Arrowhead has less than 100 employees. Helldivers 1 sold much, much less than 2. It has an all-time peak of 6,744 players, and that was seven years ago.
These were the conditions going in. I’m sure they’re trying to scale up and meet the insane demand for bug fixes and content, but that ain’t done in two months. In most respects this is a small developer who hasn’t planned for this kind of popularity.
Replying to a player on Twitter who said recent patches have made the game “unplayable,” Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt conceded that he’s not satisfied with his studio’s current balancing approach....
You play the game? You usually find credits on most maps. Not huge amounts, but it adds up. Also, every warbond comes with unlocks that give you some super credits for medals.
Weird. I have like three crashes total in 66 hours since I bought the game in late march. Did you clear the shader cache, update drivers and all that jazz?
Costumes seem like an obvious barometer, but the measurements may not be what you’re expecting. Rather than looking for costumes with quality, attention to detail, or uniquely inspired designs, all you have to do is look for how dirty the costumes are....
This was the whole ethos of the first Star Wars films - Lucas made a point of getting everything look worn, to the point of having a term for it: the "used universe". Exemplified by C-3PO's whole look, Luke's clothes or even Han Solos's sweaty shirt.
It's a shame he seems to have completely forgotten this when it was time to make the prequels...
MS has been doing that for over 20 years, no news there. The reason for acquiring is to deny acquisition to others, and to ensure MS’s ecosystems have software, I imagine.
Är det bara jag som tycker det känns obehagligt att när lagen om hemlig data avläsning (HDA) las fram som en lag mot terrorism och grovt organiserad brottslighet? Nu änvänds den utan konkret brottsmisstanke och pratas om brott med så låga straff som möjligen 3 månaders fängelse?
Det här sades redan när FRA-lagen infördes: det KOMMER bli en ändamålsglidning, för det blir det alltid när man har ett verktyg. NEEEEEEEEEEEJ då sa förespråkarna, så blir det inte, vi ska hålla hårt på det här. Tjena.
Hey I was wondering which stratagem you tried out on a whim but ended up really liking? I’ve been switching it up especially since I read that EAT spam can mess up missions, as that was one of my go-tos....
Yeah, I ran this earlier but then switched to the Eagle. Now I picked it up again, and with it and the Eagle I almost always have something to call in to take care of massed mobs.
Yeah well I tried this yesterday… it did not go well. I somehow clipped through the tank and merged inside it from my pod, the tank unharmed. I couldn’t hurt it from the inside, so I had to try and wiggle myself out. That didn’t work, so I tried calling in my support weapon on the tank in the holes that that would kill it.
It didn’t. It stuck on TOP of the tank (my teammates were laughing heartily at my situation at this point, and gleefully told me this). Finally I gave up and asked my team to kill it. It took a first hit, and I then got out somehow! And then I was immediately crushed beneath its treads.
I made sure to land well away from it the next time.
Yeah, clearly offering more ways to legitimately purchase their content is predatory… Stellaris is EIGHT years old at this point, it’s hard to find another single player game that’s still supported and updated as well. Every dlc also brings a free update, so all owners benefit.
Or maybe we just need to stop buying shit that’s just thinly veiled skinner boxes, and play games because they are fun again, not to get the best/coolest/most brag-worthy stuff in-game.
would focus on the essence of what made the original series great by making an, “arcadey, amazing-feeling, very accessible, competitive and fun game.” Project Gravity was also planned to be a live-service, free-to-play title
Redfall: We are working to release our final update, Game Update 4, that brings revamped Neighborhood (x.com)
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Monkey Island creator Ron Gilbert's next game is 'classic Zelda meets Diablo meets Thimbleweed Park' (www.pcgamer.com)
Helldivers II sales top 12 million (www.gematsu.com)
[OpenCritic] Animal Well Reviews (89 Top Critic Average 100% Critics Recommend) (opencritic.com)
-PC Gamer 90 / 100...
Arrowhead CEO says Helldivers 2 balancing patches have 'gone too far' recently: 'It feels like every time someone finds something fun, the fun is removed' (www.pcgamer.com)
Replying to a player on Twitter who said recent patches have made the game “unplayable,” Arrowhead CEO Johan Pilestedt conceded that he’s not satisfied with his studio’s current balancing approach....
A Year Later, Redfall Players Who Spent $100 Are Still Waiting For Its Promised Heroes (kotaku.com)
The wild successes of Helldivers 2 and Baldur's Gate 3 send a clear message: Let devs cook (www.pcgamer.com)
Men of War II | Release Date Reveal (www.youtube.com)
Helldivers 2 CEO Says Arrowhead Must Fix the Game and Add to It at the Same Time ‘To Stay Relevant’ (www.ign.com)
The dirty secret to making sci-fi believable (www.polygon.com)
Costumes seem like an obvious barometer, but the measurements may not be what you’re expecting. Rather than looking for costumes with quality, attention to detail, or uniquely inspired designs, all you have to do is look for how dirty the costumes are....
Microsoft has ‘let Blizzard be Blizzard’ following its acquisition, studio says (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Hemlig avlyssning även för småbrott? (femtejuli.se)
Är det bara jag som tycker det känns obehagligt att när lagen om hemlig data avläsning (HDA) las fram som en lag mot terrorism och grovt organiserad brottslighet? Nu änvänds den utan konkret brottsmisstanke och pratas om brott med så låga straff som möjligen 3 månaders fängelse?
Stardew Valley is basically the same game 8 years later (www.polygon.com)
Unexpected useful strategems?
Hey I was wondering which stratagem you tried out on a whim but ended up really liking? I’ve been switching it up especially since I read that EAT spam can mess up missions, as that was one of my go-tos....
Feels good, unless you miss (sh.itjust.works)
The next adventure from the developer of Ori and the Blind Forest is a gripping soulslike action-RPG with a survival game twist (www.pcgamer.com)
Stellaris announces DLC subscription (store.steampowered.com)
Diablo 4’s Hellish Microtransactions Go From Bad to Worse With $65 Horse Bundle That Costs More Than the Game Itself (www.ign.com)
EA flop Immortals of Aveum reportedly cost around $125 million, former dev says "a AAA single-player shooter in today's market was a truly awful idea" (www.gamesradar.com)
Spiritual Successor To SSX Was In The Works, But Not Anymore (kotaku.com)
Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato countries who don’t pay ‘bills’ (www.theguardian.com)
Remarks by former president and presumptive 2024 Republican White House nominee would be ‘music’ to Putin’s ear, critic says
Ubisoft CEO defends Skull and Bones’ $70 price despite its live service leanings, calls it ‘quadruple-A’ (www.videogameschronicle.com)
Det här vill partiledarna ha på sin nyårspizza (www.svt.se)
Gott folk, vi har nu definitiva bevis på att vår statsminister är olämplig att styra vårt land:...
Dags för lite tuffare tag? (lemmy.world)