No more updates?

[Ikit Claw]

I uninstalled the game a while ago and came to check for any new updates. Not even a bug fix has been posted since June.
Have they said anything at all?

[HeLeX]

Taking forever, I thought they would have an update between July and August already... I have exhausted the game already, not much else to do... it sucks

[LT_BS7GamesOfficial³]

people out here acting like updating games is easy. Making new content, creating new maps, adding new characters, finding actors for new characters. It's not easy, it's not done within a matter of days or even weeks for that matter, especially for a game of this magnitude. Especially when they're not exactly a massive company. Give them time, the longer they spend on it, the better the update will be. Stop being so impatient, if you're really that bored, go play another game. No one is forcing you to still play this

[itzDerrio]

Originally posted by apayne_98:

people out here acting like updating games is easy. Making new content, creating new maps, adding new characters, finding actors for new characters. It's not easy, it's not done within a matter of days or even weeks for that matter, especially for a game of this magnitude. Especially when they're not exactly a massive company. Give them time, the longer they spend on it, the better the update will be. Stop being so impatient, if you're really that bored, go play another game. No one is forcing you to still play this

people out here shilling out paragraphs

[Ikit Claw]

Originally posted by apayne_98:

people out here acting like updating games is easy. Making new content, creating new maps, adding new characters, finding actors for new characters. It's not easy, it's not done within a matter of days or even weeks for that matter, especially for a game of this magnitude. Especially when they're not exactly a massive company. Give them time, the longer they spend on it, the better the update will be. Stop being so impatient, if you're really that bored, go play another game. No one is forcing you to still play this

It's more about them being quiet about it, they could at least give us some updates letting us know they're still alive

[Scabloonshki]

Originally posted by Ikit Claw:

Originally posted by apayne_98:

people out here acting like updating games is easy. Making new content, creating new maps, adding new characters, finding actors for new characters. It's not easy, it's not done within a matter of days or even weeks for that matter, especially for a game of this magnitude. Especially when they're not exactly a massive company. Give them time, the longer they spend on it, the better the update will be. Stop being so impatient, if you're really that bored, go play another game. No one is forcing you to still play this

It's more about them being quiet about it, they could at least give us some updates letting us know they're still alive

A dev commented that things were still moving along earlier this month on their discord, and devs pop in for casual chats pretty commonly.

[itzDerrio]

Originally posted by Scabloonshki:

Originally posted by Ikit Claw:

It's more about them being quiet about it, they could at least give us some updates letting us know they're still alive

A dev commented that things were still moving along earlier this month on their discord, and devs pop in for casual chats pretty commonly.

nobody follows their discord, how about they just make their news public like any competent devs would

[Legendz-Senpai⚜]

Originally posted by Scabloonshki:

Originally posted by Ikit Claw:

It's more about them being quiet about it, they could at least give us some updates letting us know they're still alive

A dev commented that things were still moving along earlier this month on their discord, and devs pop in for casual chats pretty commonly.

To watch their discord very often I can assure you that apart from trace (which is not a dev) no game developer communicates. The last time they said they knew that people wanted updates but that for the moment they were on vacation so no once again we're talking about communication no content that's the least we can do don't make me believe that making a steam post is difficult everyone can do that. explain to people who expect content. But yeah probably at gamescome

[Scabloonshki]

Originally posted by Legendz-Senpai⚜:

Originally posted by Scabloonshki:

A dev commented that things were still moving along earlier this month on their discord, and devs pop in for casual chats pretty commonly.

To watch their discord very often I can assure you that apart from trace (which is not a dev) no game developer communicates. The last time they said they knew that people wanted updates but that for the moment they were on vacation so no once again we're talking about communication no content that's the least we can do don't make me believe that making a steam post is difficult everyone can do that. explain to people who expect content. But yeah probably gamescome

ZinC will come in and talk from time to time as well, but it’s more so casual conversation there.

There has to be a gamescom announcement. They wouldn’t want to spoil stuff revealed there on Steam or even their discord. It would explain the long period of silence on major updates and be consistent with the last 2 years where a Trials trailer was shown there. That’s the only thing I can think of. Don’t think they’d be doing this if there wasn’t a good reason for it.

[noah556]

there are updates coming, its already been said that new tests are coming

[StopItStepBro]

there's an absolute trove of content in the game files so the content is there, it's just they've either opted for a VERY large update to come at some point that should hopefully add some longevity to the game OR I've heard that this is basically all we have and the next step is a straight to the 1.0 version. but we won't ever really know until they break their own radio silence on the matter.

[LostInStatic]

Originally posted by apayne_98:

people out here acting like updating games is easy. Making new content, creating new maps, adding new characters, finding actors for new characters. It's not easy, it's not done within a matter of days or even weeks for that matter, especially for a game of this magnitude. Especially when they're not exactly a massive company. Give them time, the longer they spend on it, the better the update will be. Stop being so impatient, if you're really that bored, go play another game. No one is forcing you to still play this

People really need to stop with this fing "you guys are impatient" narrative jesus christ it's so tiring. As soon as Red Barrels attaches a Season 1 to their product that changes things. They are absolutely terrible at player communication. That's all people want. I'm perfectly fine with waiting for content. But it's been three months with no roadmap. They're doing a horrible job at selling their live service skills, and it makes me wonder if they really knew what launching in Early Access meant.

[isaac_awe]

Originally posted by Scabloonshki:

There will be a new update and many more after that. The next update should be a pretty big one to, so look forward to that. I imagine we might hear about it at Gamescom.

when is gamescon

[Scabloonshki]

Originally posted by isaac_awe:

when is gamescon

August 23rd to the 27th.

Originally posted by LostInStatic:

But it's been three months with no roadmap. They're doing a horrible job at selling their live service skills, and it makes me wonder if they really knew what launching in Early Access meant.

I get the frustration but it doesn't make sense to reveal a roadmap now in my opinion. This isn't season 1, it's pre-season. It wouldn't make sense for RB to start releasing seasonal content now when they plan to do a full 1.0 launch across all platforms. It wouldn't be fair for people to buy the game on xbox or whatever, all of a sudden were on Season 2 or 3. It's still too early for that. I think we should be wondering about the actual release date first. And again, I think Gamescom will give that to us in addition to other information.

[Sm0ke]

Originally posted by itzDerrio:

Originally posted by Prett:

Yeah, I can see that. You're right.

Though it does take a thinking mind to be able to properly understand what you've read. The "early access" text printed on the game's store page, for example.

i gave them the benefit of the doubt and so far theyre failing us.

If by "failing" us you mean they aren't effectively communicating when we are getting new content. But to be fair, this is not only their first multiplayer game, but their first early access game. They aren't exactly used to how rabid players are for content in a game like this.

But yeah Prett is right, it says the game isn't done man. Just because they didn't scream to the heavens that they are working on new updates doesn't mean they won't. (They also say they know they need to add more content, they are very aware of the situation they are in if you READ interviews.)

[Scabloonshki]

Originally posted by Sm0ke:

Originally posted by itzDerrio:

i gave them the benefit of the doubt and so far theyre failing us.

If by "failing" us you mean they aren't effectively communicating when we are getting new content. But to be fair, this is not only their first multiplayer game, but their first early access game. They aren't exactly used to how rabid players are for content in a game like this.

But yeah Prett is right, it says the game isn't done man. Just because they didn't scream to the heavens that they are working on new updates doesn't mean they won't. (They also say they know they need to add more content, they are very aware of the situation they are in if you READ interviews.)

It’s more so that they haven’t communicated a roadmap yet. But I don’t understand the rush. We haven’t even gotten a release date for the full game yet. Seasonal content is only going to start rolling out once the game is fully released and everyone on multiple platforms has access to it. An Xbox player who buys the game day one is gonna be annoyed if the game is already almost done season 1 or even onto later seasons entirely.

I think we should be wondering about a release date before a roadmap. But that’s just how gamers are these days I guess. Get that content pumping out immediately or your game ain’t worth ♥♥♥♥ and is gonna die when it loses its players (even though literally every game in existence quickly loses its players). Doesn’t matter how solid the game itself is, get that content coming now or you suck and don’t know how to manage a game.

Game has honestly managed pretty well going this long without content and for being basically shadow dropped with little fanfare/marketing leading up to the EA release.

And yeah, RB is VERY aware of what’s happening. CM actually just spoke about the situation today… after another dev mentioned it in earlier in the month… and another time in mid-July. Today she flat out said that they’re aware and just want people to be respectful of each other in the meantime (people were arguing in the server). But no roadmap or absolute specifics on upcoming content so that doesn’t count as communication…

Just want to throw this in, I was watching a video today about crunch culture in the video game industry. It has testimonies from actual game devs talking about their experiences with crunch, video game studios, and the gaming community. Part of the video talks about how the gaming community puts tremendous pressure on game developers and will get extremely angry if the game isn’t releasing in the time they expect. It’s common for devs to receive excessive amounts of hate and even death threats if they don’t have a release date within a certain time window. Game development is rarely so simple, and a lot of issues that you don’t expect can and will pop up. It’s the reason these things can take so long sometimes.

Here’s the video in case anyone is curious. Highly recommend giving it a watch. It’s really interesting: https://youtube.com/watch?v=aS3-iSEwNhs&feature=sharec

There are an alarming amount of people here that think being okay with the current lack of major updates for trials means you have low standards or are a shill. In actuality, it’s just being understanding of the unpredictability of game development and giving devs the time to sort out issues that pop up. I have literally gone out of my way to report bugs and other issues directly to the developers via support tickets on their Discord and have provided them with detailed information that will aid in them in fixing those issues. I’m not a fanboy that just blindly excuses or ignores problems, I just think about things for more than 2 seconds.

If you watch that video I posted above and read everything I’ve said here and still don’t understand the perspective that myself and others have, I genuinely don’t know what to tell you.