Arin was a kickstarter backer of it as well.Lotet said:Well, with the Continue guys at least, one of them was just friends with one of the developers and got a free copy.bobdole1979 said:i'm not saying its not a good game i'm saying that when almost every youtuber out there who does videos of them playing OLD games all of a sudden decide to play the same exact game in the same week its kind of obvious what is happening here.Lotet said:Wait, you were serious when you made the original comment?bobdole1979 said:-snip-
I played and finished Shovel Knight within the first few days of its release. It just tries to do what the old games did well. There's a reason people liked those old games mate.
I never said it wasn't a good game or it doesn't do what it does well. Just that the developer spent a LOT of money on a viral marketing of sorts.
In the case of Game Grumps, you might already know that Egoraptor likes the old classics. As seen with sequalitis. He says he was anticipating the release of the game. That sounds appropriate.
Back to the spikes bit, I actually havn't had much of a problem with them due to the game giving you that phase bracelet early on in the game. If it looks like you're going to hit a spike, use it and you can walk on them while the effect lasts. Usually plenty of time to get another jump off to safety.