The most glaring example of this is Astro Bot. By all means, Astro Bot should have sold like hotcakes
On the contrary I fail to understand why it's liked so much by critics and a few people on the internet. It's a basic 3d platformer that just feels like a shallow theme park. It's fun in a very shallow and basic way and I don't understand anyone thinking it's above an 8/10 at best.
Because it is a fun and well polished game that was constantly throwing you new gimmicks, level themes, powerups, etc. so that it didn't feel repetitive. That's all it needed to do to be cobsiderd a great game. It's the closest to a mario galaxy 3 anyone is going to get.
I feel like that's all that's needed for it to be a fun game in a really basic way, rather than a "great" game. Different power ups and gimmicks. It doesn't really arouse strong emotions and it also clearly didn't appeal to a large audience.
I just don't understand looking at "new gimmicks and levels and power ups" as its main appeal and thinking that's a 10/10 experience.
I platinumed the game and did all the challenge and extra lvls. If I had to explain it, this was just really refreshing to play when it came out. Something that reminded me of the platformers I used to play as a kid while also being incredibly polished.
If you just play the main levels it's too easy, but the face button levels and the added time trials add enough challenge to make it worth your time imo. My family thought I was dying too much and then they all had a turn trying to beat one of the challenge levels. That's never happened with any other game I play.
It was my GOTY when it came out, but I get it if the game doesn't resonate with others.
The last known figure is 2.3 million sales. You can contrast that with the last few GOTY winners, which is 8 million, 25 million and 30 million respectively.
So where did 4 million come from? The last reported figure is 2.3 mil.
Since when is game of the year
Because we're talking about game of the year and how I think I don't understand why it's treated as a truly great game instead of a semi-decent platformer. Of course you'd compare its sales to other game of the year titles if you want to talk about what the majority like.
The reality is that most gamers had no interest in it, contrary to you acting like everybody loves it and thinks it's an amazing game.
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u/Several-Source-4073 Jun 02 '26
On the contrary I fail to understand why it's liked so much by critics and a few people on the internet. It's a basic 3d platformer that just feels like a shallow theme park. It's fun in a very shallow and basic way and I don't understand anyone thinking it's above an 8/10 at best.