I don’t think trying to crunch out monthly updates is sustainable either. I get they had stuff lined up at launch that they wanted to dripfeed every month but i’d rather they spend several months dropping one big patch, less buggy that way too. They spend a whole month giving us melee animations for objectively worse melee weapons I dont get it. Put that time animating towards something else.
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Think of it like this. You’re never going to hop into a Fighting Game and then a few months in, a new patch drops and the whole nature of the game just flips on its head. That doesn’t happen, it never would. These changes are gradual & slow. They can take years to happen. Often in the case of fighting games these radical changes are marked by new editions like a “Super” version or “Arcade Edition” and so on. And you’re gonna see much of the same logic apply to an Assym game as it goes on. Small changes & additions drip fed over the course of each year that slowly add to something much larger.
The biggest Assym game in the market right now is Dead by Daylight. And that game at Launch in 2016 is not at all comparable to what it is now in 2021. So much ahs changed. But it never changed over night. It didn’t just take one update to flip things around. Hell you can make a case it didn’t even really take off until around 2019. That’s a whole 3 years after launch.
Games like these are investments, on both sides.
Sure the moment to moment stuff, but the grander scheme of the game and overall performance, I’d beg to differ.
The game is fun, but I will give credit where credit is due, when they truly deliver on a properly functioning game that’s enjoyable for all.
At least DBD puts out content regularly
In a year they put out more than 2 new maps
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Sure, but like I just mentioned, guess we will have to wait and see when Illfonic or whoever are their overlords, decide when it’s this games time to be properly taken care of and given the love it truly deserves.
Even big companies like Rockstar don’t tell anyone anything. They’d end up trying to defend their product vs endless masses (what people get isnt what they wanted, people angry if you outright tell them you cant implement the thing they asked for, this is taking too long etc all from people that will pretty much buy anything that gets put out anyway and have 100s of hours in the game) and its pointless.
Their maps are literally just windows, stairs, tall grass, and boxes. Its probably the least taxing map development of any game out there, even shooters.
There’s always a trailer for the newest heist/ GTA online update
They even allow public testing of their soon to come products.
When each and every single update Illfonic has donebeither broke the foundation of their code, or sent everyone into blue screen oblivion.
You’d think after countless updates made from Swiss cheese, could be tested by the people actually playing the game, instead of people who don’t take the time to properly test it.
Because theres money in GTA. Red dead online doesnt get anything. I think they got 1 trailer for 1 role in an ad I saw on Twitch once?
not on console.
this is a sony product
DBD even has a proper community of fog whisperers
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This game is young and being handled by Devs very much so understaffed & underbudget who don’t have a Steller track record. But the game is still fun. It’s engaging. It lacks depth & content but it has a lot to have fun with if you make it work. Like a mile long puddle. But eventually that puddle WILL become a lake. In like 1-2 more years time. Maybe the game isn’t what you wanted at launch, maybe it isn’t still now either. But give it more time, maybe in 2022 or 2023 you’ll finally be happy. Because that’s what the Assym genre is. A time investment. Same with fighting games. Many things add up & change over the years and each year people come in & out and see what the game is & isn’t at that time.
Personally I’m alright with what we have so far. Not fantastic, but its all been perfectly fun and an enjoyable ride. The game isn’t going anywhere, it’s not in any real danger the lack of shit hitting the fan from that lawsuit should’ve been evidence enough of that. Let’s just see what Year 2 brings. Time & patience people, time & patience.
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Maybe it’s just my ADD but this game is beyond stale at this point
Rehashing all the DLC without adding anything new isn’t getting off on the right foot if you ask me
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It all just depends on your personal prefence, patience & what you generally enjoy on the market. I’ve put tons of other games down for becoming stale to me. But for whatever reason HG has yet to become stale for me. Most that happened was I took a month break last year and came back during November. Other than that, played it pretty much on the regular since launch between other games. Like I’ve been revisiting & replaying all the Ninja Gaiden games recently, and been playing a fuck ton of Guilty Gear Strive. But I still throw in a good 10 matches at the least on this game every couple days.
I just wish they would add new guns and attachments
We all know how elite mercenaries love their guns
They can add a lot of character to the… Well characters who are pretty uninspired
For instance, they already have a cowboy hat as a cosmetic, why not add in a lever action rifle and/or western revolver to complete the look
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Id love to know how Dante became a Predator hunter.
Sorta lack luster IMO how they force people to digest stuff for no reason.
But thats the way they have dropped practically everything with this game : /
Leaving a ton left to be desired, but having enough of a playerbase just being happy it has Predator slapped onto it.
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See I’m in the opposite boat. I think we have plenty of weapons right now. What we really need is Gear. Especially for Predators. We need stuff like Smoke Bombs, Shurikens, Lassos to pull FT up into trees, laser mines. Stuff like that. And FT could do with some stuff like Deployable covers, maybe riot shields. Weapons are in a pretty good spot right now IMO.
IDK
I’ve maxed out all the weapons and I’m bored now
Predator and FT alike should have a steady stream of weapons and equipment to keep the game fresh
Facts. I’m not going to lie and say that I haven’t been a bit of a “defender” of the game and devs, but the game is genuinely fun once it gets going.
I’ve stopped playing for like, what, a week at a time because I was waiting for content to come out but that’s normal.
Then whenever they do that, you guys then rag on em on no new Pred shit, which is fair but then it comes across as shitty.
Overall balance is probably the best it has been in months. Only real problem right now is both sides have stupidly high damage. Preds can one shot anyone at or below 150HP with certain builds, and FT can solo kill preds in as fast as 2 seconds with certain builds of their own. Only real major balance change we need right now IMO is for every class, for both sides, to get a Health upgrade to cut down one 1-hit downs & 2 second TTKs. Other than that, what we need mostly is gear options that push & support players to other playstyles.
A ton of the guns feel very similar, hell I dont even find myself utilizing each one, because they dont draw me to use them.
You find that one gun that you enjoy and pretty much stick with it.
There could be alot more dont to the variety or uniqueness of each weapon to make players WANT to use them all.
Again imo
Some weapons could use some DMG debuffs, but Illfonic has implemented specializations and threw a ton of the weapon DPS out of whack. (SAW-z, 19-11 pistiol) to name a few.