Which leads to less money. I’d prefer a few failed games and the industry learns. Fun games sell, it microtransaction nor half baked shovelware. Some strike it lucky with micro transactions, but only if the game is good.
I know. I’m personally looking forward to WB declaring bankruptcy now that the morons have announced they’re doubling down on shitservice despite Hogwarts and Shiticide Squad showing what the public actually wants.
I feel really bad for the developers and their frustration with their publisher/management they must have to have dealt with, and the long haul in front of them that still exists.
If I was working there I would have quit and try to find work somewhere else. That crap they must have gone through and still have to deal with is just too much.
Unfortunately, Paradox and Colossal represent everything wrong with the games industry.
Rushed, sloppy, and greedy take on a great idea. Shooting PC mods in the foot for hypothetical console support.Trying to rush out a half-baked port to console on a half-baked, buggy game years before it’s ready. Releasing assetflip dlc before the game is even done or even on consoles, lol.
Meanwhile, Rift Wizard 2 is being hailed as “the greatest game possible” by Forbes and WSJ. “Modding is going to be even better now, holy shit,” experts consulted by NYT said.
As a longtime city builder fan: this shit is downright depressing.
I put ungodly amounts of time into every SimCity game that was ever made. Down to the GameBoy versions. It’s a genre I love. So, naturally, I was very sad to see SimCity die.
When the first Skylines launched, I was skeptical - but eventually grew to love it. It’s pretty much the only viable game in the genre anyway, so I was willing to give it a shot.
When they launched Skylines II, they pretty much did everything wrong. They even warned players beforehand that performance would suck. Which was not comforting. When it launched like a lead balloon, I stayed far away.
So, what could have been a decent sequel to a decent game turned out to be a complete failure of their own making. And as a result, it’ll likely kill this genre entirely. So, fuck them in the neckhole for knowingly launching a flawed product.
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