Review - There is something about the story and tone of The Lamplighters League that has pulled me in - and it will do you too.
"Help the Lamplighters League, as they try stop three notorious organisations from destroying the world. Can our band of unlikely hero's win?" Kyle @ Thumb Culture
I saw an article about how this game was a massive disappointment in terms of sales. I’d never heard of it so thought I’ll give it a quick go and probably delete it. Can’t stop playing, it’s actually excellent in my opinion. Like xcom but without the boring research and base building bits and with the real time movement sections between battles that really makes a nice change from xcom. Love it and agree 9/10-10/10 from me
I like everything about xcom. Nothings boring in it so you take that back.
For real though I like everything about xcom. In fact some strategy games have turned me off cause they didn't have anything else in it to do. I get it to an extent though I've been through xcom 1 and 2 so many times I kinda don't listen to the research stuff and what not
I wasn’t gonna play this after the horrible reviews but maybe I’ll give it a try
A recently-released day one Xbox Game Pass game is unfortunately labeled a 'big disappointment' by its own publisher.
This article is a bit hard to understand so here are the original sources:
https://www.paradoxinteract...
Basically, the game called The Lamplighters League was released on 03/10 for $50 and it's considerably a commercial failure by Paradox. The game did optimistic numbers on Gamepass but did not move enough units to justify its cost, generating a 22M write-down for them.
From what I see about it, the issue was likely a lack of planning as the amount of money they got for releasing on GP was not enough to offset the full cost of development and this is something that you probably want if your game will be only available on platforms that have access to GP (PC and Xbox) and is going to be released in a very busy time.
It doesn't help the game released when Forza release, lies Of P and SF. Bigger games are hogging the spotlight right now. IMO they should of delayed it to next month get out of the busy season.
@TQQ... 77 has a point. Just like with movie releases. If you have a project coming out near a big anticipated release... yours is likely to go unnoticed.
Timing is key. This dev/pub obviously didnt think things through.
@darthv72
Not gonna lie, I hadn't even heard of this game until I saw this article.
@Old McGroin,
I also thought I hadn't heard of it, then I looked it up and realised I had just forgotten it.
So in short they made a bad game and were disappointed that even subscriptions couldn't save the day
@Profchaos, I wouldn't say it's a bad game.
More of a a competent game in a niche genre that's underperformed due to its launch window.
I look forward to getting it at a later date.
All I can say is that it's a niche game genre. It's not that easy to pick up the controller and start playing. You have to understand the mechanics and that takes time. Fewer people are interested.
It's a niche Indie game that didn't really get any marketing push & if anyone did watch any trailers about this game more than likely most had no interest in buying including myself.
I was looking forward to it and like genre. The problem was it was overpriced and on pc released with a character behind a paywall. I will be getting it when it gets to the 29.99 price point
Guessing you're one of the minority that wants to play the game & buy it at a discount. If you have GP play it there & you don't have to purchase it.
