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[Barrel Cannon]

Please don't be disingenuous. Thanks.

There doesn't seem to be anything disingenuous about that comment. Are you sure you used the right word?

I'd actually say this follow-up post is even more of a waste of time, as there are still no actual criticisms given and reading it just takes up more time than the previous post, which was more clearly "shitposting" and thus was easier for my brain to ignore.

The first sentence just restates the previous post in a less confrontational way, the poster then goes on to state that his opinion is "accepted reality", and then the point is restated in slightly different terms to lend itself more credence.

Ditto on this totally.

Anyway, back on topic: this game looks pretty fun, and hopefully enough people will be playing this weekend for me to get a sense of how the game "should" feel. But it'll probably go back to being dead after the weekend is over, unfortunately....

If you need someone to play with add me up(my alt profile is linked to my GAF account). I can play around 6PM EST onwards on Saturday.

 

[Weltall Zero]

There doesn't seem to be anything disingenuous about that comment. Are you sure you used the right word?

Whatever the criticism was, it wasn't "I'm not being paid to play"; that was just an hyperbolic statement derived from the user not liking the game (for whatever reasons, which I don't care about). Saying that "I'm not being paid to play" was the criticism itself, is disingenuous.

And this whole conversation is both pointless and surreally stupid, so this is my last post on the matter.

 

[HellofaMouse]

The game is bad, that's not a neogaf thing, that's pretty much an accepted reality at this point.

no, the game isnt bad. and no, thats not a generally accepted opinion.

it just has giant competitors and the misfortune to have cliff b. as its spokesperson / marketing guy.

 

[Cmagus]

The free weekend for Lawbreakers is live now.

 

[SapientWolf]

That's absolutely terrible timing.

Yeah, I'm pre-loading CoD as we speak.

 

[Big Nikus]

How much longer until the weekend where they pay me to play? Might jump in then.

Gamer toxicity ladies and gents.

 

[-MD-]

It is my opinion that the game is not worth my time on it's own merits and that they would have to provide me monetary gain before I'd be willing to subject myself to it again.

I'm not sure what's unreasonable about that. The game is bad, that's not a neogaf thing, that's pretty much an accepted reality at this point.

Edit: Actually, let's say the game isn't worth many people's time or money, that's a more fair assessment then just saying it's bad.

Sheesh, how badly did you get stomped in the beta?

 

[alfredofroylan]

Game is at 445 players with a peak of 527 at Steam Charts, is that good?

 

[Budi]

Game is at 445 players with a peak of 527 at Steam Charts, is that good?

That's not a lot. But it's good that some people are atleast checking the game out, hope they like it and stick around. And I'm sure the peak will be much higher by when the free weekend ends.

Edit: Doubled already.

 

[Crankshaft]

I downloaded last night and look forward to trying it out tonight.

 

[PLASTICA-MAN]

Why free week-end only on Steam and not on PS4? Strange.

 

[WilsonX100]

Top quality shit post.

The hate boner GAF has for this game is unreal.

yeah i dont think its just GAF

 

[Budi]

Seems to have peaked at 1062 so far. Anyone here who tried and liked it?

 

[Nokterian]

That's absolutely terrible timing.

Well yeah, look at CoD currently peak was 83,000 players playing right now is around 40,000.

 

[Bluth54]

Why free week-end only on Steam and not on PS4? Strange.

I doubt developers and publishers can just have free weekends on Steam/PSN/XBL whenever they want, they probably need to reserve it as part of the weekend promotion/sales ahead of time.

 

[Staf]

Well yeah, look at CoD currently peak was 83,000 players playing right now is around 40,000.

What? They have a free weekend on steam the same weekend as CoD beta? Wow......

 

[SomTervo]

Another bad decision?

What? It's apparently an excellent game which was mismanaged from a market/audience perspective so flopped.

A free weekend is an absolutely perfect idea. It's what a number of us have been calling for since it launched.

If people aren't willing to make the up-front investment while they've got Overwatch, etc, then let them in for free to check it out. If the game's strong enough it will sway them.

"Hey guys, lets do a free weekend of our game that is almost 100% dead the same weekend as the new Call of Duty Free open Beta, and at the beginning of one of the most jam packed months for releases this year"

Oh shit. This does hamstring it a bit.

 

[Budi]

Been playing a lot today, got three of my friends to try it out.

 

[Kevin]

I wish this game offered just a regular simple deathmatch mode so that I could get it and play it with my brother. Don't even care about other competitive multiplayer modes.

 

[selfnoise]

I installed this on a whim and ended up finding it reasonably entertaining, enough to probably invest in down the line. The free weekend definitely convinced me I could like the game, but not necessarily convinced me there will be anyone to play it with.

I do think "faster Overwatch" is something I could get behind. Not that this game is exactly that but over time I've started to find Overwatch slower and slower.

 

[Hedonism Bot]

I didn't really like the look of the main menu or the in game UI, but the gameplay feels okay. Not convinced to buy it, but was glad they gave me a chance to properly try it for free instead of having to invest and change my mind later.

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

Cliffy B made the same mistake as Tameen from Ninja Theory did back in DmC's development- You don't shit on a popular thing when you're trying to promote your game, because ideally you're trying to win over people from that popular thing =_=

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Cliffy B made the same mistake as Tameen from Ninja Theory did back in DmC's development- You don't shit on a popular thing when you're trying to promote your game, because ideally you're trying to win over people from that popular thing =_=

What did Tameen do?

 

[Chaos2Frozen]

What did Tameen do?

Smack talk the old DMC basically.

I was reminded of that when I read about Cliffy B talking of how this game was to be an edgy Overwatch for adults or something.

 

[selfnoise]

Oh, and another thing... what is up with the graphics in this game? I have everything on Ultra, and running it super-sampled, and the characters still look both fuzzy and aliased.

 

[Guileless]

How's the PS4 community?

 

[Tapejara]

Played a few matches and I've been having fun with it. I'm tempted to jump in, but the elephant in the room is of course the player numbers. I'm fine with a small playerbase (Rising Storm 2 and Titanfall 2 never break 1500 players on PC and I can still find matches with ease), but seeing how the game had trouble holding two hundred players prior to the free weekend makes me apprehensive. I'm sure that's the problem Boss Key is facing though; players enjoying Lawbreakers but apprehensive about the game's longevity -> no one taking the chance by picking it up -> the playerbase never growing. I hope the numbers pick up, because I could see myself playing this more, I just don't want to spend $30 CAD now when in a few months time there's no guarantee people will still be playing.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Tried it, wasn't a fan of anything besides the gravity and the katana grappling. Best off as f2p for sure.

 

[vazel]

Free weekend again. The discount is 50% this time.

 

[ricardo_sousa11]

The game is pretty much dead, last week it had 40 players or so, this is beating on a dead horse, I dont think F2P will change anything, players will still drop it after a day or two.

 

[Hoya Destroyer]

If this game was on XB1 and didnt have such a reputation for being a ghost town (which means there'd be absolutely NO chance of finding Aussie matches), I'd have given the free weekend a shot.
Not all the character designs are hideous and I heard good things about the game play. This game could be fun for Americans and Europeans.

 

[Mooreberg]

The game is pretty much dead, last week it had 40 players or so, this is beating on a dead horse, I dont think F2P will change anything, players will still drop it after a day or two.

I don't think F2P will help either. The time for that was at launch, when they already knew going in that beta participation was low. When your audience is that small, new players are being constantly subjected to matchmaking results that are completely illogical.

 

[KatamariOnTheRocks]

I don't think F2P will help either. The time for that was at launch, when they already knew going in that beta participation was low. When your audience is that small, new players are being constantly subjected to matchmaking results that are completely illogical.

They really dropped the ball focusing their ad campaign on how the game was all about skill based gameplay only to go and fuck over anyone that was good at the game by intentionally "balancing" their team by giving them teammates that were really bad at the game.

I still don't understand how you can be stupid enough to design a game that's skill based and then balance teams based on cumulative skill rather than individual skill.