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[Men_in_Boxes]

Yet I'm probably the only guy here praising Avowed, try again?

Praising a game you've played and enjoyed.

VS

Trying to bury a WiP game that doesn't appeal to you.

 

[Shtof]

I actually asked for an invite and didn't get one. 560 players lmao

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

Praising a game you've played and enjoyed.

VS

Trying to bury a WiP game that doesn't appeal to you.

But I can't bury a game dawg, it's like the people shitting on Avowed I feel they're wrong... I don't take it personal, I believe they'd like it if they played but at the end of the day it's all part of it. My shitting on marathon shouldn't affect someone if they're enjoying it, that's just being way to sensitive

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

How the fuck am I "not allowing" criticism ?

I'm just adding criticism YOU don't like.




W
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Ok, you are clearly mental !

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

But I can't bury a game dawg, it's like the people shitting on Avowed I feel they're wrong... I don't take it personal, I believe they'd like it if they played but at the end of the day it's all part of it. My shitting on marathon shouldn't affect someone if they're enjoying it, that's just being way to sensitive

So he can't be interested in a game because its "toxic positivity", but you can be negative about a WiP game because it doesn't appeal to you and you can't bury it? Can he save it?

How does that make sense?

 

[KanKamAndNob]

Hunters Gathering beta is closed and is only available to players for 3hrs a day at a set time. A bunch of dunces in here have no idea what they are talking about

Yeah, this is embarrassing. As someone who hates everything about this turd and is quite sick of the Horizon franchise as a whole let's not be retarded lol. It's a closed beta and even folks here who wanted to get invites didn't get ones. The low CLOSED beta numbers are no indication of general interest. Once the open beta is available, then we might see a more genuine level of interest in this game.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

A 3 day beta for only 3 hours per day? LOL

I can understand short weekend betas, but something doesnt sound right if you got to force yourself into 3 hr time slots. Better thing to do is just leave it on 24 hrs all weekend. If this game is supposed to be a 3 party coop MH kind of game, it'd be better to open up the time so people can party up with friends at a time slot they can agree to play in together.

4-7 pm EST doesnt even make sense since that's roughly dinner time (or getting close to it). Better thing to do if they can only handle 3 hrs is make lets say 7-10 pm. Finish dinner and play all evening.

 

[yurinka]

A 3 day beta for only 3 hours per day? LOL

I can understand short weekend betas, but something doesnt sound right if you got to force yourself into 3 hr time slots. Better thing to do is just leave it on 24 hrs all weekend.

4-7 pm EST doesnt even make sense since that's roughly dinner time (or getting close to it). Better thing to do if they can only handle 3 hrs is make lets say 7-10 pm. Finish dinner and play all evening.

They run the playtests for the time they need for the test. Limiting the hours help them focus the few thousand players to play in the same hours to make them easier find players nearby, that aren't too distant (distant players means high ping so bad experience).

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

So he can't be interested in a game because its "toxic positivity", but you can be negative about a WiP game because it doesn't appeal to you and you can't bury it? Can he save it?

How does that make sense?

Who said he can't be interested in a game? Dude absolutely can but instead he wants to prevent people from critiquing it as how bad cheerleading for failure he feels is, when instead I would champion any dev team to make a good game, it's to my eye a game that looks bad and I'll call it as such. That doesn't prevent anyone from being interested in such game

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Who said he can't be interested in a game? Dude absolutely can but instead he wants to prevent people from critiquing it as how bad cheerleading for failure he feels is, when instead I would champion any dev team to make a good game, it's to my eye a game that looks bad and I'll call it as such. That doesn't prevent anyone from being interested in such game

You saw a Concord Live Service meme and said it was glorious like D Day.

Clear said this:

"If you support this nonsense, don't pretend your any better or different than the woke mob who were hell-bent on taking down games you might have been interested in.

This trend towards cheerleading failure is just horrible. Support the stuff you like and stop trying to impose your will on the rest of the world because I assure you, its not going to end well."

I'm sorry but Clear isn't showing "toxic positivity". He's showing a maturity with a measured response.

You saw a videogame meme and thought of this...

 

[LyricalShrike]

I was interested enough to dust off my PSN account and apply to the beta. I liked Dauntless and killing dinosaurs was the only part of horizon which I enjoyed. I think Hunters Gathering has potential to be fun.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

You saw a Concord Live Service meme and said it was glorious like D Day.

Clear said this:

"If you support this nonsense, don't pretend your any better or different than the woke mob who were hell-bent on taking down games you might have been interested in.

This trend towards cheerleading failure is just horrible. Support the stuff you like and stop trying to impose your will on the rest of the world because I assure you, its not going to end well."

I'm sorry but Clear isn't showing "toxic positivity". He's showing a maturity with a measured response.

You saw a videogame meme and thought of this...

It's literally a joke man, need to relax.. You must be a hoot at parties

 

[RoboEight]

A 3 day beta for only 3 hours per day? LOL

I can understand short weekend betas, but something doesnt sound right if you got to force yourself into 3 hr time slots. Better thing to do is just leave it on 24 hrs all weekend. If this game is supposed to be a 3 party coop MH kind of game, it'd be better to open up the time so people can party up with friends at a time slot they can agree to play in together.

4-7 pm EST doesnt even make sense since that's roughly dinner time (or getting close to it). Better thing to do if they can only handle 3 hrs is make lets say 7-10 pm. Finish dinner and play all evening.

Not that uncommon for some betas. I do a lot of betas and have been in many like this. I'm in a different beta now for another Sony game and they open it up on weekends here and there when they need it.

 

[Kupfer]

We excited?

We not.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

It's literally a joke man, need to relax.. You must be a hoot at parties

More toxic negativity...

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

I'm in a different beta now for another Sony game and they open it up on weekends here and there when they need it.

Give us a f**ing hint! Is there a number in the title?

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

More toxic negativity...

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

 

[Kacho]

I believe the beta is limited to a certain time frame so nothing to read into here.

 

[StueyDuck]

The man is posting numbers on a "closed test"...

I thought closed would have been a give away

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Is this real

I believe the beta is limited to a certain time frame so nothing to read into here.

i'm having trouble believing only 500 people are on even within a limited three hour window

 

[StreetsofBeige]

The peaks and dead time due to 3 hr blocks. But looks like peak beta test was only 561 CCU.

Day 2 of the test and you can see today the first block only had about half the gamers as yesterday.

 

[clarky]

You guys are seriously looking at the steam CCU on a limited closed test?

Some of you need to get out more.

Fuck me lol.

 

[Kacho]

Is this real

i'm having trouble believing only 500 people are on even within a limited three hour window

It's hard to say without knowing specifics about how many invites went out. Could be a small amount for the first round to get things ready for bigger betas in the future.

I'm certain we'll have plenty to grave dance over soon. No need to jump the gun IMO.

 

[Forsete]

The game has co-op so I signed up.

 

[Varteras]

Horizon: Zero Downloads

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

It's hard to say without knowing specifics about how many invites went out. Could be a small amount for the first round to get things ready for bigger betas in the future.

I'm certain we'll have plenty to grave dance over soon. No need to jump the gun IMO.

I also get that I'm literally saying I'm wondering if it's a bug or tech issue or something with the steam CCU and that's why the number is so low

I can't remember any first party play test that has so few invites. That seems like almost such a small sample I don't even really know what the purpose is.

In other words, I'm doing the opposite of grave dancing, and actually saying that this could just be a mistake

 

[Venom Snake]

 

[neo raider]

The playtest has like 1500 slots and half of them are ps5, and the test is split between eu and na and grifters looking at steam ccu?

Not a fan of the game but my god have some common sense

Number of slots could be higher but that's what im seeing

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

The playtest has like 1500 slots and half of them are ps5, and the test is split between eu and na and grifters looking at steam ccu?

Not a fan of the game but my god have some common sense

Number of slots could be higher but that's what im seeing

Why did they decide on 1500? Split two ways that's 750 slots on PS5 when the console sold close to like 100 million didn't it?

You got any links that show where they decided on the slots? This is really stupid because the optics of this is really bad

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I also get that I'm literally saying I'm wondering if it's a bug or tech issue or something with the steam CCU and that's why the number is so low

I can't remember any first party play test that has so few invites. That seems like almost such a small sample I don't even really know what the purpose is.

In other words, I'm doing the opposite of grave dancing, and actually saying that this could just be a mistake

A more telling stat is today's CCU for the Euro block is half of yesterday's. And it's a Saturday which should be peak gaming. Let's see what the NA block does. It starts in half an hour.

 

[neo raider]

Why did they decide on 1500? Split three ways that's 500 slots on PS5 when the console sold close to like 100 million didn't it?

You got any links that show where they decided on the slots? This is really stupid because the optics of this is really bad

As far as i can see there is about 700-800 or more playtesters on discord alone and the majority seem to be on pc from what im seeing

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

As far as i can see there is about 700-800 or more playtesters on discord alone and the majority seem to be on pc from what im seeing

I wouldn't rely on that at all as a metric as to how many passes go out as your average gamer has never even heard of discord

If you want a perfect example of that, take the discrepancy between a discord channel for monster Hunter wild or any other popular online game and you'll see it has a tiny fraction even during initial play test

 

[neo raider]

A more telling stat is today's CCU for the Euro block is half of yesterday's. And it's a Saturday which should be peak gaming. Let's see what the NA block does. It starts in half an hour.

I think it'll half aswell, the game isn't fun, but that's what early tests are for.
it feels like an obvious Sony push tbh

I wouldn't rely on that at all as a metric as to how many passes go out as your average gamer has never even heard of discord

If you want a perfect example of that, take the discrepancy between a discord channel for monster Hunter wild or any other popular online game and you'll see it has a tiny fraction even during initial play test

Yeah that's why I said 1500 or more, hard to get exact numbers but discord numbers can help

 

[coachmcguirk91]

A more telling stat is today's CCU for the Euro block is half of yesterday's. And it's a Saturday which should be peak gaming. Let's see what the NA block does. It starts in half an hour.

Well, it is impossible for the test number to grow. Only natural there would be a decrease. It could be Fortnite levels good and the number would still go down

 

[No Banana]

It's so closed that nobody can get in.

Perfect line for marketing to massage.

"Our Hunter's Gathering beta has succeeded in delivering the experience we want and has generated zero complaints from players."

 

[Plague Doctor]

To be completely fair to the devs, if you play the obese peg legged woman as your main, that is really taxing on the server and you have to limit the amount of people playing. Everyone is going to want to play as her.

This specific closed beta was meant to test and improve the servers for people playing the Fatty McOne-leg and the new physics engine and the gravitantional well her size might cause to other players.

It's a worthy test that will pay off dividends when the game does its Server Slam and how to allocate the bandwidth for our Plus Sized Disabled Princess.

But you guys didn't consider that. You all just want to hate everything. Do you even like games? So exhausted with all the hate.

 

[poppabk]

You can feel the vibe. Even the people still hating on Marathon today aren't certain anymore. Their grip on that narrative has weakened immensely.


All Live Service game reveals are "DOA" for the same 2 or 3 reasons.

- It's too purple.
- The characters aren't attractive enough.
- The market is saturated.

Has there ever been a Live Service game reveal that the "online mob" predicted to become a hit? That contingent has whiffed on every GAAS success story over the last 7 years. It started with "Fortnite is a fad".

At some point the words "I'm not sure" should enter the vocabulary.

Arc Raiders. I'm sure some people thought it would flop but the general consensus seemed to be that it would be successful - but probably not as successful as it ended up being.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

To be completely fair to the devs, if you play the obese peg legged woman as your main, that is really taxing on the server and you have to limit the amount of people playing. Everyone is going to want to play as her.

This specific closed beta was meant to test and improve the servers for people playing the Fatty McOne-leg and the new physics engine and the gravitantional well her size might cause to other players.

It's a worthy test that will pay off dividends when the game does its Server Slam and how to allocate the bandwidth for our Plus Sized Disabled Princess.

But you guys didn't consider that. You all just want to hate everything. Do you even like games? So exhausted with all the hate.

First time in gaming history playing a character drains the battery more than any other.

 

[Tobimacoss]

I saw this:

Horizon: Zero Interest

Horizon: Zero Revenues

 

[Arsic]

I hope this is where Sony finally punts Herman down the totem pole or gives him an early retirement.

Him and Phil can start a podcast:
Dumb and Dumber On Gaming

 

[TheLikou]

I've said it once and I'll say it again

This game is going to save the industry

It's funny that the fat one isn't on the image because there is no way to make her fit on it without taking half the image.

 

[Arsic]

The next battle will be here.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

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go back to your cave you fucking bot

 

[pixelation]

Came here to read impressions but all I can see is a bunch of people dunking on a game their hellbent on hating without playing first.

 

[drotahorror]

I ain't gonna lie, gameplay looks kind of fun. Character design is shit though and that's important in GAAS. I'm not the target audience anyway, but I don't see this making waves. Sony dumping money into shit like this and other live service games will be enlightening I bet. Fuckin destroy Evolution Studios over the Driveclub fiasco, meanwhile droppin billions on Bungie resulting in a net negative. Put GT8 on PC to redeem yourselves.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I ain't gonna lie, gameplay looks kind of fun. Character design is shit though and that's important in GAAS. I'm not the target audience anyway, but I don't see this making waves. Sony dumping money into shit like this and other live service games will be enlightening I bet. Fuckin destroy Evolution Studios over the Driveclub fiasco, meanwhile droppin billions on Bungie resulting in a net negative. Put GT8 on PC to redeem yourselves.

Bungie makes scfi shooters. Last time they didnt was Oni in 2001. Before Halo, they made all kinds of games.

But they made Marathon like it does to catch on to the young crowd who likes GAAS cosmetic junk. Its the kind of game you could see if it ever caught on it could sell a ton of bright and weird lego brick attachments to make a gamer happy with their character.

They arent making a normal military game. Heck, Marathon doesnt even look remotely lose to the old 1990s Marathon games. They could had named it something different and nobody would notice. But they think the Marathon IP has some brand equity to it. Vast majority of people never played those old games, which the first one was even only on Macs. I followed PC games a bit back then and never knew Marathon 2 came out on PC.

 

[drotahorror]

Bungie makes scfi shooters. Last time they didnt was Oni in 2001. Before Halo, they made all kinds of games.

But they made Marathon like it does to catch on to the young crowd who likes GAAS cosmetic junk. Its the kind of game you could see if it ever caught on it could sell a ton of bright and weird lego brick attachments to make a gamer happy with their character.

They arent making a normal military game. Heck, Marathon doesnt even look remotely lose to the old 1990s Marathon games. They could had named it something different and nobody would notice. But they think the Marathon IP has some brand equity to it. Vast majority of people never played those old games, which the first one was even only on Macs. I followed PC games a bit back then and never knew Marathon 2 came out on PC.

Yeah it's crazy work callin this a Marathon game. Buffuckinfunery

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Looks like the beta test had 456 CCU during the NA block yesterday. The test is almost over and it topped out at 273 now. So similar to the Euro test, day two CCU dropped about -40% each.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Yeah it's crazy work callin this a Marathon game. Buffuckinfunery

Edit: LOL. Wrong thread. I thought you were talking Marathon.