Suicide Squad Boss Downplays Live-Service Elements Of Obviously Live-Service Game
Suicide Squad Boss Downplays Live-Service Elements Of Obviously Live-Service Game
The next game from Batman: Arkham City devs sounds a lot like a live-service shooter, even if the studio isn’t ready to admit that
So, I don't get it. Is it going to be F2P and live service like Destiny 2, or do you have to pay for it and it's live service?
Either way, hard pass on that software model.
I’m pretty confident it’s following closely in the shoes of The Avengers game that came out not long ago, and not in the shoes of any popular co-op game.
I would LOVE to be proven wrong. Rocksteady has (had?) a lot of talent that shouldn’t go to waste.
Good old fee-2-play. Not sure how much microtransactiin crap is going to be shoehorned in but they've already announced a season pass scheme. They've tried to cash in on the Arkham brand history and are promoting it on Steam. The comments are less than happy, let's just say
I was really looking forward to another Arkham style game. Sucks for me that they decided to go in another direction. Doubly bad when that direction (live service co-op) is one I couldn't enjoy even if I wanted to (and to be clear, I don't).
I'm really interested for this game to release. I expect it to be a critical failure and a commercial break-even, mostly due to Rocksteady's (as yet untarnished) pedigree and marketing.
But I also haven't ruled out that it will be a surprise hit. I didn't even realize this wasn't being fully marketed as a live-service game, and who knows, maybe all the hogwash in this article about the "trinity" of gameplay elements and sharing experiences with friends will actually work somehow.
But if it is all the worst things about the live service trend, I do hope it fails for the greater good, all due respect to the individuals who've done their best with it.
You think it'll make money? The Avengers game barely made any money, right? And that was the Avengers. There have been two Suicide Squad movie bombs.
The enthusiast audience who could name Rocksteady already know this thing is radioactive.
You think it'll make money?
Mainly because of the hype/marketing, but I may be overestimating it. It's a good point that Avengers bombed, but I do think Rocksteady is a more competent developer than CD (I'm not personally a big fan of their Tomb Raider games).
I also just tend to think anything is possible until it isn't. It wouldn't be the first game to buck expectations if it somehow managed to be a hit.
Either way, the fact that this is the only game Rocksteady releases in nearly 10 years will be a deep source of bitterness.
Nah, take a look at the Steam discussions. People are tired of the GaaS shitfest. Rocksteady have tarmished their reputation just by announcing this game.
Live Services, much like their older cousin MMO, are not something people can play multiple of. Each of them takes so much time/money investment that most people who do play them just pick one and stick with it. Making too many of them is a mistake.
Who the actual fuck keeps buying these games? Like actually.
I've got a friend who waits for a sale and then buys games like this for White Elephant parties at the end of the year. Often times he buys them for himself because he just has a burning curiosity for bad games.
Haha that's at least an understandable behavior. What blows my mind are people who buy these games expecting them NOT to be anything but micro transaction live service infested dogshit.
Or people who LIKE micro transaction live service infested dogshit.