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Eragorn

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Deal Hunter

Apr 13, 2025 06:02 AM

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EragornApr 13, 2025 06:02 AM

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7 cents more than the +41 FP deal from mid-March if anyone missed it Smilie

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GreenApple77

Apr 13, 2025 02:17 PM

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GreenApple77Apr 13, 2025 02:17 PM

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Never stopped playing a game I was super interested in faster. The hook is really interesting but you get bored pretty quickly into the game.

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bluSCALE4

Apr 13, 2025 03:16 PM

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bluSCALE4Apr 13, 2025 03:16 PM

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Quote from GreenApple77

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Never stopped playing a game I was super interested in faster. The hook is really interesting but you get bored pretty quickly into the game.

I'm pretty bad at completing games but this one drew me in. I liked that it was a relatively short game and the story line was good. Gameplay was ok but I felt a lot more polished than others. I dropped Split Fiction immediately.

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ben_r_

Apr 13, 2025 03:28 PM

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ben_r_Apr 13, 2025 03:28 PM

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The "cat call" of this game is strong, and I think thats whats been helping them hold sales at the higher pricing. But sooner or later this will drop down to the $5-10 game it was always meant to be! They've definitely made a killing off of it, so hopefully that will translate to their next release will be worth the higher price point they want.

Elpoep

Apr 13, 2025 04:10 PM

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ElpoepApr 13, 2025 04:10 PM

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I went to play it but with other offerings at the same price point I gotta wait.
Hoping it hits gamepass

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Shake-N-Bake

Apr 13, 2025 04:25 PM

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Shake-N-BakeApr 13, 2025 04:25 PM

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I enjoyed this game. It's super simple, but it was a nice change of pace. It really should be $15 at full price and $10 on sale at this point, but this is still worth it. Being an indie game from the game division of a failing indie movie production company is why it doesn't go as cheap as it should. If you don't know what I'm talking about, Annapurna Pictures (the film production company that owns Annapurna Games) is owned by billionaire Larry Ellison's daughter, and their movies have lost hundreds of millions of dollars and the company has faced bankruptcy, so Larry just throws money at it to keep his daughter's business from going under. So, yeah… It makes sense that this doesn't get as cheap as it should.

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DirkBelig

Apr 13, 2025 06:23 PM

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DirkBeligApr 13, 2025 06:23 PM

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Quote from Shake-N-Bake

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I enjoyed this game. It's super simple, but it was a nice change of pace. It really should be $15 at full price and $10 on sale at this point, but this is still worth it. Being an indie game from the game division of a failing indie movie production company is why it doesn't go as cheap as it should. If you don't know what I'm talking about, Annapurna Pictures (the film production company that owns Annapurna Games) is owned by billionaire Larry Ellison's daughter, and their movies have lost hundreds of millions of dollars and the company has faced bankruptcy, so Larry just throws money at it to keep his daughter's business from going under. So, yeah… It makes sense that this doesn't get as cheap as it should.

You're overstating the financial losses. Annapurna had a $200M deficit in 2019 and faced Chapter 11, but it appears daddy helped bail Megan out. They make awards-bait movies, so box office hits like Zero Dark Thirty and American Hustle are the exception, not the rule. After the Hot Fad Plague destroyed the movie business for all but sequels and IP-based movies, the market for movies for grownups is even smaller.

The irony is that her brother, David, is the founder of Skydance which is a money-printing factory which just took over Paramount. Larry doesn't have to bail his son out like his daughter. Whatever, it's not our family or money.

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MCBooboo69

Apr 13, 2025 11:09 PM

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MCBooboo69Apr 13, 2025 11:09 PM

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Says coupon code is invalid. Frown

revere04

Apr 13, 2025 11:27 PM

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revere04Apr 13, 2025 11:27 PM

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Says coupon code is invalid. Frown

Dead same for ne

nyospe

Apr 14, 2025 12:02 AM

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nyospeApr 14, 2025 12:02 AM

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Quote from ben_r_

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The "cat call" of this game is strong, and I think thats whats been helping them hold sales at the higher pricing. But sooner or later this will drop down to the $5-10 game it was always meant to be! They've definitely made a killing off of it, so hopefully that will translate to their next release will be worth the higher price point they want.

It's not a bad game. LKBC does the "play as a cat" more convincingly, but this has more meat to it. Still seems overpriced for what it is.

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Sysop

Apr 14, 2025 04:18 PM

1,883 Posts

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SysopApr 14, 2025 04:18 PM

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Quote from Shake-N-Bake

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I enjoyed this game. It's super simple, but it was a nice change of pace. It really should be $15 at full price and $10 on sale at this point, but this is still worth it. Being an indie game from the game division of a failing indie movie production company is why it doesn't go as cheap as it should. If you don't know what I'm talking about, Annapurna Pictures (the film production company that owns Annapurna Games) is owned by billionaire Larry Ellison's daughter, and their movies have lost hundreds of millions of dollars and the company has faced bankruptcy, so Larry just throws money at it to keep his daughter's business from going under. So, yeah… It makes sense that this doesn't get as cheap as it should.

Annapurna Games makes great games. All of them are interesting and they've made some of the best indie games of all time. Who cares if Annapurna Pictures doesn't make money? They make great movies.

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Sysop

Apr 14, 2025 04:25 PM

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SysopApr 14, 2025 04:25 PM

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Quote from DirkBelig

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You're overstating the financial losses. Annapurna had a $200M deficit in 2019 and faced Chapter 11, but it appears daddy helped bail Megan out. They make awards-bait movies, so box office hits like Zero Dark Thirty and American Hustle are the exception, not the rule. After the Hot Fad Plague destroyed the movie business for all but sequels and IP-based movies, the market for movies for grownups is even smaller.The irony is that her brother, David, is the founder of Skydance which is a money-printing factory which just took over Paramount. Larry doesn't have to bail his son out like his daughter. Whatever, it's not our family or money.

Who cares how much money their films make? They're all great films made by some of the best directors alive: Wong Kar-wei, Paul Thomas Anderson, Richard Linklater, Harmony Korine, Todd Solondz, Katherine Bigelow, David O. Russell, Spike Jonze, the Coen brothers.

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DirkBelig

Apr 16, 2025 10:22 PM

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DirkBeligApr 16, 2025 10:22 PM

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Who cares how much money their films make? They're all great films made by some of the best directors alive: Wong Kar-wei, Paul Thomas Anderson, Richard Linklater, Harmony Korine, Todd Solondz, Katherine Bigelow, David O. Russell, Spike Jonze, the Coen brothers.

Who cares if movies make money? Producers, investors, studios, movie theaters do, you dolt. It's called Show BUSINESS, not Show Friends or Show Patronize Snobby Stuff That Only Film Snobs Care About. After the "best directors alive" burn up all the tech oligarch daddy money like Bong Joon-ho's Mickey 17 which cost $118M before marketing & grossed only $127M globally meaning it lost nearly $100M, then people are going to invest in IP-Based Sequel Movie 2026 instead.

People bitch about the lack of original movies, then refuse to go see them when they come out. Companion ($10M budget; $37M global gross, modest hit) and Novocaine ($18M budget, $32M gross, break even) were two little movies that had original stories and everyone probably waited for it to come to streaming. Snow White tanked thanks to wokeness & sucking and if A Minecraft Movie hadn't been a surprise hit drawing meme-crazed kids to the theaters to be rowdy, it was looking dire for the theater chains.

Since your knee was too busy jerking to comprehend my point, I was somewhat defending your beloved Megan E. from the attack on her. She makes art house stuff. Someone has to. And someone has to fund it if they don't turn profits. I was just contrasting her meager results to her brother's making big bucks off of popcorn entertainment.

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Sysop

Apr 17, 2025 02:54 AM

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SysopApr 17, 2025 02:54 AM

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I have no love for the Oracal family, for one. For two, you are absolutely insufferable. Go get farked. I'll support any Paul Thomas Anderson or Bong Joon Ho film regardless of box office success. I guess you want more Transformers and GI Joe films more than anything that will stand the test of time. I don't care how much money the funding partners get. I want more great cinema.

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