Too many signs pointing this will be bad

[zimfier]

Why does it have a battle pass right off the bat? Why are damage numbers so inflated? What is with the not-Paimon? Why does it seem like half the assets or designs are ripped from Control? I'm thankful for the ability to make large booba, but why no jiggle physics? Why hide NetEase? I am not a sinophobe but just say "NetEast published and developed it" and don't hide behind a fake name. Why does the first boss literally stand still even if you try to melee it?

[Tsuru]

Why does it have a battle pass right off the bat?

BP is for cosmetics. Its a f2p game. They have to bring in money from somewhere.

[Vela Darney]

You've played it for less than an hour. As someone who's played it for WEEKS during the last beta phase, I dare say you ain't seen nothing, yet (as the song goes). Of course it might not be the right kind of game for you. If you're looking for jiggly boobs - may I suggest some anime games on here of, uhm, well, a certain genre? (Your gripe with the game is that your boobs don't jiggle? Seriously?)

[PETE!]

the game just isnt good. it isnt challenging. its not a survival game.. its just not good. way too easy. makes no sense. it doesnt take hrs like i gave it just to tell that its not good lol. i dont want to blow through the game with the weapons i got from doing nothing at the beginning to fight a boss that went down in 5 hits. that means the weapon crafting is pointless and everything that goes with it. just bad

[CodeLuffix]

Originally posted by BlankMan:

the game just isnt good. it isnt challenging. its not a survival game.. its just not good. way too easy. makes no sense. it doesnt take hrs like i gave it just to tell that its not good lol. i dont want to blow through the game with the weapons i got from doing nothing at the beginning to fight a boss that went down in 5 hits. that means the weapon crafting is pointless and everything that goes with it. just bad

Those beginning bosses are tutorial lol you haven't seen anything yet. Later on you fight real bosses that you can also control the difficulty when entering the instance.

[zimfier]

Originally posted by Vela Darney:

You've played it for less than an hour. As someone who's played it for WEEKS during the last beta phase, I dare say you ain't seen nothing, yet (as the song goes). Of course it might not be the right kind of game for you. If you're looking for jiggly boobs - may I suggest some anime games on here of, uhm, well, a certain genre? (Your gripe with the game is that your boobs don't jiggle? Seriously?)

Correct, there are too many strikes pointing it will be bad. If they ignore something small like jiggle physics it can be, usually rightfully so, that things much larger will be ignored as well. Would you like to counter my other points?

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I fell out of the loop a bit and turned on the demo to play without knowing anything about this game. And I turned it off as soon as I saw a monster with a suitcase instead of a face and an anime girl with a headband minute later. It's just a bunch of eclectic clichés. Tell me, am I wrong?

[Gyson]

Originally posted by CodeLuffix:

Originally posted by BlankMan:

the game just isnt good. it isnt challenging. its not a survival game.. its just not good. way too easy. makes no sense. it doesnt take hrs like i gave it just to tell that its not good lol. i dont want to blow through the game with the weapons i got from doing nothing at the beginning to fight a boss that went down in 5 hits. that means the weapon crafting is pointless and everything that goes with it. just bad

Those beginning bosses are tutorial lol you haven't seen anything yet. Later on you fight real bosses that you can also control the difficulty when entering the instance.

I think you may be missing the point.. the whole game used to be a lot more challenging than it is currently. In CBT2 the survival aspects were something you actually had to pay attention to. Heck, players were having problems just managing their character's body weight/diet properly. Most people looked like they were starving.

And the first boss was actually wiping groups. "Bring a team and at least a thousand ammo each!" used to be the first piece of advice everyone would offer, and getting the components needed for ammunition back then at early levels was a lot of work. Now I have more ammunition than I know what to do with within a few minutes of leaving the tutorial.

[Kirzan]

Originally posted by 🜃:

I fell out of the loop a bit and turned on the demo to play without knowing anything about this game. And I turned it off as soon as I saw a monster with a suitcase instead of a face and an anime girl with a headband minute later. It's just a bunch of eclectic clichés. Tell me, am I wrong?

You're not wrong for not liking a theme. No one's ever "wrong" when it comes to tastes. You just don't like this. Find games in themes you like :)

I'd love to know your thoughts on what wouldn't be "cliché" in 2024. Entertainment media has struggled for a long long time to come up with interesting new stuff that's not just a confusing mind bending attempt. At least this isn't just a zombie game with your typical warcraft abominations, gargoyles, and other halloween monsters. There aren't *that* many "paranormal" themed games out there.

[CMDR ARMORED]

I put over 100 hours in last beta, the game is amazing, period. It will have a large enough player base to be good and I'm so happy it is coming out very soon.

This is by far the most fun the wife and I had since WoW: TBC release.

[CMDR ARMORED]

Originally posted by Gyson:

Originally posted by CodeLuffix:

Those beginning bosses are tutorial lol you haven't seen anything yet. Later on you fight real bosses that you can also control the difficulty when entering the instance.

I think you may be missing the point.. the whole game used to be a lot more challenging than it is currently. In CBT2 the survival aspects were something you actually had to pay attention to. Heck, players were having problems just managing their character's body weight/diet properly. Most people looked like they were starving.

And the first boss was actually wiping groups. "Bring a team and at least a thousand ammo each!" used to be the first piece of advice everyone would offer, and getting the components needed for ammunition back then at early levels was a lot of work. Now I have more ammunition than I know what to do with within a few minutes of leaving the tutorial.

For me that doesn't sound fun at all haha. I have games like MilSims I play for when I want that "real life" play style. I'm so thankful that the survival part is the way it is, it would just not be fun imo for this style of game.

To each their own, I think a lot of people that would otherwise not play a shooter will be coming over. My wife being a prime example, she would not be caught dead playing any type of shooters. Got her to try out the beta with me and this is her fav game now... I love it!

[Gyson]

Originally posted by CMDR ARMORED:

For me that doesn't sound fun at all haha. I have games like MilSims I play for when I want that "real life" play style. I'm so thankful that the survival part is the way it is, it would just not be fun imo for this style of game.

I'm not sure what you mean when you say "thankful that the survival part is the way it is", because the survival gameplay is nearly nonexistent now, where as previously it was a pretty major element of the game. There is zero challenge to it at the moment, to the extent that it might as well not even exist.

That leaves us with a poorly told story and janky combat that has had its difficulty nerfed into the ground. The most interesting thing this game offers at the moment is building, and even that got negatively impacted by the adjustments to pacing and the loss of survival challenges. Progression through the memetic tree used to require more than just leveling up; getting access to functions like power generation or water purification were a really big deal. Now you can unlock them within your first hour of playing. It's nuts.

And intentional, because they want to move everyone through the content as quickly as possible so you finish your character and are ready when they delete it in six weeks and then have you do it all over again.

[[Operator] Domsch]

The building system is a huge turn off for me. I expected you build your base in your own instance (the area with the house) but not the real world cluttered with player made structures.

[Thaemine]

Hide? You literally have NetEase logo on your face when you are launching the game xd

[Azure]

Originally posted by CodeLuffix:

Those beginning bosses are tutorial lol you haven't seen anything yet. Later on you fight real bosses that you can also control the difficulty when entering the instance.

I'm kinda interested to this game but damn that tutorial boss is terrible. If I'm not investing in the game that would be the moment I uninstall the game.

Slow ass boss just standing there taking all the shots no skill require. What a great way to introduce the game to new players. I hope they change that part otherwise many would have bad impression like this too.

[Thaemine]

Originally posted by Azure:

Originally posted by CodeLuffix:

Those beginning bosses are tutorial lol you haven't seen anything yet. Later on you fight real bosses that you can also control the difficulty when entering the instance.

I'm kinda interested to this game but damn that tutorial boss is terrible. If I'm not investing in the game that would be the moment I uninstall the game.

Slow ass boss just standing there taking all the shots no skill require. What a great way to introduce the game to new players. I hope they change that part otherwise many would have bad impression like this too.

Thats a such a bad take - this tutorial boss isnt there to showcase you a boss battle. Its for getting first impression on gunplay and using deviants in battle. Since when u face real bosses with mechanics in tutorial in any game? You literally fight first story mode boss like 2-3 hours into a game. Basically in every game u hit dummies at the beginning to show player than he can click that and press this to do fight.

Like dude, its TUTORIAL, what do you expect...