Animal Well is quite good

Got about 25 eggs so far and cleared two of the icons from the map

I went about half the game not realizing what the Stamp did so I might end up having to backtrack all over the place

Platforming, puzzles, and Metroidvania? I know nothing about this game - any similarity to La-Mulana?

I do have to admit that while Im enjoying this game, Im not seeing whatever is causing everyone else to heap such extreme praise on it. Its just a regular good game to me

the praise is coming because of who the publisher is.
big mode is dunkey's project of going from youtuber to gaming publisher and this is their first game released. basically he made a promise that games released here would be of a certain quality and he's living up to his standards.

Again fun game, but I am not seeing what elevates it to the level that people are giving it 10/10

the praise is coming because of who the publisher is.
big mode is dunkey's project of going from youtuber to gaming publisher and this is their first game released. basically he made a promise that games released here would be of a certain quality and he's living up to his standards.

some people thought Tunic was a 10/10 too. I don't get it

It's probably because people like indie metroidvanias, cute animals, and single dev success stories

that is not at all where the praise is coming from, the game was reviewing extremely well initially, which got amplified by dunkey's extremely loud fanbase because of that

...that's just a rephrase of what i'm saying.
it's a good game, is reviewing well, but if you're seeing an excessive amount of people praising an 8/10 game and calling it a 10/10 one, you gotta look at the fanbase and realize oh, there's a built in base here and they're going to give additional points to it because of where it's coming from. if the game was bad it'd get dunked on pretty hard too but instead it's a nice indie success story on all fronts, from the one man team to the file size to the publisher. the question was why is it getting extreme praise and all the "10/10!" when it's not and, well, that's the obvious answer.

No, what I'm saying is that the game had tons of word of mouth, acclaim, and hype even before Dunkey made a video promoting it and his fanbase latched on to it. Hope this helps

I don't know, citation needed on that. Maybe for people who closely follow the indie scene but...

I don't know, citation needed on that. Maybe for people who closely follow the indie scene but...

Dunkey is cringe but also why are yall getting all "Well actually" on some indie game getting acclaim when stuff like BotW and TotK get 10/10s heaved onto them and nobody bats an eye lol

This has just become a topic of people hating on games I loved

(Well, BotW, not TotK)

If the worst part to a game that has weapon durability somehow isn't the weapon durability, you've done something horribly, horribly wrong

Dunkey is cringe but also why are yall getting all "Well actually" on some indie game getting acclaim when stuff like BotW and TotK get 10/10s heaved onto them and nobody bats an eye lol

lmao ok fuck you game