Please tell me Vortex Uprising isn't f2p again.

[Redblaze27]

Or at least f2p in a way that relies on a server for the game to function like Icons originally did.

[berade]

Vortex Rising uses P2P. Some of its netcode improvements also made it back into the Icons Legacy Edition, also releasing today.

[Wolfdoggie]

"Note: This game is considered final and should not be intended to have additional updates besides critical bug fixes."

what? why did they pick it up then?

(also how do I make controller work again, it's not in options?)

[Redblaze27]

Originally posted by Wolfdoggie:

"Note: This game is considered final and should not be intended to have additional updates besides critical bug fixes."

what? why did they pick it up then?

The game, as Icons, is not going to be further supported.

Vortex Uprising is building off of Icons to be a unique game.
Icons: Legacy Edition is intended as a snapshot of the original team's efforts.

[Wolfdoggie]

Uh, so they're going to make a different game or a new version eventually?

[Redblaze27]

Originally posted by Wolfdoggie:

Uh, so they're going to make a different game or a new version eventually?

From what I read on their website, Vortex Uprising will have this cast in the game, so it could be viewed as a major overhaul of Icons.

[Handorin]

Vortex Rising won't be free 2 play. No lootboxes.

It is also based off of Icons, but is getting a major overhaul. Characters as they are (looks, movesets, etc) are all subject to change. They will be two separate games. Legacy wont go away

[GuillySoulStar]

what is vortex rising? i can't find anything about it anywhere

[Redblaze27]

Originally posted by GuillySoulStar:

what is vortex rising? i can't find anything about it anywhere

Its the tenative title for Icons 2.0.

[Venny]

So what you are saying is people complained about lootboxes and MTX right? Then you steal their money they spent on all the lootboxes, skins, and characters then take almost a year to release the so called "finished game" then make it 5 dollars and still not give back the money people put into lootboxes and other ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥? Then you do it again? BRAVO

[Redblaze27]

The game was structured like Overwatch in regards to its monetization.

What happened is this game failed to turn heads in Early Access and the devs had to fold from the lack of revenue.

One of the people from the dev studio bought the rights and made Legacy Edition on their own dime, and plan to revive the game as less direct a copy of Melee.

[XZero]

Originally posted by Venn:

...then make it 5 dollars and still not give back the money people put into lootboxes and other ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥?

If you bought any of that you got the new version for free/without spending another $5.

Plus all cosmetics and such are unlocked already, so technically you got at least what you paid for... I guess... oh, right. Buying the "unlock all characters and future characters" wouldn't work out so well (only got 1 more character).

On a less serious note, you still technically got "all the future characters"...
But seriously, I'm not defending this microtransaction stuff, I don't like it either. I'm just explaining how you still got what you paid for.

[Sure-Killing-Art]

False advertising - they told us they were going to have like ten characters and many archetypes. We should sue.

But I mean, come on, they gave us the game for $5. Do you know how many lootboxes you'd have to get in order to get a everything in the game? This is over a $250 value.

Good business practice.