Calling out "Grapeshot Games" a.k.a. Studio Wildcard a.k.a. Instinct Games.

[Ancient Aliens Guy]

Why do you pretend to be a seperate studio? Why do you blatantly lie to your customers and reel in people with your false promises and dark curtains? For money? I honestly can't think of anything else besides that, because that's the only thing besides the hate mail that's pouring in to your pockets. It's obvious you couldn't give two steamy turds about your playerbase when you reschedule a launch for what sums up to be a DLC reskin three times with thousands watching and fail to even think about anticheat until two weeks after launch. I imagine the only reason you haven't scrapped it all and removed this stain from the store is that poor fans from ARK keep buying it, seeing what the fuss is all about, and before they know it, can't refund because of a Valve policy that doesn't stick to most new games anymore.

Instinct Games. If you want to retain any shred of hope of anyone so much as pirating your next game, much less buying it, take this poor excuse for a video game off the market. Put your people on this project towards making ARK better. God knows that game needs help. I'm doing you a favor here, because obviously no one else has said this yet. It's time to wake up.

[Patriot03]

Truth

[Smash]

/facepalm! How are people this dumb?

[Liatni]

Uh.. hey buddy.. this is right on the Steam page for Atlas...

ABOUT THIS GAME
From the creators of ARK: Survival Evolved comes ATLAS - a massively multiplayer first-and-third-person fantasy pirate adventure. ATLAS will host....

oh, maybe this will help you relax just a tad bit :) https://i.imgur.com/TNI96sb.jpg

[Ancient Aliens Guy]

Originally posted by Liatni:

Uh.. hey buddy.. this is right on the Steam page for Atlas...

ABOUT THIS GAME
From the creators of ARK: Survival Evolved comes ATLAS - a massively multiplayer first-and-third-person fantasy pirate adventure. ATLAS will host....

oh, maybe this will help you relax just a tad bit :) https://i.imgur.com/TNI96sb.jpg

lol

[mad viper]

another 0 steam level guy with private account so you cant see he has no games at all posting about something that is not true it is not even close to a reskin , every asset ive seen is new. it makes you wonder who is paying them to talk trash about this game? they post constantly , you would think if they hate the game so much they would just move on.is that you darkie on another lvl 0 account? who pays you guys?

[Ancient Aliens Guy]

Originally posted by mad viper:

another 0 steam level guy with private account so you cant see he has no games at all posting about something that is not true it is not even close to a reskin , every asset ive seen is new. it makes you wonder who is paying them to talk trash about this game? they post constantly , you would think if they hate the game so much they would just move on.is that you darkie on another lvl 0 account? who pays you guys?

Well that's the thing about private profiles, now isn't it? Can't see their Steam level. In fact, your assumptions are even more lofty than mine. I'm just trying to bring a corrupt company to light.

Nice edit there, by the way.

[-OrLoK- Слава Україн]

different team?

I'd be surprised if there were any underhandedness to deceive the end user.

I'm assuming it's a subgroup team and the main company financing a total conversion and making a destination tween ARK devs and ATLAS devs.

I'm one of the first to highlight less than scrupulous practices.

I don't currently see any thing of note "nastywise" so far.

[Patriot03]

They pretended to be NPCs in the trailer that's the first video you see on the store page. They don't care about lying to you.

Calling a mostly feature complete game (But with bugs) "Early Access" is a scam because foolish people will believe the low quality content will improve and that they are actually "Stand in assets" Which is NOT the case here.

[Liatni]

I guess, you should maybe go do a company search to make sure they have the proper paperwork to be a legit seperate company or if they are really just a fake, in name only..

I doubt it, seems a good way to get out from under erm.. another company to contue on what they want to make instead of needing the permission of the .. other company.. not wildcard btw... but, the other ..company.. not grapeshot.. and you know.. about that one company...

Seriously, should go find the legal paper work for a company first before, maybe.. accusing them of things that kinda sounds like.. idk, slander. Just to be safe and all.. of course.

[Cipher]

Originally posted by Patriot03:

They pretended to be NPCs in the trailer that's the first video you see on the store page. They don't care about lying to you.

Calling a mostly feature complete game (But with bugs) "Early Access" is a scam because foolish people will believe the low quality content will improve and that they are actually "Stand in assets" Which is NOT the case here.

They pretended to be npc's lol. You mean like when they solute him when he gets on the boat? Wow I knew that was there company not npc's so they fooled you then!

[Jesse Rapczak]

Originally posted by Patriot03:

They pretended to be NPCs in the trailer that's the first video you see on the store page. They don't care about lying to you.

Calling a mostly feature complete game (But with bugs) "Early Access" is a scam because foolish people will believe the low quality content will improve and that they are actually "Stand in assets" Which is NOT the case here.

Haha now the game is "too complete" for Early Access... Ok. :)

[Liatni]

Actually, they didn't pretend anything, if you assumed it was one thing over the other, that was your assumption.. not them pretending.... Did you read that link I posted?

[Mike]

Really can’t complain until it’s out of Early Access, until then it’s your fault for purchasing it.

[Ancient Aliens Guy]

Originally posted by -OrLoK-:

different team?

I'd be surprised if there were any underhandedness to deceive the end user.

I'm assuming it's a subgroup team and the main company financing a total conversion and making a destination tween ARK devs and ATLAS devs.

I'm one of the first to highlight less than scrupulous practices.

I don't currently see any thing of note "nastywise" so far.

Thanks for not trying to insult my intelligence or claim I'm being paid to do this, it makes conversations a lot easier.

My thoughts on Instinct Games, I will admit, are biased towards the negative, albeit for good reasons. They promised no paid DLC during EA on Ark, and yet they did (Scorched Earth, which I have yet to purchase and will not purchase). Next, they doubled the price when they brought Ark out of EA, clearly still being a game that required another full year of polishing before anyone could debate paying AAA prices for it. And finally, this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.

And while I fully admit that I do not own Atlas, I have seen enough indirectly to recognize that they made an attempt to make this game it's own, but that ultimately some assets were reused in mapmaking and originality was sacrificed from the start, in the name of throwing out a product worth about $5 in it's current state yet selling it for $30. That's strike number one in shady antics.

Strike number two is the unexpected announcement and the promise of quick delievery. Anyone with half a brain could figure out that plan wouldn't work. You can't crap out a playable product a week after announcing it and expect it to work perfectly. Then when it doesn't, you don't just say "Sorry, we'll do better next time!" and leave all your players literally stranded at sea.

In my own opinion, this to me screams "throw me your hard-earned money and I'll see what I can do to pay attention to your complaints while I bask in my own glory," and I feel like I should call them out on it.

And again, I appreciate the civility, sir/madam.

Edit: And, after my response above, I fully expect Instinct Games to automatically discredit anything I've said in this thread on the basis of "You don't own the game, and therefore, have no grounds to judge us. Have a nice day," with a swirly crap emoji at the end. Calling it now.

[mad viper]

Originally posted by Jesse Rapczak:

Originally posted by Patriot03:

They pretended to be NPCs in the trailer that's the first video you see on the store page. They don't care about lying to you.

Calling a mostly feature complete game (But with bugs) "Early Access" is a scam because foolish people will believe the low quality content will improve and that they are actually "Stand in assets" Which is NOT the case here.

Haha now the game is "too complete" for Early Access... Ok. :)

people will complain about anything , i saw a post the other day complaining you were fixing it too much he only wanted 1 update a day....