So that was the extent of our update renaissance? Its so hard to root for this game man. Why even have the blog if its weeks away.
Cause this week we should get a new blogâŚ
it is better to show us what will come, cause we, as a community, asked for communication.
So they communicateâŚ
Love the game but am very disappointed with the length of time its taking to add basic features and squash glaring issues/bugs. Despite what the âletter to our Playersâ implies Its seems clear to me they are not prioritizing the current released version of darktide and have nearly all of the studio beavering away on the xbox release. That is unless there is a very big content patch also releasing as an actual move of good faith.
I think itâs a given they are working very hard on the xbox release. One hopes they are also working on significant content to be launched alongside the xbox release, so they can at least try to make it look like a finished game and a âplease come back to PCâ patch.
Hard to know though, because presumably pausing development on PC to focus on Xbox is partly about keeping the codebase stable, so you arenât trying to port over a constantly changing base - though of course additional maps etc could concievably be made alongside it without messing up the core code.
Yeah Aqshy has been moved into a permanent promotional / PR role. I guess we shouldnât read into everything that happens with the most negative eyes, but fact is Darktide no longer has a dedicated CM. Make of that what you will, I suppose.
Looks like weâre going to get some info this week at least, though comm-links were defined as ânews about newsâ, so it might not contain much information.
Has there been any real indication that theyâre working on the X-box release? Quote from the open letter post can be found below.
I wonât bother chasing it down because it was said on discord or reddit, but they have certainly stated that xbox was âa focus, but not the only focusâ. Also, just previous release history from FatShark has had them working hard on console after release, only releasing minor hotfixes for PC during that time period. Youâll notice that ever since new years we have only had small hofixes (changing numbers around, some crashfixes) for PC. It sure doesnât look like the output of a 150 person studio, does it?
I agree with you on thisâŚ
For the sentence that Xbox was not the only focus, is has been said before the open letter.
I wait for the next patch, that seems a major patch, but from what I have seen, what we have got cannot be the work of an entire studioâŚ
I think thereâs an annoying thing called âcontractual obligationsâ that have an impact on release dates on the XBox. Without negotiations I donât think FS can just abitrarily delay the game launch⌠however⌠with it being such a catastrophe of a launch on PC Microsoft might have been lenient.
Moving CMâs away from DT at a time when community relations are sketchy at best seems like a bit of an odd thing to do, especially if BOTH CMâs are now Vermintide-focused.
Big Sigh if Communication slow to a trickle for DT, although Iâd go without comms if it meant something fundamental in the game was actually fixed. Map selection, Character Development, levelling grind, weapons locks removed, optimising load times, changing Monsters to be interesting to fight, changing penances, changing the ⌠oh man.,⌠you get the idea.
Weâve had 3 months of âwhats to comeâ with crafting. I really donât think continually making pointless posts that take absolutely no responsibility for the state of the game and its complete lack of finish makes up for that. Three months with a major support system of the game âcoming soonâ, one that was coming in December according to them. Did I make any of this up? People are upset because even if Fat Shark was deliberately piloting this game into the ground they would be doing better than they are now. The entire design is malicious and they have no desire to even dump it on us in a reasonable time frame. Or an acceptable one, because 3 months of âits right around the corner guys December!â actually made 99% of people furious. Hence this being an actual deserved 28% overall rating. At this point my copium cup is empty and Iâm going to stop wasting my time coping othewise, its just aggravating to attempt to engage with this product. This game needs at minimum 1 year to be in a playable state and we should just come back then. It is truly pathetic.
This is a joke, right?
I donât think⌠good new is that we will get a communication, bad is that the CM will work for VermintideâŚ
Well before posting on this forum you should first calm down, go take breath outside and then, maybe, post.
About your beautiful post⌠You know that there is a button that permits you to ignore me? I advice you to use it. I think what I want and you have no right to censor me or dictate what I am allowed to think⌠this is not communism here.
You are angry at Fatshark? thatâs your right. However, you donât own the truth.
From what I saw on steam, people complained about the fact that the game was unfinished.
You say 99% are furious⌠then why 54% of all evaluations are good? Oh, yes you can check the recent reviews, but you said ALL. And no, sorry, 46% is not ALL.
29 480 reviews are positives⌠thatâs not just a mistakeâŚ
If youâre really mad, take a break and play something else.
Sidenote: my steam review is, until we get the crafting, a thumb down.
This thread is about the next major patch and what goes on. I think we have well understood that you dislike the state of this game. This doesnât give the right to be aggressive.
Now, as I donât want to argue with such a disrespectful person, I put you on my ignore list. Please, do the same.
My friend, my buddy, my pal. In the three months since launch (and we could go back all the way to beta if we wanted, because there has been no other actual content since then either) literally all theyâve been able to do is adjust some numbers on a spreadsheet and âreleaseâ two weapons that were already in the game but hidden for⌠reasons. If you really still think there is going to by anywhere close to the level of change that is necessary to save the game in the next 6 months, I have no idea what to tell you. Even a year isnât going to get them anywhere near to where they should have been at launch if they keep going the way they have been.
The fact that we are now halfway through goddamned February and theyâve still done absolutely nothing, other than a corporatespeak âweâre sorryâ letter, has absolutely destroyed any faith in Fatshark or hope for improvement that I had.
Fatshark, why are you making it so goddamned hard for me to love you? Just let me fooking love you, damnit!
In 3 months theyâve managed to put out 2 weapons, 1 from pre release footage and a map that was yet another retread of an existing map. Amazingly I am the one being negative here, no wonder that bootlick needs to alter his ignore list to create his preferred reality. You canât leave low review scores for unfinished games because the crafting isnât in yet guys just wait. Iâm the one being disrepectful of Fat Sharkâs 3 month vacation since the game came out. Its a greedy minimum viable product they wonât call early access. Despite being so early in the development stage still they canât even deliver prototypes of coming game systems. This is why after 3 months the game is the exact same.
Catfish says (on discord) that comm-link is tomorrow, and the comm-link will contain an ETA for the patch.
ânext weekâ