Guys, I just received a hot tip about a new game that's part of the Wii U revival later this year!
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Should we buy Sadness on principle?
This post was inspired by the letest trailer: Sadness trailer
It gives you a good idea of things to expect from this game.
Sadness is an upcoming video game releasing in ?? that looks to be perhaps unfairly overlooked by most of us in the gaming community. Why is it being overlooked? Well, maybe because its too different. But I think that's the reason we need to support it. We need to let developers know that it is safe to explore new ideas, and push the norms. Even if this game is a 7/10, if we support it, it will allow them to try again, and maybe next time we get a 10/10 game instead of a game trying to be another "dudebro shooter", or just another shooter. Publishers may be be in favor of more female leads.
Unique environment/setting, unique time period, unique fashion, etc...
The main character:
Female, with an uncommon ethnicity(in gaming) it seems, and amazing character design.
NPCs also have interesting design:
The narrative of this game is different as well, its interesting. It mainly has to do with sadness, and how sadness have become one of the last and most intimate things that people have given up to social media. Sadness can be shared, stolen, and manipulated.
It ties in with a gameplay mechanic that "allows players to use Sadness' powers and alter parts of people's sadness in real-time gameplay. This will change characters' complete perspective on their self-image and the people around them, which can have grave consequences..." This mechanic is useful for solving puzzles, combat situations, and story moments.
The game's combat involves using sadness to fight, akin to the Batman Arkham games. The difference is that you can customize strings of combos suited to the moves you want. And you get some special powers too, along with moves unlocked as you progress. The game also has some environment exploration, similar to what you see in an Uncharted game.
I'm not asking you guys to buy the game on principle alone, but I think it holds enough merits and potential as well that your purchase won't be waste.
