Grounded - shrunken kids first-person co-op survival game from Obsidian

[Lyre Mors]

That's gotta be some of the worst marketing I've ever seen. Terrible.

 

[Wunderbar]

Idk i thought it looked charming. Not going to play it tho.

 

[Fedora Master]

Who is this even aimed at?

 

[Roguey]

Who is this even aimed at?

Zoomers and nostalgic Millennials.

 

[Duraframe300]

Hello everyone,

We are getting closer to the release of Grounded, so to help you prepare we would like to share with you the current release schedule!

Grounded is expected to release at the same time across all platforms on July 28, 2020, at 10:00 PDT (UTC - 7). To help those of you playing from other regions, below you will find a list of when the game will approximately be available to play through Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass for PC, and to purchase through Xbox Game Preview, the Microsoft Store, and Steam Early Access:

• July 28, 2020 - 10:00 PDT
• July 28, 2020 - 13:00 EDT
• July 28, 2020 - 14:00 BRT
• July 28, 2020 - 18:00 BST
• July 28, 2020 - 19:00 CEST
• July 28, 2020 - 19:00 SAST
• July 28, 2020 - 20:00 MSK
• July 29, 2020 - 01:00 SGT
• July 29, 2020 - 03:00 AEST
• July 29, 2020 - 05:00 NZST

If you do not see your time zone listed, you can use any one of the free time zone converter clocks available to convert July 28, 2020, 10:00 PDT, to your time zone so you will be prepared!

Grounded is included with Xbox Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass for PC, and will be available for purchase on July 28th through Xbox Game Preview, the Microsoft Store, and Steam Early Access for $29.99

We are excited to see everyone enter the backyard again (or for the first time) in a few days! See you all in the backyard soon!

 

[Jenkem]

Remember the price will go up as the game is updated so buy it as soon as it launches for maximum value.

 

[LESS T_T]

Looks like this is silently gaining attentions. Follower number on Steam is comparable to Sea of Thieves's release date number (which sold over a million copies on Steam).

 

[Nano]

I'm going to start cutting myself if this game is actually successful. I can't take it anymore.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

I'm going to start cutting myself if this game is actually successful. I can't take it anymore.

Can you send photo when you do that?

 

[Duraframe300]

Aaaand its out.

 

[Duraframe300]

Servers were overloaded in the beginning, leading to not be able to create a lobby. so there's definitly interest.

 

[1451]

What is this early access trash. Microsoft ownership will destroy obshitian like it did with rare.

 

[Flou]

Servers were overloaded in the beginning, leading to not be able to create a lobby. so there's definitly interest.

Little over 12k players over on Steam currently. GamePass (PC and Xbox) should be higher though. Their server was definitely getting bombarded a bit there

 

[Silly Germans]

Looks like a game that some grandma would buy for her grandchildren.

 

[conan_edw]

Currently it has over 250k on twitch. It would probably go down in the upcoming days but holy shit that's really unexpected.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Another w for Obsidian huh?

 

[Butter]

We did it. We lived to see Obsidian redeem themselves. All they had to do was stop producing RPGs.

 

[Mortmal]

Looks like a game that some grandma would buy for her grandchildren.

Seems decent i could get it for my little nephew it's hard to find game for kids , for now i introduced him to fps with warhammer vermintide, He quite liked but but he said to me " It's nothing like pokemon" .It's true the warhammer rich lore might be a bit too much of a change compare to pokemon . This game might just do it and be a little more suitable to a 7 year old.

 

[Duraframe300]

Seems like there isn't yet much story content. Half an hour if you rush through it.
Which is a decent decision for Early Access considering you'd want to get the survival gameplay part right first and still give people enough to dick around in.

What however is a cardinal sin is that the game kicks you to the title screen when you reach the end of story content. Why is that a sin?
Because it does so in MULTIPLAYER too.
Obsidian, Obsidian.... Gonna get a lot of frustrated complaints there.

 

[conan_edw]

Imagining Microsoft being surprised by this launch and demand obsidian to allocate more resources before losing the wave.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Imagining Microsoft being surprised by this launch and demand obsidian to allocate more resources before losing the wave.

''Avowed is cancelled. Obsidian is survival focus developer from here on out.''

Seems like there isn't yet much story content. Half an hour if you rush through it.
Which is a decent decision for Early Access considering you'd want to get the survival gameplay part right first and still give people enough to dick around in.

What however is a cardinal sin is that the game kicks you to the title screen when you reach the end of story content. Why is that a sin?
Because it does so in MULTIPLAYER too.
Obsidian, Obsidian.... Gonna get a lot of frustrated complaints there.

Game looks better than 90% of the early access survival games tbh. Not high bar tho.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

This is so cool

 

[Flou]

Game looks better than 90% of the early access survival games tbh. Not high bar tho.

Plays better too. I played State of Decay 2 with my cousin for few nights before Grounded and I think Grounded is already a better game. Grounded has really good lighting and graphics are nice enough and gameplay is quite smooth which is fucking rare for a Obsidian game. Matt Booty and Phil Spencer are happy campers currently.

 

[Duraframe300]

Considering how small the dev team is I wouldn't be surprised if its going to make back its development cost in a day. Even at a 30 Dollar price point.

(Microsoft fucked up regional pricing on Steam though. In Brazil it costs as much as an AAA game )

 

[Dishonoredbr]

In Brazil it costs as much as an AAA game

Ain't no rest for the brazilli'ans. 120 pockets here as much as Outer World for me.