Grey Goo - new RTS from original C&C devs - Page 34

On February 06 2015 19:27 gTank wrote:
Ppl here complain about the price while other shitty with as much performance problems sell millions of copies (Call of Duty is one example)
You basically can sell shit to everyone with the right marketing, which was non existent for this game. I only know of Grey Goo because of a friend and this thread here.
No marketing, no hype, no big fanbase.

On February 06 2015 19:46 gTank wrote:


Really? Is it better than short after the release? Last time I played that was when there was no unit canon yet.

On February 06 2015 19:48 ETisME wrote:
This is way more than just a poor marketing. If an indie game like don't starve can sell millions with virtually zero marketing, I don't see that's a good excuse at all.

The rts genre is just small, and this game is not even that popular among rts players.

On February 06 2015 19:27 gTank wrote:
Ppl here complain about the price while other shitty with as much performance problems sell millions of copies (Call of Duty is one example)
You basically can sell shit to everyone with the right marketing, which was non existent for this game. I only know of Grey Goo because of a friend and this thread here.
No marketing, no hype, no big fanbase.

On February 06 2015 20:22 -Archangel- wrote:

Don't Starve is 15$. Also there is a big community for games like that. On Twitch games like Don't Starve always have big streamers playing them a lot.
Also, RTS games like sc2 or GG are more hardcore than games like Don't Starve or FTL. Way more hardcore.

On February 05 2015 20:48 Grumbels wrote:

I think in this day and age it's not reasonable to create a game within three years of development and then try to develop a new game. I have followed development of Planetary Annihilation a bit, but haven't played the game. My impression was that the game still looks quite basic, with featureless terrain, unidentifiable units, drab colors and generic strategic gameplay. Initially I was enthusiastic because of the promise of gameplay which would span an entire solar system, but it seems like a pure gimmick; as far as I know it's not designed / balanced well and most players just aim for regular RTS gameplay on a single planet.

My (hopeful) expectation was that they would keep developing PA and keep it in perpetual open-beta until they were happy with it, so this would indicate at least another ~two years of development. I can understand if they don't have the resources for it, and to be honest I have no idea how they're actually making any money, but it's really a pity that we can't have multiple RTS franchises that can all support continuous development and tournaments and such. Like, Planetary Annihilation could be more strategic gameplay, Starcraft more action-oriented, CoH2 could be more tactical, maybe Grey Goo somewhere in between. But so many of those games are released seemingly unfinished as if the developers simply ran out of money and the player interest is so vanishingly small.

Like, if you're an ambitious, talented developer why would you want to work on an RTS given that no one will play your game and you won't be recognized and you won't make any money?

The reason again, i believe is just the game isn't that attractive and rts genre is just not attractive.
Look at evolve which got massive amount of hype and pretty much died within months of release, it had a way bigger marketing, way more sociable, way bigger market size etc

played half the campaign and it just feels tedious (Mission 6 or whatever where you have to hunt all the mother goo's to win.. SERIOUSLY?

On February 06 2015 19:26 Spaylz wrote:
I have a good income, and I find Grey Goo to be expensive for what it is.

RTS is a dying genre. Blizzard can get away with pricing SC2 at €60 (for WoL) because, well, they are Blizzard. They literally own the RTS scene, and it has been the case for a while now.

Grey Goo on the other hand, comes from a smaller studio, benefits from little marketing, and so on. To me, it seems that anyone who is going to try the endeavor of creating and releasing a RTS game should make peace with the fact that they should likely price it at a much lower scale.

Grey Goo's price should be slashed in half. Even €30 or €35 would be cheap enough. As it is though, and based on what I'm reading, I'm not going to buy it. I was waiting to see what people thought, and honestly was considering buying it to support the RTS scene, but I also have to justify the price. Maybe if it goes on sale...

On February 06 2015 21:12 ETisME wrote:
The reason again, i believe is just the game isn't that attractive and rts genre is just not attractive.
Look at evolve which got massive amount of hype and pretty much died within months of release, it had a way bigger marketing, way more sociable, way bigger market size etc

On February 06 2015 22:08 Liquid`Jinro wrote:



Haha that mission felt so much like hunting for some angry guys floating buildings in a SC2 game :D

Took me a while since after I had both the hands of ruk's all decked out I pretty much just killed everything with those alone but ran out of money... and the Hands aren't exactly fast, so chasing down the Goos took forever.

On February 06 2015 22:17 -Archangel- wrote:
Yea Evolve is not even out yet lol. It was early access what people recently played.

And Jinro, will you try out GG multiplayer? Maybe also stream it?