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Scott McCrae

Peak lead knows you're a friendslop "hater," but remember "these games aren't trying to be Game of the Year": "These are games that emphasize teamwork"

Peak screenshot showing two characters holding umbrellas in the desert.

Indie co-op climbing game Peak's developer knows that "friendslop" has its haters but argues there's a place for these kinds of games.

Between REPO and Peak, it's been a good year for pick-up-and-play co-op games that came out of nowhere and blew up. But where there is popularity, there is also negativity, leading to the rise of the term "friendslop" to describe these games – effectively saying the games don't have much going for them outside of being something to hang out and play with friends.

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