The reason for the hype around the game?

[Redfronick]

Why does the game have so many positive reviews? I didn't think there would be so many fans of turn-based games. Of course, I had never played such games before, so I wanted to try. As a result, after 30 minutes I issued a refund. You could say that I was taken in by all the hype around this game, so I bought it. But I made a mistake with the purchase. I have no desire to play this.

[Meewec]

because people enjoyed it?

[Redfronick]

Originally posted by Meewec:

because people enjoyed it?

I'm saying that I didn't think there would be so many fans of turn-based games)

[Meewec]

Originally posted by Redfronick:

Originally posted by Meewec:

because people enjoyed it?

I'm saying that I didn't think there would be so many fans of turn-based games)

maybe there weren't but now there are, we really haven't had that big of a pool of turn based compared to other styles of games for a while now.

[Rai]

Because its a fun game

Originally posted by Redfronick:

Originally posted by Meewec:

because people enjoyed it?

I'm saying that I didn't think there would be so many fans of turn-based games)

Baldurs gate 3 as another recent example. You just have the wrong perceived notion of what is and isn't a popular genre.

[zefyris]

Seems like in your case it's the fact that it's turn based that makes you not like it. Which is perfectly fine, but everyone has game types they don't like. If a game studio releases a game from a genre I don't play and it's praised as a masterpiece by the players and the critics, I may not play it, or may not enjoy it even if I try it, but I can still fully understand that it is, indeed, a masterpiece for those who do not have a problem with the game type it is.

Surely you can as well understand that :).

[luc2posse]

Originally posted by Redfronick:

Originally posted by Meewec:

because people enjoyed it?

I'm saying that I didn't think there would be so many fans of turn-based games)

Many of the people who like it have hundreds to thousands of hours in Souls-like games.

COE33 is heavily inspired by FromSoftware's Soulsborne game mechanics.

They like the Souls-influenced gameplay mechanics of COE33.

[Zero]

I weep for you.

[Redfronick]

Originally posted by Rai:

Because its a fun game

Originally posted by Redfronick:

I'm saying that I didn't think there would be so many fans of turn-based games)

Baldurs gate 3 as another recent example. You just have the wrong perceived notion of what is and isn't a popular genre.

I liked BG3, I completed it completely.

[NoSavy¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

And? You didnt like the game. OK move on. Life doesn't revolve around you.

[ragnarok666]

Back in the 90s Final Fantasy 7 was the system seller for the Playstation 1, millions of people enjoyed it in a time when the global gaming scene was only a fraction of the size it is nowadays. So whats the surprise in a turn based RPG being poplar?
When you only played 30mins, did you even do a single battle? smh

[Merlin]

The amount of people with the sign "change my mind" is astonishing)

[drizzyt10]

Rage bait. Next

[45m Ig]

If you been eating nothing but barley rice the last year and someone offers your bread you gonna be excited

[archmag]

Originally posted by Redfronick:

Why does the game have so many positive reviews?

Because it's a great game.

You can just read the reviews to see why people left them.

[Peelsepuuppi]

Originally posted by Rai:

Because its a fun game

Originally posted by Redfronick:

I'm saying that I didn't think there would be so many fans of turn-based games)

Baldurs gate 3 as another recent example. You just have the wrong perceived notion of what is and isn't a popular genre.

He doesn't. Baldur's Gate 3 is an outlier, an exception in an otherwise niche genre. JRPG is also a niche genre. The fact that people think there's a drought of games like this already shows it. There's plenty of games in this genre being churned out, they just don't get this much media hype and people aren't playing them.

No one expected BG3 to as popular as it was, not the devs and definitely not the fans of CRPGs. Exact same thing for E33. No one expected this to be as popular as it would be considering the overall status of games like this.