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I played this at GDC, and thought it was great. The only thing that annoyed me was that there didn't seem to be any care at all with the audio design
Hmmm, it does look pretty but what Hamza said has me a little worried. Good sound is better than the visual sometimes in drawing you in.
Let's hope that the audio was being done at a later date and some of it was placeholder material.
Let's hope that the audio was being done at a later date and some of it was placeholder material.
What hasney said. Sound trumps looks for me too. This does look damn sexy though, gladto hear its coming along nicely.
I hope there wont be a glut of F2P games and creates a huge bubble in which none can be succesful due to split audiances like what happend to mmo´s
"This game is not only the best-looking F2P game thus far, but it was also one of the most visually appealing titles at the show."
Well I know it's just your opinion, but all I see is yet another drab-looking shooter. The graphics look impressive (but then again, most AAA titles nowadays look impressive), but the visual design looks bog-standard to me.
Well I know it's just your opinion, but all I see is yet another drab-looking shooter. The graphics look impressive (but then again, most AAA titles nowadays look impressive), but the visual design looks bog-standard to me.
@Themaud:
That's exactly what's going to happen as everyone jumps on the F2P bandwagon. F2P seems to raise quite a bit of revenue for now, but it won't last. It won't last at all.
That's exactly what's going to happen as everyone jumps on the F2P bandwagon. F2P seems to raise quite a bit of revenue for now, but it won't last. It won't last at all.
"F2P seems to raise quite a bit of revenue for now, but it won't last. It won't last at all."
Which ass did you pull that out of? Where can I get one?!
Which ass did you pull that out of? Where can I get one?!
@Ryan Perez: The more games that go F2P, the bigger the F2P market becomes and the harder these games have to fight, not only for players, but also to stay profitable. Slowly but surely the market will get saturated until only the top-dogs survive, with more losers than winners. It's no holy grail.
Developers still believe that F2P is a goldmine. Just make your game F2P and the money will come! But with F2P there is no initial influx of cash from people who buy your game. So those micro transactions have to cover *everything*, and then some. For now this seems to work pretty well, until everybody and their grandmother starts making F2P games.
F2P can be great, but it's also inherently evil at the same time. Yes it allows you try out, maybe even play a whole game for free. But it encourages unfair game design where players are nudged more towards paying for stuff to gain an advantage over others. This isn't always the case (cosmetic stuff is fine and dandy), but stuff like premium bullets, XP boosts and all that unfair crap just needs to die off. Fast.
Developers still believe that F2P is a goldmine. Just make your game F2P and the money will come! But with F2P there is no initial influx of cash from people who buy your game. So those micro transactions have to cover *everything*, and then some. For now this seems to work pretty well, until everybody and their grandmother starts making F2P games.
F2P can be great, but it's also inherently evil at the same time. Yes it allows you try out, maybe even play a whole game for free. But it encourages unfair game design where players are nudged more towards paying for stuff to gain an advantage over others. This isn't always the case (cosmetic stuff is fine and dandy), but stuff like premium bullets, XP boosts and all that unfair crap just needs to die off. Fast.
"The more games that go F2P, the bigger the F2P market becomes and the harder these games have to fight, not only for players, but also to stay profitable. Slowly but surely the market will get saturated until only the top-dogs survive, with more losers than winners. It's no holy grail. "
You just generally summed up every single popular market that has ever existed, dude. Saying that F2P will only get more popular, and therefore more difficult to profit from, is like saying that eating enough cakes will make you fat.
"Yes it allows you try out, maybe even play a whole game for free. But it encourages unfair game design where players are nudged more towards paying for stuff to gain an advantage over others."
No offense, but this statement alone leads me to believe that you have little to no experience with F2P games. You're just restating a general concern that has since become extremely rare. Very few developers of F2P games still adopt the "pay to win" model.
Most transactions are limited to skins and boosts, and that's it. And no, XP boosts are not an "unfair advantage," as most games separate players based on their level. These boosts exists for casual players who don't have a lot of time to grind.
The "pay to win" model is shunned by developers because they aren't stupid. Any blatant advantage that paying for anything would give other players, as opposed to those who don't pay, would instantly turn people away. It's a problem that has since been solved.
You just generally summed up every single popular market that has ever existed, dude. Saying that F2P will only get more popular, and therefore more difficult to profit from, is like saying that eating enough cakes will make you fat.
"Yes it allows you try out, maybe even play a whole game for free. But it encourages unfair game design where players are nudged more towards paying for stuff to gain an advantage over others."
No offense, but this statement alone leads me to believe that you have little to no experience with F2P games. You're just restating a general concern that has since become extremely rare. Very few developers of F2P games still adopt the "pay to win" model.
Most transactions are limited to skins and boosts, and that's it. And no, XP boosts are not an "unfair advantage," as most games separate players based on their level. These boosts exists for casual players who don't have a lot of time to grind.
The "pay to win" model is shunned by developers because they aren't stupid. Any blatant advantage that paying for anything would give other players, as opposed to those who don't pay, would instantly turn people away. It's a problem that has since been solved.
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