Originally Posted by
Aussie2B
New game or not, the character and premise and such are all the same, and people hate the character. That's shallow perhaps, but people enjoy games for more than just their gameplay. What makes Bubsy different from something like Giana Sisters is that the previous Giana Sisters games were good. They also had excellent music, and Giana Sisters DS had cute art as well. And the characters are charming enough. I backed the Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams Kickstarter campaign to the tune of $100 or some such. That was the only way to get a physical copy at the time, and it was long before the game was on anything but PC. Even though I basically hated gaming on PC at the time, especially for action games, I made an exception for Twisted Dreams because the series had established good faith, and the Black Forest Games staff had already worked on the series previously with good results. And I backed at a tier that would get me extra goodies because I wanted items with art like in the DS game (which was only really the case with the mouse pad but whatev), and I knew I'd like the OST because I had faith that it would be more quality music from Huelsbeck (and arrangements by Machinae Supremacy, who already had a Great Giana Sisters cover under their belts).Most people rely on past experience to guide their video game purchases, unless it's something really cheap (which I'd say is $30 or less, disqualifying the physical release of the new Bubsy game), whether it's experience with the developer, series, artist, composer, or what have you. For me, I had positive experiences in all those areas with Giana Sisters. Meanwhile, I've had nothing but bad experiences relating to Bubsy, leaving the only saving grace being Black Forest Games. But then I have to question if I can stomach being actively aggravated by a shitty character that I hate and a franchise that only conjures up negative memories for me to get whatever enjoyment I could out of Black Forest's controls and level design and such. And then when I look at the LE, Black Forest Games has no impact on a post card and "business card". Those are purely for people who actually enjoy the character and his humor, and I seriously question how many people like that are out there. Likewise, Black Forest Games has no role in the music. Maybe they employed a composer who worked on other games for them, I don't know. As long as that information isn't readily accessible, I have to consider the possibility that BFG and/or Accolade got the composer/s who worked on the old Bubsy games back, and considering those games have awful music, I can't picture who would want a physical OST of Bubsy music either.