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[–] random72guy 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So basically, it's a poorly marketed $40 game facing a lot of free and popular competition.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (5 children)

Did they market it at all?

All I have seen is the post mortem articles. Deadlock has had more marketing.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This is literally the first I'm hearing of this game.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Same, never heard of it before this post.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Honestly, deadlock doing the whole Fight Club marketing strategy really paid off for them. I heard so much about "the game you weren't allowed to talk about" on various streams.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Not sure they did… I’ve never even heard of it before until just now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

They marketed it on their state of plays

[–] EncryptKeeper 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I’ve been seeing ads for it for a long time, but the ads don’t even make it clear they’re for this game until 20+ seconds in, at which point I’ve stopped watching.

It’s very likely you too have seen plenty of marketing for this game but ignored it like I did.