Hot take: If its a free to play online multiplayer game, its not very upsetting.
Yeah, fans want another skate in the vein of the trilogy and it sucks we wont get that… But if i dont have to buy this game then idc if it will hit a premature death when it stops being supported. Yeah its a waste of development resources and i wish online-only games didnt exist for the sake of preservation, but i wont be upset if i get to play this game and dont have to pay a dime.
Im not entirely sure itll be ftp though, so this take can be completely void.
If its FTP and all mechanics beyond cosmetics can be accessed with grinding (skate-pun… nice) rather than passes and subscriptions then a great many people need to STFU.
Mechwarrior Online is FTP and Online only, has been since 2013 when it was released, still has players, still gets updates and still makes money without p2w shenanigans. Ive got 3600 hours logged, I still play regularly. Sometimes I buy some shit in game because I’m a grownup with disposable income and 3600 hours worth of entertainment is worth a few bucks.
How come I took flack for this same opinion? I’m in the pre alpha and it’s coming along nicely. Same feel of skate 3, tight mechanics, I don’t see the big deal. It’s free. If you don’t like it don’t play it what’s the big deal?
People are upset they arent getting the same type of game the IP is known for. Unfortunately the IP is being used to push a different type of product. I do think people are justified to be upset about that.
As a gamer who wants more to play and wants to pay less, i am ok with this particular IP(which i dont particularly care about) becoming ftp, even if it degrades the overall experience. If this was happening to another IP i enjoy, I might be more upset about this.
I’m not buying or spending money in any more games with a killswitch
It’s free to play
I guess I’ll play SKATE on RPCS3.
Free online multiplayer game doesn’t have an offline mode? How bizarre.
I don’t understand why games don’t have two modes: paid, offline single player experience, and F2P online multiplayer experience. The former ensures the game will survive once the servers shut down, and the latter is a gravy train if it works out. Surely that doesn’t add much to the development time…
It’s dead, Jim.
It’s bad, yes, but historically even online only games have had long lives.
Is anybody in this thread in the playtest? Gonna be lots of feet in mouths lol. Is it perfect, no, what is. Is it SKATE, yup. Does being online only take anything away? Not really.
