Games like Among Us, RV There Yet, Peak, Lethal Company, etc. I don't mind them so long as there's no woke elements to them, though I've never actually played any of them myself. I have two groups of streamers that I like (Fooster/Fisk/Olafpawbelt and Splitsie/Capac/TFE/Shack) that play them from time to time and it's pretty enjoyable watching them. These sorts of games strike me as games that are more meant to be watched than played yourself. I doubt many of them sell that many units, and they typically are only popular for a couple of weeks before being replaced by the next one.
I bet a lot of copies sold are people who think 'oh man, this looked like fun when I saw $streamer play it, I can't wait to play it with my friends' and then they never do. They seem to be pretty cheap, so if an indie dev can provide a few weeks of enjoyment for $9.99, honestly there are worse ripoffs in the gaming world.
I've only played Lethal Company out of those but just barely. I'd like it but I don't do a ton of friend gaming anymore and the friend is too easily bored by that sort of slop. Among Us seems way, way too social and would require a big group, and I don't even know the others. I've played some Forza Horizon games and Outlast Trials as "friend slop" basically. Some couch-co-op games with my nephews.
I don't mind them, but they are very situational for me. I don't watch streamers though, zero. I don't know that I've watched 30mins of streaming games combined in my life if you're excluding footage in review videos. If I had to name one it would be something like Max Verstappen, because I think he at least did stream in the past, but that's not exactly what he's known for.
Outlast Trials at least takes it self seriously as an actual game. I'd put it more closely in the same category of game as Dead by Daylight. Both games do unfortunately tend to revolve around fairly simple formulas with occasional modifiers/mutators tacked on.
Yeah I’d actually go as far to say it’s a good game. We got a lot out of it for not a huge price and I don’t recall being beaten down with DLC begging either. Haven’t played it in a bit. I like it significantly better than Dead By Daylight which is really only fun with a full group of friends.
Very much agreed. And Outlast Trials gives players a little more semblance of control over how they play than DBD does. Like being able to chuck bottles and bricks at enemies. DBD feels like an overdressed run of the mill ratmaze sometimes.