• SharkEatingBreakfast
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    10 days ago

    Pretty sure the game was made purely to sell merch, tbh. The more eyes on it, the more they can sell “stuff”.

    Also, check out what I found while out and about yesterday! Hilarious.

  • @[email protected]
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    1010 days ago

    Games/franchises like this feel like they’re aimed for youtubers. But do people actually enjoy them as games, or do they enjoy them as reaction/gaming videos?

    I might be a bit out of the loop with these, but I kinda feel the “main audience” is mostly kids, are the kids actually going to go to the movies to see it?

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      10 days ago

      Yeah pretty much. They’re just chasing fnaf’s fame, which pioneered mascot horror and blew up through YouTube.

      Fnaf itself was actually a very innovative game series, and I’ll admit the movie wasn’t awful and was pretty accessible to non fans of the series.

      • @[email protected]
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        110 days ago

        Yea, there’s always the one that innovates and then there’s the imitators. Trend setters and trend chasers.

        Now, I’m fully admitting my experiences with any of these mascot horror things is limit to youtube videos, but still… to me these just feel like cheap jumpscares and kinda jank youtuber-bait games with excessive tacked-on lore… But that’s just me, if anyone enjoys these, don’t let my grumpy old-man-yells-at-clouds-grump dampen your parade, go you go!

        • @[email protected]
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          210 days ago

          Poppy playtime at the very least is unique. The chapters follow the pattern of spooky exposition, puzzle section, then monster chase. Definitely different than anything presented by fnaf.

          The episodic nature of the release is absolutely geared to YouTubers, as it makes itself relevant again every few months.

  • This just makes me question why there aren’t any straight comedies/stoner comedies again. If it’s because they aren’t financially viable due to streaming (since they would usually make more on home video sales and rental agreements than at the box office): how the fuck do shitty horror/YouTuber video game movies keep getting made?