Animal well also comes at a tumultuous time for the gaming industry. Companies like Gastrow’s and developers like Basso are being hit hard. Every month this year there have been new high-profile layoffs at major game companies, while smaller studios without name recognition have quietly faded away or gone into some sort of “hiatus.” there.
Even independent films that have been acquired by major publishers are struggling. Two days ago Animal wellFollowing its release, Microsoft announced it would be closing several studios, including Tango Gameworks, famous for its beloved game. Hi-Fi fever.
Animal well began its life as an endangered species. Perhaps that’s why efforts to protect the game and its secrets are so urgent. Unfortunately, it’s impossible to talk about what makes its postgame so good without spoiling it, and as a result every other post on its subreddit seems to be carefully marked with spoiler tag. Even when new players found out about it, they still called in and kept quiet.
Sure, there’s a lot that goes into lifting a title. Hades II‘S early access releasefor example, created as much, if not more, excitement. But coming at a difficult time for upstarts, its success—global acclaim and the timing of being a bestseller—seems like survival of the fittest.
