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Concord - Review Thread
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Honestly I wish the best for this dev. Clearly there's a ton of love into this one, but that the game is releasing today with practically zero advertising is insane.
That Game Rant review excerpt sure is at odds with its score. They like it but seem to believe it'll be dead before too long? I'd that what I'm seeing?
I'm not a fan of it personally after the beta and early access, but agree with the reviews that it can hopefully find it's playerbase and improve from here. I do love the mobility in it though, parkour in shooters is always fun.
Makes me wonder if Sony didn't just pull an Ubisoft with Skull & Bones and released it just to get it out there. 8 years of development and so low exposure, it's sad.
Game is fun, I just could not be less interested in another Marvel-esque cartoon shooter. The aesthetic is not for me. Sony should have taken this talent and, instead of having them make yet another game with a giant monkey who throws shields, had them make a CoD competitor owned by Sony. Or something with a compelling narrative campaign and a solid death match multiplayer. This game took way too long to develop for what it's dropping with, and honestly the vibe is so dated. They missed their release window by like five years.
And yet, it's still fun. That's the roughest part! The game is genuinely fun! I really hope they weren't just holding back a ton of live service content for the hell of it, but then again I'm not sure it would have made a difference.
And yet, it's still fun. That's the roughest part! The game is genuinely fun! I really hope they weren't just holding back a ton of live service content for the hell of it, but then again I'm not sure it would have made a difference.
That would have involved throwing out the game that was already in progress when Sony acquired them. And that wasn't going to happen.
they should have done that. This is like Sony's Redfall now.
Yeah, I agree. I get the money allure when something actually becomes popular but dear lord, there is a fucking GAAS behind every corner waiting to jump you.
The full review says the characters are ugly, derivative, generic, and unimpressive, especially when compared to Overwatch's cast of characters. The reviewer says the in-game lore so far has been uninteresting. They also said that they're already having trouble finding matches in anything but the team deathmatch playlist.
The biggest hit to the score seems to be near the end of the review where they basically compare buying the game at full price to gambling on whether or not the game will have any legs, pretty much the same thing all the other reviews are saying. Because it's a game as a service, it's not as "complete" as most of its competition that have been around for years, and who knows whether or not the devs will be able to support it long enough for it to be a bit more feature complete.
So far, this unfortunately doesn't look like the massive success that Helldivers 2 ended up being, and more likely than not this'll probably go the way of Lawbreakers, and I'm saying that as someone who bought Concord and I also really miss Lawbreakers.
Sony bought this studio for this game. Companies often don't buy out other companies for the staff.
The sad fact is that… this might actually do noticeable worse than Redfall if the Steam numbers are any indication…
Like Redfall at least got over 1k concurrent players.
I feel bad for the developers but I hope these types of games are repudiated. It's the only way publishers will learn. We don't need greedy companies expending resources on live service games at the expense of amazing single player games.
It really sucks that so much of publisher funding in recent years has gone into games like this
Wishing the best for the devs at the studio. Hopefully they get sufficient resources to at the very least keep working at the game
Wishing the best for the devs at the studio. Hopefully they get sufficient resources to at the very least keep working at the game
This game is anything but greedy. It's the antithesis of a standard live service game.
The problem with Concord isn't actually its gameplay though. Most of the reviews are talking about low player count and lack of content. The game doesn't need a turnaround. It needed more marketing and to be launched as a F2P game. At the moment, it's just another competitive multiplayer FPS except with a $40 barrier of entry.
I've only played it for 5 hours so far, but I genuinely had to Google whether or not there were microtransactions because I haven't noticed any yet.
Is it luck though? No other game except for the first Helldivers is doing anything even remotely close to what Helldivers 2 is doing, whereas Concord's not really doing anything different from what any other hero shooter is doing.
A counterpoint to this is unfortunately that the pricing makes every player pay up-front for a work-in-progress game that's mostly reliant on the community's engagement. Meaning that buy-in isn't "solid" the way a single-player experience might be.
An excellent review from our very own NDA-Man:
Still one of the coolest designs for a jet ever. No idea why it's so unpopular.
They're charging money for it though so I don't find the "only cosmetics" argument very convincing.
Yeah the Destruction AllStars gambit. Same scenario and it just failed dramatically at launch.
Concord Reviews
Announced during today's PlayStation Showcase, Concord is our new PvP multiplayer first-person shooter coming to PS5 and PC in 2024. Concord is a bringing together of peoples. It's the power of games to build connection and inspire social play. The Firewalk team is driven by the type of...
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Oh how majority of games would love this kind of zero advertising. PlayStation has done enough to promote this. At certain point, the game has to speak for itself.
The flip side is that you're paying once I guess for whatever content follows.
It has 12 maps, three modes, 16 characters (not counting an additional 3 variants) and a bunch of customization options that are unlocked by playing the game. It's about as content complete of a multiplayer game as you can get. They have new maps, characters and variants planned at no additional cost. It's as close to the equivalent of an old school model as you can get while still falling under "live service" — because it will get updates in the future. There's not loot box, battle pass, pay to unlock characters with different currencies. It doesn't even have a shop of any kind right now.
I would have tried this if it was FTP.
Any guesses on how soon until they do their first "free weekend?"
Any guesses on how soon until they do their first "free weekend?"
It's not assumptions, most of those reviews are after launch and after seeing the launch day match making struggles. It's honestly a gamble to pay $40 for this game right now not knowing how long it would last.
My review: it's the best original FPS multiplayer game since Titanfall. It's the best, most classic feeling (and dare I say iconic) Arena Shooter since Halo 3.
It's incredibly tight in game feel and overall design balance. The art direction is incredibly strong, from the visual aesthetics to the entire sound design (the clarity and precision of the various audio cues through nice headphones is just hnggggg amazing). The guns all feel amazingly tactile, as do the various abilities. And speaking of tactile, the DualSense haptics are amazingly well done too. Probably the best utilization of the DualSense's features since Returnal. The matchmaking is incredibly responsive and builds quality matches as well. The netcode/online play/hit registration feels super crisp and clean, for the most part (it isn't without its occasional hiccups).
The map design is some of the most brilliant in an FPS in a very long time too.
If you are a fan of classic Halo multiplayer, you need to be playing this.
This is some of the most pure fun, highest quality multiplayer gaming I've had since Rocket League and Mario Kart 8.
Like Titanfall was, this is the first truly "next generation" feeling multiplayer FPS.
It's incredibly tight in game feel and overall design balance. The art direction is incredibly strong, from the visual aesthetics to the entire sound design (the clarity and precision of the various audio cues through nice headphones is just hnggggg amazing). The guns all feel amazingly tactile, as do the various abilities. And speaking of tactile, the DualSense haptics are amazingly well done too. Probably the best utilization of the DualSense's features since Returnal. The matchmaking is incredibly responsive and builds quality matches as well. The netcode/online play/hit registration feels super crisp and clean, for the most part (it isn't without its occasional hiccups).
The map design is some of the most brilliant in an FPS in a very long time too.
If you are a fan of classic Halo multiplayer, you need to be playing this.
This is some of the most pure fun, highest quality multiplayer gaming I've had since Rocket League and Mario Kart 8.
Like Titanfall was, this is the first truly "next generation" feeling multiplayer FPS.
This game really should have been ftp and not $40 imo I would have gave it a chance but that's too much of a risk not knowing if this game will even have legs for the long term
If you haven't yet, check out the Lego Icons Concorde. Such a great build and display piece.
low 70s is what I'd guess so it's not far off I guess. Hopefully the studio will get another chance.
You're not gonna get free game with free everything lol.
Yeah, people keep saying "this game doesn't have a battle pass, only cosmetic storefront" like it's this incredible win. Battle Passes are optional, only offer cosmetics, and when done well actually provide a very solid value (in some cases they provide enough currency to pay for the next battle pass). Like, I feel like most people would prefer this to be F2P and offer battle passes.