Is Grand Chase gaining new players?

[Adolphoenie]

I have tried to get my friends playing this game, and they hated it for different reasons: simply mechanics of some chars (pressing Z until death), the graphics, the platform type of game, and how confusing is the game when it comes to its systems. Even one guy that I knew that loved the game likes it no more after finding out what GCC is like.

I would like to know what new players have to say about the game and what they like about it (if there's any though).

To me, it seems that this game has still a long way for improvement, and if we take a look at what KOG has worked on for this game, it would may take 2 or 3 years until Grand Chase is in a decent state IMO (unless the game closes before that, which I highly doubt).

So, what do you guys predict KOG will/won't do for the sake of the game and a new player base (besides advertising)?

[Leyfon]

This is what i mean when i said in the past topics this game is niche.
New generations from 10 yo to 20 yo will just ADAPT their videogame passion of what is in TREND in those years. So for all of them a game like this is totally an old sh1t.
Infact the average age of GC players i'm sure is around 25-35, because we are all nostalgia cows.
Or atleast all the players i've asked age, is always MINIMUM 20, very rare , always 25+

[Lily]

Looking at steam charts
steamcharts .com/app/985810
It is even losing much players

Why?
- #1 game is old
- #2 they're implementing updates that is causing current players to leave the game (Harrier debuffs in PvE and that cursed PvP update)
- #3 game is not trendy. As Leyfon said, younger audience would go to trendy games than this game.
- #4 they lack advertisements
- #5 they are seeing this as a cash cow. (Why re-release a closed game again? Remember Wow classic?)

Some will return but just for a day (1 hour at most) for reasons like login events and just that. They won't play for the whole day.

[Zakao]

Originally posted by Leyfon:

This is what i mean when i said in the past topics this game is niche.
New generations from 10 yo to 20 yo will just ADAPT their videogame passion of what is in TREND in those years. So for all of them a game like this is totally an old sh1t.
Infact the average age of GC players i'm sure is around 25-35, because we are all nostalgia cows.
Or atleast all the players i've asked age, is always MINIMUM 20, very rare , always 25+

LEYFON STOP CURSING ME YOU COW HOW DARE U TOUCH THE PASTA

[Adolphoenie]

Originally posted by A Sweaty Panty:

Looking at steam charts
steamcharts .com/app/985810
It is even losing much players

Why?
- #1 game is old
- #2 they're implementing updates that is causing current players to leave the game (Harrier debuffs in PvE and that cursed PvP update)
- #3 game is not trendy. As Leyfon said, younger audience would go to trendy games than this game.
- #4 they lack advertisements
- #5 they are seeing this as a cash cow. (Why re-release a closed game again? Remember Wow classic?)

Some will return but just for a day (1 hour at most) for reasons like login events and just that. They won't play for the whole day.

I see KOG getting money from this game, but it is somehow weird what they are doing regarding money making strategies; I mean, I would love Black Elia accesories for example, and for some reason they decided not to include those accs in the anniversary (and many people were waiting for it as I have read). So... what are they doing to earn money exactly, besides gacha? To me it's pretty uncertain. Fortunately, I couldn't care less about them making money given what they have done after an entire year.
I think KOG should improve in some aspects to not only maintain the current player base, but try to engage new players. For example, I think they could engage old players by publishing a road map or planification for the season/year/whatever period of time they would take to implement stuff. To me it seems that it could be more engaging if you know that from this moment to 2 months Grand Chase is going to have a new character or something alike.
And what about new players? Well, revamp the game completely, or at least some key features of the gameplay, but idk anymore tbh.
At least, by my side, I am going to play the game as far as I enjoy it, and the current events seem decent enough for me to play the game throughout the day.

[76561198446642278]

not even 1 new player will want to play grand chase.

and a game that consumes a lot of time.
you are required to get the character collection bonus to progress in the game faster and also to prevent the players from kicking you out of the party because you have a "weak" character.

thing that ends up making new players play with characters they don't like.

summary: grand chase is not at all friendly to new players

[Honkpill]

No, the game is ♥♥♥♥♥♥ af and dead

[khermerker]

Ok I will answer here cause we DON'T know, but we can think it is not getting new ones.
Basicly the concurrent players should be going up in avg for say for sure that we are getting new players. It's also true that if we see that concurrent players go down by a big numbers we can know that we are losing players (like happen the first month), but we are in a point that concurrent players is almost constant, so that could mean players play less but we get new players that maintain the play time. That people that start play leave... etc. Right now the only that can give a answer to this is KOG, and then comes the question if you trust them.

Basicly any answer be postive or negative is well something that want give the opinion not a fact.

[A. Faria]

Dont worry about that, just play if u get fun with this

[Tenri]

KOG don't want new players
This game targets on old players who played the first version on their childhood and have nostalia about it.
The game is totally outdated for nowadays. That's why who never played or heard this game before, don't wants to play GCC.

Gameplay mechanick is outdated. I like full keybord and use direcional keys but let's be honest: this is something form 2000's. New generation don't like this gamestyle

Genre is outdated. Nobody has patience (or free time) nowadays to Grind games that forces you to play daily during months to build a character.

Graphics are outdated. Graphics from 2000's lmao. New generation players who see a screenshot from this game will laught at imedially.

UI outdated. Games Nowadays has a clean interface with tiny icons. GCC's UI is so big that makes mobile games jeoulous lmao.

The game has no voice actiong on storymode, something that become basic in every game since 2010. And this is importante cause it's an anime style game. Every single anime style game released nowadays has voice acting. New generartion CARES about that.

Those are some things that makes new players run away from GCC. This game was never aimed for new players. It's just for old people (30 years old+) who played this game on their childhood and want play again for some minutes to feed their nostalgia.

[Papa_Rabbit]

I want to remind, most of generations nowadays are lack of patience, they want everything in hand immediately, and buy their wants/likes IG money. No advertisement happen. No new story scene/voice act. No new UI implement. New Babies Generations will think that this game is for kids 'cause how it looks like. We have unreal engine and hire new graduate game developers and new huge company sponsors. Look at this NFT game, called Champion Hunters, they make the UI/UX similar to Genshin Impact, and Dragon Nest, so polished, can cast magics, can dance, have monsters, open world too,can see 360 degrees of the characters with the help of sponsors and collaborations,I believe the game will succeed in the future even it's not release yet but the screenshots and short videos from the game are really good. Also, Kick starters help game developers to make their game come true. We have free 3d softwares.

This game has a very good original character design. And every jobs, change characters appearances too. The reason why I love playing GCC than Genshin Imp. ,'cause I can play and interact with real people,you have to trust your team, you have to play teamwork, their is fun, can chat/talk and bonding than playing a game that can finish dungeons or boss by yourself w/o any help from other players (even it's online ). And received boring/unexciting rewards. (Don't bash me, I'm not insulting GI, not playing that game more than 2 hrs. just used it for references purposes) And GCC's rewards this previous events are more exciting and overwhelmed than that game. You have to work hard to be strong,something motivates the player to play more. And look at this indie small game developers, they can make a better game than this like horror indie,etc. I'm not insulting the game either.

But yeah, the game don't acquire new players, just dummy accounts as Tenri said, it focus only on old players. KOG, we're not living in early 2000's, you'll not drop the game but improve, maybe I'm saying this too easy, but their are people,companies and fans will support you. It's a gamble.

Start advertising, like maybe art contests, since their are so many lovely artists.Or commission popular artists and they'll promote your game. Promote streamers, many streamers stream your game for free! Lessen the servers so all players gather together, and open another server when it's full only. Fix PVP. Hire players/guild to help new players for fast level/ farm/grind. (Maybe promote guild and GM's in return. ) You know something that help activity active again.

I love GCC so far, not because of the reward, somehow, how they listen. And I'm looking forward the game. I hope this game gain new players. (cross fingers)

[Adolphoenie]

Originally posted by Papa_Rabbit:

I want to remind, most of generations nowadays are lack of patience, they want everything in hand immediately, and buy their wants/likes IG money. No advertisement happen. No new story scene/voice act. No new UI implement. New Babies Generations will think that this game is for kids 'cause how it looks like. We have unreal engine and hire new graduate game developers and new huge company sponsors. Look at this NFT game, called Champion Hunters, they make the UI/UX similar to Genshin Impact, and Dragon Nest, so polished, can cast magics, can dance, have monsters, open world too,can see 360 degrees of the characters with the help of sponsors and collaborations,I believe the game will succeed in the future even it's not release yet but the screenshots and short videos from the game are really good. Also, Kick starters help game developers to make their game come true. We have free 3d softwares.

This game has a very good original character design. And every jobs, change characters appearances too. The reason why I love playing GCC than Genshin Imp. ,'cause I can play and interact with real people,you have to trust your team, you have to play teamwork, their is fun, can chat/talk and bonding than playing a game that can finish dungeons or boss by yourself w/o any help from other players (even it's online ). And received boring/unexciting rewards. (Don't bash me, I'm not insulting GI, not playing that game more than 2 hrs. just used it for references purposes) And GCC's rewards this previous events are more exciting and overwhelmed than that game. You have to work hard to be strong,something motivates the player to play more. And look at this indie small game developers, they can make a better game than this like horror indie,etc. I'm not insulting the game either.

But yeah, the game don't acquire new players, just dummy accounts as Tenri said, it focus only on old players. KOG, we're not living in early 2000's, you'll not drop the game but improve, maybe I'm saying this too easy, but their are people,companies and fans will support you. It's a gamble.

Start advertising, like maybe art contests, since their are so many lovely artists.Or commission popular artists and they'll promote your game. Promote streamers, many streamers stream your game for free! Lessen the servers so all players gather together, and open another server when it's full only. Fix PVP. Hire players/guild to help new players for fast level/ farm/grind. (Maybe promote guild and GM's in return. ) You know something that help activity active again.

I love GCC so far, not because of the reward, somehow, how they listen. And I'm looking forward the game. I hope this game gain new players. (cross fingers)

I like your attitude towards GCC, because mine is the same most of the time. I like the characters, their designs, their gameplay, and so many other things that make me keep playing. I don't know when KOG will put hands on the community and start developing that aspect of their game. As you say, it would be awesome if they support streamers or any content creator from GC because, as I see it, it's a very engaged community. Or maybe they can take advantage of systems that are already in the game and polish them a little bit, such as guilds, hero dungeons, or the same normal dungeons. Idk, if KOG gives the game a game changer feature, this could motivate me to play forever tbh, but only time will tell, and we don't know any of the plans that KOG has for the future of this game sadly.

[Honkpill]

Originally posted by Adolphoenie:

Originally posted by Papa_Rabbit:

I want to remind, most of generations nowadays are lack of patience, they want everything in hand immediately, and buy their wants/likes IG money. No advertisement happen. No new story scene/voice act. No new UI implement. New Babies Generations will think that this game is for kids 'cause how it looks like. We have unreal engine and hire new graduate game developers and new huge company sponsors. Look at this NFT game, called Champion Hunters, they make the UI/UX similar to Genshin Impact, and Dragon Nest, so polished, can cast magics, can dance, have monsters, open world too,can see 360 degrees of the characters with the help of sponsors and collaborations,I believe the game will succeed in the future even it's not release yet but the screenshots and short videos from the game are really good. Also, Kick starters help game developers to make their game come true. We have free 3d softwares.

This game has a very good original character design. And every jobs, change characters appearances too. The reason why I love playing GCC than Genshin Imp. ,'cause I can play and interact with real people,you have to trust your team, you have to play teamwork, their is fun, can chat/talk and bonding than playing a game that can finish dungeons or boss by yourself w/o any help from other players (even it's online ). And received boring/unexciting rewards. (Don't bash me, I'm not insulting GI, not playing that game more than 2 hrs. just used it for references purposes) And GCC's rewards this previous events are more exciting and overwhelmed than that game. You have to work hard to be strong,something motivates the player to play more. And look at this indie small game developers, they can make a better game than this like horror indie,etc. I'm not insulting the game either.

But yeah, the game don't acquire new players, just dummy accounts as Tenri said, it focus only on old players. KOG, we're not living in early 2000's, you'll not drop the game but improve, maybe I'm saying this too easy, but their are people,companies and fans will support you. It's a gamble.

Start advertising, like maybe art contests, since their are so many lovely artists.Or commission popular artists and they'll promote your game. Promote streamers, many streamers stream your game for free! Lessen the servers so all players gather together, and open another server when it's full only. Fix PVP. Hire players/guild to help new players for fast level/ farm/grind. (Maybe promote guild and GM's in return. ) You know something that help activity active again.

I love GCC so far, not because of the reward, somehow, how they listen. And I'm looking forward the game. I hope this game gain new players. (cross fingers)

I like your attitude towards GCC, because mine is the same most of the time. I like the characters, their designs, their gameplay, and so many other things that make me keep playing. I don't know when KOG will put hands on the community and start developing that aspect of their game. As you say, it would be awesome if they support streamers or any content creator from GC because, as I see it, it's a very engaged community. Or maybe they can take advantage of systems that are already in the game and polish them a little bit, such as guilds, hero dungeons, or the same normal dungeons. Idk, if KOG gives the game a game changer feature, this could motivate me to play forever tbh, but only time will tell, and we don't know any of the plans that KOG has for the future of this game sadly.

kog just want to profit with lazy content brah, it's probable that they don't have even two programers working in this game it is probably a one guy half time job at best

just forget about any improvements we're here for a year and only seen things getting worse by the day and they don't give a damn

[Mati]

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[Papa_Rabbit]

Originally posted by Adolphoenie:

Originally posted by Papa_Rabbit:

I want to remind, most of generations nowadays are lack of patience, they want everything in hand immediately, and buy their wants/likes IG money. No advertisement happen. No new story scene/voice act. No new UI implement. New Babies Generations will think that this game is for kids 'cause how it looks like. We have unreal engine and hire new graduate game developers and new huge company sponsors. Look at this NFT game, called Champion Hunters, they make the UI/UX similar to Genshin Impact, and Dragon Nest, so polished, can cast magics, can dance, have monsters, open world too,can see 360 degrees of the characters with the help of sponsors and collaborations,I believe the game will succeed in the future even it's not release yet but the screenshots and short videos from the game are really good. Also, Kick starters help game developers to make their game come true. We have free 3d softwares.

This game has a very good original character design. And every jobs, change characters appearances too. The reason why I love playing GCC than Genshin Imp. ,'cause I can play and interact with real people,you have to trust your team, you have to play teamwork, their is fun, can chat/talk and bonding than playing a game that can finish dungeons or boss by yourself w/o any help from other players (even it's online ). And received boring/unexciting rewards. (Don't bash me, I'm not insulting GI, not playing that game more than 2 hrs. just used it for references purposes) And GCC's rewards this previous events are more exciting and overwhelmed than that game. You have to work hard to be strong,something motivates the player to play more. And look at this indie small game developers, they can make a better game than this like horror indie,etc. I'm not insulting the game either.

But yeah, the game don't acquire new players, just dummy accounts as Tenri said, it focus only on old players. KOG, we're not living in early 2000's, you'll not drop the game but improve, maybe I'm saying this too easy, but their are people,companies and fans will support you. It's a gamble.

Start advertising, like maybe art contests, since their are so many lovely artists.Or commission popular artists and they'll promote your game. Promote streamers, many streamers stream your game for free! Lessen the servers so all players gather together, and open another server when it's full only. Fix PVP. Hire players/guild to help new players for fast level/ farm/grind. (Maybe promote guild and GM's in return. ) You know something that help activity active again.

I love GCC so far, not because of the reward, somehow, how they listen. And I'm looking forward the game. I hope this game gain new players. (cross fingers)

I like your attitude towards GCC, because mine is the same most of the time. I like the characters, their designs, their gameplay, and so many other things that make me keep playing. I don't know when KOG will put hands on the community and start developing that aspect of their game. As you say, it would be awesome if they support streamers or any content creator from GC because, as I see it, it's a very engaged community. Or maybe they can take advantage of systems that are already in the game and polish them a little bit, such as guilds, hero dungeons, or the same normal dungeons. Idk, if KOG gives the game a game changer feature, this could motivate me to play forever tbh, but only time will tell, and we don't know any of the plans that KOG has for the future of this game sadly.

I saw this guy post his UI/UX design of waiting room video in videos/artwork tab. He did great! I'll hire him immediately if I'm the director of the game. It's detail, simple,clean and polish. You can see who's ready or players' enter the room slot while checking your inventory. That's game support! That's brilliant idea. I hope they'll hire him. (Cross finger )

[Jay]

Honestly it's just a road of nostalgia and playing what we used to love. I've played this game since i was a kid (i'm 18 now) so like it wouldn't matter of graphics tbh. But in all honesty The newer generation are quite inpatient with things , a game like this would defo not motivate newer players since the content is the same.