Press and Reviews Thread

[PVB]

TIGSource have a mention just under their Gameswipe coverage.

Summink up with it?

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[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

It's OK here in FireFox

[Frogacuda]

Man, I'm realizing this is exactly the worst time to release this game. It's so busy no mainstream site has the budget to cover anything "indie" or niche, especially this year with the ad market as weak as it is.

[adam]

i think wait & see would be a good answer to that

[gilesgoat]

.. so .. "we never get it right huh ?" ..

.. the first time we missed some things .. this time we did a fuck load of work to make it better and turns out "we picked up
a wrong time" ..

I guess we have no hope to make things right then

I hope you are wrong

[Jamesac]

Nothing's ever right. If it had come out mid-summer, well, nobody's playing games because they're outside. Winter? Christmas and post-Christmas glut. Spring? Not sure, but I figure a spare armageddon would hit at roughly the same time.

My review is done, I've been waiting for it to be posted for two days now.

James

[Dave]

IGN has about a 2-4 week lag between a new iPhone game coming out and publishing a review for it. Most are "indie" games, being developed and published small groups of coders.

Gamespot has always taken their time to release reviews. They like to give games a very good play before publishing something, making sure they get it right. IMHO they're the best game reviewers on the net.

I wouldn't fret so much. It looks like most reaction has been very positive so far. I betchya this will snowball after one or two star reviews pop up. Just help pushing it along and it'll get very big.

A few other idea's to help promote it:

- buy a banner ad on Fark.com, linking to the demo (http://www.fark.com/farq/advertise.shtm ... dvertisers). I'd maybe start running it on a Thursday or Friday (peeps goofing off at work later in the day might try it - Fark is basically for people goofing off at work - ask their ad agents if this sounds like a good idea or not, when they have the most traffic, etc). I'd imagine a lot of casual gamers hang out there, and there hardly ever are any ads for games. Plus, they'll get L. Ron Hubbard references.

- PennyArcade.com has banner ads too. Usually indie-game shops. Give em a try too. Definitely a hardcore-gamer demographic that embraces the new, unique, and funny.

- If a bunch of YakYaker's have Digg.com accounts, perhaps start a thread asking everyone to Digg a link to the demo? Or, add a "Digg This!" button to the demo page?

- Same goes for Reddit. They like stories, so if you wrote up a 10min story about how you developed it as an indie shop and some of the unique and interesting struggles you went through, they'll eat it up. I'd make a formal webpage on Llamasoft (rather than a link to a forum post) and do it there. Makes it look more professional, etc.

- If you do buy some ads, definitely make a "landing page" for GRR. Like a quick overview of the game, with a few screenshots, a video, link to the demo, and link to buy it, all on the same page. It lets someone get a quick glance at what the game is all about, take a quick peek at it, and if they're enticed, download and try the demo.

Just some thoughts. I hope it all works out for you guys! Rooting for you hardcore!

[chub]

Eurogamer review: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/gridr ... on-article

[Sir_LANs-a-lot]

Eurogamer review: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/gridr ... on-article

A pretty nice review that.

[The Caffeine Kid]

That's a really great review.

[disciple]

[IronGiant]

Nice review - 8/10 eh? Can't complain, although it should at least have been 9/10.

[Dio]

Quality review, just what the doctor ordered.

[galaxis]

Yep, with mostly positive comments too.

Don't forget to click the green "Yes" button next to the "Are you excited about Gridrunner Revolution on PC?" - question below the review

[IronGiant]

Good suggestion, I didn't notice that.