VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "Even the combined efforts of superheroes can't prevent the coming cataclysm, it seems. Marvel's Avengers has been a live-service punching bag since arrival. After a good amount of time with it, I can't help but contribute to the brutalizing. But I feel my frustration comes out of seeing the wonderful fossils buried deep beneath the top layers of dirt. It's just that at every turn – storytelling, confused level design, unrepentant grinding – it feels like corporate wants to reward you only after ridiculous time investments. They know exactly what they're doing. From top to bottom, Crystal Dynamics & co. have made an inherently-confused title that takes an Infinity War to reach an Endgame.
That sounded better in my head."
TheGamer writes, "It feels like live service history repeating itself right now, but it's not too late to change that."
Marvel’s Avengers didn’t soar properly on PS5 and Xbox, but Kill the Justice League looks like it will improve on it in every way.
This website pumps out one shill article after the other. Does not qualify as journalism.
Does that mean it will have a thousand pointless costumes like Avengers did, not related to the game or source?
"Guy who's excited for Suicide Squad to fill the void left by The Avengers' closure."
Here's a look at why so many online-multiplayer games from the past five years have struggled to retain players and their attention.
It's simply FOMO.
Gamers always go back to their staples like COD or Fortnite. Those games have constant content and leaving them for another game means getting left behind. Why start a new game and be behind when you can stay with a game you already excel at.
COD is replaced every year or almost every year, it has no time to hold a player base. 3-4 years is a good timeline for a sequel IMO if the game has enough content to begin with, maybe add a couple of free content updates a bit later after release if needed, and job done until the next game.
Soldier of Fortune 2 was one of my first few online FPS games apart from RTCW and a couple of others, and that had a couple of free patches which added in new weapons, maps and a new game mode in just a year or so. I hope the series makes a comeback, I heard MS owns it now and it has been dormant for a while.
The only sequel that came fast (just 1 year later) that impressed me with extra content over the original was L4D2, makes me wonder what happened with Valve. If they can do that in one year then what have they been doing since..
Because it's not about putting out a fully completed game packed with content and something that actually works
It's about putting something out broken and barebones, slowly drip feed content with a roadmap and offering tons of MTs which they hope people will buy.
I miss when you'd just get games like Killzone or Halo and they'd get a couple of DLC packs then the developers would move onto the next game. Problem is they started to be influenced by COD where future games had to have gimmicks, weapon mods, loadouts, killstreaks and other shit which just become about what you had unlocked rather than skill.
The last multiplayer game I really enjoyed was Uncharted 2s, it was literally just two boosters and everyone started with the same weapons. It was great and felt like it was more about skill but then we got Uncharted 3 and 4 where the COD influence creeped in thinking that everything had to be bigger rather than sticking to the fanbase they had.
i agree. i used to love MP games for these titles, and be excited about the map packs and such. now it's we will release one mode and one map, and see how people take to the game. Flops? cool move on.
Even before the PS3 generation ended, I was already longing for a return to simplistic MP without all the XP, booster, perks, and ridiculous custom loadouts full of op exploitation. Like there's definitely a huge audience for that, but there's NO classic style simple MP modes anymore, I'm just asking for some
Most people don't have the time to invest into playing multiple GAAS and stick to just one. It also doesn't help that so many games in that field only have a roadmap laid out for the first month or so. Hard to keep people invested when you don't give them a reason to stick around after the initial launch month.
Yep. I know what you mean. I can't play more than 1-2 live service games at a time (this includes shooters) since it's just so overwhelming.
My theory , well online gaming just sucks, so many online games recently that if done the right way could've been dope ass single player games. One that comes to mind evil dead. What a waste of the title
I'm enjoying it as a single player avengers game. I have not even done a single side mission yet. The game has been a free fast paced and fun narrative with enjoyable areas to explore and even a time you get to go through neighborhoods and jump over rooftops. I am about 12 hours in at the moment.