Cash Grab

[shono]

This is silly but Smite 2 really is going to be what Smite should have been in the first place. Now pay more money (upfront) to access the game, to lose all the assets you've spent money on for 10 years, to then buy them again in the future when they re-release old content. Very worrying developments that we've maybe come to expect at this point. Unreal Engine is a massive upgrade but it shouldn't come at a cost to the players who have been suffering without it this whole time. This is a discussion change my mind :)

[How]

Giant huge cry baby is what im reading. Give me more give me more for free or ill twist things into a negative is what I read. Its a company, they need to make money. Look at COD and look at smite. one is doing it right one is doing it wrong.

[GamingWithSilvertail]

Originally posted by How:

Giant huge cry baby is what im reading. Give me more give me more for free or ill twist things into a negative is what I read. Its a company, they need to make money. Look at COD and look at smite. one is doing it right one is doing it wrong.

What is smite doing right

The game didnt even release yet. Just wait till its filled with MTX... XD

[REDMVGE]

imagine crying over an actual small team making not nearly as much money as the competition (really, it's a surprise they didn't close up shop years ago) and who have profit in mind. people need to get paid, guys. blame yourself for not spending more money on the first game and for not playing it more / spreading the word.

[CryonicSuspension]

Originally posted by shono:

This is silly but Smite 2 really is going to be what Smite should have been in the first place.

What does that even mean? Smite came out in 2014. Are you saying that the developers should have invented a time machine? It's just an engine update... ?

I stopped playing when Nox and Amaterasu were busted + there was no arena ranked.

Porting an unbalanced game to a new engine isn't going to make a lick of difference.

People who bought the Smite founder's pack and cosmetics... it's like a kick in the face.

[TheUnknown]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2399830/ARK_Survival_Ascended/
These people did the same thing with their game.
It's sad that a lot of game companies don't care for their games at all, thank god we got indie developers carrying gaming.

[Letsfail]

Is it going to differenciate itself enough from smite 1 to not divide the playerbase though, is smite 2 really going to be able to attract and retain new players ?
Will smite veterans and completely new players get in a match together ? how matchmaking is going to work ? (a new player that gets absolutely stomped is....not very likely to have fun and thus stay, unless they play together with a friend who's going to actively coach them but even then, if matchmaking keeps putting them with smite vets day 1-2, they're going to be fed up most likely)
it's particularly true for conquest which is the only mode for now ; they'd probably need to add other modes real fast : not everyone wants to get stuck in 1h game, with people fighting for roles, some crying for support who'd need a lot of map awareness (would smite vets gladly take the role? it can be very much a thankless role most of the time).

New gods' kits would probably need to be much more ingenious, as in make it clear that UE5 really does make the difference : with hecate, it didn't seem that way honestly -when i saw her ult, i got extremely sad for her to just be like nike's rend....and her kit didn't really impressed me as in, i'm sure it could be implemented in ue3- (a good example of a change in engine would be dishonored 1 in UE3, and dishonored 2 with the Void engine : the level design of the latter is incredibly insane compared to the one in D1 which is already excellent)

[Daft punker]

ILL BUY IT JUST TO PISS YOU OFF

[GoodGodISuck]

its a f2p game no need to buy anything

[azombieee]

I have no qualms with buying a new version of one my (new to me) favorite games. Especially given the circumstances of how old the first one is and the fact they have had to completely rebuild it for Smite 2. It's also a free to play game, you don't have to purchase anything... I did because I found that $60 was a great deal for all that I got with deluxe - full access prior to release, all gods forever, some skins I really wanted for both Smite games, etc. I feel this is one of the few games left that you don't have to pay for, to still enjoy - it's a shame to see people complain :(

[Stanley Pain]

TIL you can somehow cash grab with a F2P game.... who knew.

[Roovka]

It's incredible how HiRez has crafted an audience that despite factually getting ripped off with a new version of a game that will change very little, where your progress and a majority of your purchases will not carry over, they will still defend them under the pretense that "it's a small team (factually untrue), they have to make money".

I'm sorry but *any* reaction other than disappointment, frustration, or anger just makes you a gullible mark.

[Raaban]

Originally posted by TheUnknown:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2399830/ARK_Survival_Ascended/
These people did the same thing with their game.
It's sad that a lot of game companies don't care for their games at all, thank god we got indie developers carrying gaming.

One of steams most played survival game trough the last 10 years.

Even their upgrade that "Everyone" hated has more players than the original ARK, and keep in mind it has only 1 / 10th of the content atm

34 000 players peak in the last 24 Hours. Yeah "Sad"... I got over 1500 hours in Ark. I love their content and mod support. THey even pay their modders.

[Omnipotencia]

Originally posted by Roovka:

It's incredible how HiRez has crafted an audience that despite factually getting ripped off with a new version of a game that will change very little, where your progress and a majority of your purchases will not carry over, they will still defend them under the pretense that "it's a small team (factually untrue), they have to make money".

I'm sorry but *any* reaction other than disappointment, frustration, or anger just makes you a gullible mark.

oh wow we have to start again on worshippers big deal, oh no we lost all the free twitch skins or free viewer point skins. big deal, you are not entitled to the twitch skins and viewer point skins they have given over the years. the rest of us understand that the actual skins are slowly coming over, dont like it dont play, then cry when they all do come over but you missed so many smite 2 skins and events

[Roovka]

Originally posted by Omnipotencia:

Originally posted by Roovka:

It's incredible how HiRez has crafted an audience that despite factually getting ripped off with a new version of a game that will change very little, where your progress and a majority of your purchases will not carry over, they will still defend them under the pretense that "it's a small team (factually untrue), they have to make money".

I'm sorry but *any* reaction other than disappointment, frustration, or anger just makes you a gullible mark.

oh wow we have to start again on worshippers big deal, oh no we lost all the free twitch skins or free viewer point skins. big deal, you are not entitled to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ they have given over the years. the rest of us understand that the actual skins are slowly coming over, dont like it dont play, then cry when they all do come over but you missed so many smite 2 skins and events

Just shameless lmao

Calling *yourself* a "worshipper" is quite embarrassing and actually just confirms what I said. Have some self esteem.

[Raaban]

Originally posted by Roovka:

Originally posted by Omnipotencia:

oh wow we have to start again on worshippers big deal, oh no we lost all the free twitch skins or free viewer point skins. big deal, you are not entitled to the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ they have given over the years. the rest of us understand that the actual skins are slowly coming over, dont like it dont play, then cry when they all do come over but you missed so many smite 2 skins and events

Just shameless lmao

Calling *yourself* a "worshipper" is quite embarrassing and actually just confirms what I said. Have some self esteem.

"Worshipper points" is a earnable point in smite if you didnt know. Didnt say they where a worshipper.

But tbh you dont lose anything. Everything in the 10-11 year old smite game is still avaible to play and use.