this feels like an ad
rawb
Sunday, August 24, 2025
also, somehow this game is $20 for the starter class ($60 for the full game) and has lootbox microtransactions
and yeah, weirdly not a paid ad
I understand now
This game was funded by Kripp, the Hearthstone Twitch streamer from 5-10 years ago
lol
I was looking at its metrics, and they made no sense
1st time studio, dropping a $60 poorly designed auto-battler
with no pre-launch fanfare or wishlists
and a ~1:2 ratio of reviews:sales
lol
but finding out it's a streamer's pet game, that makes sense now
still, fuck pick-3's
come up with literally any other idea
What game popularized it
That's a garbage question
it was a general question for the class
I think whatever game did, ruined gaming more than stardew did for causing 1 trillion stardew clones
I feel like FTL popularized the pick a path on this tree diagram (which is different)
Yeah, I agree with that (both that it popularized that and that it is different)
Slay the Spire was a big pick-3 game, but idk if it was following an established trend at that point or not
you know, I think we can give it to slay the spire
Pokemon red and blue
everything before it I can think of only used it for shops or at the start of a game
KappaRosss
it's not a bad mechanic in isolation, but when you turn every choice into a pick-3
you deserve to die
Mario RPG had it for level ups
That is the oldest I can think of where it is kind of the pick 3 we are talking about
TF2, each class type has 3 classes in it
oh also I was wrong
it's not $20
it's $45
and then $20 per character
but the lootboxes were changed to be F2P apparently
lol
+2 chars releasing per-year as well
"think of it like buying the devs a lunch once a year, and getting some awesome content for the game you love for free"
lmao
I mean, thats the reason it recommended it
you've seen my guude video and it associates people watching that who also watch guude going to watch this