Dave The Diver Surpasses 3 Million Sales
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from Goronmon@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 03 Jan 2024 15:07
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from Goronmon@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world on 03 Jan 2024 15:07
https://lemmy.world/post/10271427
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Indie game of the year!
Is Nexeon considered indie?
I thought they were a huge South Korean studio.
That was my joke, ya
People have either forgotten or are unaware that Dave the Diver was nominated for Indie of the Year at The Game Awards.
It appears that way
People are aware, but it’s not a good joke because it’s a common misconception that it’s indie. It just looks like someone else confused about it.
Indie style game?
As inaccurate as it is to talk abojt publisher size, it is helpful to give ideas to aesthetics and budget. I find myself more interested in smaller games like this, so I pay special attention when the term “indie” is used, even if it’s from a big publisher (child of light is another good example)
They’re just AA games.
Sure. No one uses that term though.
Double As been used for decades but sure no one uses it.
Ok. I was being hyperbolic. But clearly AA isn’t used nearly as much as “indie” is.
Fair.
But we should start using it more than, I feel there’s a big vibe difference between indie and shareholder-adjacent games.
Been playing it during the holidays break, it’s pretty good! I like how the game eases up on the gameplay loop to make more room for the story.
I just bought it! Maybe I was #3,000,000!
I’m glad everyone is having fun with this one, but I’m gunna post my steam review for the small percentage of people who didn’t fall in love with this game:
nationalgeographic.com/…/shark-hunting-harms-anim…
That is a very good entirely accurate review. Confirm shark murder is bad.
That said, I still really enjoy it and would recommend it.
The resturant stuff would not be my choice, but as your review states, it becomes short and superfluous.
Generally agree here. Makes me feel not so crazy having seen almost everyone gush about it but I'm also not sure how to fully articulate my issues with it. To me, I think the biggest thing is that it feels like the game knows the diving mechanics don't have that much going for them and so is constantly throwing distractions at me. Stardew Valley works because your quest goals are things you probably wanna do anyways to develop your farm. Meanwhile, I feel like stopping to fish in Diver Dave actively detracts from my ability to complete the constant stream of quests.
I don’t really disagree with anything in this, but I still did 30 hours and had a load of fun in 4 days between Christmas and new year. I was constantly expecting some twist with all the fish murder I was doing though.
I feel the exact same way, except that id recommend it for many of the things you’ve criticized it for. The gameplay loop is pretty unique, and the build up to cooking every night implements a level of strategy to the preparations you have to make leading up to it including what fish to catch and how you invest your money.
The game feels all over the place, but in a really good way. It’s not just a repetitive, “fish, cook, repeat”. There’s a million random ass things that get thrown into the mix which is a complete 180 compared to most games made now. It’s good because it doesn’t really follow the traditional rogue-lite formula that we’ve come to know. It gives off the feel that the developers created the core game, (fish, cook, repeat) and then along the way took a bunch of, “wouldn’t it be cool if we did x” idea they had and threw it in there to mix the game up. It’s a super nice game to play while relaxing as the stakes are low, the story doesn’t require immense focus to follow, and you’re ultimately just fucking around under water as on overweight diver named Dave.
It feels a lot like a game made for those that don’t play many games, and I think that’s why it’s doing so well.
Murdering fish okay. Murdering sharks unacceptable. 🤡
everyone knows as long as you haphazardly defend some arbitrarily chosen animal (digital btw) on the internet it offsets the tens of billions of real animals humans kill per year
Whataboutism.
what? are sharks not animals? not fish?
Sharks take decades to mature and have few children.
nationalgeographic.com/…/shark-hunting-harms-anim…
You’re a dip shit clown and i bet you loved this game for simps.
We should clearly turn people who have more children than your average shark into Soylent Green, because clearly they don’t ethically matter anymore. Maybe we can even feed them to sharks.
I’ve never played this game but keep showing how much of a clown you are.
Wtf are you talking about you senile dipshit
To my understanding, sharks are endangered solely because of their fins. Without that driving demand, they’re at no greater risk than any other fish.
Yes…shark fin soup…a recipe you have to hunt for, cook, and serve in the game.
And they certainly are inherently more risky than other fish because of their slow reproduction cycle. That’s why sharks are endangered, and tuna are still doing ok.
I’m thoroughly enjoying it.
Never heard about it before yesterday. It got recommended in a podcast and a YouTube video both about a 2023 recap of gaming.
Genuinely one of my favourite games of the year. A really nice mishmash of what are essentially mini games and systems. Kinda refreshing almost to what games are like now tbh, almost like the old Fable games