I’d love to hear suggestions about other devs that would be able to maybe save this game from the pathway it has proceeded down for the last 11 Seasons.
Any suggestions? I’d love to see a company like Capcom come in and go to town on it. The introduction of Modern/Classic controls in SF6 has been incredible in bringing new players in and the balance has really amazing. You get an easier time on Modern but you don’t get the same damage or as much variety playing it. They have also done amazing reworks of their current IP’s knowing exactly what is good and should be kept and what is poor and needed to change.
So yeah Capcom would be my choice because it don’t get much worse than Blizzard at the moment.
It’s not about the game company, its about the developers and their philosophies.
Valorant is a good example of a pretty well-balanced game, CS2 as well.
Both remain competitive and are doing extremely well with playercounts and growth. Then there’s overwatch… people look at this game like a joke made for toddlers, which is not surprising
I just think the game has run its course with most users. Aside from a new map (which I like) or new heroes (which I usually don’t care for), I’ve seen everything the game could possibly offer, as far as I can imagine.
Without some sort of serious overhaul to game modes or the core game, I’ve seen it all and I don’t have any reason to play. For years, I’ve played solo ranked for the basic fun of the gameplay, but without friends playing it, it’s kinda over for me.
While Street Fighter 6 is a hit with fans of Capcom’s famous fighting game series, its monetisation has caused an uproar. The latest offender is the hotly anticipated Outfit 3 release, which gives each of the 18 launch characters an eye-catching new costume to wear.
Each Outfit 3 is available for 300 Fighter Coins (Street Fighter 6’s premium currency) and includes all 10 available colours. Unlike Outfit 2, Outfit 3 is only available for purchase with real-world money and cannot be unlocked via World Tour mode.
The problem here is that Capcom only sells Fighter Coins in bundles of 250 for £3.99 / $4.99, 610 for £9.49 / $11.99, 1,250 for £18.99 / $23.99, and 2,750 for £39.99 / $49.99. This means there’s no way to buy 300 Fighter Coins, or spend around $6, on one Outfit 3. You have to spend around $10 or more, depending on the bundle you go for.
Perhaps worse, Capcom is not selling an Outfit 3 bundle that includes some or all the costumes at a discounted price. That means if you want to buy all Outfit 3 costumes for all 18 launch characters, you’ll need 5,400 Fighter Coins, which will set you back an eye-watering £80 / $100 (2,750 Fighter Coins x 2). That’s much more expensive than Street Fighter 6 itself.
the problem is in the organization and principles of a direction. frankly i like that they follow the experimental imprint started right from the beginning of 2024, but the shudder of deserving that “2” on the title, the monetization, the competitive disorganization and the terrible problem of automation in customer support remain.
Not all companies can do all these things at the same time, but blizzard certainly excels too much in failing in all of these. they should reorganize themselves in many aspects, and there really is no company that can recognize itself in this profile:
Seriously create a team dedicated 100% to a story mode. different objectives from the financial balances of the pvp game, but a serious concentration that is based on the quality of the quantity-price ratio, even at the cost of proposing a single player like the starcraft expansions. replayability is not an option that they can offer in any way, the turnout of the servers clearly demonstrates this. only this would restore a minimum of dignity to have that “2” on the title.
Really monetization based on a good Battle pass and balance in how the gallery is managed. we see the shop too often with very fraudulent prices with tlow effort required on skins from the OW1 generation;
Competitive: we need a good designer to rebalance the way the competitive system works. the hero progression stats are pretty disastrous from a UI point of view, the hero learning paths are anything but good (and the latest exceptions created around tanks don’t help) and above all redefine the game from the point of view of a team, and not of the single player. it’s also one of the reasons why the game works too well for a tournament context rather than in home use among strangers online.
a real team of analysts in managing reports and especially in customer support to open tickets. it’s indecent in too many ways, and people are going crazy just trying to find a real way to talk to a real person by opening a real ticket instead of having a murlock assistant uselessly tell them “go tell it in the (dead) forums, whose rules however PROHIBIT talking about your personal account problem”
I don’t think there is a company that can solve all 4 of these problems. But solving even 2 of them would be better than none of them, right?
Ark System Works or Platinum.
Both live for the hype and aren’t afraid of using experimental gameplay experiences to spice up the monotonous, stale and downright boring aspects of traditional gameplay mechanics.
Sure, purists will be upset and leave but they are the reason Overwatch is in this mess to begin with.
I just glanced over it, but it’s just skins, right? If so, at least for me, it literally doesn’t matter. If balance is good and skins cost $5,000 a piece, I’m enjoying the game. I’m not buying skins in the first place.
I believe that Blizz itself has the potential to improve the game, if they gain more resources for this (money and people), but in the current way they are firing people, I think it’s difficult for this to happen
With the current investment of resources, unfortunately I don’t see the game reaching a much greater height than it has already reached.
Now another company capable of doing something for the game would be Epic, it has the money, people, technology and experience for this
capcom is not very good at games on demand, it is good at making games and some games that are multiplayer are successful, but the pace of content is different
good choice
This doesn’t seem true or fair to me, firstly I believe that the team is dedicated and passionate about the game as much as any other team (and wow it hasn’t been going well for a while)
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