Was the DECADE of hype justified? Initial fan response was extremely positive, with the largely negative professional reviews receiving a lot of criticism, but the game seems to have since been forgotten.

No. Overgrowth is what you get when the MAN from "hire this man!" memes is tasked with making an entire game by oneself instead of only the engine.

>>712438479 (OP)
All mechanics, no content.

>>712438479 (OP)
Is it furry?

>>712438479 (OP)
the hand to combat is superb, still without equal.
everything else was unfinished jank ... needs another 10 years development time

>>712440036
>still without equal
Well akshually Lugaru is still better, Overgrowth is literally missing moves from it

>>712440036
hehe yeah
i love having 0.0001 ms time to react to anything that the enemy does

>>712438479 (OP)
It was impressive tech back in 2010, not impressive enough when it eventually released to carry a game on it's own

>>712444220
Like shit I thought THIS was cool enough to save and keep for 15 years back when they showed it off

Remember when 4chan didn't even have video support?

>>712438479 (OP)
>I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE RAINY TODAY

>>712440014
tis the work of one who consorts with beasts

>>712438479 (OP)
This game still feels empty and unfinished, I bought it recently and refunded right after. The community is dead, there are no fun mods, and after more than 10 years it just feels tiresome.

>>712445183
take me ba-
*passes away*

The start was cool and promissing.
You gotta understand that 2008 was quite a long time ago it predated the wave of terrible indie titles so apart from spore and fable we weren't used to operate on bullshit until proven otherwise reasoning

>>712438479 (OP)
THE WORK OF ONE WHO CONSORTS WITH BEASTS!

>>712445797
>>712445183
>>712444819
kino

>>712445659
Was it really overpromising?

>>712438814
fpbp
he was hireded and he made a fucking turd

>spend a literal decade making your game
>all that decade was spent on was making slight changes to the physics and graphics systems and ultimately it has less content than Lugaru does
What the fuck was he thinking

>>712438479 (OP)
Didn't the developer try to sue Steam, or am I thinking about a different game?

>The only good thing about the game was Therium 2, a fanmade campaign

All I recall about this game is the leg cannon feeling a lot worse than Lugaru's, and then entering some swampy platforming level where the fog was bugged to shit and visibility was reduced to nothing. I uninstalled and never looked back

>>712450641
It certainly wasn't overgrowing either

>404

Wolffire games are very good at making engines and base gameplay then they ALWAYS without fail give up on the actual making a game part and leave it unfinished or half assed to move on to the next game and wonder why no one is buying. (overgrowth, receiver 2)

>>712456005
To be fair, when making games it's usually more fun to tinker and refine the base mechanics, rather than actually making the content. Messing with mechanics can be something quick and iterative, but actually making content worth playing with the implemented mechanics tends to be a grind.