Hotel Barcelona launched to a middling reception last week. With a score of 58 on Metacritic based on 15 reviews, and a 55% positive rating on Steam, it landed firmly in the 'mixed' category. What should have been a triumph for mastermind developers Goichi 'Suda51' Suda and Hidetaka 'Swery' Suehiro wasn't an outright disaster, but I'd be surprised if this reception met their expectations. Fans of the developers have been further disappointed, however, as the game's Steam page has added a generative AI disclosure five days after release.
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