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LoganRuckman wrote:I actually believe there's a case to be made aside from the JonTron stuff. Sure, that caused a stir, but there's also the fact that it was put on a pedestal before it came out as some savior of the 3D collectathon platformer, but then it released to average reviews and mixed opinions. It's often seen as a disappointment of sorts.
And then it got backlash when it was revealed that it was running on Unity, which doesn't have the best reputation among game engines. Finally, the Wii U port that was initially promised was ultimately cancelled, irritating a few Wii U owners who were looking forward to it.
Also, I'd like to comment on all the replies stating that YouTube videos and gaming journalism don't matter. That's a pretty narrow minded view. Like it or not, YouTube, Twitter, and other media are a huge part of the gaming industry nowadays. You have many YouTubers who are more well known among younger generations than most A-list celebrities. The internet and gaming go hand in hand anymore. This little community we have is actually very isolated from the rest of the gaming community. Just because something is a nonissue to us personally doesn't mean it's not an issue at all. We have to remember that this little bubble of ours isn't indicative of the industry as a whole.
LoganRuckman you have good points it was set on a pedestal because of the ex-rare staff involved with the game, and looked like a savior for not just 3D collectathon platformer, but AAA big budget Kickstarter games coming off of the now infamous Mighty No. 9. And the game Yooka-Laylee was at the time looking promising with everything going right until the JonTron hijinx came in and made people like me loos goodwill, not helped with average reviews and mixed opinions, as it was often seen as a disappointment of sorts. And for the engine, I 100% agree that Unity was the worst mistake the game made as it was not only not having the best reputation among game engines. Especially with negative videos from Jim Sterling and other like DXFan619 on YouTube with negative videos like these ones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z4_bjyJ4EM and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5svAoQ7D38k. In fact I heard rumors that Yooka-Laylee was supposed to use Unreal Engine 4 as that game engine is far better suited for a bigger more ambitious large scale game that Yooka-Laylee wanted to be, but had no choice to use Unity because of the now canceled Wii U version, even though Unity on Wii U was a hot mess, a lose-lose either way. And by the time the cancelled the Wii U port, it was way too little too late to Switch to Unreal Engine 4 as the game was nearly finished. So the game suffered because of the engine and it shows. Yes Unity can produce well received and good looking and running games, but it only well suited for lower budget indie/small scale projects and simpler 2D and 3D games.
For the second paragraph you are right the community here is not the same as the rest of the gaming community as a whole.
MSR1701 wrote:
Kickstarter game gets hype and implodes on release, plus controversy? Mighty No. 9?
On YouTube and gaming journalism's significance, they are a very vocal group but tend to blow things way out of proportion in relation to their actual size/numbers. I once had a talk with a 10-year old kid at a GameStop a few years back who pointed to a Mario Lost Levels 3DS case and said it was a horrid game. I asked him why he thought that, and his answer was that it was insulting that Nintendo looked down on Americans by not releasing the game in the US because it was too hard. I then asked him if he had played it, and his answer was no. I told him he should try it, as the game's difficulty was so high that it would have hurt sales and Nintendo. He was stumped at this.
I bring this up as YouTube and the internet is about the only place I hear gripe about that little factoid, and the number of people that are influenced by said sources without checking or researching are high in number.
So sad and true, people like to have a mob mentality and not think for themselves, they often like to believe negative hype and not think for themselves and boy does it show.
Gleebergloben123 wrote:This is one of the reasons I stopped posting here. So a game comes out, a Youtuber with a minor voice role gets cut for saying some really dumb things, and this is a controversy? Much ado about nothing.
Can not blame you as it can get very toxic sometimes.