Who else will not be buying this game?

[Gourmet]

Also take bets on which of the following is most likely

1. F2P within a year of release
2. Paid cosmetics on release
3. Pandering to China/Epic Game Store
4. All of the above

[Bathtub Shitter]

2 and 3. I just can't see them doing f2p.

[Anticitizen 1]

I have 1,700 hr between KF1 and KF2 and I won't be buying this unless major course correction take place. My vote is on "All of the Above".

[Revalopod]

I'll almost certainly be buying the game day 1. There's just no other alternative really.
That being said...

Originally posted by Bathtub ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥:

2 and 3. I just can't see them doing f2p.

I agree; 2 and 3 are very likely but I highly doubt 1.

[Julianne]

Years ago, I made the mistake of buying KF2 after a friend I met on KF1 recommend it. It turned out to be garbage, but thanks to the community's feedback and Tripwire's updates, over the years it became even more garbage.

So, what do you think?

This game is made for the modern audience, nominated for DOA awards. It needs to be F2P if they expect any kind of business sustainability.

Paid-cosmetic, I don't think they have time to prepare those things with a 2025 deadline, but maybe we will see some chromatic changes on default models, just as neon skins, with a 5-10 dollars price tag.

And, about Epic, I'm sure they don't want to throttle even more their player-base after all the heat they made with "we are going back to our roots" ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ -a.k.a. modern audience slop announcements- they are giving nowadays.

[Aya]

5. Paid weapons.
5a. "Base game" is actually a paid demo

Unless future reveals suggest otherwise, it's highly likely that KF2's Berserker since the Summer 2021 nerfs followed by the subsequent weapon DLC is a taste of what's to come for Killing Floor 3. The fact that P2W was defended as much as it has likely sent the message that KF2's fans want to buy DLCs to buff otherwise underpowered classes, and I feel like they'll try and P2Wify as many of the specialists as possible.

The "demo" part of KF3 would be the first two difficulties being designed with the base game offerings in mind while every other difficulty after that would just make your life a living hell if you insist on relying on the base game offerings, even if you're at the suggested level range

[MIND ЯEWIND 2]

i see lots of gameplay and design problems in promoting videos already

99.9% will not buy,i feel sorry for them but i dont blame them they really want to grasp the mysterious modern audience so good luck

[naksiloth]

I'm willing to bet that game will be revealed with paid cosmetic shop and a deluxe edition with few free cosmetics. It's industry standard at this point.

[Stellifera]

I'm gonna hold off my purchase cause I see alot of warning signs. Just like KF2, being halfway disappointing I don't expect much from Tripwire anymore lol

[angelsenvy228]

My friend and I will definitely be buying it, it looks like an awesome upgrade to KF2 so far. Hopefully there's still custom maps and stuff but with how they were talking about blood painting in the environs and destroying zombie parts idk. Can't wait tho.

[kURP Linood]

Itll be free on Epic. This game is doing the same thing as No More Room in Hell 2 did. And itll flop just as hard. So glad we have hero abilities... said no one

[Mustard Man 3000]

I loved KF1, honestly some of my favorite times ever playing games were in KF1, usually at 3AM on some weird map with some sketchy sounding Brits. But I've been out of the loop for many many years and never played 2, what is the hate or distrust about with this game? I was excited when I saw this game and remembered 2 exists but yall have me worried.

[Junior]

I will only buy this game after they fix the offline mode of 2.

[Dim]

KF3 gonna be filled with MTX's, Season & Battle Passes, and 100 micro-dlc's which you will have to buy to unlock classes+weapons, 100%. This is (sadly) the new normal at every live service games right now.

[[PMC] Portable Merc Collector]

I can't wait to read the forums on launch day.

[Poor huwhyte Carl]

It's nudoom with lootboxes, just the monsters have Killing Floor names.

I didn't buy the doom cartoonish garbage and won't buy this, even on sale and even if I'm paid to play it, LOL.

TWI used to be a company that was making realistic games. Alex Quick was a game designer who preferred realistic settings. All that is gone now, enjoy childish cartoonish neon scifi doom with toy guns, verticality to fights and all sorts of visual noise.