- DoucheBagMcSwag ( @DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 12•1 year ago
Fucking hell
Why does everything new coming out have to be a goddamn live service?? Don’t you have a blood dragon 2 to develop Ubisoft??
- raptir ( @raptir@lemdro.id ) English9•1 year ago
Why can’t we just have cool multiplayer modes in games instead of a separate game?
- Moonguide ( @Moonguide@lemmy.ml ) 11•1 year ago
Honestly, I prefer this, as long as the single player option is unaffected by the multiplayer component’s performance, and the resources allotted to the SP game don’t suffer because of the MP.
- ampersandrew ( @ampersandrew@kbin.social ) 7•1 year ago
Historically, some of the best multiplayer components attached to single player games were done with very few resources in a matter of weeks, like Halo and Goldeneye.
- Moonguide ( @Moonguide@lemmy.ml ) 1•1 year ago
True, but that was before mtx became the name of the game. Nowadays when a game has a multiplayer component with no bells and whistles and just works, it’s an outlier.
- ampersandrew ( @ampersandrew@kbin.social ) 2•1 year ago
And now those games just get shut down with no recourse. Eventually, those companies will realize that they’re better off making a multiplayer game that doesn’t get 5 years worth of updates to chase after bazillions of dollars that never materialize.
- BmeBenji ( @BmeBenji@lemm.ee ) 1•1 year ago
Tack Call of Duty Zombies into that list too, but Moonguide has a point. CoD: BlOps 3 was the last really good zombies experience and that was just as they were starting to turn it into an MTx nightmare.
- 👁️👄👁️ ( @mojo@lemm.ee ) English1•1 year ago
multiplayer networking is something that absolutely takes longer then just a few weeks
- ampersandrew ( @ampersandrew@kbin.social ) 1•1 year ago
Sure, and game development in general takes longer than it did 20 years ago, but allocating a proportional amount of resources is all you need. If it’s a hit, it’s a hit. If you want to patch it up a bit to fix some glaring flaws, go ahead. Expecting it to maintain tens of thousands of simultaneous players is going to end up with the dev putting lots of resources into something unlikely to be the next big thing.
- aperson ( @aperson@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year ago
I liked how FEAR did it back in the day. The multiplayer was a separate game you could download for free and play. Then, if you liked the game, you could pay for the single player.
- Gamma ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org ) English6•1 year ago
This sounds awesome, extraction shooters are a genre I’m glad is taking off
- Dr. Jenkem ( @DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube ) English2•1 year ago
Same, but I’m still eagerly waiting for someone to do the genre better then Tarkov. But so far, nothing has scratched the itch like Tarkov.
- Gamma ( @GammaGames@beehaw.org ) English3•1 year ago
Fair! The place I’ve played it most is a VR mod called Escape from Pavlov, so it was a bit basic feature-wise but still a ton of fun
- bermuda ( @bermuda@beehaw.org ) English4•1 year ago
escape from Pavlov
Rings bell
- Pinklink ( @Pinklink@lemm.ee ) 1•1 year ago
You might escape from Pavlov, but you can never escape your own responses.
- baconicsynergy ( @baconicsynergy@beehaw.org ) 1•1 year ago
I’ve been a long time Marathon fan and I think the new game has the potential for greatness. The art style is out of this world
- Dr. Jenkem ( @DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube ) English1•1 year ago
Marathon was a bit before my time, but I definitely agree, the art style on the trailer for the new marathon looks really cool. But between cod dmz, marauders, the cycle frontier; I’m just a bit skeptical that anyone can properly replicate what makes Tarkov such an interesting and addicting game style.
That being said, definitely hoping for some proper competition to Tarkov as it has some serious issues that I don’t see getting fixed anytime soon.
Not the biggest fan of extraction shooters, but the permadeath mechanic sounds interesting. Although I’m not sure how common that is in this kind of game.
- AndrasKrigare ( @AndrasKrigare@beehaw.org ) 3•1 year ago
I know Hunt: Showdown has a similar mechanic, and might be the most popular one outside of Tarkov