Is Dave the Diver paying streamers or commenters? I’ve seen a lot of hype around it, but I will say that it also comes across as competently made, and impressively quick to exit early access with a full product.
I haven’t looked too close, though. If there’s suspicious stuff hiding around that game I’d be curious to hear it, because it’s currently on my “check this game out” list.
I don't know. But everywhere I go its got oddly neutral to positive threads cropping up a half dozen at a time. They never say anything really of substance, always post the same marketing images with the title and guy on it, and just feel very fake.
This doesn't mean the game is bad on its own, as plenty good games have terrible marketers and shills. But its notable enough to be almost clearly "bought and paid for" discussions hyping it up instead of organic word of mouth.
Yeah, I don't really go on gaming forums (aside from the one here, which is tiny), but I've definitely seen a couple streamers I watch semi-regularly saying lots of good things about it. Based on what I know of them, I wouldn't be surprised if there's woke stuff in there they just aren't bothered by or even like, but they usually have pretty solid tastes about actual gameplay.
Regardless of its woke content or lack thereof, I don't want to make the industry think bots and shill spamming work. So I'll wait until a long period from now to take a look at it.
Is Dave the Diver paying streamers or commenters? I’ve seen a lot of hype around it, but I will say that it also comes across as competently made, and impressively quick to exit early access with a full product.
I haven’t looked too close, though. If there’s suspicious stuff hiding around that game I’d be curious to hear it, because it’s currently on my “check this game out” list.
I don't know. But everywhere I go its got oddly neutral to positive threads cropping up a half dozen at a time. They never say anything really of substance, always post the same marketing images with the title and guy on it, and just feel very fake.
This doesn't mean the game is bad on its own, as plenty good games have terrible marketers and shills. But its notable enough to be almost clearly "bought and paid for" discussions hyping it up instead of organic word of mouth.
Yeah, I don't really go on gaming forums (aside from the one here, which is tiny), but I've definitely seen a couple streamers I watch semi-regularly saying lots of good things about it. Based on what I know of them, I wouldn't be surprised if there's woke stuff in there they just aren't bothered by or even like, but they usually have pretty solid tastes about actual gameplay.
Regardless of its woke content or lack thereof, I don't want to make the industry think bots and shill spamming work. So I'll wait until a long period from now to take a look at it.