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Ninja Theory: No More Content Updates for Bleeding Edge, Game Will Remain Online

DeoGame

DeoGame

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Dec 11, 2018
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A shame, I adored the game, but glad to see they aren't pulling the servers. I still jump in for a match every odd now and then, and probably logged 50 hours total. A shame to see it go. I hope the team get another project in Ninja Theory as the combat was incredibly fun, and I think they'd make a great hack and slash. I love Ninja Theory's new work and cannot wait for Mara and Hellblade 2, but I don't want to see them lose their lighter fun side either.
 
Star-Lord

Star-Lord

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Oct 25, 2017
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Didn't even know they supported the game after launch... what did they add into the game?
 

Raigor

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May 14, 2020
15,128
It's the best thing they could do, they should focus on what they are good at.
 
Theorry

Theorry

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Oct 27, 2017
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Now make a SP melee game with Daemon.
Because i think the world lore and Daemon character with backstory is pretty cool.
 
Azerth

Azerth

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Oct 27, 2017
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They tried but it didnt work out. Luckly it was only a small team and probably didnt cost much. Hope they keep trying these little side projects
 
SuikerBrood

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Star-Lord said:
Didn't even know they supported the game after launch... what did they add into the game?
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Two new characters:

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CountAntonio

CountAntonio

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Oct 25, 2017
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Sucks but it was probably a good realization it was unsalvageable. Really not a bad game but just couldn't complete with other o line offerings.
 
Rodelero

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Oct 27, 2017
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Unfortunately inevitable, and fair play to NT for supporting it at all. It always felt like one of those games where the fundamental idea just didnt really make sense, and perhaps that was because it had pivoted away from being a MOBA during development. What annoys me most is that there is a definite opening for a game quite like this. Hero based, team based, melee oriented is great. What doesn't work with Bleeding Edge is that they've chosen the wrong type of combat mechanics. Instead of going for something visceral and dynamic, they opted for MOBA/MMO style combat. Someone is going to get this right one day. I think God of War Ascension is the closest so far.
 
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vypermajik

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Dec 10, 2017
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It stunk. It felt very poorly optimized on Xbox One X and in a game like this, ping and performance matter.
 
RedStep

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Oct 27, 2017
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Eh, as long as it stays online I'm okay with it. I still have it in my backlog, it's just been a year so I haven't had much time for games.
 
headspawn

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Oct 27, 2017
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Smart move, no point in wasting limited work force if there aren't a lot of people playing.
 
Cocolina

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Oct 28, 2017
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I remember playing it and dropping it after about 10 minutes, just didn't grab me at all
 

Deleted member 10737

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Oct 27, 2017
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ouch, that sucks. luckily tho, they can now afford to easily move on from a failed project like that and work on other stuff.
 
joeblow

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Oct 27, 2017
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I remember thinking when the first few trailers dropped for it that I've never come across a game before where literally not one of the characters had any appeal to me to want to play them.
 

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I understand it was a passion project for them to do; but they really needed to read the room on this one (and it seems like they are by moving on).
 
sibarraz

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Oct 27, 2017
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I know it was a passion project, but I don't know why Microsoft showed a little more of love for the game, don't know what they would gain launching such a bare bones games
 
christocolus

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Oct 27, 2017
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such a talented team, glad they were able to create a project like BE and finally have all the funding and support they need. looking forward to all 3 future projects - Senua's Saga, Project Mara & The Insight Project
 
Cuboid 64

Cuboid 64

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Oct 28, 2017
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They should definitely take those characters and that world and make their own DmC2 or something.
 
TheApatheticOne

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Oct 29, 2017
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I love hero shooter games like this (recently dived back into Paladins, still play Overwatch), but while there were things I liked, and I did play about 30 hours, it was always just too damn lopsided. Either your team was destroying the other team, or you were getting destroyed. RARELY felt like you ever had a "good game", win or lose.
 
Damn Silly

Damn Silly

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Oct 25, 2017
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As they mentioned, considering they're working on three projects going forward and the game never caught on, I can't say I'm surprised -- except for them keeping the game online.
 
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