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[Superposition]

Oh I'm sure MJ's designer has 100 hours of gameplay already.

 

[Shubh_C63]

So the 1,000 players all Sony Devs?

First they wasted 8 Years.

Now they're wasting even other developers time making them play this.

 

[GymWolf]

How's that "lever-pulling" working out Insomniac? Still tempted to fuck up Wolverine with your agenda pushing shit?

Spoiler

 

[ViciousAgenda]

Sounds like Justin cracked the code.

Was about to say, the penny is very close to dropping.

 

[dotnotbot]

In case of hero shooters character design is like 75% of game's identity so yes, they have to look interesting and/or attractive.

If you don't want to put sexy babes in your game then try doing something else, a game similar to Stalker or Astro Bot or maybe card game.

 

[Killjoy-NL]

Why do they even hire character designers in that case? Of course your game has to look appealing, or at the very least not dreadful..

I don't think a lot of people would be very excited for this:

Tbf that particular character's design is actually decent, just nothing that stands out. The gloves maybe.

But something like these is just... why??

Or this one, which actually is a pretty cool character and one of favorites. The design is just horrible:

Funnily enough, that last character actually has a pretty cool unlockable legendary skin, completely changing her look (no idea how to post screenshots).
Which means Firewalk really went out of their way to make these designs.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Fuckers should be paying 3x contracted hour pay and danger pay top up to the poor employees forced to play this shit. Especially if outside of working hours.

 

[RagnarokIV]

Reality, where the real world lives.

 

[Topher]

 

[Dr.Morris79]

just imagine the memo, guys please connect to the servers at 7pm please...

Christ, imagine if you wasn't a woke trooper either, just John, trying to get by..

You're finishing 6 on the Friday, it's half five, this shits just come out and you know it's dogshit. You get the corporate email for 'All hands on deck' 'we can do it, team..'

You think about going home but remember HR are the gestapo, any decent could see you brought in on trumped up charges of ze non use of pro nouns..

You die inside. There's no escape. That rent won't pay itself, after all.

Three weeks later your sacked anyway. Another victory!

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Imagine someone being so delusional and entitled, to the point of thinking that consumers have to buy their game, even when their game does not appeal so said consumers.

It's just a mindset. A fair few number of people now go to Uni, get taught lots of weird things, grow an ego that far outweighs their competence and think they're better than everyone (Why wouldnt they be? They've just gone to Uni, of course their smart..), gain employment with a head full of entitlement, get thrust into positions they shouldn't be anywhere near then cry when things fail and blame everything and everyone else.

And this is just the up and comings, a fair few older people think like this.

A lot of old guard got given the boot for this.

The one thing they always seem to not understand, mind you, is that people won't pay for their incompetence

This was not sadly taught in their indoctrination centre

It's a crying shame.

 

[CherryFalls]

 

[Boss Mog]

Such mental illness.

 

[near]

Meanwhile, Deadlock a game that hasn't had a proper announcement from Valve, and currently has a closed ongoing playtest:

Concord is dead, and unfortunately Firewalk Studios might also die with it.

 

[FeralEcho]

Spoiler

It's still unbelievable to me that that thing and Mary J.awline from Spiderman 2 are official character designs from the creators of Ratchet and Clank.

It's so wrong...

 

[FeralEcho]

AAA blockbuster? Isn't it selling like shit with low player counts?

It's definitely busting some mental blocks considering the meltdowns some of their devs seem to be having on X lol

 

[Fake]

Concord and Discord deserve each other lmao.

 

[FeralEcho]

Is that some of that Organic Growth I keep hearing about?

If we're talking cancerous woke cells then definitely.

 

[CityHunter1981]

So these are the few people who are actually playing.

 

[MikeM]

Sony better be cooking up Days Gone 2 after green lighting Concord.

 

[near]

Haven Studios probably shitting their pants with Fairgame$.

 

[FeralEcho]

Make another weak ass Concord thread my guy…please.

Chill tf out, we get it, the game is bombing…but it's time to stop.

I wonder why you didn't make a thread when they played plenty of other games before.

 

[Robb]

Haven Studios probably shitting their pants with Fairgame$.

Exclusive live footage from within Haven Studios:

 

[Astray]

ArtHands 8 Concord threads in a month lmfao.

Talk about desperation to push out certain topics from the front page.

 

[ArtHands]

I have no idea why it seems some people doesn't want me to hype and push this game at all. Fellow PS studios showing support to this PS AAA game is a show of confidence.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

Playstation Studios gotta support each other. You get to play with the cool developers of these AAA Playstation studios too.

I would have liked to play with the devs like 10+ years ago. Most devs now seem insufferable activists that keep trying to assert modern takes in their games.
This seems like a PR move, to me.

 

[geary]

So, how many weeks do you give the game before it becomes free to play?

Not to soon, because they dont have a strategyfor F2P monetization. Until they work on one, wont be F2P

 

[yurinka]

So the 1,000 players all Sony Devs?

Probably a good portion of them are devs and their friends and family plus gaming press reviewers.

 

[ReBurn]

I would have liked to play with the devs like 10+ years ago. Most devs now seem insufferable activists that keep trying to assert modern takes in their games.
This seems like a PR move, to me.

Much like people on gaming forums, these folks are posting about playing the game but they aren't actually playing the game.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Should've been free to play or on a subscription. You don't pay $40 to give a game you don't think look good a chance. I don't even pay $10 on a Steam sale unless I like what I see.

I bet they wait til after the announced seasons and then move it to PS+ Extra. It won't be F2P cause you don't need ps+ for that. And they'd probably think it's too early to put on ps+ Essential.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Haven Studios probably shitting their pants with Fairgame$.

Hermen is likely checking on Jade's pants.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Meanwhile, Deadlock a game that hasn't had a proper announcement from Valve, and currently has a closed ongoing playtest:

Concord is dead, and unfortunately Firewalk Studios might also die with it.

Valve deciding to officially "announce" this during Concord's release weekend cracks me up. They're such polar opposites and Deadlock isn't even available to everyone or out yet.

 

[Vyse]

Did they do something wrong and got punished?

 

[VolticArchangel]

DarkMage619 and Riky would have been in love with this thread, if only it weren't for you stinky blue rats to drive them off the forum, especially the biggest blue rat king asshole of'em all, Ass of Can Whooping

 

[BlackTron]

I have no idea why it seems some people doesn't want me to hype and push this game at all. Fellow PS studios showing support to this PS AAA game is a show of confidence.

I think the trolling is hilarious but 8 threads dude. lol

 

[saintjules]

Concord is this generation's Knack.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

Concord is this generation's Knack.

 

[Luipadre]

Concord is this generation's Knack.

 

[draliko]

3 or 4.. give or take

 

[Raven117]

These are just PR posts that studios are expected to make when another first party studio releases a game.

Yup. They do it all the time.

Nothing more than marketing.

 

[{insert code here}]

Damn, Concord definitely triggering some folks around here. Keep the threads coming boys

 

[Fbh]

I mean...I'm sure insomniac is taking notes for their next game.

"Guys you think there is still time to change the design of MJ for the next Spider Man?"

Like this dev from Overwatch:

You'd think someone with a senior artist role in the industry would get that if you make a character based game (Be it a Hero Shooter, Moba, Fighting game, etc) you actually need to have characters that appeal to people

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Seriously, why the fuck is the gaming media lying about this game and underplaying just how disastrous the launch has been?

Concord: Sony's online shooter is flying but not yet soaring in a very crowded airspace

Players seem to like Concord, but its $40 price tag has led to a tepid first weekend on PC

Are they fucking kidding? "Tepid" reception? "Flying but not soaring"? This is one of the biggest flops of all time and probably Sony's worst by a wide margin, yet so many outlets are acting like it's doing alright but not great. No, it's a complete and unmitigated fiasco.

Also neither IGN, nor Eurogamer, nor Gamerant, nor Gamespot reviewed the game either

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Why do they even hire character designers in that case? Of course your game has to look appealing, or at the very least not dreadful..

I don't think a lot of people would be very excited for this:

Well Thor was fat.

 

[Frwrd]

So, even less copies sold

 

[nial]

I just dislike OP's shitty threads in particular, fuck off.

 

[FeralEcho]

I just dislike OP's shitty threads in particular, fuck off.

You seem stressed,go play some Concord and let your braincells chill for a bit.

 

[nial]

You seem stressed,go play some Concord and let your braincells chill for a bit.

k, smooth brain

The worst part about Concord is how much of an ugly spot it is in a Helldivers 2/Rise of the Ronin/Stellar Blade/Astro Bot lineup.
Man, nothing over there looked any good.

Concord is a mess in every sense of the word

I'm not getting Concord

Concord looks like shit

 

[FeralEcho]

k, smooth brain

 

[Hawking Radiation]

Wouldn't even give a sliver of an iota of a fuck if Jesus himself sat down to a sesh with this gutter trash of a game.