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Game News Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood Released

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Today is the release day of Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood, the Werewolf: The Apocalypse action-RPG from Cyanide originally announced way back at the beginning of 2017. In the end, Earthblood seems to have turned out exactly the way you might have expected. An Epic-exclusive low budget Eurojank action-RPG, what's not to like? Here's the game's rockin' launch trailer:



Earthblood's reviews (of which there are a surprisingly large number) are quite negative, although there are a few reviewers that liked it a bit more. Here are the game's reviews on PC:

COGconnected 80/100
Game Over Online 60/100
GameCrate 5.5/10
Gamers Heroes 70/100
GamesBeat 3/5
GameSpace 7/10
GameWatcher 6.5/10
GamingTrend 45/100
Hardcore Gamer 2/5
IGN 4/10
KeenGamer 5/10
MMORPG.com 6.5/10
PC Gamer 79/100
PC Invasion 4/10
PCGamesN 4/10
TheGamer 2/5
Wccftech 6.3/10
Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood is available on the Epic Games Store for $40. Maybe we'll get to hear more about Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong now?
 

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Why is this on the front page?
I mean, come on, this is a late 2000s action romp ala Prototype. Might be an okay game - especially if mainstream media doesn't like it - but is as far away from RPG as you can possibly get.
 

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Why is this on the front page?
I mean, come on, this is a late 2000s action romp ala Prototype. Might be an okay game - especially if mainstream media doesn't like it - but is as far away from RPG as you can possibly get.
Because a certain person is a paid shill.
Then he'd be a terrible shill, because there are tons of non-RPG-but-maybe-has-RPG-tag-on-Steam games that are not on the front page.
Seems more random than anything what does or doesn't make it to the front page.
 

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Why is this on the front page?
I mean, come on, this is a late 2000s action romp ala Prototype. Might be an okay game - especially if mainstream media doesn't like it - but is as far away from RPG as you can possibly get.
How dare you compare this to Prototype? Can you run up on walls, pick up tanks and throw them in this game? I thought so.

If you want to see how shit it is:

The part about the stealth mechanics is hilarious.
 

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Why is this on the front page?
I mean, come on, this is a late 2000s action romp ala Prototype. Might be an okay game - especially if mainstream media doesn't like it - but is as far away from RPG as you can possibly get.
How dare you compare this to Prototype? Can you run up on walls, pick up tanks and throw them in this game? I thought so.

If you want to see how shit it is:

The part about the stealth mechanics is hilarious.

Oh, no no, don't get me wrong.
It is trashy, but I saw it for a few hours on a stream yesterday and I think it is very much the enjoyable kind of trash.
The awful cliché writing, the mid-2000s gameplay, the voice acting itself - it's like a proper throwback.

But it's also way overpriced. I'll certainly wait for a) Steam release and b) sale.
 
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I am not against putting garbage like this on the front page, after all it has a certain entertainment factor. As long as the good games get covered aswell.

Speaking of that, Himeko Sutori is a codex made tactical JRPG inspired by 20 year old classics that released a few days ago.
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/himeko-sutori-tactical-jrpg-100-unit-armies.96941/

It is received a lot better by users than this shit, and I swear its low in weebish tricks.
 

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any stats on % of epic exclusives that become hits vs turds?
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So, basically, four games - if you're generous with your definition of a hit. No idea how many exclusives there were in total.
The data is from a year ago, but I don't think they had any high-profile exclusives in 2020.
 

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ToW seriously only sold 154k?

Steamspy estimates are
50,000 .. 360,000 by PlayTracker
200,000 .. 500,000 by SteamSpy
193,140 .. 579,420 based on reviews

Epic Exclusive and Game Pass killed any potential it had as a PC hit, most of the sales were on consoles.
 

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