Preseznik
Member
I remember Gotham City Impostors being exactly that for me back when I couldn't afford to buy games.
Except that game was actually fantastic.
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[Insider Gaming] EXCLUSIVE – XDefiant is on Borrowed Time as Player Numbers Decline Rapidly
Except that game was actually fantastic.
Felessan
Member
It's not like gaas is failing, this year already has some success stories (zzz, 1st descendant, wuwa etc)
It's western developers who are failing at gaas. And that's understandable as only a few there know how to make a proper big gaas game-design wise and not line of 3 shit. Expertise in gaas is low there. Unlike asian devs who were making gaas stuff for mobile in proper genres for years, and they just upped their budgets and expand games to console/PC
But western devs will catch-up in 2-3 years, after a number of failures, because huge amount of money are on the table.
LazyParrot
Member
It's not, though. It's just saturated with established titles that people are already invested in. This is basically what happened to MMOs in the late 2000s when World of Warcraft was at its peak and everyone was trying to get a slice of that pie by making clones of their own. Most of those either failed or never managed to reach the lofty goals devs and publishers set for them because people would play until they got bored, then head straight back to WoW.
Neolombax
Member
Yep, completely understand this. Chasing after things, that sense of progression is my personal idea of fun. It was exciting during the preseason and at the start of season 1, but it wore off. The movement in general wasn't as smooth as compared to MW3, so there's that too.
Cyberpunkd
Member
This. It makes no sense for someone invested in other GAAS to switch without a game providing anything unique or leveraging a massive and well-known IP in a GAAS format. All the games failing do not provide anything unique or compelling over other alternatives.
YeulEmeralda
Linux User
Pakoe
Member
I gave it a chance since COD has burned me out, but the game has too many issues.
Netcode is shit, devs keep stating this is an engine issue. Prolly will never get fixed.
"Skills" dont require any skill. Press Q to win is annoying. Fucking spider that facefucks you without any counter. Wallhacks, instant molotov kills suck.
Movement is annoying. I can live with jumpshots and sliding but allowing movement in air is just wild.
The game lacks content, 2 maps per season is not enough. The game could use unserious modes like prop hunt. Why are there no actual characters of the IPs they use?
No SBMM was fine, i could hold a positive KD and it was nice having actual random games.
Its sad but a matter of time before this died.
Netcode is shit, devs keep stating this is an engine issue. Prolly will never get fixed.
"Skills" dont require any skill. Press Q to win is annoying. Fucking spider that facefucks you without any counter. Wallhacks, instant molotov kills suck.
Movement is annoying. I can live with jumpshots and sliding but allowing movement in air is just wild.
The game lacks content, 2 maps per season is not enough. The game could use unserious modes like prop hunt. Why are there no actual characters of the IPs they use?
No SBMM was fine, i could hold a positive KD and it was nice having actual random games.
Its sad but a matter of time before this died.
LegendOfKage
Member
Going with three character sets in each faction rather than a set hero was a mistake. I get the desire to be different, but I can't think of a worse mistake in your hero shooter than not making your heroes memorable and charismatic. Apex and Overwatch got things right by putting the sort of personality into their characters that creates fans who want to see them looking their best. And then you have games like Fortnite and The First Descendant where you see your character in 3rd person, which is arguably an even stronger incentive to make your character look cool."Internally, optimism for the game has shifted primarily due to the game’s continuously declining player numbers and lack of player spending"
Who wants to spend money when the characters look like bored cosplayers? I played it a bit and had some fun, but it didn't hold me for long. There are simply far too many better options.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Game was announced in 2021 and didn't officially release for 3 years. Why it took so long to come out with a multiplayer FPS, with multiple delays, is beyond me but if they got it out in 2022 it likely would have done fine. The real problem is Ubi is really not that good at making and releasing games anymore.
hyperbertha
Member
They've still got rainbow six. Which is a pretty decent game with great amounts of content. Quality works.
mayham2199
Member
I honestly think COD is top just because it's what people are used to now. I doubt most who play COD want to spend their time in a new game trying to learn the mechanics and "get good" again. Kind of why another hero shooter doesn't work for me. I liker hero shooters but I'm good at OW and I know all the mechanics. Hard to get into a new one and learn everything about it from scratch when I can just play OW.
ChoosableOne
ChoosableAll
I was hoping to satisfy my need for cod with this good clone when my gamepass expires, but I don't think it will last that long. When the player count drops, they will lose fast matchmaking and it will only get worse.
BlueLyria
Member
God spiderbots are such a terribly designed skill, specially considering the netcode.
Lack of SBMM definitely hurt this game too, people like to complain about cod sbmm, but it's there for a reason
MayauMiao
Member
Its like Concord cast of characters but is set at 30% of DEI."Internally, optimism for the game has shifted primarily due to the game’s continuously declining player numbers and lack of player spending"
Who wants to spend money when the characters look like bored cosplayers? I played it a bit and had some fun, but it didn't hold me for long. There are simply far too many better options.
Cyberpunkd
Member
I would say Concord characters are 1000% cooler than generic human shit.
The_hunter
Member
This game's netcode is really bad, I've been shot around corners a lot.
gooner4life_uk
Member
Proper 'Gamers' love to shit on anything that's mainstream.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
GAAS games are dying left and right these days.
March Climber
Member
Times have changed man, that’s why it’s better in today’s age for games to simply offer a PvE mode so that maybe the older gamers stick around longer.
kevboard
Member
this is far better than any of the recent CoD games.
for one the menu is actually designed by a normal person and not an alien that doesn't understand UX design.
it also controls better (especially on controller)
and most importantly, it has no match manipulation aka. """"Skill Based"""" Matchmaking, which in reality is EOMM (Engagement Oriented Matchmaking) that literally makes you lose on purpose to keep a certain win ratio which the devs, with the help of psychologists (no joke), put into place to keep the most average players happy for as long as possible.