Big Walk is a co-op only online game about hanging out with friends and solving puzzles. Given we are currently living through peak friendslop thanks to the likes of Peak, RV There Yet?, R.E.P.O. and Content Warning, it was probably inevitable that Big Walk would attract that coinage too.
But does Big Walk deserve it? Does any game deserve it? "I love that there is a word out there to help people categorize games that are good for groups of friends to play together, and that it recognizes that the friends are the important part! It's a useful concept imo," wrote House House's Nico Disseldorp in a new Reddit AMA.
Still. The "slop" part of it isn't super appealing, despite a lot of people using it in a joking and affectionate way. "Personally I'd prefer the second word wasn't 'slop' because it's a term with so much baggage (like AI slop) and I think these games are so thoughtfully made," Disseldorp went on.
"But artists always hate the genre names used to describe their work, so it's nothing new."
The House House team also touched on the real world inspiration ...
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