“This has saddened me to an extreme”.
Barely Making Games, the developer of the upcoming Steam tribute to Densha De Go!, Retro Rail Go!, has suggested it could soon “halt” development of the project altogether after receiving a torrent of negative feedback on social media, where users have dubbed the game a “rip-off,” and have been trying to get it removed from Steam.
Following the release of its demo earlier this month, the train sim was featured positively on four “big” gaming websites, including Time Extension, where I personally suggested it might be a good alternative to fill the gap left by Densha De Go!’s absence from Steam. This positive coverage of the game reportedly helped it jump from 700 to 2000 wishlists within just 48 hours. However, the increased visibility has also seemingly come at a cost, with the developer being inundated with a string of negative comments and accusations online, particularly in response to Japanese coverage on sites like GameSpark.
Read the full article on timeextension.com
“This has saddened me to an extreme”.
Barely Making Games, the developer of the upcoming Steam tribute to Densha De Go!, Retro Rail Go!, has suggested it could soon “halt” development of the project altogether after receiving a torrent of negative feedback on social media, where users have dubbed the game a “rip-off,” and have been trying to get it removed from Steam.
Following the release of its demo earlier this month, the train sim was featured positively on four “big” gaming websites, including Time Extension, where I personally suggested it might be a good alternative to fill the gap left by Densha De Go!’s absence from Steam. This positive coverage of the game reportedly helped it jump from 700 to 2000 wishlists within just 48 hours. However, the increased visibility has also seemingly come at a cost, with the developer being inundated with a string of negative comments and accusations online, particularly in response to Japanese coverage on sites like GameSpark.
Read the full article on timeextension.com