由Sedleo開發、Dear Villagers發行的電影式動作冒險遊戲《1348：聖誓》近日正式發售，然而口碑慘遭滑鐵盧。M站媒體均分僅54分，玩家評分更是低至0.9分。
遊戲背景設定在動盪的中世紀義大利，玩家扮演年輕遊俠騎士埃塔，踏上拯救「最親近的」好友比安卡的殘酷旅程。
然而玩家普遍吐槽：戰鬥系統糟糕透頂，毫無沉浸感；劇情單薄乏味，所謂的感情線遠不如預期深刻。
有媒體在評測中明指出，埃塔和比安卡被設定為青梅竹馬並最終發展為戀人關係，但敘事未能深入挖掘這段感情的複雜性。而遊戲中再次出現的「女同性戀設定」也引發了很多玩家的反感。
與此同時，遊戲相關話題還因為一則爆料引發討論。
遊戲博主Smash JT表示，他在查詢義大利公共財政記錄時發現，《1348：聖誓》的開發商Sedleo SRL在2021年至2024年期間獲得了約65萬歐元的政府稅收抵免，以及來自義大利文化部約6000歐元的補助。
這些資金記錄可以在義大利國家政府補助透明資料庫（Registro Nazionale degli Aiuti di Stato）中查到，該資料庫依法記錄所有企業獲得的政府補貼。
爆料還稱，這筆資金來自政府文化補助項目，該項目將《1348：聖誓》認定為具有「文化價值」的作品，因此給予支持。此外，該補助項目通常只覆蓋開發成本的約25%，這意味著遊戲整體開發預算可能達到數百萬歐元規模。
博主質疑道：「這意味著什麼？這個項目根本不是私人工作室的一次冒險，而是由政府文化補貼計劃背書、用納稅人的錢支撐起來的。「開發商在遊戲發售前就已拿到巨額補貼，根本沒有銷售壓力。他們不需要討好玩家，只需要討好評審委員會。」
他進一步指出，這種現象並非義大利獨有，歐洲多國及加拿大近年來都通過文化補貼向遊戲開發大量注資。其結果就是：越來越多迎合官僚標準而非玩家需求的項目得以誕生。
「遊戲本應靠玩家買單決定生死，而不是靠政府蓋章。」博主最後寫道，「如果一款遊戲真的足夠優秀，它本不需要納稅人來兜底。」，他指出，當遊戲的設計目標不再是玩家，而是那些決定項目是否獲得資助的撥款委員會和文化審查委員會，這就解釋了為什麼那麼多被遊戲界普遍拒絕的「覺醒派」遊戲仍然層出不窮。
🚨BREAKING SMASH JT EXCLUSIVE🚨 I've discovered where the funding for 1348: Ex Voto actually came from… and it’s WAY worse than we thought. After digging into Italian public financial records, I found out that the developer Sedleo SRL received €650,131 in government tax credits plus another €6,000 in grants from the Italian Ministry of Culture between 2021 and 2024. That's $745,563.07 in USD for those counting. Yes. This game was heavily funded w/taxpayer money to once again, push propaganda for the state. The justification? The Italian government’s cultural commission officially classified the game as a 「work of cultural value.」 Let that sink in. Medieval Lesbians to push an LGBTQ+ Agenda once again. So this project wasn’t just a private studio making a risky or stupid 'creative' bet... It was subsidized by the state, using a MASSIVE cultural grant program designed to promote media that supposedly represents Italian heritage and culture. And the receipts exist. The funding appears in Italy’s Registro Nazionale degli Aiuti di Stato, the national transparency database where every government subsidy to companies HAVE TO BE legally be recorded. In total the public support tied to this project is €656,131 (around $750k USD). WTAF!? That number is important because the program only covers about 25% of eligible development costs, meaning the total production budget for the game was likely several million euros. Which means taxpayers helped bankroll the development of this game under the justification that it contributes to 「culture.」 I want to thank an anonymous tipster who pointed me right direction and find the registry records. Everything referenced here is public information. My tipster is in Italy, and many of these Italian websites have some... hurtles to jump through for foreigners to view. This is a pretty wild discovery because it shows that the project didn’t just 'appear' out of nowhere. It was approved, subsidized, and backed by a government cultural funding program. And if this is where the funding trail leads… there most likely will be EVEN MORE behind the scenes.
