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They say word-of-mouth marketing is the most effective form of marketing. What games did you (not) enjoy that came well-recommended by friends to you, and why did they recommend it to you? (lemmy.zip)

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Feel free to replace "friends" with "anyone you know in real life" or even online groups you trust or are close with.

"They":

WOM marketing is highly effective as 88% of consumers trust friend recommendations over traditional media.

and my own personal experience; most games I have bought in the past 10 years have been off of recommendations from r/gamingsuggestions before Reddit went to crap and Lemmy came into existence; and even moreso when it is a personal friend recommending things to me.

Mods, feel free to nuke if this feels too close to advertising or better-suited for !videogamesuggestions@lemmy.zip (my own community); I mean it more as a discussion piece but I don't run the place.

EDIT: The "not" in the title is optional; I'm asking about both successful and failed recommendations.

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[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I think thats a game where previous expectations play a big role. I was okay with it being a simple platformed with an interesting story.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

I mean it's barely a platformer. it's like, the illusion of being a platformer but it requires no real skill or precision like a platformer would. Also, it's not even open enough for you to just platform to wherever. The "platforming" aspect of the game is completely locked down to contrived paths they need you to take.