Most of my friends play FPS games like Valorant, Apex, CSGO, etc… Recently everyone has been into some chill co-op games like Borderlands and Payday so I suggested DRG but none of them seems to like it.

They have this misconception that, the game is just entirely mining and no shooting.

Little do they know, I’m having a blast with fun mods and randoms.

Right now DRG is even on steam sale…

I’d love to know how you guys got your friends to give DRG a chance

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    Send them a video of a team pinging the same mushroom for 5 minutes and tell them this is what the game is really all about.

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    Just tell them that there’s a lot of shooting too, maybe show them a video of a mission or something.

    Edit: also if you have a discord group then maybe stream you playing it in a voice call?

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    Just buy a copy for one of them and get them on your side.

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    Tell them

    • It’s mainly a lot of shooting
    • It’s non linear levels with destructible terrain (endless possibilities for traversal and tactical changes to the battlefield)
    • The mining is just as one objective to complete (because the maps are not linear)
    • Pacing is fantastic (on the right difficulty level). I had chills down my spine the first time making a mad dash for the escape pod while we were getting overrun the swarm
    • It’s basically Left 4 Dead , but new and improved with classes, heavy dynamic lighting, procedurally generated maps, destructible terrain etc
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      Seconding the idea of comparing it to Left 4 Dead. Procedurally generated maps mean you don’t have to play the same hospital and circus over and over though.

      Also they can play as the gunner and nobody will expect them to mine much of anything.

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    I mean if the reason they won’t try it is “no shooting”, then it seems like an easy fix. Tell them it’s all shooting and show them a clip to demonstrate.

    If the real reason is that they already play a ton of other similar games that they’re having fun with and don’t feel the need to add one more, sadly you can’t force people to love what you love, just keep it in your back pocket for next time they’re looking for something new.