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‘Avengers’ Dips Below 1,000 Players On PC, Causing Matchmaking Problems
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in this day and age cross play should be mandatory with the option to filter player pools ala Gears of war say what you want about microsoft they have nailed Cross play and i am excited to see it in MCC.
So Marvel's probably got their fingers crossed that Guardians of the Galaxy doesn't flop too
Shame it didn't take off, definitely had potential and personally had a great time. Played it with friends and have gotten about 70 hours out of it so I'm not too miffed if it just fades away now. I don't really vibe with the "live service game environment" very well so I was never gonna stay engaged for years.
So yeah, I had a great time but it definitely didn't fulfill it's potential.
So yeah, I had a great time but it definitely didn't fulfill it's potential.
Is crossplay even possible because of the Spider-man deal? The non-Sony versions would need the Spider-man assets and that could break some kind of exclusivity deal, right?
This is how I felt about it. I played it like 40 hours with friends. Maxxed out Widow's level and that was all I needed to do.
The game was frustrating to play with its bugs and horrible loot system. Finding public matches on the PS4 was a challenge half the time and the environments for each map were just so boring.
Like you have the entire Marvel universe to choose from and you go with Utah and generic bad guy labs for your choice of things to make me experience 100 times a row?
Just too bad, the game had a cool idea going for it.
The worst part is that it has a super solid foundation. CD just has no fucking clue how to make it interesting beyond the campaign + some couple hours of sidequests. I'm still baffled why the went the gear/levelroute instead of just focusing on a nice campaign and Avengers Initiative coopmode. Just a third person action game. Sprinkle in some Horde or some other stuff, release new content fairly regular, profit.
Whyyyyyyyyy
Whyyyyyyyyy
Very glad I didn't buy into the beta hype, live service games always go this way. Been burned too many times.
I enjoyed the single player campaign a lot, but I'm not coming back to it till we get a new character I give a shit about, and it ain't Hawkeye or Hawkeye 2.
Glad I checked my FOMO and cancelled my preorder after some post-beta nut clarity. I almost fell for it, but it's just a very dry game. It absolutely should have been crossplay and whoever is at fault for it not being (be it Sony or otherwise) only contributed to that failure.
Spider-Man is apparently a big part of the games overarching story so I don't that's the issue
Keep in mind SE has had Infamously sky high expectations for Crystal Dynamics games in the past (Tomb Raider Reboot somehow missing sales expectations, anyone).... This is a full blown trainwreck smashing into a shitshow, on top of a dumpster fire.
I just don't understand why this game had to be GaaS. Like there is a fun superhero story inside there, but then the looter aspect is in total conflict with the rest of the game. It has the exact same loot issue as anthem did. The gear is just plain boring and what's worse you don't get any visual differences from gear.
The same thing bugged me in Anthem too because the gear just didn't 1: give meaningful gameplay improvements or changes 2: Changed nothing visually.
Half the fun in games like diablo is seeing your character change with new gear and seeing what kinda crazy shit legendary gear does to your abilities
The same thing bugged me in Anthem too because the gear just didn't 1: give meaningful gameplay improvements or changes 2: Changed nothing visually.
Half the fun in games like diablo is seeing your character change with new gear and seeing what kinda crazy shit legendary gear does to your abilities
Crystal Dynamics had a rough go at it this gen :( (loved Rise of the Tomb Raider though)
Sucks to see one of my favorite studios miss the mark this bad
Sucks to see one of my favorite studios miss the mark this bad
It's just not the kind of game I'm looking for in an Avengers game. I guess I was looking for a game more in the vein of PS4 Spider-man but with co-op options. I definitely didn't want a looter game.
I still think not basing this in the MCU was a massive mistake and was probably where the lack of hype of this game came from. Even if the game was dull, the casual audience still would've flocked to it just to game as their favourite heroes.
I realize these characters existed before the MCU and DO exist separately...but...it was clear that Disney was like "time to capitalize on this in the gaming market" and made a strange call lol.
I guess Spider-Man still managed it, but I'd say that's because he's such a familiar hero and because the gameplay speaks for itself.
I realize these characters existed before the MCU and DO exist separately...but...it was clear that Disney was like "time to capitalize on this in the gaming market" and made a strange call lol.
I guess Spider-Man still managed it, but I'd say that's because he's such a familiar hero and because the gameplay speaks for itself.
It will be interesting to see the sales numbers for this one (if they ever come out). Based on search traffic and the number of people clicking on stories I wrote about it (which often predicts how well a game does in my experience) it smells strongly like a flop.
I mean you can crossplay between PC and xbox but how are you supposed to do so when the other platforms dont have spidey?
Wrong, Good Tomb Raider games died for this, Deus ex died for a Guardians of the Galaxy GAAS that will likely be as bad as Avengers.
It's completely insane that a co-op live service game released in 2020 doesn't have cross play.
Destiny 2 getting cross play is probably my most-desired gaming development. They announced it's coming, better late than never. But a brand new game should never have launched without this.
Destiny 2 getting cross play is probably my most-desired gaming development. They announced it's coming, better late than never. But a brand new game should never have launched without this.
Its a damn shame that this game is the crap shoot it is, yet on another side we have a gacha game doing way better than it and it's f2p (genshin impact)... hell this game was sent to die and was like a turd in the wind. Got this game for free from Verizon and.... I just can't defend it, its not good.
I'd buy it on PC, but the Spider-Man exclusivity killed all interest I had, especially after how bored I got during the Beta. I'll wait til its $20 so I can at least play through the story
I'm not exactly looking forward to gachas being more popularized in consoles though. They're the most predatory kind of gaming MTXs.
Wouldn't be surprised if there was some contingency for sales performance though.