AVP Galaxy Interview is up
They say here that PS4 players would have to pay for PS5 version but I suppose it wasn’t mentioned on website and some folks who were following this we’re still confused.
Few things sticking out here. Whether or not any of it is true remains to be seen but just what they’re saying or hinting at in this.
Jordan in the interview admits he made a ton of mistakes whilst being a lead dev for HG as it was his first ever game.
They’ve apparently set up a new sub-division of devs to look at feedback & check bugs. They’re also planning updates months in advance.
The lawsuit basically halted all game dev for PHG and they say they needed to charge for the PS5 Upgrade due to the game being under a new Publisher.
It would appear they’ve already seen the Badlands Predator as they admit they got to see Feral way before the public but could not actually do any real dev work on him whilst the Lawsuit was under way, once it was over & they got the Publishing Rights back, they went to finishing Feral.
They want to see how people react to the re-launch, how big the new playerbase gets. etc so they can plan around that.
The game is unlikely to get any new Story Content at this time, they’ve also not been let in the know about the Comics so don’t expect any Comic content though they do say they would like to do it.
They’re aware FT content/classes are scarce but they say Predators are more important and take priority.
AVP content was always going to be in the game, it was never in doubt.
They don’t do matches proper in-house, they just run around picking up VT or doing Objectives as FT, maybe kill some AI as Predator. That’s not at all surprising.
They admit Jordan came back to HG to “clean up his mess”
Thanks for the summary. I only watched brief moments. Well, the new player base might not be as disappointed as the vets. Not yet at least. If they stay potato and play against potatoes the game will hold up for a few weeks and get boring cause there won’t be any growth. Devs would need to put them on steady dlc diet to keep them. I think player growth in this game has same issues as before (FT not playing as team and having a bad idea how to play in general). So save for a few dozens of folks, most will remain potatoes. Pred potatoes will never graduate from hack and slash tactics cause they won’t need to against such FT opposition.
There’s a fundamental gameplay flaw here and they won’t fix it.
Unlike that godawful Twitch Livestream, the interview here definitely has that awkward “Yeah we know we fucked up, the game is a mess” feeling and you can sense it throughout that they’re anxious about it. I think they deserve to be anxious but maybe an unwise move to put a specific guy out here and have him go “Yep I am responsible for launch PHG. It was my first game. It was my mess.” I don’t envy his socials for the foreseeable future
This community at least has its focus elsewhere. They could care less at this point. Past is in the past, but they can change future, but it won’t be what this community wants. They’ll make more money catering to potatoes. This place is for post release quality control suggestions.
I know they had their hardships, but there’s too much that needs fixing for this to be a balanced game. Right now it’s potato balanced, but that’s not how it should be. At the very least it should be mids balanced and encourage player growth. Maybe there will be some as so far XBox potatoes have shown to pick up the game better than PS potatoes.
I’m personally going to keep being cynical & harsh on them 'cause of their past fuck ups even though I admit that I never expected them to admit they’ve ever fucked up. I’d almost give them props for it if it wasn’t bare minimum. They have the game again, what they do next is up to them, I shall observe as I always have.
Damn that sounds awesome so sometime in the future we will get something Alien related?
I believe they just meant as in “We were always allowed to include characters like Wolf & Scar, have a text reference to Xenomophs, etc” Don’t ever expect an Alien to show up.
Ohh okay now I get it thanks for the clarification
The game needs better players so they can make better balance decisions and not cater to potatoes. It’s not even about this community being unhappy, it’s that the new players will get bored of same hack and slash gameplay. If there’s player growth and better balance, then devs can focus of DLC content. Well, and helpfully less bugs
He should go back to cleaning up the streets instead of vacationing in the jungle.
Nothing said in that interview at all says to me they’re going to start intentionally catering to better players unfortunately. They just admit they’re aware they botched the game and need to do better and say they’re starting to allocate devs to that. I have no reason to take them at their word, their actions will have to come through in the future. Even if they were to start listening to the Vets, everybody has their own idea of what they want added/changed and we all just sort of agree on the broad basics. Shit’s a mess.
Well, it would be nice if they understood how player growth works. Like them trying to explain a few predator and FT tactics. But I do not think they have this understanding. Why nerf bow and combi throw? Those weapons take a lot of skill to use. They should not influence potato play. Why encourage pred to melee if thats the fastest way to lose? This is a mid to long range encounter game and both sides need to work on their aim. Melee comes into play only when one, but preferably two FT are downed, but you need to get to that point first.
The machinations of their minds are an enigma.
this is explicitly why i will always stan Iron Galaxy (guys who did Killer Instinct Reboot)
Because they would just say exactly why they decided to make a change so players knew what thoughts were going through dev heads
when they make an adjustment so we can yell at them if their thoughts are wrong or know if the devs and players are on the same page
Potatos are also bad at tracking invisible pred. Some only realize presence when wrist blades are chopping them down.
They are really far behind when if you compare how top players think. Players here actually count shots to second wind or know how much pistol ammo they need to fend off pred. There are so many options with specializations and perks that it’ll go over their head. FT can pretty much counter every pred build with a few variations. Only thing pred can do is hope to hit his shots.
At one point there was an idea to decrease damage across the board. They kinda did that in this patch and now pred is weaker than ever at high level.