I feel pretty much the same way, although I'll probably won't buy ARC. I'll give it a bit more time with the playtest, but I doubt it's a game for me.
We'll see. Your track record of being right about these things does precede you.
They have that mythical 4th map and a safety and compliance team to protect delicate ears from people saying bad stuff that will save the day, they aint worried
The avatar change was prophetic, I'll give you that.
Not really. If they were arsed about ccu's they would be giving codes outs like candy.
aw shit, i forgott about that
Nope, this is a traincrash, you can spin it all you want, wont change it though
Not spinning anything. No skin in this game my friend.Nope, this is a traincrash, you can spin it all you want, wont change it though
Really hope they do something with the feedback as for me personally the hook isn't there to make me grind 3 maps to get to play a 4th
Yep.
They do need a delay they can't release anywhere near Arc not to mention so many other games last few months of the year, people will only buy so many games
There's nothing wrong with a game that's designed for a very specific audience, but if you do that you don't suddenly grow the audience tenfold because it's bungie, embark or even Naughty Dog etc. Fairgame$ looks set to have the same fate as well.
Typical Bungie. Grand ambitions that don't play out, scrap everything then push something out of the door and fix it later.
Most people don't want a game to fail, people want these devs getting destroyed for slop though
I'm curious if you could answer two questions...
Oh yes it would have. I remember playing a bit of Factions back then. It was fun, without any predatory GAAS stuff, the whole thing was genuinely good with great maps and artstyle from Uncharted 4. Shit I remember how enjoyable KZ SF MP mode was. I was hooked to that game. When did they forget their customers and what they wanted and previously loved? Who is in charge of this whole mess at Playstation HQ? Managers?
Feel exactly the same. Hunt is just the top of the line with this genre. I do hope Arc Raiders has some legs to it down the road to be a good option for those that can't get into Hunt.
"Top of the line" in a genre with 3 mainstream entries in the genre is a low bar indeed...especially when most fans of the genre think Tarkov is the high water mark.
In terms of balance, sure. But they weren't looking for the kind of feedback they're getting - not this close to launch. These kinds of tests have been glorified marketing events for years - but in this case, it's backfired spectacularly. Don't presume Bungie are going to action literally any of the major feedback they've received by launch - they simply don't move that fast.
It'll be interesting what Bunge improves for launch.
I respectfully disagree, but glad you're enjoying it. I am rooting for it to be sure. It's an Alpha play test. So, I'm intrigued on if this has legs in the long run when this game gets a full release.
The game uses the extraction shooter concept and became pretty successful. But the game has several things that makes it too hardcore, frustrating and niche, making most players run away from it.
They aren't.
Funny enough, while some people talk up Tarkov we have the same people saying they won't touch it due to cheaters, in this very thread.
Expound.
What am I coping with exactly?
This is the greatest schmorgishborg of disqualifying statements ever. And to start off your post like that...
Men_in_Boxes
always talks about. Now I am not saying Marathon is going to be a mainstream success but it needs to do things differently to get a bigger audience. Normies have had five+ years to gravitate to Tarkov and other extractin shooters and they haven't.
We also have people in here saying how they won't touch Tarkov because it's full of cheaters. Those people are saying they expect ARC to be full of cheaters as well.I don't think that this type of feeling is one that leads to mainstream success. If Bungie wants a mainstream title they don't want the game to be "sweaty" like this.
Tarkov probably hasn't improved significantly from the 200k CCU during the coof that
The great art mediums throughout history try to illicit emotion from their audience.
Does Bungie want to make great art or make a buck.The great art mediums throughout history try to illicit emotion from their audience.
The high intensity moments Shroud is talking about come between extended down periods, which give the experience an organic storylike feel.
If you want to know which genres are in trouble and which genres are the future, find out which ones reliably illicit emotion from their audience.
You can make a buck far easier if you can illicit emotion. Far harder to do so with boredom.
The right type of emotion, the one that keeps people playing, because these games rely on engagement.
The most successful books, movies, TV shows illicit the most emotion from their audience. Roller coasters, concerts, sporting events too.
See my point about EQ and WoW.
This would be a stronger point if a multitude of other variables weren't also in play.
You are just speaking gibberish here.
You're central idea (unless I'm mistaken) is that games which produce high tension are niche by nature.
