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Spider_Jerusalem · Dec 26, 2015

Indie dev Chris Figueroa announced his game is coming in spring 2016 to Xbox One and Steam.

Trailer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCFAOv6b4e0

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SnowHorseGame/

Really don't know what to think about it... it clearly puts itself in the silly game genre a la Goat Simulator, but this time it looks much more linear and narrow in scope.

Mifec · Dec 26, 2015

It's over, no game will ever be able to compete with this.

oti · Dec 26, 2015

Can I suggest a name for this genre of games?

ready-for-youtube

Envelope · Dec 26, 2015

"an"?

triggered

Steroyd · Dec 26, 2015

oti xero said:
Can I suggest a name for this genre of games?

ready-for-youtube

We already call this type of thing youtube bait.

And it worked for goat simulator I guess this will probably work to...Maybe...Hopefully not.

Ingueferroque · Dec 26, 2015

This looks like it is trying too hard, we really need a name for this genre of slapstick games.

YianGaruga · Dec 26, 2015

looks bad even for a meme game

Klyka · Dec 26, 2015

oti xero said:
Can I suggest a name for this genre of games?

ready-for-youtube

I just call them "Pewdiepie games"

Coreda · Dec 26, 2015

It's always disappointing when the actual concept sounds interesting but the effort so half-assed. I'd be up for a decent snowboarding game, it's been a while. Pulling off mechanically satisfying tricks with a customizable horse and unlockable gear could be great.. but this?

Youtube bait it is.

dh4niel · Dec 26, 2015

Where that Season Pass at?

Dynedom · Dec 26, 2015

Xbone's killer app has finally arrived.

NumberThree · Dec 26, 2015

Envelope said:
"an"?

triggered

An 'orse.

Possumowner · Dec 26, 2015

Is it April fools.

TheJoRu · Dec 26, 2015

This bait might be too strong for YouTubers to resist.

Luigiv · Dec 26, 2015

"Made with Unity"

No shit.

YianGaruga · Dec 26, 2015

I can already see Markiplier freaking the fuck out over this game in a way that totally isn't acted

kulapik · Dec 26, 2015

Steroyd said:
We already call this type of thing youtube bait.

And it worked for goat simulator I guess this will probably work to...Maybe...Hopefully not.

The better name is pewdiebait

Odrion · Dec 26, 2015

RedEther · Dec 26, 2015

Klyka said:
I just call them "Pewdiepie games"

nailed it

Bedlam · Dec 26, 2015

Looks bad.

Also, I'm sick of indie games trying to be Goat Simulator-stupid.

Spider_Jerusalem · Dec 26, 2015

NumberThree said:
An 'orse.

Pretty much. Coming from a latin country, I tend to forget H is a pronounced letter in english. My bad

Gamerman1 · Dec 26, 2015

Garrett Hawke · Dec 26, 2015

I love how they couldn't even be bothered to design an intentionally shitty looking UI, that's just straight up shitty

GHG · Dec 26, 2015

This was not the Xbox one exclusive I asked for.

Spaghetti · Dec 26, 2015

i'm a fan of stupid games but the gameplay looks shallow and lazy, like it relies entirely on the joke to be enjoyable.

it just looks like a cynical grab for the goat simulator crowd.

bounchfx · Dec 26, 2015

Spaghetti said:
it just looks like a cynical grab for the goat simulator crowd.

yeah this is what I see too. once goat came out and people realized there might be a market for ridiculously stupid/bad idea mixes, it spawns things like this.

destruction derby carrot farm!
frog shoe maker 2010!
wombat zombie simulator!

GHG · Dec 26, 2015

Not gonna lie, if it was a dinosaur instead of the horse then I would have been interested.

Mr. Pointy · Dec 26, 2015

Yeah, this looks like Youtuber / Twitch Streamer Bait. I'd like it if the courses were closer to being proper snowboarding game quality. I'm not expecting SSX or 1080, but you know.

Can Streamer Bait be a genre now?

EDIT> It's already is a genre? Okay then.

A Serious Man · Dec 26, 2015

The PS4 had a good run.

NewGame · Dec 26, 2015

Move over 1080 and SSX.

CJCW · Dec 26, 2015

One of these days one of these dumb looking physics-based games will be ignored until we find out it's actually Frog Fractions 2.

leeh · Dec 26, 2015

Coreda said:
It's always disappointing when the actual concept sounds interesting but the effort so half-assed. I'd be up for a decent snowboarding game, it's been a while. Pulling off mechanically satisfying tricks with a customizable horse and unlockable gear could be great.. but this?

Youtube bait it is.

Totally agree, before I watched the trailer I thought this could be good since we haven't got a good snowboarding game. After I watched the trailer, the game just looked bad, wouldn't purchase just because its a horse.

Piers · Dec 26, 2015

I hate how the horse head shit has been abused to death after that one gif/clip or whatever.

Snore Crime · Dec 26, 2015

They should make a game where you simulate being a goat

Chesskid1 · Dec 26, 2015

pewdiebait is the term i hear the most often tbh

Luigiv · Dec 26, 2015

Luigiv said:
"Made with Unity"

No shit.

And just in case anyone was curious:

This is the horse https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/24142

Can't seem to find the environmental assets he's using but they're definitely not his. I think he may have mishmashed assets from different packs, seeing how nothing matches anything else.

nekkid · Dec 26, 2015

First Tomb Raider, now this. When will Microsoft's moneyhatting end??

Dynamite Shikoku · Dec 26, 2015

Looks like something made at a game jam

HardRojo · Dec 26, 2015

Spider_Jerusalem said:
Pretty much. Coming from a latin country, I tend to forget H is a pronounced letter in english. My bad

I'm Latin American too and even I am triggered by that mistake lol.

Muchi Muchi Pink · Dec 26, 2015

oti xero said:
Can I suggest a name for this genre of games?

ready-for-youtube

*twitch.

Omni · Dec 26, 2015

Even as a joke it looks awful

efyu_lemonardo · Dec 26, 2015

An horse is an horse of course of course.

Calabi · Dec 26, 2015

Looks like a really cheap Unity game.

Randy · Dec 26, 2015

This is just sad.

paragonpro · Dec 26, 2015

How wacky and random. My youtube video will get all of the likes when I shout at it.

nephilimdj · Dec 26, 2015

First they announce meme run 2 for Wii U (Bigley's Revenge) and now this, What a day of exclusives

superNESjoe · Dec 26, 2015

This is probably going to sell really well.

stan423321 · Dec 26, 2015

The sad fact is that in hand of a competent absurdal game developer (say, ones behind Roundabout) this concept could have ended up being a really fun game, but I don't see it working with that team.

Pif · Dec 26, 2015

No one yet said it looks terrible?

Someone is gonna come in here and say it.

The Chef · Dec 26, 2015

This is trying SO hard to be funny but misses it by a huge margin.

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