What is happening to this game is unfair

[Cyker]

really? Are you guys giving negative score review because of the last two characters? That they announced FOR FREE?

I usually ignore any negative thing people go on the internet, but what is happening right now with this game is so unfair that I feel that I need to write about it.
Before anything, if you don't like the game itself, it's fine, everyone has their tastes and preferences and I'm not here to change that, the problem is leaving a negative score or hating the game just because you didn't liked a DLC character.

let's do a quick summary, since the game got released they:
- released 8 new characters (including the 2 that are coming this week)
- added 9 new stages (one for each new character, Aoko got 2 stages)
- added 29 new musics (9 from the new stages and 20 from classic Melty Blood)
- added new story routes (for each new characters and Boss Rush)
- several new color palettes (that you can also edit them on color edit)
ALL of this above they added FOR FREE, where every other fighting game you had to pay for it (even for colors in some cases), but here they added FOR FREE, you didn't had to pay anything. Let's also not forget that the developer made a lot of changes on the gameplay that people was complaining about it (like giving you an option to turn off auto-combo, thank god) and they even released the funny cat people asked for.

I know a lot of you don't like FGO (including me), but this Melty Blood exists because of that, they paid for most of this game, it was obvious this was going to have more characters from there. While I did really wanted more classic characters to come (especially Ryougi) I'm complete fine with the characters they chose, because they look really cool and most important, fun to play it. And free. If you paid attention to one of their twitter posts, Neco Arc (the one summoning the FGO characters on this game) said these are the last summons, so no more FGO characters (probably?). Nothing is stopping them to release later more classic characters, they even confirmed they will keep supporting the game after this next update, so there's more stuff to come (probably paid DLC after this point)

I love this game, it's personally my favorite fighting game right now and I'm complete fine if you don't like it, but seriously, it's so unfair for a game giving this much stuff for free getting all these hate recently just because of the last characters, that are also FREE, while the other games you may got characters you don't like and you have to pay for them. Don't hate this game just because you hate FGO, just see them as new characters on Melty Blood that you may like playing, and if not, hey, at least you didn't had to pay anything for it, just don't forget all the free stuff they keep adding on this game in an era where you have to pay for everything on videogames, this is so rare on these days.

[Tactical Turtle Neck]

Originally posted by Cyker:

ALL of this above they added FOR FREE

you're forgetting how over priced the game was at launch and how the sales were way over their sales expectations along with the huge player drop. they aren't doing this out of the kindness of their heart they new people didn't like the gameplay at launch and knew it was over priced and knew paid dlc wouldn't help gain interest in the game so releasing them for free while putting the game on sale was their best option. the game still doesn't have 1080p textures.

[Tyrone Biggums]

Originally posted by Tactical Turtle Neck:

Originally posted by Cyker:

ALL of this above they added FOR FREE

you're forgetting how over priced the game was at launch and how the sales were way over their sales expectations along with the huge player drop. they aren't doing this out of the kindness of their heart they new people didn't like the gameplay at launch and knew it was over priced and knew paid dlc wouldn't help gain interest in the game so releasing them for free while putting the game on sale was their best option. the game still doesn't have 1080p textures.

over priced? it was like 50 bucks

[NeniriVS]

Originally posted by Tyrone Biggums:

Originally posted by Tactical Turtle Neck:

you're forgetting how over priced the game was at launch and how the sales were way over their sales expectations along with the huge player drop. they aren't doing this out of the kindness of their heart they new people didn't like the gameplay at launch and knew it was over priced and knew paid dlc wouldn't help gain interest in the game so releasing them for free while putting the game on sale was their best option. the game still doesn't have 1080p textures.

over priced? it was like 50 bucks

Why no 1080p pixel art style ? Yeah surely adding more than double of the pixels won’t impact game development and it’s easy !

Maybe this person is talking about regional price, well I hope they are talking about that point..

[Madao]

mad weaboos cope-ing with review bombing because their favourite old character didn't get in. Classic autismo in the twitter FGC, nothing new.

[Madao]

Originally posted by NeniriVS:

Originally posted by Tyrone Biggums:

over priced? it was like 50 bucks

Why no 1080p pixel art style ? Yeah surely adding more than double of the pixels won’t impact game development and it’s easy !

Maybe this person is talking about regional price, well I hope they are talking about that point..

People that play these games do it on potato. it still looks great even 720p pixel art. You just trying to find some excuse to say it's overpriced. It definitely had issues on launch, but the game has moved alot from release, and giving so many things for free when in other games you would pay 2 season passes for.

Moreover the initial budget must have been abysmal and that is the reason they are giving all the DLC for free (as they didn't expect it to be as popular as it was). Budget doesn't grow on trees for games. They had to plan years before they even committed on making this game. There was demand but the MBAAC scene is like super small in general.

The devs keep being transparent about issues and always try to fix ♥♥♥♥. Try to say that about any other Fighting game.

[Emrys]

Originally posted by Orbister:

Originally posted by drogoz:

I don't support reviewbombing either but they care about the franchise more than you do.

"Caring" doesn't make you right nor justifies your lame terrorist temper tantrum. What you deserve is that French Bread never again touches this bs toxic franchise. And you will have NOTHING to complain about. Nor anything to enjoy.

You do realise people are only mad because they made a Melty Blood game but keep adding Fate characters? People was looking forward to the return of Melty but it came without a even good story mode and was lacking a bunch of characters. They managed to add Aoko at least and then proceeded to add 3 Fate characters despite them having a guest character already. Nobody would mind if they made a Fate fighting game but this isnt that, its Melty. Review bombing is too far but at least understand why people are mad in the first place

[Om3ga-Z3ro]

They might as well not call it Melty Blood anymore.

They are slowly adding more FGO characters when there are so many Melty Blood Characters they can still add into the game.

[Akayoru]

Game is literally being paid by fgo money to countinue being afloat. You realize that is wasn't a choice of adding more tsukihime characters or fgo characters. It's fgo characters or no updates for years.

[Thechugg7]

Imagine liking to eat ♥♥♥♥ because it's free, complete madmen.

[Emrys]

Originally posted by Akayoru:

Game is literally being paid by fgo money to countinue being afloat. You realize that is wasn't a choice of adding more tsukihime characters or fgo characters. It's fgo characters or no updates for years.

I dont understand this logic. They had multiple projects before FGO why does everything now have to have FGO content in it? Its not like FGO players are going to play melty for more than a few days anyway. Most of the playerbase is pre existing fans, these FGO characters arent going to get a massive player boost in the long term. We got better stuff before FGO came out and they have billions or near that now thanks to it

[Madao]

reasons to not play melty blood TL chronologically
1) no drip
2) omg one sided rollback
3) omg shield is stupid
4) OMG NO CAT NO BUY
5) OMG FGO DLC NO PLAY
Find more excuses to not play the games you buy lmao.
and when everything is exhausted ofc the classical
MBTL is too simplistic i will go play MBAAC its better game

[Orbister]

Originally posted by Kazuki:

Originally posted by Orbister:

"Caring" doesn't make you right nor justifies your lame terrorist temper tantrum. What you deserve is that French Bread never again touches this bs toxic franchise. And you will have NOTHING to complain about. Nor anything to enjoy.

You do realise people are only mad because they made a Melty Blood game but keep adding Fate characters? People was looking forward to the return of Melty but it came without a even good story mode and was lacking a bunch of characters. They managed to add Aoko at least and then proceeded to add 3 Fate characters despite them having a guest character already. Nobody would mind if they made a Fate fighting game but this isnt that, its Melty. Review bombing is too far but at least understand why people are mad in the first place

The DO NOT "keep adding fate characters", they added some. The whole first season were MB characters AND there's no reason to believe they won't be adding more. I understand why all these goblins are mad and i still think review bombing is evil and dumb. What these goblins deserve is guest characters that are not even type moon characters. So that way they have a real reason to complain. I hope next guest is Negan or some other bs.

[Zvy]

I guess none of you read my thread.

[MasterScrub]

Originally posted by Heavymetalmixer:

Originally posted by MasterScrub:

Actual Melty Blood players are playing the game instead of getting into pissing matches in Steam comments over free ♥♥♥♥, just saying

If you mean players since AACC and before, then not entirely true.

Well lemme clarify: Type Lumina players are busy playing Type Lumina, AACC players are playing AACC, and whiny manchildren are throwing a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ in steam discussion groups because characters from a gacha game they haven't played got in over characters from a visual novel they probably haven't even read

[OyajiBR☕]

The OP is right. Nowadays we must pay OFTEN for DLC packs with characters we hate because individually the items cost more. Negan from Walking Dead in Tekken 7 is the best recent example of a guest nobody asked for (I mod him as Majima from Yakuza, more useful). So it's a pleasant surprise to see a developer give us so many DLC characters, stages and music for free, not to forget additional languages for those not fluent in English. They could've just abandoned the game like Tecmo abandoned Dead or Alive 6, but didn't.