Co-CEO of Build A Rocket Boy Mark Gerhard solidly believes that the negative things being said surrounding the studio’s upcoming release of Mindseye are being paid to do so. In itself, it is a pretty bold statement… Let’s talk about it!
Within the confines of the titles discord server (Spotted by Eurogamer), Gerhard was asked if he thought “all the people who reacted negatively were financed by someone” and indeed, in reaction to the comment, said “100 Percent”. Mark then backed himself when questions regarding his answer rolled into the server by saying “Not wild when it’s true” while also saying “doesn’t take much to guess who”.
With the server seeing concerning questions on the matter and concerns upon Mark’s claim, he then responded in a longer message by saying, “I just said that there is a concerted effort by some people that don’t want to see Leslie or Build A Rocket Boy to be successful that are making a concerted effort to trash the game and the studio” he then followed this with “It’s pretty easy to see the bots and the repeated replies to any content we put out”.
Gerhard did not give any more context as to what company he believes is paying for the negative reactions to the games’ movements. However, with Lesli Benzies being a former Rockstar North President, it appears slightly more obvious who Gerhard is taking aim at. However, he did not explicitly say this, so more on this will not be confirmed unless he says so (which is likely he won’t).
The overall jist of the negative comments is aimed at how the game feels stiff and boring and lacks that quality to be released just yet, so the game should be delayed to fix the bugs that lie within, as it was also commented that the game is full of bugs. With this, Mindseye is currently set for a June 10th release date on Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5 and PC.
What do you guys think? DO you think the theory is far-fetched? Or do you think there is a movement to criticize the game? Let us know in the comments below.
