The Sinking City

[Catgirls are Love]

They removed it from steam yet again!

Was it the publisher pulling it, the developer getting it removed due to copyright claims to Valve or Valve just deciding that it didn't want to be caught in the middle of the slapfight?

 

[LazloChalos]

Nacon's last announcement on steam was 18 hours ago, and it was this :

Statement about the Steam release of The Sinking City
For the release of The Sinking City on Steam, published by Nacon, Frogwares posted on Twitter urging players not to buy it. We regret that Frogwares persists in disrupting the release of the Sinking City. It was Frogwares who came to Nacon to request financing for the development of the game, and to date, more than 10 million euros have been paid to Frogwares by Nacon. It was Frogwares that relied on our marketing and promotion teams, representing thousands of hours of work and several million euros worth of investment. Now that the game has been fully developed, and published, largely thanks to Nacon's money and work, Frogwares would like to revise the terms of the contract to their sole advantage. It's easy to play the victim, but all we seek is that Frogwares respect its commitments both in the contract and as demanded by the courts.

In regards to feedback on the release of the Sinking City on Steam, this is an official and complete version. However, due to a lack of cooperation with Frogwares, we are unable to integrate Steam-specific features (cloud saving/achievements). Despite this, we have organized the release so that fans on Steam can enjoy the game.

We sincerely would have preferred that our relationship with Frogwares remain cooperative and respectful, as is the case with all of the studios whose titles we publish. We hope that many of you will continue to play The Sinking City, and may your adventures in Oakmont be a lot of fun.

7 hours later the game gets pulled.

Can't be certain of why it was pulled, but I am guessing that Nacon's actions of editing/cracking a purchased copy is what made the decision easier for Valve.

Also, that youtube video from Frogware on how Nacon cracked the game? A user posting it got banned for it; Not by Nacon, not by Valve, but by a steam moderator.

Reason: the content violated the forum rules.

 

[Agent of Z.O.G.]

Is it really awful? Put it to me this way, is it better or worse than that 2018 Call of Cthulhu game?

I haven't played the other cthulhu game but there was nothing good about sinking city: Shitty combat with a handful of boring enemy types, hillariously tacked on crafting and survival elements, awful puzzles, if you even call them that (no idea how those two niggas though the flashback minigame was tolerable) and a retarded story (racism bad! with deep ones) and choices that don't matter.
The city looks okay but you can't do anything in it. Play that Secret World MMO if you want to walk around a lovecraft themed environment instead.

 

[Dom Cruise]

I haven't played the other cthulhu game but there was nothing good about sinking city: Shitty combat with a handful of boring enemy types, hillariously tacked on crafting and survival elements, awful puzzles, if you even call them that (no idea how those two niggas though the flashback minigame was tolerable) and a retarded story (racism bad! with deep ones) and choices that don't matter.
The city looks okay but you can't do anything in it. Play that Secret World MMO if you want to walk around a lovecraft themed environment instead.

Doesn’t sound worth the time or money.

I actually did play The Secret World for a brief amount of time back when it first came out in 2012, is it still playable?

 

[LazloChalos]

Well, a vice article clarified things.

"The Sinking City has been in dispute in French courts for a while," said Valve VP of marketing Doug Lombardi in a statement to VICE Games. "An interim decision last fall appeared to give Nacon the right to distribute the game on Steam while the litigation proceeded. However, today we received a DMCA take-down notice for the version that Nacon recently shipped, so we have responded to that notice."

 

[The tired cat]

I must say, Frogwares are some petty ass mofos to get worked up so much over a game that not came out janky as fuck before or after it was patched and its general reviews being "meh" or "its okay"