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Firewalk Studios is reportedly ignoring Concord criticism
NonPhixion
Member
Grummz and his gaggle of retards are always crying about something now. It started out with a purpose now it just seems like a grift. 
Roxkis_ii
Member
Hope they release a beta, else its not looking good for this game off the trailer impressions.
One thing I dislike about the internet, is how easy it is is to blow off criticism by pointing at the most extremeist.
Worker: People are saying our heros look like shit, maybe we should try to make them look attractive.
Art director: Naw, it's just the anti woke crouds complaining about a game they will never play. Regular people like playing with people that look like them.
Worker:.......... ( updates resume)
This is probably going to end bad.
One thing I dislike about the internet, is how easy it is is to blow off criticism by pointing at the most extremeist.
Worker: People are saying our heros look like shit, maybe we should try to make them look attractive.
Art director: Naw, it's just the anti woke crouds complaining about a game they will never play. Regular people like playing with people that look like them.
Worker:.......... ( updates resume)
This is probably going to end bad.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
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"We're influenced a lot by fighting games and even strategy games in the interesting way the asymmetry of their characters makes every matchup feel really different," said lead gameplay designer Claude Jerome.
"Leaning into the asymmetry of the characters, really pushing the possibility space of two different characters colliding, it's all about creating opportunities for improvisation," said lead character designer Jon Weisnewski. "That's where we can get out of the way and let players find their own magic."
It's good talk, and it's backed up by moments in the trailer. 1-OFF, the yellow cylindrical robot from the cinematic, literally towers over every other hero on the map. He clunks around the arena like a beacon, placing jump pads and serving as mobile cover for teammates, and his only "gun" is a vacuum. I want to try it out so badly.
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That big vacuum robot gives me hope that Concord's heroes will actually feel different
If there's one aspect of Concord that I hope does feel like Overwatch, it's kit design. The easiest way to kill my buzz for a hero shooter is to give me heroes that mostly play the same (sorry Apex Legends, Valorant, and XDefiant). It's encouraging that Firewalk wants to embrace the "asymmetry" of its Concord heroes."We're influenced a lot by fighting games and even strategy games in the interesting way the asymmetry of their characters makes every matchup feel really different," said lead gameplay designer Claude Jerome.
"Leaning into the asymmetry of the characters, really pushing the possibility space of two different characters colliding, it's all about creating opportunities for improvisation," said lead character designer Jon Weisnewski. "That's where we can get out of the way and let players find their own magic."
It's good talk, and it's backed up by moments in the trailer. 1-OFF, the yellow cylindrical robot from the cinematic, literally towers over every other hero on the map. He clunks around the arena like a beacon, placing jump pads and serving as mobile cover for teammates, and his only "gun" is a vacuum. I want to try it out so badly.
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VolticArchangel
Member
Do these twitter idiots not realize that their fucking screeches don't translate over to actual blockage of a product's success? Source: Hogwart's Legacy.
Are these grifters (like that moron, Grummz, and his army of brain-dead fucking monkeys with room temperature IQ) trying to co-opt Concord's tragic first outing from the reveal, and pretend that it is because it doesn't have white people in the game?
No, you absolute donut. Concord's getting shat on all social media platforms, because the game is an uninspiring, dated, done to death, class based hero shooter aka another Overwatch clone, for a saturated GaaS market, in the year 2024.
Are these grifters (like that moron, Grummz, and his army of brain-dead fucking monkeys with room temperature IQ) trying to co-opt Concord's tragic first outing from the reveal, and pretend that it is because it doesn't have white people in the game?
No, you absolute donut. Concord's getting shat on all social media platforms, because the game is an uninspiring, dated, done to death, class based hero shooter aka another Overwatch clone, for a saturated GaaS market, in the year 2024.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Killjoy-NL
Member
STARSBarry
Gold Member
Cancel it and cut their loses at the failed production cost?
Think about how much additional cost Is associated with suicide squad vs if they had just canned the whole thing on the first reaction?
Like people ask "what else can they do?" There's always more you can do, in rare occasions people have delayed games months even years for complete reworks after a bad initial reception.
Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't, but there's very little chance that this will get anywhere fast. There's also the chance they release absolute trash and turn it all around later, but right now we have a huge stack of live service corpses to look at and go "one more for the pile" right now.
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ManaByte
Rage Bait Youtuber
Beta is next month. Pre-orders are tomorrow.I mean, it's out in a couple of months. They can't change it now
James Sawyer Ford
Member
You seriously gonna say all this when you were hyping Redfall?
I mean, I also hyped Redfall when the until showcase came out, I enjoy these GaaS shooters.
Redfall was bad - terrible AI and mechanics - this was known once we got previews
Concord, I’m cautiously optimistic. The gunplay already looks fantastic
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James Sawyer Ford
Member
Dumb people maybe, the game is finished at this point it’s just making sure the beta can go live
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GymWolf
Gold Member
I don't wanna call dumb the people who wanted a drastic change for this game, but yeah, that is not gonna happen.
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ReBurn
Gold Member
I'm all for developers making the game they want to make. The thing is that for them to be able to continue making games the games they make must have an audience and make money. The developers of the Saints Row reboot made the game they wanted to make, but it didn't perform well and their studio was closed.
It's possible that this game will click with people and will be a success. That beta is going to have to be a knockout, though. I guess we'll see.
Frwrd
Member
diffusionx
Gold Member
I always wonder why people are surprised by this, same with the Suicide Squad stuff. The game is made. All the research has been made, they got their Sweet Baby reports, approvals, focus groups, the money is spent, marketing campaigns set up, everything. They're not going to go back and redesign every character because of people complaining on the internet.
Killjoy-NL
Member
The market for hero shooters isn't saturated on Playstation.
People really need to stop conflating PC and Playstation.
Completely different markets in that regard, as well as demographics.
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FalsettoVibe
Member
This is the next game that is "fun to hate" due to group think. At this point, nothing will change that unless the beta impresses. And even then people will find additional reasons to not like it.
The "woke" stuff is dumb, but I'm willing to give it a shot if the beta is decent.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Concord is releasing on PC day and date. It's one of the two platforms the game is on, and if we go by HD2, the place which will have the bigger player-base.
ThatStupidLion
Gold Member
White noise! Thats a good one. I like it.
ViciousAgenda
Member
Can you show us a video where you're seeing this fantastic gunplay?
Frwrd
Member
That whole squad committed... Ahh shit, nvm
Killjoy-NL
Member
No shit.
But Sony's core of the business is Playstation, so they look at the Playstation market primarily.
PC can just tag along because it somewhat increases installbase and revenue.
PC gamers can't seem to fathom that they're second grade to Sony.
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ViciousAgenda
Member
That is scripted. I want to see real gameplay.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
I think this is the kind of game where the console will tag along and the majority of the playerbase will be on PC, ala HD2. So the earlier argument about saturation of this kind of games on PC is definitely a legit one.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
It’s not scripted. These are actual matches and you can see how the gunplay and traversal are
ReBurn
Gold Member
An easy change that would probably quiet some criticism would be to remove the pronouns from the character bios. When robots have pronouns listed it just feels weird.
diffusionx
Gold Member
Uhh sweaty, it’s pride month and you are literally killing nonbinary people with this statement.
ViciousAgenda
Member
That is 100% scripted to show cool angles and how awesome all the moves etc are. I want to see someone play the game.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
It’s real matches where you can densely see how the guns work, that’s what you asked for
There’s plenty of first person footage
Killjoy-NL
Member
Sure, might be. But Sony's main focus is Playstation, regardless.
There is just OW and Paladins, one which is dying and one which barely anyone plays.
Apex is a battle royale, so different genre.
That leaves a gap that can be filled by Sony.
If Concord will be good remains to be seen and if the beta sucks, I'll be right there with you shitting on the game.
Just think it's a bit too early rn.
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ViciousAgenda
Member
Nah, that's not what I asked for. I asked for ganeplay, not a highlight reel. Thanks for posting it anyway. The beta is soon so we'll see footage around then.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
Of course they're going to ignore it. It's far too late for them to do anything to change the game now, this close to release. Same thing with Suicide Squad. They'll hope and pray it'll be received well and then their dumb little hearts will be crushed when it isn't.
The decision to not make this stupid game this way was three years ago.
The decision to not make this stupid game this way was three years ago.
FalconPunch
Member
Ignoring the controversy around characters, this does not look fun to play at all.
James Sawyer Ford
Member
Maybe to you.
I can’t think of a better and more interesting arena PVP on the market
WitchHunter
Banned
This fn game looks like a 1:1 apex+overwatch clone. It looks better, has the same braindead characters, plus the usual idiotic dialogues that a certain demographic in the west likes.
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FalconPunch
Member
Well let us see. It just reminds me of the hype trailer they put out for destruction allstars but when I played the game, it was meh. If this is F2P with additional purchases then maybe it'll find a decent sized audience. If you gotta pay though...
James Sawyer Ford
Member
I don’t get that comparison at all, this game has real talent behind it and the gameplay footage is extremely solid and fluid
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Games comes out this year right?
Probably too late to mass overhaul the characters and artwork.
Probably too late to mass overhaul the characters and artwork.
ReBurn
Gold Member
I have to watch out. I didn't realize that I was doing literal genocide.
Complistic
Member
I'm not sure if this game or Dreadwolf is going to be the bigger train wreck. Either way, we're in for entertainment.