What do you enjoy about Darktide ? For me is the atmosphere in gameplay, the intensity of the game when there are lot of enemy ! Love the sensation to be submerged by enemy who came from everywhere ! Love the gameplay of this game but I want more new and different weapon (But I know it’s a licence game and the need to stay right about it).
I love the reward system now, maybe not perfect but stay fine for me.
And I love how look the game is about his graphics part. It’s really a gorgeous game.
Combat when its finely tuned is the best crack you can have. I guess honourable mention for music and the setting. They could probably do bit more with the 40k ip but its still a positive.
the moment to moment gameplay and trying to vibe with the team with the craziest stuff going on and trying to be as helpful as a team mate as possible to ensure our victory!
patch 13 was a disaster, it felt good to have choiches but all the balance went down the drain, now every weapon is as good as the other
the original concept of the game is so far superior even with its flaws, the curating team just changed it too much, the only thing i’d keep are chain weapons being in a usable state now
I don’t think having balanced weapons is an issue here, it’s not like in L4D where you find the weapon on the ground where there are different tiers of weapons, here you pick one and keep it for the full run, so it has to be somewhat balanced
The core combat experience WHEN it works (no audio bugs, ghost hits, consistency issues like bursters refusing to get pushed etc.). You will not find a coop horde game which offers similar depth of combat.
The game atmosphere from art to music. Mind I didn’t say graphics, the core experience suffers because of graphics, which results in visibility issues, which is rather important with special enemies etc.
The potential for different builds, even if talent trees are clearly still work in progress.
I would like to enjoy:
the itemisation and crafting
the cosmetic shop (s)
I won’t add more, these issues have been discussed to death, if Fatshark is even listening they should known better back in the VT2 era.
Sure the game needs work here and there but i dont share the opinion that seems so common that it has insulted me personally as a being and must be made an example of.
At the end of the day what brings me back is that i am just having a good time. Id like for it to improve but those improvements dont need to happen for me to just enjoy myself. Ive been playing since day one and just have fun. The melee combat feels heavy where it should. Chainswording heretics never gets old or hopping on my ogryn to club somebody or by chance in the level having a 1v1 duel type moment against a larger enemy if it happens naturally feels right out of a movie to me. What i like about the game is just how it feels to play. Its just a good time to come back to time and again.