivative of so many 2d platformers
by Rallen89 3y ago
Yeah, they spent a good chunk talking about a distinctive art-style of games they liked but the game looks derivative of so many 2d platformers
- jeroenhd 3y agoThe brand backing helps, but Nintendo still sells plenty of copies of Mario, the gameplay if which wasn't all that inspired back in the day either. Even Spelunky is just a good implementation of a type of game dating back to the late eighties. Consider indie titles like Minecraft and PUBG taking off with completely ripped off assets and game ideas because they made a great version of an existing concept. Minecraft had the visual style of a 2005 bargain bin game and PUBG is the blandest of bland models and art design coupled with a good implementation of their earlier mod. You don't need to be all that original, gameplay or art style wise, to make a game successful. I don't think this particular art style was all that common on the PS4 or Xbox One. There was a lot wrong with the way they presented and marketed the game, but I don't think the art style is that much of a problem.