Despite being a beloved sport studio with greater than 25 years of historical past, scrappy Japanese sport developer Grasshopper Manufacture has by no means made mega sellers. Founder Suda51 has a knack for area of interest between the likes of The Silver Case and Killer7, and nearly each sport launched by the studio has reviewed pretty nicely and loved cult following. But gross sales have been, nicely… from what we will inform, Killer is Dead is the perfect acting on Steam with an all-time peak of simply 4,255 gamers in accordance with SteamDB. Over a decade in the past now, Grasshopper’s at-the-time CEO Yoshimi Yasuda claimed that Lollipop Chainsaw was the studio’s best-selling sport ever at 700K models.
But possibly this time shall be totally different. Since Grasshopper’s shooter Shadows of the Damned got here out in 2011 and was a infamous flop, video games for us sickos have grow to be extra profitable—or at the very least have a a lot better likelihood of discovering their individuals. That’s what Suda51 hopes for Shadows of the Damned: Hella Remastered, out this week.
“For one factor, I feel that there are much more indie video games popping out now than there have been again then,” Suda mentioned in an interview with PC Gamer. “Also, to make use of a time period that’s used rather a lot lately, there are much more various video games popping out now, too.”
You want solely take a look at the sheer variety of indie references within the final two No More Heroes titles to see how the scene has grown. A sport about an untitled goose most likely wouldn’t have been a sport of the 12 months nominee again when Shadows of the Damned first got here out, nevertheless it’s clear participant tastes have grow to be a bit broader, even when the AAA area feels safer than ever.
“I really feel that weirder, extra non-standard video games really feel far more pure to gamers these days, permitting for extra various titles to be launched,” Suda mentioned. “I additionally really feel that Shadows of the Damned has a greater likelihood of being accepted and loved by extra gamers than when it initially got here out.”
I performed Shadows of the Damned at launch, and it is caught with me ever since. Sure, it is a sport the place there’s about 50 puns about your skeleton gun utilizing the phrase ‘boner’, nevertheless it’s a trendy motion sport with cool weapons and a few intelligent ranges nonetheless nicely value taking part in greater than a decade later. Let’s hope Suda’s expectations bear out and extra individuals uncover this hidden gem.
