Speedrunning is still a niche thing, and will likely remain so. Marathons have done a lot to widen it's popularity over the last decade, though, I cannot deny.
Besides, think of the quality of gamers rather than the quantity of gamers. With legends like @moversdubai, do we really need more gamers in the scene?
It's worth nothing that the majority of said updates are bugfixing and such. Bugfixing that wouldn't be necessary with a beta testing team.
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You forget that this thread was me trying to bring back the old talk forums. 5 months ago. woweeblanket
The Talk forum wars have continued for a long time
I used to play Fortnite all night. No sleep! But ever since SR.C told me to try Severed Steel for free, I am addicted. This game is a game. It has graphics. It has characters. Best of all it has a loot box mechanic to enhance my experience even more by adding another exciting chance based layer to the game! Two week ago I spend all my money becoming a pro Severed Steel runner. Now I live in a dumpster outside a McDonald’s with free WiFi. At night I sneak into the McDonald’s like my new raccoon dad, Stripey, taught me to do so I can charge my laptop. Through the cracked screen I am still perpetually amazed by the graphics of this game... they look so real! Thank you @SpeedrunCom, you truly changed my life!
I'm no good at picking favorites, so I'll go ahead and list one of the unusual ones I know of: Eien no Filena/ Eternal Filena.
While it's not without it's own flaws and general strangeness, this game is amazing peculiar. While the re-interpretation of classic JRPG combat by use of weapon skills is interesting, the story is what really makes it stand out. It touches upon a lot of topics and themes no game of the time period would ever bother to touch, and is quite progressive for the time period. Said things are also sadly why it likely never got a localization- I doubt the majority of the game's story would have been met with Nintendo of America's approval.
Weird, obscure, and off-the-wall games are just kinda my thing. Woweesmug
Don't Break the Chain will get there eventually
or at least it was supposed to
Never gonna bump your bump Never gonna say bump Never gonna bump a lie and bump you
We've bumped each other for so long Your heart's been bumping, but You're too shy to bump it Inside, we both bump what's been bumping on We bump the bump and we're gonna bump it
Nah, it's not on you, Barrett's a time traveler
Always a good day when someone generates free copypasta material