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Waiyu Ren
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Posted - 2014.01.30 21:09:00 -
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Nezbur Zero wrote:Did you know that Eve Online was THIS bad at first. Give CCP a break, they'll get things done. I guess I'm just optimistic ....
The lifespan of a console game is much shorter though, with the highest intake of new players seen in the first 3 months, and the total player base rounding out around the 1 year mark on average. Core fans can keep a game alive for a few more years, but eventually the game dies.
Eve has been developed over many years, with PC players being more patient.
Dust has already exceeded its viable lifespan, as console gamers are far more used to having a finished product to play, rather than one that has been in extended beta since forever, and will continue to be so for many years to come.
If they would only state that the game is still in development, people would come back to it later. Instead you get this: "Dust? Oh yeah, i tried that a while back. Was sh*t so i deleted it."
Shouting doesn't make your opinion seem more valid, it just makes you seem more annoying.
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Waiyu Ren
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Posted - 2014.01.30 21:32:00 -
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Eko Sol wrote:[quote=Waiyu Ren][quote=Nezbur Zero]
The biggest issue is their versioning. Beta is almost always under 1.0. So it should really be something like:
Dust 514 0.9.1.8
Unfortunately version codes are a mystery to most console gamers too... Although most are now used to updates, it's pretty rare to see them contain the huge changes a developing game can experience.
Take me as an example: I got into this game through a friend telling me anecdotes of his in-game experiences. I downloaded it, installed it, downloaded the 1.7 "patch" and started to play. Then said to my friend "hey remember that story you told me? Well i tried it myself and it wouldn't work" only to be told, yeah, you can't do that anymore, or this, or that, and this is different, and that is new........
Shouting doesn't make your opinion seem more valid, it just makes you seem more annoying.
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Waiyu Ren
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Posted - 2014.01.30 22:10:00 -
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Komodo Jones wrote:This doesn't have anything to do with it being a console game, I've played damn good games on this thing, I'd pay to bring back the old mgo and that came out in '08, ps3 has sufficient hardware to run shooters maybe not as good as PC but functional, and I'm getting annoyed with having games these days that just don't function properly. This game actually works most of the time it's just what the game provides that needs work.
Part of the problem of poorly functioning games IS the fact that they are console games with a limited lifespan. It becomes a race to get it out as complete as possible, as fast as possible, to maximise the cost/profit ratio in the developers favour.
There is a small amount of leeway for MMOs, up to and including total rebuilds if the player base thinks it is worth sticking around for, but as you said, this game simply doesn't have the content yet.
It has the potential to be good, very, very good. but it isn't there yet, and my concern is whether anyone will care when it finally is.
Shouting doesn't make your opinion seem more valid, it just makes you seem more annoying.
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