Baldur’s Gate 3 and Starfield buried us, Immortals of Aveum dev says

Immortals of Aveum may have been better received if it wasn’t drowned out by Starfield and Baldur’s Gate 3, according to the studio’s founder.

[CrimsonWing69]

I mean, yea, better games bury sh*tty games... better luck tomorrow.

[goldwyncq]

Horizon and its sequel are good examples of being on the receiving end of that.

[TripleAAARating]

except "Horizon and its sequel" are exceptionally well made games, nice try wirh the surreptitious comment.

[andy85]

I mean Horizon 1 was one of the highest rated games of the year and has sold 25 million. Wouldn't really call it a sh*try game and buried.

[isarai]

You're game didn't stand out, interesting concept with the most generic execution.

[-Foxtrot]

Guys blaming everything but the actual game looking generic and being average

[Lightning77]

Yet didn't think twice to delay it? Who's fault is that?

[Tacoboto]

I'd wonder how the relationship with EA worked. EA did sacrifice Titanfall 2 in a similar way.

Horrible decision making regardless of what party decided it though.

[Crows90]

Srarfield barely buried anything...it buried itself but baldurs gate....yeah that buried everything

[Armaggedon]

Starfield is stronger than people think

[Dompoesmod]

How?

[PhillyDonJawn]

Starfield was a big hit wym

[Barlos]

Shhhh. You know comments like that will attract Obscure Observer like a fly is attracted to shit.

Actually now that I think about it that's quite an accurate analogy 😂

[RhinoGamer88]

When I saw this game, I was struck by how it looked great with gameplay designed by a committee. When you have 10 Design and VP chiefs making you a dinner...it is trouble.

[Juancho51]

HAHAHA, Starfield was the biggest disappointment that year you shouldn’t compare yourself to them their bait and switch worked.

[Dompoesmod]

Starfield buried itself

[anast]

Maybe they should find different work, if they aren't aware why the game didn't sell well. I'm not trying to be rude here.

[coolbeans]

Not gonna lie: early July would've been a prime month to flex a new AAA IP. You can talk about quality (can't say for this one), but there's a sound argument to be made about timing here too.

[nmbr1esq]

Yet another 1st person, boring, generic looking game. Not even worth my time to download on gamepass... for that matter, neither was Starfield.

[Scissorman]

I'm going to call bull**** on this. Balatro - an indie Poker rogue-like game - just surpassed a million in sales and wasn't 'buried' by Palworld or Helldivers 2. Great games break through and find their audiences, regardless of release dates. It didn't happen when Horizon went up against Breath of the Wild AND Elden Ring with its sequel. Stop making excuses.

[jznrpg]

It looked like a 6/10 type of game. Not that it’s a horrible looking game but it does not look like a great game at all. Release time does matter but making a really good game matters more

[badboyz09]

your game was poppy now SHUT UPPPPPPP(adam sandler vocie)

[Azfargh]

I don't like to say that, but this is living in denial... the game has that cheap feeling of generic characters, an awful atmosphere forcing the game to have an sense of humor and lightness of an 90s cartoon and failing on that. The art direction is really off-putting and honestly I rather have an "mute" narrative (way less story and way more lore around the enviroment presentation and the way it immerses, like the Souls series or Half-Life) than trying too hard to be interesting... I tried the game and even liked the gameplay but all the rest... nothing much on that side to push the interest foward

[Ninver]

Next time release in a less devastating window