the game was better when it first came to steam early access. when they stopped updating that game, and created AN ENTIRELY NEW GAME... that's when the game was dead to me.
all the old one needed was to take away c4, because it made every server short-lived. you play 24 hours, blow up every base while everyone is offline, and people will ragequit and start on a new server instead of rebuild/fight back.
meanwhile on mobile, EA/Disney is actually MAKING A KILLING with Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes (2 years running now, highest grossing game on mobile by a massive amount) with their p2w pvp, predatory gambling, and severely overpriced store items.
it is a fun game, but omg the amount of money you'll need to unlock that stuff...
you though SWBF2 was bad? (was $240 to unlock Vader in cash shop before 75% reduction) ...well the mobile game is just as pricey, but there's 100x more things to spend money on. and much of it can really only be acquired via throwing several hundred dollars at the screen per hero.
you know that news article about Activision going for copyrights for p2w mtx match-making formula, but they have no games currently using such a formula...
Well, EA/Disney have already been using it for 2 years here.
actually, the problem is that publishers aren't gamers. they're corporations answering to shareholders, who are also not gamers...
plenty of people would rather play a short linear game that has a full beginning, middle, and ending (without DLC drip-fed 3-18 months down the road to get a full conclusion that was cut out of the main game). but this conflicts with the publisher motives. they aren't in the business of making games that gamers want to play. they're in the business of making games to take as much of your money as possible. if you just can't sell such a game for $60 PLUS SEASON PASS... then they have NO INTEREST in making such a game. the fault is on the publishers, not the gamers.
and a problem is that most games are now "open world" but in a lazy and uninspiring way. they are bloated with side activities and do not put enough care into the main gameplay/story/proper ending.
its not good value if you end up quitting a game before the ending, because you get burned out on grindy repetitive tasks that hijack and define the gameplay.
the only game i can think of that really pulled off the non-linear design is The Witcher 3. beyond that, no other publisher has even bothered trying to craft a game so worthy of our time and money. period.
i'll spend 200 hours in TW3 because it is good. but i can't spend that in any Ubisoft/EA/Activision open world game, because the games are just completely VOID of inspiration. so without that, you can expect people to feel like their money was not well-spent, given they quit before reaching the ending, and feel the game was forgettable, other than all the complaints they have with the lack of satisfaction.
when the business model is always microtransactions and post-release profits... then all the games from these publishers feel the same and not memorable in a good way. publishers are stuck thinking short term profits, and they don't see they might be causing the next industry crash, because they put short-term profits over absolutely everything, because they think we do not have the voice or power to change sales or business tactics...
i can't wait til EA kills off another studio, because you know, studio must be at fault for low sales, not the greedy publisher that is motivated by money to destroy the industry any way possible.
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