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[remember_spinal]

A game where you gotta work together to solve puzzles or be brutally murdered? It could be single player story based or co-op like squid game

 

[DerivedDataCache]

AAA or bust.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Because these kind of games don't need to be AAA? There are countless good rated escape room games on Steam.

 

[Danjin44]

A game where you gotta work together to solve puzzles or be brutally murdered? It could be single player story based or co-op like squid game

I dont think puzzles games are popular enough to justify AAA level budget and why exactly needs to be AAA?

 

[feynoob]

Because its a divisive game.

People would hate it or love it, like they did with Scorn.

 

[remember_spinal]

Because these kind of games don't need to be AAA? There are countless good rated escape room games on Steam.

I dont think puzzles games are popular enough to justify AAA level budget and why exactly needs to be AAA?

Why not? I want something on the level of callisto but with a puzzle focus

 

[feynoob]

Also that kind of game exist. I dont know if you will like it or not.

 

[DerivedDataCache]

On topic though. GTFO seems pretty cool. But what do ya know. No AAA.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

Why not? I want something on the level of callisto but with a puzzle focus

Calisto checks all the boxes of what is popular. 3rd person, cinematic, horror, flashy combat, horror, etc.

Nobody will invest that kind of money in making a puzzle game. Just go and play Escape Simulator. It's awesome.

 

[Robb]

Play the Zero Escape series. They're all amazing.

 

[Danjin44]

Why not? I want something on the level of callisto but with a puzzle focus

Because in order be AAA it expected sell lot of copy but puzzles games just dont sell well.

Catherine is another one of those puzzle games that you need escape before you get brutally killed but that type of game just wont appeal to your average joe.

 

[remember_spinal]

Because its a divisive game.

People would hate it or love it, like they did with Scorn.

I think the overall aesthetic of scorn was probably offputting. I'm talking about a game with actual characters in a 3rd person view, in a tumbling elevator, and you gotta work with 3 other people to figure out how to escape before it plummets to the ground.

 

[Punished Miku]

I dont think puzzles games are popular enough to justify AAA level budget and why exactly needs to be AAA?

If you guys don't mind peasant graphics, Escape Academy is great. Seriously fun puzzles.

Not at all horror, but makes you feel smart when you get through it.

 

[NickFire]

Some ideas are better suited to smaller games / budgets. This idea sounds like one of them.

 

[feynoob]

I think the overall aesthetic of scorn was probably offputting. I'm talking about a game with actual characters in a 3rd person view, in a tumbling elevator, and you gotta work with 3 other people to figure out how to escape before it plummets to the ground.

Also that kind of game exist. I dont know if you will like it or not.

 

[Thief1987]

I haven't played them, but aren't The Saw games on PS360 were in this vein?

 

[ResurrectedContrarian]

Hmm I like escape / puzzle gameplay for the calm timing, puzzles, atmosphere. I'm not really looking for horror survival in that mix.

The Room VR is pretty good, by the way. Not perfect, but as you play through there are some great VR locations to explore with interlocking environmental puzzles.