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Arward Enword May 1, 2023 @ 2:07pm
Is this game dead on arrival?
I've been following this game for a while but had no idea it even came out. Looks like not many people are playing and it hasn't even been out for a month. Is there enough people to find a match?
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Originally posted by SexyBastardAlert!:
Being around Steam as long as I have, some things I have learned:

-Sci fi themes almost never take off here.
-Anything early access is often DOA with RARE exceptions.
-The game market is too saturated for any game besides the usual ones to be played, military, open world, anything made by Valve, and the rest are usually the traditional publishers. In other words longevity for indie games is not something you can count on being around months from now.

260 players in early evening EDT. with this game. So yes, this title is probably toast like all the other similar ones before it. When I come to Steam, I expect to see a bunch of lousy C list games week in and out, and that's all you can expect.
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MightyKay May 1, 2023 @ 2:17pm 
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It's an extremely fun game but there's some issues but they're quite major ones.

1. Netcode it's awful
2. Chinese players are completely ruining any chance of a normal game on EU/US Servers.
3. Lack of sound options is terrible the announcer is giving me a headache
4. Snipers are just spawn camping everyone no matter what gamemode
5. Oh yea the spawns are terrible it's worse than call of duty

That's the issues I can name of the top of my head I'm sure there's more out there.
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Darkis May 1, 2023 @ 2:34pm 
We're aware of these and working on them asap. That said, very valid and totally understandable on the frustrations.
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RealTrotsky May 1, 2023 @ 8:05pm 
Yes it is. I wait for five mins and can't match anyone.
Last edited by RealTrotsky; May 1, 2023 @ 8:06pm
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CHOO CHOO May 2, 2023 @ 2:13am 
Originally posted by MightyKay:
It's an extremely fun game but there's some issues but they're quite major ones.

1. Netcode it's awful
2. Chinese players are completely ruining any chance of a normal game on EU/US Servers.
3. Lack of sound options is terrible the announcer is giving me a headache
4. Snipers are just spawn camping everyone no matter what gamemode
5. Oh yea the spawns are terrible it's worse than call of duty

That's the issues I can name of the top of my head I'm sure there's more out there.

This sums it up very well. Those really are the biggest issues.
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Musodacan May 2, 2023 @ 4:22am 
Originally posted by MightyKay:
It's an extremely fun game but there's some issues but they're quite major ones.

1. Netcode it's awful
2. Chinese players are completely ruining any chance of a normal game on EU/US Servers.
3. Lack of sound options is terrible the announcer is giving me a headache
4. Snipers are just spawn camping everyone no matter what gamemode
5. Oh yea the spawns are terrible it's worse than call of duty

That's the issues I can name of the top of my head I'm sure there's more out there.
I agree on all points.
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HaskaMoosic May 6, 2023 @ 9:24pm 
Originally posted by Darkis:
We're aware of these and working on them asap. That said, very valid and totally understandable on the frustrations.
PLEASE enable bot support with full progression
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Neynh May 7, 2023 @ 12:05am 
600 players top, yeah it looks near dead
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(｀▽´) May 7, 2023 @ 12:43am 
Depressing...
https://steamdb.info/app/1364020/charts/
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Musodacan May 7, 2023 @ 1:58am 
Well, it's a niche game. Let's hope they add bots.
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CHOO CHOO May 7, 2023 @ 2:08am 
Originally posted by Musodacan:
Well, it's a niche game. Let's hope they add bots.
They won't. Already said as much.
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maru May 7, 2023 @ 6:47am 
Originally posted by CHOO CHOO:
Originally posted by Musodacan:
Well, it's a niche game. Let's hope they add bots.
They won't. Already said as much.

You are wrong. They've said conflicting things about this in different places. Heck, there is even a single player campaign trailer from a few years ago floating around..
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Toonen1988 May 7, 2023 @ 6:27pm 
The main reason why I refunded this game, is the netcode, Chinese players and awful desyncs. I'm not against Chinese players personally (except the cheating kind), but I was constantly playing against Chinese players with +600 ping. Every round was one big desync fest, and somehow I could only find Chinese players. Sometimes even up to 800 to 900 ping. That's almost 1 second delay, and that's A LOT.

I couldn't kill anything, and I was always being killed instant without sound, any indications or what so ever. Sometimes I saw Chinese players flying very fast, not because they where speedhacking, but the server is trying to catch up. And while I was shooting the "physical form" on my side, the exactly player (on their side), was already meters away.

The game itself has potential, but if these issue's aren't going to be fixed soon. This game is doomed to fail.
Last edited by Toonen1988; May 7, 2023 @ 6:30pm
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Marble May 7, 2023 @ 8:00pm 
Originally posted by Darkis:
We're aware of these and working on them asap. That said, very valid and totally understandable on the frustrations.

Can you guys fix bad english localizations?


hearing "need reload" in a monotone voice from teammates every 10 seconds is exhausting

other text related stuff like in friends menu and other menu's arre just poorly translated and looks like google translations as well.
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Arward Enword May 7, 2023 @ 8:59pm 
Originally posted by Toonen1988:
The main reason why I refunded this game, is the netcode, Chinese players and awful desyncs. I'm not against Chinese players personally (except the cheating kind), but I was constantly playing against Chinese players with +600 ping. Every round was one big desync fest, and somehow I could only find Chinese players. Sometimes even up to 800 to 900 ping. That's almost 1 second delay, and that's A LOT.

I couldn't kill anything, and I was always being killed instant without sound, any indications or what so ever. Sometimes I saw Chinese players flying very fast, not because they where speedhacking, but the server is trying to catch up. And while I was shooting the "physical form" on my side, the exactly player (on their side), was already meters away.

The game itself has potential, but if these issue's aren't going to be fixed soon. This game is doomed to fail.
I was experiencing desync and netcode problems during the play test too. Sounds like its even worse than it was then.
Last edited by Arward Enword; May 7, 2023 @ 8:59pm
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Toonen1988 May 8, 2023 @ 3:16am 
Originally posted by Schigera:
Originally posted by Toonen1988:
The main reason why I refunded this game, is the netcode, Chinese players and awful desyncs. I'm not against Chinese players personally (except the cheating kind), but I was constantly playing against Chinese players with +600 ping. Every round was one big desync fest, and somehow I could only find Chinese players. Sometimes even up to 800 to 900 ping. That's almost 1 second delay, and that's A LOT.

I couldn't kill anything, and I was always being killed instant without sound, any indications or what so ever. Sometimes I saw Chinese players flying very fast, not because they where speedhacking, but the server is trying to catch up. And while I was shooting the "physical form" on my side, the exactly player (on their side), was already meters away.

The game itself has potential, but if these issue's aren't going to be fixed soon. This game is doomed to fail.
I was experiencing desync and netcode problems during the play test too. Sounds like its even worse than it was then.

I also played in the play test, and it worked better back then. But that's probably because it was free, so you had more diversity in players. It was more likely you would be matched with someone from your region.

Now it feels like only Chinese players play the game. Which is for me the other side of the world. And internet isn't stable enough to play so far against other players in first person games.

Other games might work, but not first person shooters.
Last edited by Toonen1988; May 8, 2023 @ 3:19am
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