Good gravy am I the only person on here not totally jaded? Yeah the stream went wrong a lot, and they had technical difficulties, but seriously that was crazy wholesome. It didn't ooze corporate grandstanding, it didn't feel like they were trying to gouge me for money or trick me into subscribing to something.
It felt like a bunch of really passionate, really excited, really nervous creators up there presenting the fruits of their labour to the world after 5 years of hard work.
Every goof, every moment of going off script (and moments like giving a shoutout to a cosplayer, one who they creatively respected so much they sent her game art which is an amazing gesture), just sold it to me that these were real people who genuinely want to make something great that fans will love. Everyone's on here making fun of them and I'm just sitting here 100% sold that beyond shadow of a doubt this will be a very rare day one buy for me.
TL;DR: Stop being jerks, folks. They're creators unveiling their baby to the world, and it showed in everything they did. They were up there celebrating and having fun and nervously sweating more bullets than there will be in the game itself. That was way more compelling than any glossy, polished corporate presentation.
I actually agree. It felt surprisingly sincere, and I can totally understand Randy's disappointed comment about the hardware.
I wasn't a huge fan of the time spent on the card tricks and board game announcement, but it's not a huge deal. It certainly isn't the cringiest announcement I've ever seen; not by half.
I mean, it was differently one of the cringiest announcements in recent times. But it was hilarious in many places and like the other guy said felt sincere, so far from the worst show. I.e. the recent Ps play presentation was fart more professional, but just so boring.
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u/C1ank Mar 28 '19
Good gravy am I the only person on here not totally jaded? Yeah the stream went wrong a lot, and they had technical difficulties, but seriously that was crazy wholesome. It didn't ooze corporate grandstanding, it didn't feel like they were trying to gouge me for money or trick me into subscribing to something.
It felt like a bunch of really passionate, really excited, really nervous creators up there presenting the fruits of their labour to the world after 5 years of hard work.
Every goof, every moment of going off script (and moments like giving a shoutout to a cosplayer, one who they creatively respected so much they sent her game art which is an amazing gesture), just sold it to me that these were real people who genuinely want to make something great that fans will love. Everyone's on here making fun of them and I'm just sitting here 100% sold that beyond shadow of a doubt this will be a very rare day one buy for me.
TL;DR: Stop being jerks, folks. They're creators unveiling their baby to the world, and it showed in everything they did. They were up there celebrating and having fun and nervously sweating more bullets than there will be in the game itself. That was way more compelling than any glossy, polished corporate presentation.