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Doug Tennapel, creator of Armikrog, in denial of negative reviews...
On Twitter: "We got universally negative reviews at launch of Neverhood. It was called boring, a non-game, w/ few positive reviews. Fans still love it."

This is just pure denial. Neverhood had a couple bad critic reviews at launch, notoriously the one from some Gamespot, but otherwise it has overwhelmingly positive reviews from users and critics alike. 9.0 on gamespot (773 reviews), 9.3 on Metacritic (73 reviews). Just check out this link to see all the "universally negative" critic reviews:
http://www.mobygames.com/game/windows/neverhood/mobyrank

Most of the negative reviews of Armikrog are coming from kickstarter backers and the fans that loved Neverhood, which makes his statement even more ignorant.



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Łąm 2015年10月9日 10時59分 
I'm sorry? Have you read any of my other posts?
Unfortunately. It's kinda hard to miss out on 'em. And you do know the meaning of 'tongue in cheek' right?
Łąm 2015年10月9日 14時32分 
Sorry then, I felt attacked needlessly.

I think I'm fair in that I'm criticizing the game and suspecting the actual development team left 6+ months ago, but at the same time helping people who have problems with only the silly UI.

I mean, there's no need for them to give up on the game so early, based only on poor design choices which produced really obscure interface. Let them pass those obstacles and see the full picture, no? ;)
Magpie 2015年10月27日 6時28分 
The whole fiasco has been extremely disappointing. TBH I was super excited being a fan of the nverhood as kid, then I tried before I buyed thx to the GOG version being freely available on my favourite tracker and saw what a trainwreck this was on arrival - so I avoided it. So without financial support from people (fans) like me that honestly wanted the best I don't think we'll be getting a sequel anyway.
Fan reviews are different from critic reviews. Reader Reviews really mean nothing out of fanboy circlejerks. The Neverhood was more of a mixed bag for critics (PC Gamer might have been meaner than Gamespot, but GameSpot UK hated the living ♥♥♥♥ out of the Hall of Records and the game).

I just want to note Doug gets very butt-hurt when he doesn't get lot of praise. This is the same guy who refuses to accept the truth about Boombots being a failure (an abysmal 3d fighting game before Armikrog). Critics were much meaner with Boombots than they were with Armikrog and Neverhood (GameSpot almost gave Boombots the "Worst Game of the Year" award).
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It's not hard to see where he's coming from though. Critics and gamers bashed on Neverhood when it came out, but people are still singing its praises to this day. Why would he put any value into original release reviews after something like that?

He's an artist and a creator, not a gamer. How many games, that he's never worked on, has he ever talked about as being good or bad or even said he's played? I think he's just involved because it allows him to be creative in a way he doesn't get to do with his normal work; like Michael Jordan trying to play pro baseball or golf.
Except Boombots was awful as a 3D fighter and a Neverhood-made game, and no critic liked it. There was no in-between line: Boombots was bad.

Doug bashed video games a couple of times only to get ridiculed/called out when Boombots flopped, and Skullmonkeys kinda tanked (IGN called him out on that in its Boombots review).
deusnikmachina の投稿を引用:
Let's throw negativity at this decent (not great) game in every way possible to make sure we never get another one like it.

Dropsy is 7 bucks. Telltale games go for $15 or less. Deponia has been practically free. We don't need another game like Armikrog. Nine out of ten adventure games are better and cheaper.

I really wish I could get my money back, and I'm probably never going to support a game on kickstarter again. Good ideas don't mean anything if the execution is this bad.
deusnikmachina の投稿を引用:
Awesome. Let's throw negativity at this decent (not great) game in every way possible to make sure we never get another one like it. This is so petty and disgusting. Have people not burried this thing enough? Some people like it and others don't. Do you think this constant barrage of insults is going to make them pull it, ad a bunch of extra content to it with no budget, and rerelease is it? Yeah. That will happen...

I'd like to say that I fully support another game like Armikrog never happening. The game's lovely animation was basically made by scamming young animators by offering them to work on the game in exchange for adding the thing to their portfolio, and the game's primary artist is a notoriously awful human being who spends most of his time throwing temper tantrums and telling people to kill themselves.

In a world where there are dozens of actually good adventure games, there is no need for something like Armikrog to exist. Maybe if it was about sixteen times better than it currently is, but we all know even a hundred patches won't fix bad puzzles and awful audio quality.
I haven't beat the game yet, but the big issue for me throughout all this has been the bugs.
Ashabel の投稿を引用:
... and the game's primary artist is a notoriously awful human being who spends most of his time throwing temper tantrums and telling people to kill themselves.


Doug* is a pretentious prick, but he's not that bad (I mean, he did bash the LBGT community, but did he really tell someone to commit suicide?).

*You are talking about Doug Tennaple, right?
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Worst Dota 2 Player EVER! の投稿を引用:
Doug* is a pretentious prick, but he's not that bad (I mean, he did bash the LBGT community, but did he really tell someone to commit suicide?).

*You are talking about Doug Tennaple, right?

Yeah, I am.

Doug TenNapel has a very long-running reputation for behaving like a bag of ♥♥♥♥♥ at conventions, and he's infamous for descending into crazed rants about how people he disagrees with should just kill themselves to make the world a better place whenever he's allowed anywhere near the microphone.

Ashabel の投稿を引用:
Doug TenNapel has a very long-running reputation for behaving like a bag of ♥♥♥♥♥ at conventions, and he's infamous for descending into crazed rants about how people he disagrees with should just kill themselves to make the world a better place whenever he's allowed anywhere near the microphone.

I don't really mind that. Plenty of great artists have been insufferable maniacs. Wagner, Lovecraft, Dan Harmon I guess... it kinda comes with the territory. If we kept crazy jerks from making art, we'd be out of ideas in a month.

The fact that the game shipped broken is another story, and probably had little to do with Doug.
Ashabel の投稿を引用:
Yeah, I am.

Doug TenNapel has a very long-running reputation for behaving like a bag of ♥♥♥♥♥ at conventions, and he's infamous for descending into crazed rants about how people he disagrees with should just kill themselves to make the world a better place whenever he's allowed anywhere near the microphone.

Any sources on Doug being a ♥♥♥♥ at conventions, doing stuff like this? The guy's hardcore with Christianity, but I can't see him being a douche bag to at a con. He will spazz and try to "professionally" belittle you if you tell him his games after Earthworm Jim/The Neverhood are ♥♥♥♥♥♥ though.

AlexWrench の投稿を引用:
I don't really mind that. Plenty of great artists have been insufferable maniacs. Wagner, Lovecraft, Dan Harmon I guess... it kinda comes with the territory. If we kept crazy jerks from making art, we'd be out of ideas in a month.

I can't think of one good thing that came from any webcomic artist. 98% of the webcomics out there are all trash unless it's the Perry Bible Fellowship or Tails Gets Trolled (Don't give me recommendation on ♥♥♥♥♥♥ webcomics because I'm not going to read them).
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Worst Dota 2 Player EVER! の投稿を引用:
I can't think of one good thing that came from any webcomic artist. 98% of the webcomics out there are all trash unless it's the Perry Bible Fellowship or Tails Gets Trolled (Don't give me recommendation on ♥♥♥♥♥♥ webcomics because I'm not going to read them).

Can't think of one good thing that came from any webcomic artist....

....you need to either read more, or speak less.

I'll just cherry pick the easiest one - the Child's Play charity was started by webcomic guys. It's raised millions per year for a while now to help out kids who have extended hospital stays. Check it out, it's a great cause doing extremely worthwhile stuff.

I can name a bunch more stuff, but since you're just kind of spewing out worthless opinion (your opinion is obviously and woefully uninformed), I figure one is all your mind can handle at a time.
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