To a degree, yes. I think anyone coming in and saying, “Why isn’t OW2 fixed,” has displayed the usual lack of awareness or experience common to most of the internet.
Like I said, where they can show us things are different is in communication and smaller changes to the game (still very time consuming dont get me wrong). Part of that would seem to be the Mauga release/preview and showing us more heroes coming. More stuff like that needs to happen.
I didn’t really like Hacked Quicker Play but trying things that are tuneable as-is is another instance where that could help give a preview of the future.
Granted, if that future is making OW2 even more like a generic FPS, that’s not a good sign, but that’s a different discussion.
Oh one more that I’m sure you love, Midway, and it drives me nuts, “It can’t be that hard to just add X thing to the game!”
Excluding Forza, Redfall and Starfield were both in production long before the Microsoft acquisition, right? Microsoft aren’t saints by any means (RIP Halo), but I think we need to admit that Bethesda’s formula just isn’t working anymore.
The old Suzu was stronger. They just gave it a burst heal so that the Kiriko mains did not start a riot. Albeit, they forgot one simple fact, somehow… DPS players HATE burst healing. Unless Ana does it. It’s okay when Ana does it. Blizzard is so silly!
343 is a microsoft studio. I believe MS made it specifically as a branch of Microsoft games studios to make Halo. And that worked perfectly as I’m sure you know.
Yeah, I’m less sure. When they did it, they didn’t test for or address things like Mercy not being able to ress because ress indicators are more or less instantly expiring.
I’m all for putting some time in to improve things, but the way they did it is just cheap/lazy/drivel. When I think of all the good things they could have done. Instead they made it quicker to end and harder to react to. It’s meant to be the chiller game mode and they made it rage time.
I’m working on a larger program right now, there’s a specific change everyone knew should be made. I spent four straight months last year gathering support and gathering evidence to present to the executive staff to convince them the change was worth it. They finally saw the light and agreed, now we can actually start hiring the right people to even start the software development. It’s a change everyone thinks should have been done in two months (by late summer last year), and we’ll be fortunate to get it done by this summer.
In enterprise software development, however long you think something will take, triple that time for something realistic.
Microsoft still chose to release those games. Redfall should have been cancelled. As for Starfield, Microsoft deserves the backlash they receive from it because they overhyped that game for 2 years. They said it would define this generation of gaming.
The state of the game has NOTHING to do with bobby leaving, its hasn’t even changed that much. It’s been in the worst state since AARON took over so blame him not Bobby.
I swear you people are stupid to come up with the latest news to blame for overwatchs failure when it has been in a failed state for much longer.
You’re putting pretty high expectations on the devs to actually follow through on massive changes to the support roster.
I have concerns over supports having to heal less and dps more cause that’s actually something that keeps them in check currently. The fact that Kiriko and Bap have to heal their team is one of the few things stopping them from just being much better Dps characters.
Zen Bap is notorious for being very difficult to play tank into cause it feels like you’re playing against 2x the amount of damage and pressure than normal. Encouraging that playstyle even more is not going to end well. IMO.
Phil Spencer tookover as head of Xbox in 2014. It’s now 2024 and the only “good” games Microsoft has released in that time under his regime is Forza Horizon and Flight Sim. This man gets a pass from gamers because they think he’s a “nice guy” who they can “drink a beer with”.
Until Satya Nadella grows a set and fires Phil any IP under Microsoft that isn’t a copy/paste arcade racer will continue to be hot garbage.
343 was created by Microsoft after Bungie’s departure, but it’s a Microsoft studio just like Bethesda and Arkane.
343 is the developer though, regardless of who put it together. AAA gaming has fallen flat on its face in almost every single case in the last 5 years.
At least Phil Spencer is out there saying they want their studios to get back to making games that people want to play instead of monetization machines. Maybe it’s lip service, but was a breath of fresh air to hear that.
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