Thread 712908398

>It sucks

OpenCritic: 73/100

MetaCritic 67/100

https://www.metacritic.com/game/fbc-firebreak/

https://opencritic.com/game/18457/fbc-firebreak

DualShockers7 / 10
Shacknews 8 / 10
Push Square 6 / 10
Xbox Achievements 75%
GamingBolt 7 / 10
CGMagazine 8 / 10
The Outerhaven Productions 4 / 5
Stevivor 8 / 10

>>712908398 (OP)
dont care
its free on gamepass
stay mad pony

>>712908645
its free on PS+ too
games aight but nothing amazing

Can it be engoodened given a year or so? It's mediocre enough for that to be possible.

Isn't 7/10 objectively a 'good' score?
When did anything below an 8 become considered bad?

>>712908937
I think so, yes, there is a decent gameplay base here, just a lack of content. 6 weapons and 5 missions isn't particularly good. The question is, will anyone actually go back to play it? We'll have to wait and see

>>712908398 (OP)
I like this game so far

I played two hours and refunded and even I don't get why it's getting this much hate. It's a perfectly serviceable game, especially at $40, and yet it's getting fucking demolished out here.

>>712910843
Asmongold, gamer gate, etc. People are brain broken.

>>712910947
Or maybe people are genuinely disinterested in these types of games? You disingenuous cunt?

>>712910947
What if it’s just a mid fucking game? You politics obsessed retard

>>712912112
>>712911958
Just saw the link on r/Asmongold and his Discord. I know who you are.

>here's some numbers from people you don't know
What am I supposed to do with these?

>>712910947
What does Asmongold have to do with this?

>>712908937
Live service GaaS needs some sort of pull to it. The armor and character designs look like shit, the gameplay is absolutely nothing special there content provided is tiny.
Are they just going to keep working on it regardless of being ignored on launch?

>>712910843
The problem is simply the lack of content and replayability. Apparently the fun perks that you can unlock are just too far down the line that you run out of content before reaching it. Saw this coming a mile away but was hoping it wouldn't be the case

>>712912112
>mid
>dead on arrival with a review bomb in progress
uhhh seems like an overkill response dontcha think

>>712912641
>if a game is reviewed negatively for legitimate issues it's a "review bomb"
lol

Firebreak is the GaaS scam laid bare. Without all the XP systems and battle pass treadmills and loot and other bullshit, live service games is a tiny amount of content spread out over months-years.

>>712909321
when the market got overflooded with mid and devs getting fired when they can't meet review goals.

>>712912725
>game is $40 and you can get a lobby at launch and play the game, no crashes or disconnects, no horrible optimization making it unplayable
>mostly negative 38%
yeah, that's not a normal response, that's fucked up

>>712912769
Firebreak honestly makes Darktide's launch scenario look "finished". A comparison I didn't think I'd ever say and mean it.

>>712912913
Anon if you think a game is only allowed to be reviewed negatively when it's legitimately broken then I think you need to rewire how you approach reviews in general.
If a game is bad for any reason and it outweighs the good, it should be given a bad review.

>>712912441
His moderators are sending out wave of minions to shit up these threads

>>712913108
Why?

>>712912641
Would be an overkill if not for >>712912812

>>712913149
Generates content him to react to

>>712913064
Mostly negatives only occur when a game is absolute unplayable trash that no one can enjoy.
That's not what this game is.
If you genuinely think this is "concord 2.0" you're a brainbroken little zoomer.

>>712913270
This seems improbable.

Just uninstalled. Played it for 20 minutes on gamepass. Every second spent I kept wishing it was a story driven single player game instead. Love the concept of special ops sent to fix supernatural problems but it plays like an even more boring version of modern co op shooters.

>start mission
>destroy 15,000 sticky notes
>me and the other 2 guys just spend 10 minutes shooting at walls, floor and some brain dead AI enemies.

>>712911958
>You disingenuous cunt?
>?

>>712908398 (OP)
wasn't that supposed to be remedy's shiny new franchise

>>712913273
>Mostly negatives only occur when a game is absolute unplayable trash
>That's not what this game is.
Thus immediately proving you wrong. Mostly negative can also occur when a game has been ruined (and has nothing to do with performance)
>If you genuinely think this is "concord 2.0" you're a brainbroken little zoomer.
Where did I say that though you stupid retard? Who are you even quoting, you're the first person to mention concord in this thread

>>712910843
On steam you can only say you like it or don't like it as a score, not what you think the score actually is. So sometimes situations like this are bound to happen.

>>712909321
It depends on a genre. For an oversaturated genre like Metroidvania being 7/10 should be seen as being functionally no different from being 1/10. Cause there's already too many 8/10 and above games of that genre out there for anyone to realistically play them all. PvE shooters are not in that level yet but let's be real here, giving this game 7/10 is way too generous. Critics are not harsh enough.

>>712913270
When the fuck does he ever react to 4chins threads?

>>712908398 (OP)
Day 1 PS Plus standard.

>>712908937
Seems like most of the complaints is just not enough content/variety, so yeah should be able to.

>>712908398 (OP)
>another gaypass flop
KWAB

So, uh. Should I play this while it's new or just try out Control since it's been in my backlog?

>>712916958
it's going to be dead by tomorrow, so uh, today is probably the day if you can't refund it

>go to try it out and refund it after 2 hours
>can't even find a party on the first fucking mission which should be packed with people
Even if the game was fun it's DoA

>>712916958
Control is good fun, I enjoyed it a lot and finally got around to playing it specifically in anticipation of Firebreak hoping it wouldn't run into the very issue that it's getting flamed for
I'd say either get a month of gamepass to play it now and then come back to it a year or two down the line when it's cheap to pick up and has lots more content. I think the core is probably solid it's just missing replayability for the moment

>>712910947
I have probably spilled literal gallons of cum to the woman in your image, anon.

The saddest thing about these multiplayer abortions we get these days constantly is that it's a waste of a good idea for a single player game
Why is singleplayer the redheaded stepchild of the gaming industry now

>>712908398 (OP)
another woke flop

>>712913497
>you're the first person to mention concord in this thread
Concord's catastrophic failure broke a lot of people anon. Resetera is still crying over it.

>>712912725
>Check the Steam reviews
>Most of the negative reviews are sub 2 hours, a lot of them claiming to "have played all content" in less than an hour
Its a bomb. Don't know why they're doing it, but they're bombing it.

>>712918229
Do you really have to ask? Shareholders ask for an unreachable infinite growth potential and singleplayer has a definitive end - also, adding singleplayer content requires more resources than adding a few skins to a live service game.

I think I honestly kinda like this game?
Like, I'm playing completely solo, and after two hours I feel like I sort of *get what's going on.
The content is definitely slim but the way it works within the wider context of clearances & corruption makes perfect sense.
It's also strangely comfy because gunplay isn't the focus so much as learning level layouts and managing tools.

Unironically this is more enjoyable than stuff like Lethal Company in my opinion.

>>712919858
Wait until you realize that Concord was unfairly bombed too :/

>>712923583
Concord was just a laggard on the whole hero shooter genre. The devs had their heads up their asses and thought it was going to be the next big thing but ultimately forgot to realize it entered an oversaturated market and should have been F2P... wait I just got deja-vu

>>712923583
Alternatively, it's shit, and Concord was shit. People aren't comparing it to Alan Woke because it's good.

>>712919858
The game certainly is a bomb. Have you ever considered you forgot to put something worth playing in the game between your marvel quips, and black people?

>>712923406
I liked the core gameplay in the playtest. I always expected it to be a fun experience, just severely lacking in content for release and not having enough variation to really entice replaying missions and not getting fatigue of doing the same thing over and over again

>>712923729
>guy who claims to be an OG who remembers "the good old days" says his game is going to be THE return to the classics
>it's actually a giant piece of shit in every way with all of the problems of modern games
If I had a nickel for every time this happened, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot but it's interesting that it happened word for word twice.

>>712908398 (OP)
It looks like the type of live service game that releases mid and becomes something good like year later.

>zero discussion on /v/
>close to zero discussion on /vg/
>almost no discussion on steam forums
Shit is beyond DOA

The game is the embodiment of barebones I've seen asset flips with more content never even saw that giant sticky note boss in all the trailers and I beat all the missions in less than an hour

>>712918086
What's her name?
>inb4 it's Aika and I'm just a faceblind retard

>>712927982
It's literally a good game though. People are just incapable of appreciating anything so they abuse buzzwords.
>>712928390
You're supposed to replay the missions on harder settings to progress further. No way you saw all the content in just an hour

>>712928647
>It's literally a good game though
I've completed every mission (1,2 and 3) and done some of the higher difficulty stuff as well and i'm just about to go over the refund line. I'm not seeing anywhere enough new things on higher difficulties to justify keeping this game in my library and not getting my money back.
There is something there but it is unfinished bollocks and they spent far more time on the GaaS elements.
90% of your kit is stripped and you have to grind to unlock every basic aspect of your character. Weapon variety stinks and half the weapons are dozens of games worth of grinding down before you can even hope to get it. Battlepasses and cosmetics in a game with very little repeatable content.

>>712908398 (OP)
>(((critics)))
no thanks, vatnigger
go jew up another board

>>712924013
>nazi grifter nepobaby scams retards
many such cases

>didn't even know game released
>fire up steam
>giant fucking SCUM 1.0 open world survival crafting battle royale early release for 8 years scam banner plastered across the entire front page
>game that tries something different gets buried
Get me off this gay retarded earth. Gayben ruined this industry forever with his anti-consumer garbage.

>>712929576
>something different
Mate it's literally just a shittier darktide with 10x less polish and with a knock off SCP theme.

>>712928991
The game doesn't actually begin until you unlock your full kit and grind corruption drops so I can tell your full of shit

>>712929769
>The game doesn't actually begin until you unlock your full kit and grind corruption drops
Unlock my full kit? You mean spend 10s of hours farming the same mission?
Can you post some gameplay of the game at it's "highest" level so I can see the huge differences?

>>712908398 (OP)
i played it, and im baffled anybody rated it more than 5/10
content to price ration its worse than walking sims like gone homo
its hard to play this for more than 60 minutes

>>712929879
It doesn't take "10s of hours." You just said you played every mission past clearance 3, right? So you should have almost everything for at least one of the classes. The rest of the unlocks are perks and damage upgrades. Now that shit is grindy but I presume the launch content will be expanded massively if the game does somewhat fine.

>>712910843
It's wholly unremarkable in an oversaturated market.

>>712910843
>It's a perfectly serviceable game, especially at $40,
its not though

its like a tech demo idea for a game, there is no enemy variety outside of reused assets from control, no gameplay variety, locations are so tiny it takes like 30 seconds to run from one corner to another and there is 5 of them ...
it plays like a free dlc to control, instead you are supposed to pay almost full price for it?

>>712930278
The locations expand when you play on higher difficulties. Another shitter who hasn't even played the game

>>712909321
when game jusrnos started giving anything a 8 and 9
the scale basically starts at 5, anything thats 5 or 6 is unplayable, 7 is mediocre as fuck, 8 has some good elements but mostly mediocre, 9 is decent and 10 is good, great amazing and everything else

>>712929173
How mentally ill are you

>>712930134
>You just said you played every mission past clearance 3, right? So you should have almost everything for at least one of the classes
I switched between the melee and the water guy, with my kits at around 4-5 on both of them. Tried to fit the random team so we had one of each class.
Oh and don't bother posting a gameplay of the "super duper endgame" I just found one and it's just some dude doing the exact same mission but with modifiers and spending more time on the mission because he's alone and searching the map alone for loot drops
The game is barebones as fuck anon. Sorry I don't view "bro just keep playing until you unlock the gear so you can play the same mission but with a traffic light that appears in front of you..." as worthwhile in the slightest

>>712913380
>>destroy 15,000 sticky notes
>>me and the other 2 guys just spend 10 minutes shooting at walls, floor and some brain dead AI enemies.
this is by far the worst game mod in that pile of shit
you cant even destroy them easily, they take like 5 shots with the revolver and there are tens of thousands of them
the worst gameplay experience i had in years

>>712929173
>the socialist jew that is Trump is seen as a nazi by troons
>that is despite his entire term being giving money to dindus and sucking Israel cock
what a time to be alive

>>712930414
>The locations expand when you play on higher difficulties
lmao this is a ridiculous way to put it. What the devs actually did was make one mission. Realised they had almost nothing for release. and so decided you must play a mission 3 times, having to leave at the first and second checkpoint before you can do the final part of the mission.
Playing clearance 3 and having the mission be literally the same, following the same steps from 1 and 2 with ZERO map variation was just insulting.

>>712930618
You're supposed to walk on the piles of sticky notes and then go back to the shower so they wash off of you. Pretty sure you can also have someone blast you with water to expedite the process. That's only on clearance 1 btw, then you don't have to deal with it anymore and the note piles just become hazards.

>>712930414
>The locations expand when you play on higher difficulties.
bullshit, i played on expert and while there are few extra doors to open to next rooms they are just as small only maze like with fucking stairways and walls everywhere

STICKY NICKYYYYYY

>>712930835
If they started you on the full map people would just be confused and spend more time wandering around. From a playtesting point of view there's nothing wrong with truncating a stage based on difficulty, plenty of games have done it before.

>>712930910
i assumed that walking over them destroys them, but it dosnt lower the sticky count, or maybe the counter is fucked, i dont care
its miserable

>>712930784
go to bed, sam
you peaked screaming into a walmart microphone, chimping out about sennheisers and you get no pussy

>>712930997
Why are brown third-world phoneposters obsessed with every new game being Concord 2? Is it like shazamposting for pajeets?

>>712931013
>If they started you on the full map people would just be confused and spend more time wandering around
No they wouldn't? Each part of the map is blocked by a big fucking checkpoint door you can't open until you clear the mission for the area.
That doesn't change ever. The full mission being unlocked to begin with would change nothing.
There is no reality in which players need to experience the first zone and then first and second zone as stupid 5 minute chunks.

>>712918229
>Why is singleplayer the redheaded stepchild of the gaming industry now
Is it?
Didn't we just have a major SP game launch like a week ago?

>>712931123
Its a wasted money flop game so they're not entirely wrong

>>712931032
If you get them wet then they weaken signicantly so you don't have to ammo dump or go all the way to the shower
Really not that complicated lol

>>712931013
retarded idea

vermintide 2 is how you do it, big maps with optional shit for veternas, but difficulties add more and more and more enemies and you can bump up the difficulty even more by grabbing optional shit for best rewards
it makes it so only real vets know how to unlock the hardests paths, and also make the game fucking insane hard when you do it

but vermintide has amazing gameplay with crazy skill celling that can last you for months of play even on the same maps, and there is still a shitload of them today, and on launch there was quite a bit

>>712931171
It would lead to teams losing all their lives easier since they're unfamiliar with quickly finishing the tasks at each checkpoint. You're really not understanding how retarded people can be when they get introduced to a new map.

>>712931051
legit schizo

>>712913273
>Mostly negatives only occur when a game is absolute unplayable trash that no one can enjoy.
objectively untrue, as evident by this game

>>712918229
>Why is singleplayer the redheaded stepchild of the gaming industry now
it isn't lol. remedy cannot into gameplay, they've always been good at worldbuilding but that's it.

I feel bad for Remedy. They have to keep taking publishing/Exclusivity deals from companies to stay afloat and make new games, and their games are full of genuinely interesting concepts, but they can never end up making enough money to break those chains. Then they try to make a GAAS with Fire Break to get some cashflow, but I'm assuming they don't really have the amount of devs required to keep that up. I think they have like 3-4 hundred.

Maybe the Max Payne remakes will get them some money and their next project can be something bigger. Unless this is going to put them too deep into the hole. I do want to see Remedy succeed though.

>>712931434
I would understand your point if the tasks were complex in any way or required any thought.
People are not going to get stuck on Hot Fix 1 and need to redo it and learn so they can do Hot Fix 1+2, then go to Hot Fix 1+2+3
We know this because Darktide exists and launched with full missions with multiple mission zones and everything was absolutely fine.
I don't even think you believe the bullshit you're spewing, and it doesn't change that the full content was "fully unlocked with max gear and farming drops where the game starts for real bro!" is just the exact same godamn map every time.

guess they didnt stick the landing huh
better luck next time (if there is one) LOL

>>712931434
No, and even if they died more, so what?
You have games with much more complex levels and objectives and they dont need to structure the level into 3 pieces that only reveal the entire level by the third time you play.
Doing the first clearance of hot fix was just interacting with 3 things, killing a boss and go to extraction (tiny room, barely counts), you could without a doubt continue the experience from there.
Just think of any Destiny raid or Warframe match.
This game is fine but its way too thin, over time it could be expanded but damn, its mental to release it with just this, especially since its all reused assets.
Alan Wake American Nightmare made you replay the same 3 areas multiple times while costing 15%, with an added survival mode in a handfull of maps, it felt cheap in that strategy but it did manage to justify itself a lot better

>open critic giving that piece of shit a passing grade
more reason to not trust their weird gimmicky system

>>712908398 (OP)
I don't trust reviews anymore. Far right incels basically spend every waking hour trying to cancel anything that has a woman or a minority in it. They are the queens of cancel culture, despite also crying about cancel culture.

Huh?I diddn't think that game was gonna be popular but I don't understand why it got so many bad reviews.It doesn't really reinvent the wheel but it looked perfectly fine + is said to have a very good post launch support with almost all content free.Is something happening? I'm confused

>>712933067
>buzzword buzzword buzzword buzzword
$0.01 has been deposited into your account

>>712933067
Not gonna push that to get anyone to play this it just isn't good

>>712931719
Firebreak is apparently by a side team of around 50 devs or so with development starting mid 2021
I legitimately wonder what the fuck they did for 4 years that the game is launching with this little content when most of it is recycled from Control in the first place

>>712933703
Didn't they say they wanted it to have a big continuous story or something?like updates and all,all free
Maybe they did a lot of stuff in advance

>>712933220
>I don't understand why it got so many bad reviews
Not viable if you're soloing

>>712914038
He reacts to faggot_nation who retweets op posts for asmon to react to.

>>712928548
>What's her name?
Why can't you dumb faggots just google search by image? Yes it's aika.

we know, we've known for 7hours now that it's a trashfire

Tried it on goypass.
There are the guts of a good game in there, but it feels barren.

what went wrong? i was going to get this until i saw a mostly negative score

>>712908398 (OP)
>doubled the player numbers of concord on the first day

stay mad chuddies

>>712909321
There have been 172 games released in 2025 so far that have scored higher than FBC Firebreak.

Is this game woke? I don't even bother spending minutes to see footage of the game, but I enjoy seeing flops like this.

>>712935030
You should completely reevaluate your worldview if this is how you derive serotonin.
Not really.

>>712910947
>Gyaru
I cum

>>712934808
>Journalists powercrept review scores until 7/10 is bad
The memes were real.

>>712933276
>>712933331
I accept your concession

>>712934359
Most of the reviews are just citing lack of content.
3 "Jobs"/campaigns, 3 classes and only 6 weapons.
I've also seen a few people complain enemies are kinda dumb and there isn't a lot of variety of them

So it seems like a competently made game which should have been in the oven for another 6 months while they build a few more maps.

>>712935030
dont know, dont care, shouldn't support compromised studios

>>712935109
It's really the only way rightists can feel better about themselves. Why do so many incels become far right extremists? They're bitter and jealous because nobody likes them, so they relish in the failures of others, even if they have to conjure failure as many of them do here on /v/.

>>712936125
This is why I don't support rightist studios.

Oh wait, rightists don't make games because they're neanderthals who aren't smart enough to write code and aren't talented enough to be creative.

>>712931719
The should make a good game for a change

>>712933935
I did, you colossal faggot. Neither Google nor Yandex turned up results. Closest I got was a short clip on some shitty website that didn't give me any info.

>>712908398 (OP)
You can buy a L4D2 global steam key for less than $1, and gain access to not only the official maps but thousands of mods. I'm also pretty sure you can get a Darktide global key for like $10 aswell. Anyone wasting their money on this garbage deserves to lose it

>>712936289
(you)

>>712933935
>>712936539
>Forgot the rest of the post
Certified retard moment.
Thanks

>>712936608
(you) are triggered by the truth

>>712931719
The whole point of Firebreak was that it was supposed to be an attempt at a modern L4D which isn't GAAS. Thats why there isn't any MTX.

I imagine it was a way to try and leverage a lot of the very expensive Control assets they had lying around in a way that let the studio flex new muscles and try something new.
Unfortunately they should have kept it in the oven a bit longer. Seems 90% of the complaints are lack of content. Its worse than Darktide release.

>>712937156
Not to mention we're in a growing pains period where inflation is just starting to get priced into base prices of games. $40 is a $15-$20 game pre-pandemic. It's difficult for most people to make a value judgements at this time.

Even the most dogshit games get 8/10. Hate games journos so much bros

remedy cant even afford to hire shills at this point lmao

Man I just want some coop games to play. This was one of the games I was vaguely interested it. Why did it have to suck.

The game is fun but they fucked up pricing it at 40 bucks. That makes it direct competition to higher budget titles like Helldivers 2 or Darktide with more content. And it just doesnt hold up to that standard in its launch state even with the noble goal of making all future gameplay content free and permanently available.
I like what it tries with its focus on environmental effects like fire, water, lights needing to repaired and all that stuff and the gunplay and enemy roster seems serviceable.
Also the introductory experience sucks putting you into the shortest simplest piss easy missions before things actually get challenging and interesting on higher mission length and higher difficulty levels.

>>712936163
Lmfao at this libcuck babble

>>712937963
Try actually playing it. You goons are way too influenced by other people telling you how to feel.

>>712938508
10th post ITT. What about this game excites you?

>>712938504
Hit a little too close to home, eh softy? It's far too easy when you're all carbon copy NPCs

>>712910843
It's mediocre.

>>712938665
Your faggot gamedev friends will be out of a job soon with this huge flop. Can't wait to see your upcoming bluesky tweets bitching about AI as well

>>712938618
If you weren't too busy writing your 11th post then you wouldn't have to ask me. Remember when we were young and we tried shit because it looked cool? Instead of being miserable pricks who go looking for reasons to remain miserable and sit on this board that more closely resembles /pol2/ at this point?

Maybe it's time for a new hobby if you're that desperate for something that only "vaguely" interests you.

>>712938867
>14 years later
Just two more weeks, incelbros! Go woke go broke! It's finally happening!

>>712939159
Lmfao you haven't even played this leftshit game have you. Trannies are the worst audience to cater to. All they'll do is come to 4chan trying to fight the chuds and fail at that

>>712939271
>>712933950
Lmfao what kind of hormones are you taking sis?

>>712939365
Funny how you just have to scratch the "sane and reasonable" facade a little bit and it's mask off with these far right incel polbots.

>>712931123
Feels like I just time travelled 15 years into the past where /v/ was desperate for every new big game to be the next TORtanic.

>>712939624
It's been that way ever since. It's kind of amusing because TOR went on to be extremely successful despite the incels desperately trying to tank it.

It's probably no surprise that it was happening right as Bannon started his gaymurrgate grooming of the WoW-playing incels. I actually think WoW/Blizz itself created this problem because it created a bunch of zealots that threw away video games for an addiction and Bannon knew that manufactured outrage would be an even more enticing form of addiction for them. They didn't even have to pay $15 a month for it!

Why are we trying so hard to defend a shit game?

Yeah this ain't it

>>712940303
It's just some resetera tranny who can't stop himself from sperging about politics. Notice even he hasn't bought this dogshit lol

>>712940303
>>712940957
>WHY WONT YOU JUST ACCEPT MY FAR RIGHT NARRATIVE REEEEEEEEEEEEE
>F-FUCK YOU, I'M GOING TO REPLY TO MYSELF OVER AND OVER AND MAKE IT REAL THEN, COMRADE
Embarrassing. You're losing to a fucking comedian president using literal consumer-grade DJI drones. Go home, Ivan.

can these two mutts shut up

>>712940634
totally organic

>>712908937
Maybe, but that would effort and Remedy is deadly allergic to it.

>>712910843
>especially at $40
It's not worth playing for free

>>712943086
But who are you and why does your opinion matter?

I'm playing it for free at a barcade already. I just wish the shill would shimmer down.

>>712908398 (OP)
is gtfo still worth getting into?
this whole dumpsterfire is making me want to play a shootan game

>>712944285
>barcade
Kill yourself faggot

>>712944448
>SIIIPPPPPPPPPPPP

>>712908398 (OP)
why is everyone trying to make this the next Concord?

>>712945892
why didn't the developers make a good game?

>>712910843
that sucks to see, it did you look fun from the gameplay trailers

>>712947462
They've made three.