• Eggyhead@lemmings.worldEnglish
    3·
    20 days ago
    1. It’s $80
    2. It’s on Gamespass, where I assume a lot of doom fans who might have otherwise purchased are likely to be.
    3. It’s shouldered up against Expedition 33 and Oblivion Remake, both over $20 cheaper and highly acclaimed.
    4. It’s $80
    5. (Edit) shitty DRM
  • FinishingDutch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    20 days ago

    Honestly, Doom Eternal really soured me on the franchise. I loved the original Doom games, loved 3 and played the absolute shit out of Doom 2016.

    Then Eternal turned into a fucking frustration fest with all its platforming. I still haven’t finished it. Now the new one reinvents Doom yet again. And there’s somehow dragons?

    Man, I’m fucking done. Give me more of that 2016 Doom or don’t bother.

    • axby@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      I also liked Doom 2016 and it worked well on Linux. I’m sad to hear that the later ones weren’t as good.

      Do you know of any games similar to Doom 2016 that you’d recommend? I liked how it didn’t waste time trying to tell a story, usually I’d watch a movie or read a book if I want a good story. Doom had enjoyable steady action and I felt like I could enjoy it for half an hour at a time without needing much time to get into it.

  • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    20 days ago

    Not a big fan of the new Dooms, although I did like 2016. Nothing beats the ol’ Doom II (via source ports).

  • Kurious84@eviltoast.orgEnglish
    1·
    21 days ago

    I tell ya I se 70 bucks for a game when everything is small and you get no value for your dollar and everything costs more. No thanks.

  • yesman@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    21 days ago

    meant to mislead potential players into thinking the game is successful when, in fact, it’s severely underperforming behind the scenes.

    Why would a player in a single-player game give a tiny shit about how popular it is? It’s the investor class that cares about that; stop treating their interests as a natural good.

  • burgerpocalyse@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    20 days ago

    there’s a gorillion reasons why it isnt doing so hot, but i could make a few uneducated guesses. one, gamepass subscriptions, which obfuscate the data and has sent multiple studios to the grave even when they had moderate success. two, the economy is terrible in the US and getting worse by the day, making a $70+ game not an appealing purchase. three, maybe the Boycott Divestment Sanctions protest is having some effect.

  • solsangraal@lemmy.zipEnglish
    0·
    21 days ago

    good. i won’t buy it until it’s $10. and not even then if they haven’t removed denuvo at that point

    • Echo Dot@feddit.ukEnglish
      0·
      19 days ago

      No less than is correct because they know the exact number they have sold.

      If you’ve sold less than 1,000 units then you have sold a number of units that is under 1,000.

      If you have sold fewer than 1,000 units you have not sold 1,000 units but you’re not sure how many units you have sold just that that number didn’t reach 1,000.

      But they do know how many units they sold, otherwise they wouldn’t know if they had sold less than 1,000 so it is “less than”.

      • Subverb@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        16 days ago

        No, that’s wrong.

        The “less than” vs “fewer than” rule isn’t about whether you know the exact number - it’s about countable vs uncountable nouns.

        Video game copies are countable, so it’s traditionally “fewer than 1,000 units” regardless of whether you know the precise number sold.

        That said, it’s been misused so much that it’s become more flexible, and “less than” with numbers is widely accepted now.

        Don’t take my word for it, Google it.

  • nfreak@lemmy.mlEnglish
    0·
    21 days ago

    Let’s see

    • The game itself takes away a lot of pieces of the formula that made 2016 and Eternal so good
    • $80 price tag
    • BDS boycott
    • Denuvo

    I’m shocked that it’s not selling, absolutely shocked.