I’m concerned for EDF’s future on PC

[Gatorah]

The PC version recieved negatively to say the least. We can all agree there. I do not like Epic or the crashes but I didnt let it stop me. Nor did it let many in the EDF community. I can count many big players in the community who are extremely concerned. Because of D3Publisher. They pulled the plug on localized ports of EDF2,3, and 4.1 on the switch all because they didnt sell well on switch for japan. They might do this very same thing for the future pc releases. D3 doesnt usually look at the issues. Never has. All they see is money or no money usually. D3Publisher is as scummy as it can get.
They’ve held Sandlot back for a STUPIDLY long time. Thats why EDF still has jank like pop ins and low graphics. If you look at all of d3’s games like custom mechwars or whatever; they all share the same jank.
Sandlot doesnt have any control on the pc releases so even if they wanted to port the next ones they cant.

This here is to clear up any misinformation by the way,
EDF6’s pc port was handled by a company called Clouded Leopard Entertainment. They were the ones who handled the localization/porting of the world brothers entries. EDF4.1 was handled by XSEED GAMES, 5 was handled by Sony Interactive.

Sandlot has only ever handled the console original japanese release. D3Publisher often gets others to handle the localization and porting of west or pc.
Itd believed EOS is the root of the desync..The game is just overall more complex, and their previous design choices for synchronising likely no longer work as well. The library they chose to send the data wouldn’t change that. This is according to the modders and people who have cracked open this game like a can of beer. Reason they needed EOS was PS5’s release happened during development and thus needed cross play for it. 6 was originally intended for the playstation 4 only. It was in development for 5 years.


I’m deeply concerned that D3 will only see dollar signs lost and just ditch us. I don't want have to go back to playstation man..

On a brighter note, its believed theyre working on more fixes for possibly amd users and crashes. In the meantime, try to help out one another, help others who care dealing with crashes, help spread any advice or helpful information you can. If you want more information, join the edf discord as we have actual important people such as the community manager who relays feedback to the debs n such (Many things have been added because of the suggestions). Spice your game up with mods or even become a modder yourself, stay up to date as best you can, etc.
I know most don’t have discord accounts here but many of us try to relay information from it but its often overshadowed. We can continue trying to speak for you guys but remember you are all welcome to join if you can.

[Blackmagemasher]

still sold better than their previous games, still making sales, i am not too worried about it

[BigCheese]

Originally posted by Gatorah:

I’m deeply concerned that D3 will only see dollar signs lost and just ditch us.

It's their best selling game on PC. Don't let the Steam forums get you down. They are rarely an accurate representation of pretty much anything.

[NoLifeDGenerate]

don't forget D3P's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ decision to hold back DLC unlock on all English releases even though it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ built in. I'm likely done after 6. I've had enough of their ♥♥♥♥. Also, the Switch ports are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on so many levels. Doing Japanese only ports of games that were translated a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ decade ago. Not to mention forever keeping the Japanese region versions of the mainline games on PSN separate from the rest of the world.

[Gatorah]

Originally posted by BigCheese:

Originally posted by Gatorah:

I’m deeply concerned that D3 will only see dollar signs lost and just ditch us.

It's their best selling game on PC. Don't let the Steam forums get you down. They are rarely an accurate representation of pretty much anything.

Thanks
I just hope they dont do that sort of thing again

[Gatorah]

Originally posted by NoLifeDGenerate:

don't forget D3P's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ decision to hold back DLC unlock on all English releases even though it's ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ built in. I'm likely done after 6. I've had enough of their ♥♥♥♥. Also, the Switch ports are ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on so many levels. Doing Japanese only ports of games that were translated a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ decade ago. Not to mention forever keeping the Japanese region versions of the mainline games on PSN separate from the rest of the world.

Every single post from you in this community has always been comically aggresive dude. I get your upset but can you calm down a bit?

[BluntProfile]

not rly related to this tpoic, I wish they could give AR some sort of turret-ish weaponeries on whatever next edf game they're working on. Drones are nice but I dearly miss the triple turret playstyle back in 5 :/

[Gatorah]

Originally posted by BluntProfile:

not rly related to this tpoic, I wish they could give AR some sort of turret-ish weaponeries on whatever next edf game they're working on. Drones are nice but I dearly miss the triple turret playstyle back in 5 :/

Yeah. I do think they should be both utilized for air raider and ranger. Ranger originally had them back in the older games, 1-3 specifically. 4.1 stripped him of his c bombs, his turrets and impulses, his aerial reverser grenades, etc. In 5&6 its more of him reclaiming the gear he once had but it shouldnt come at the cost of Air Raider players. There is a mod for it thankfully thats simple to install atleast. Hopefully in EDFX(?) they do it for both

[BluntProfile]

Originally posted by Gatorah:

Yeah. I do think they should be both utilized for air raider and ranger. Ranger originally had them back in the older games, 1-3 specifically. 4.1 stripped him of his c bombs, his turrets and impulses, his aerial reverser grenades, etc. In 5&6 its more of him reclaiming the gear he once had but it shouldnt come at the cost of Air Raider players. There is a mod for it thankfully thats simple to install atleast. Hopefully in EDFX(?) they do it for both

Honestly, I'm fine that they took out the turrets. The problem is that they also took out the other crucial playstyle of triple buff/bunker-slut.

Call me crazy, but I'm lowkey seeing some Iron Rain type of balancing via the backpack tools. While this addition has been mostly positive on most classes, ARs being limited to only one slot of support feels like a slap in the face compared to the freedom u can go full support back in 5.

Most of the drones in AR backpack selection don't feel good to use either, so really hoping those things will become his regular arsenal in the future.

[CoffeeCat]

I am mission 77 and no crashes (on AMD) CPU and GPU

[Tigerhawk71]

Originally posted by Gatorah:

Every single post from you in this community has always been comically aggresive dude. I get your upset but can you calm down a bit?

Given their profile name and picture they're either incapable or doing it ironically.


tbh though this whole thread is just schizoposting. Every game has played out the same way - including with how the DLC works. And OP's rant i vaguely skimmed, looking at epic as some smoking gun is classic steam schizoid behavior... especially when both Epic and Valve are partially owned by china.


You play EDF for hilariously bad lines (See also, giant frog men: "they look just like humans!"), B-movie tier giant monster antics and co-op stuff. This game has that. Some other balance changes i do or don't agree with but eh.. that's how it be. It's sold well on PC so that's all that really matters

[NoLifeDGenerate]

Originally posted by Tigerhawk71:

Originally posted by Gatorah:

Every single post from you in this community has always been comically aggresive dude. I get your upset but can you calm down a bit?

Given their profile name and picture they're either incapable or doing it ironically.


tbh though this whole thread is just schizoposting. Every game has played out the same way - including with how the DLC works. And OP's rant i vaguely skimmed, looking at epic as some smoking gun is classic steam schizoid behavior... especially when both Epic and Valve are partially owned by china.


You play EDF for hilariously bad lines (See also, giant frog men: "they look just like humans!"), B-movie tier giant monster antics and co-op stuff. This game has that. Some other balance changes i do or don't agree with but eh.. that's how it be. It's sold well on PC so that's all that really matters

No, some of us played it because it's one of the last options for proper 3rd person arcade co-op action. Most devs started doing COD clone ♥♥♥♥ with ADS, became obsessed with balance, etc. EDF is for grinders.

[Honorable_D]

Did they ever fix the de-sync issues? That was my #1 complaint back near launch.

Having other players be in some totally different area than they really are, frequently, was really bad...

[Gatorah]

Originally posted by Honorable_D:

Did they ever fix the de-sync issues? That was my #1 complaint back near launch.

Having other players be in some totally different area than they really are, frequently, was really bad...

I don’t believe so sadly. Apparently they are workin on something though in the backend, possible update for things, who knows though

[King Fossil]

Originally posted by Gatorah:

I don’t believe so sadly. Apparently they are workin on something though in the backend, possible update for things, who knows though

The game is over two years old, so if they were going to fix the desync they would have done it already. Best we can hope for is the next game fixes it.

[Gatorah]

Originally posted by King Fossil:

Originally posted by Gatorah:

I don’t believe so sadly. Apparently they are workin on something though in the backend, possible update for things, who knows though

The game is over two years old, so if they were going to fix the desync they would have done it already. Best we can hope for is the next game fixes it.

2 years old for Japan. The playstation japan version does not have these issues. These are issues exclusive to these later ports. You guys keep forgetting that.
EDF5 was already almost 2 years old when it released to pc.
EDF4 was already 2 years old when it released to pc.