To be honest Cthulhu wars doesnt even cost that much when compared to many other high end games.

Have you ever watched Bad Moon (1996)? I really liked it. There’s also Cursed (2005) which is less serious, but…

I always liked the idea that ghouls aren’t really sadistic or evil, just possessing an ultra dark sense of humor.

Ultra-epigenetics.

Fascinating! This is absolutely fantastic. I am with you 100% Sandy. I am an educator that encourages my students to game when they can. I did it as a kid and I'm still playing today. Addendum- I can't tell you how many times I have played Doom/Doom 2/Final Doom/Master Levels throughout my life. Those games got me through many hardships in life.

Don Mattrick was a total moron of the highest caliber. He is the reason the Xbox 360 wound up losing the 7th generation to Sony. That absolute buffoon quite literally canceled the E3 reveal for Halo: The Fall of Reach because he didn't know what it was. After screwing up the Xbox 360 , he mangled the Xbox One. From its laughably weak hardware (8Gb of surplus GDDR3) to making it a TIVO box it was a disaster. He is largely responsible for the hole the Xbox is in today.

You look like what your describing bruh

Okay, so I think you guys are being far too rigid. Now, I am not a Superman fan by any stretch. I don't even read comics anymore, but when I did, it wasn't Superman. I liked Wolverine, Weapon X (Wolverine), The Punisher, and Batman mostly. Having said that all it would take is Batman and Superman to fully cook Cthulu. You have Wane Enterprises and Batman build weapons for Superman. You say a particle beam would mess up Cthulu? Well...Superman moving at the speed of light carrying a particle cannon the size of 5 dump trucks says game over Cthulu.

great work sir

Thank you for saving the shotgun. It is the most iconic weapon in the game by far.

Is this something from the lovecraft universe? Is it from a book or something? This looks badass, like something id be in to.

I paid 300$ for Hyperspace and I am looking forward to it. 2025 is the year! Make it happen! Best wishes from germany! 🥰

Which is why The Great Race, or Yithians, are one of the most vile of all entities.

I know I already posted, but I wanted to say something about the swastika. As an OG Doom player who started playing Doom in 1994, the swastika never bothered me. Personally, I thought the swastika fit perfectly into the game for two reasons. 1. In my eyes, the Nazi's from WW2 (as an extension of Wolfenstein 3D) are all burning in hell. That symbol is about as evil as they come and, in my eyes, is only rivaled by the Communist flag. It just fits in Doom for that reason. 2. As a continuation of Wolfenstein 3D.

What I don't understand is why allow the rot to set in? You guys were a family, and you should always fight for your people. I know if I was there, I would have gone to any lengths to keep that team of literal gaming superstars together.

The "not invented here" problem makes me instantly think of Blizzard circa 2010 to 2024.

Sweet Home might be a tie-in to a NES/Famicom game with the same title. Movie and game even share the same cover. If I recall, it was made by the same people who later made Resident Evil - and in fact Resident Evil was initially supposed to be a remake of Sweet Home

Amen on this concept 🙏. People don't understand that not all products are for them. The developers don't deserve being treated poorly because of someone else's own frustrations with THEIR financial situation. I know so many people like this that don't understand the cost of production, materials, labor, etc. Good for you Sandy standing your ground. When you produce a quality product you should price it as such!!

Salute to Lovecraft. I don't know if he is the one who invented Eldritch Horror or not, but he perfected it to be sure. Fun fact: Eldritch is Spanish for The Dritch.

Bruh. It's the D hole and the B hole.

Nice

Speaking of games, is that apartment that Monster Condo was based on still around, or is it a Rue d'Auseil type situation?

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before this video I thought you might be evil, what a loser

For game influences for Resident Evil, look no further than Alone In The Dark which while more puzzle oriented, basically invented most the game mechanics that end up in Resident Evil

Well said

definitely not 70$

That snake boi is pretty cute, ngl.

Cyaegha is Harley Quinn/Gracie Bon

u must be this tall to attack the city lol

Ringu? it's just "The Ring". Ringu is just how the Japanese pronounce it.

OMG, I've seen stupid people... A lot of stupid people. But this one is on a different level. It's like going to yell at a Ferrari or Lamborghini or Bugatti that no car should cost more than 30.000 dollars or something like that.

Maybe a 'cheapass' version without the minis? Echos of Cardstock Commies from Paranoia anyone? I know that the presentation is a good chunk of the appeal. That said, people forget artizan games cost a lot to make and the crew involved all need to get paid for their time and effort. And it is a LOT of time and effort in some cases.

If Sandy, one of the OG creators of DOOM (who seemingly analyses questions from every possible angle) told me I should punch myself in the face repeatedly, I WOULD NOT ARGUE with him.

Sandy is never wrong, and he's even more never wrong about this. "If you have to choose between rent & food and my game, don't buy my game" is dropping ethereal magick on the chess board to annihilate the opponent's pieces.

I think the prices for entertainment nowadays are still preposterously cheap for what they are, especially with respect to board/video games. I've gotten hundreds of hours out of a title I paid $40 dollars or under, that's not even a cent an hour. Even miniature wargaming, including paints, airbrush, kit, etc., if you drop a grand on it overall, but get (incl. painting and assembly) a few hundred hours of enjoyment out of it, especially with friends and the accomplishment of completing a project, that's still only a couple bucks an hour. That is why film is struggling. It's not the same thing, for sure, but it's kind of hard to swallow even $20 for 2 hours when I can have interactive and social entertainment for a fraction of that. Point being, people will balk at a game that costs a few hundred bucks (that's good money, don't get me wrong) and will entertain half a dozen people for many hours, but then won't think twice about a case of beer or a $6 coffee milkshake. When it comes to anything, I look at it with respect to labor. How many hours of your (after tax) labor does this thing cost and what do you get in return. If you get a 4 or even 10:1 return on hours of labor vs hours of enjoyment, you're doing pretty well.

Oh my gosh. I would have not only HAPPILY handed over $200 bucks for this, I would have paid a bit extra to ask you kindly to autograph it for me. 🙂 You responded perfectly to this rudeness.

I love eldritch horror. But it hardly ever gets to the table. However, Risk strike, vaalbara, radlands, god of war and gears of war, star wars deck building games, all pack massive value in a small box and they get out to the table quickly easily without too complex rules. Way more playability value in small box games. Jason Glover is a genius with Tim helm and gate_gates and other mint tin games. Tristan hall with hall or nothing games. All superb. 👌👍

I think a lot of consumers just see developers as a blob - all able to produce their product at the same margins, which results in the POV of the person described here.

His "reason" is the same as come to a Ferrari dealership and bit...ch about it not costing the same price as a Chevy Cruise

We're a few short steps away from that guy being able to attain and hold a university professorship in economics.

Yea too bad you can't add microtransactions to board games to make cost 50 dollars at most (with about billion gazillion dollars worth of buyable content that's 'totally not necessary' to enjoy it)

No, no they should not.

😆Classic.

Speaking of things we don't have too many of, have you fulfilled any kickstarters lately, Sandy?

Guy should just buy a three d printer, rather then complain.

So I'm gonna agree the dude is being a richard, but I kinda see some validity to board games costing too much. I don't know the sweet spot but I dropped magic and Warhammer both when it felt like a requirement to spend a few hundred dollars a year. I also don't like to spend too much if it's a game that I don't see myself playing more than a few times a year. Rather than sulk I just make the most with what I got. To be honest, for the short while I could get them I absolutely loved the Peterson games cthulhu miniatures as they looked great and were priced well.

I think that's fine, the game itself has to justify it of course, but you should charge what you want. If people don't think it's worth that price, then people won't buy it. That's the beauty of the market, you vote with your wallet. Nobody should expect to be catered for in such a way as to be able to dictate the price of something in any way other than refusing to buy something because they see it as too expensive. Me personally, I'd never pay that much for a single game, it just doesn't seem worth it to me. I'd rather have a cheaper quality product for a lower price than pay that much, because all I really care about in a game is the quality of the experience of playing it, but that's why I wouldn't buy it and I'm not suggesting that you make any changes for a person like me. Btw, just to be clear, I'm not trying to say anything negative about your game or the price of it. Clearly people love it and want to buy it, and I do have respect for the fact that you want to make something of such high quality. I'm just saying that's not something I value personally, I value it to a certain extent, just not that much. All I'm trying to say is that even as someone who also doesn't want to pay that much for a board game, I wouldn't try to tell you how much you should charge and I think the person mentioned in this video is wrong in how they acted. They're the type of person who isn't able to control their desires, it just makes me think of a child screaming at the top of their lungs "BUT I WANT IT, I WANT IT, I WANT IT!" while stamping their feet and pouting. An essential skill in life is the ability to balance priorities, something that person clearly lacks.

I have seen a review of this and the Famicom game and the plot is pretty weird.

Got to say sounds like this person really wanted your game but had a terrible attitude towards you about, as you said, trying to guilt trip you by comparing to another game. I don't think this person was logically thinking things through. Not everything costs the same. Be fiscally responsible and afford what you can. Sucks that you had to deal with this and I am hoping this person learned from the situation. Positive thinking! Fair chance they may not have a growth mindset and may be stuck in their ways