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‘Unknown 9: Awakening’ Arrives To 200 Steam Players, Poor Reviews (www.forbes.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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You can’t really gauge its Steam reviews because there are only 13(!) total so far, reflective of a game that has launched with just a few hundred players. 224, as I’m writing this article. Sub-Concord levels. Yes. Concord is a unit of measurement now.

The Concord legacy lives on.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I follow gaming news pretty closely and I've never even heard of this one. Wouldn't be surprised if the low engagement, at least in part, comes down to poor marketing.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same here, and frankly, what kind of title is “Unknown 9: Awakening” supposed to be? That reads like an internal Codename they forgot to change pre-release:

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It's part of a transmedia push. It started with a podcast, and they were pushing out a video game, a comic book, and I think a TV show? So they're trying to keep everything a part of the same brand that hasn't had time to breathe yet, perhaps rushing out the video game.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

I remember it from one of the recent game conferences, but basically only because of the actress that played in the Witcher show too. Pretty much forgot about it immediately.