You can't really fight fads. Did you see Dying Light clearing nearly $45M? Yeah, its not some indie half-cooked turkey, but its a completely forgettable and short zombie shooter/parkour game with milquetoast story and gameplay.
Can you blame these other devs jumping on the wagontrain? There is so much money to be made in this space. It should be Steam's job to keep out halfcooked games but apparently they disagree. I imagine the whole greenlight "give us what we want" aspect of Steam encourages realeases like these. This is the problem with fan-led media and stores. Fans get too excited and are willing to excuse a lot of things just to "get the game." The devs cash out on what's at best a beta-test and have zero incentive to continue.
I disagree with your assessment of Dying light. It's a beautiful game on xbox one, I enjoyed it at full price. I'll get back to it when I feel like it but the mood and scenery are fantastic and quite memorable. I'd give it a 7.5 - 8, and I can see somebody rating it a 9.5 depending on their taste.
Agreed. I know many people that enjoyed that game quite heavily, and it is far from a knockoff zombie sequal/ripoff. It may appear like an Assassins Creed / CoD of the zombie world, but it's definitely not, imo.
Infact, in the genre (which is lacking in general), i think it's one of the top.
Can you blame these other devs jumping on the wagontrain? There is so much money to be made in this space. It should be Steam's job to keep out halfcooked games but apparently they disagree. I imagine the whole greenlight "give us what we want" aspect of Steam encourages realeases like these. This is the problem with fan-led media and stores. Fans get too excited and are willing to excuse a lot of things just to "get the game." The devs cash out on what's at best a beta-test and have zero incentive to continue.