No one saw that coming.

>AI generated asset flip multiplayer shovelware releasing to pathetic player counts
many svch cases lately

>>712978673 (OP)
when are they taking it offline?

the game seems fine except the abysmal amount of content, that doesnt even make any sense since its just reused assets from Control.
Its mindboggling. Id assume they spent very little on the game, to the point that it being on Gamepass would already be worth the dev cost.

>>712978673 (OP)
I don't think I've ever even heard of this game

>>712978673 (OP)
how many millions interactions on gamepass?

It's ugly and the gameplay is mid.
Thank you for listening to my TED talk.

>>712978673 (OP)
Why exactly did they make this? They should be focused on Control 2 and Max Payne remake.

I hope remedy goes under

>>712979172
>the game seems fine except the abysmal amount of content
lel no
>weapon design and feeling is mediocre at best
>extremely limited, boring enemy selection
>gameplay cycle is executing tedious chores over and over again
>what little gameplay depth there is is gated behind grinding for unlocks
it's a 2/10 due to being absurdly boring and forgettable, concord is worlds better because at least it'll make you laugh until you get dementia

>>712978673 (OP)
I guess why Control was on sale with a massive discount not too long ago, the devs were aware this wasn't going to sell and were trying to mitigate this flop.

>>712978673 (OP)
Who is this style even supposed to appeal to? Control was kino because it had 50s office style. This Fortnite bullshit feels forced to appeal to zoomers.

Amazing how cursed SCP like themed multiplayer games are.

Imagine getting mogged by Date Everything that came out the same day. I thought the Lethal Company/ R.E.P.O. crowd would check it out at least.

>>712978673 (OP)
friendslop

>>712979852
They literally said it appeals to "middle aged dads", whatever that means.

>>712980061
It's nothing like Lethal Company or Repo, it's more akin to Deep Rock Galactic

>>712980061
I don't think anyone will pay $40 for a game they're going to play twice.

>>712980180
Date Everything is $30 though?

It was always going to be a disaster. Live service games are risky anyway and they're gameplay first games. Putting nu remedy in charge of a gameplay first game when their whoke shtick is cinematicism is stupid

>>712979852
>Who is this style even supposed to appeal to?
i think the reason many recent games have childish and or uninspiring art styles is because they hire women and trannies to do the art instead of hiring actual competant artists

People should study remedy as a real case of how turning into a AAA studio ruins your company as a whole.

>>712979852
The modern audience

Unfortunately it exists purely in their heads. Tragic, many such cases. The real question is why do so many fall for chasing this imaginary modern audience despite critical flop after critical flop?

LOL
https://archive.fo/j6h3W

>>712980994
>A big part of the plan to keep Firebreak from burning out in weeks or months, like Concord or XDefiant, is to release the upcoming shooter on both Steam and Epic. Remedy’s last two games arrived exclusively on the Epic Games Store

That's actually depressing. They finally released a game on Steam just to find out nobody wants to play it.

>>712979604
i did not find the gameplay and guns mediocre, they felt fun to shoot and the rest you just agreed with me that it was limited and repetitive since it has a tiny amount of content, so I dont know why you started you reply with "lel no" if all you had to say was that the guns didnt feel amazing.

>>712978673 (OP)
Because no one knew it existed lmao

>>712978673 (OP)
what is this? left4dead with 3 people instead of 4?

>>712981279
I knew it existed. I saw a webm of the gameplay on /v/. It looked like a reskinned Left 4 Dead, but not appealing either.

>>712981335
all of the reviews seem to talk about how uncooked the game feels. even the people who otherwise enjoy it, its still just an early access game right now

>>712981167
>I dont know why you started you reply with "lel no" if all you had to say was that the guns didnt feel amazing
that's not all i said, you're just a disingenuous loser defending a trash game

>>712981129
The truth is that by releasing their prior games solely on Epic they already harmed this game, no one remembers them as developers because no one uses Epic, it's a marketing black hole of a storefront that not only damages their current sales but ensures that the devs themselves won't gain fame (which is vital for word of mouth) even if the games they release on it are good (because no one buys them).

I can't overstate how little unique content Firebreak has. I played all maps to their fullest within 2 hours and still got my refund.
Yeah there are higher difficulty options that have gameplay modifiers, but it's still the same maps and from looking at higher difficulty gameplay (inc max difficulty) nothing has changed except some different enemies and way more time spent picking up items.
The missions, even at their fullest, barely take 10-15 minutes each. Even the high difficulty gameplay I viewed, he completed all objectives in about 20 minutes, and then spent 15 minutes looking around the map to farm loot which only took so long because he was alone.

I honestly have no clue what the fuck they were thinking

Warframe mindbroke the industry so hard it's wholely responsible for 2 crashes in the last decade
>support our liveservice through 15 years of updates and iterative design faithful to our core audience?
>nah fuck that release a 3 hour demo price it fully then make it appeal to twitter activists and reddit moderators, that'll last us 7 years and only cost us $400 million!

>>712981423
>by releasing their prior games solely on Epic they already harmed this game, no one remembers them as developers because no one uses Epic

You're right about that. I bet Epic Games has all these incentives for companies to put their games there, but it's a trap, and the short-term gains don't matter when the store is irrelevant.

imagine paying 40$ for this slop

>>712981561
Timmy bribes these faggots with a few millions upfront for poaching them and then a few more millions in guaranteed sales; that is to say remedy got a fair chunk of money as if the game sold well, regardless of how many copies were actually bought. Guaranteed sales have been a thing since Timmy started his campaign, and have been the primary draw for shortsighted faggots such as them.

Long term brand damage? Who cares really, Timmy Tencent offered us $20million NOW. We'll deal with being unable to sell product in 6 years when we come to it.

>>712979172
>Id assume they spent very little on the game, to the point that it being on Gamepass would already be worth the dev cost.
Pretty much this, it's a side project reskin of Control, Remedy is still working on the Max Payne remakes with Rockstar.

>>712981768
>>712981561
>>712981423
>>712981129
>>712980994

This. It's the same with Square. Too much exclusivity with PS after FF15 and now they can't find a new audience interested in FF.

>>712978673 (OP)
All I know about that game is that there's a post-it notes monster.

>>712981996
You should play Control.

>>712980787
the industry is suicidal. despite releasing bomb after bomb its been propped up for so long it'll never actually collapse on its own.

>>712978673 (OP)
I know what control is and I still didnt know that it was Remedy who's behind the game. That's how little brand recognition they have

>>712978673 (OP)
you don't understand, most players already finished the game

Aw man, I downloaded this for free via the PS5 Game Catalog because I thought it would be a fun, entertaining multi-player shooter with my group of friends so if it's truly as bad as everyone is saying that's disappointing. As a group we usually go through stages of being really into certain games for a few months and last year was great for that because it went Helldivers into Diablo 4's expansion into Phasmaphobia, but this year has been pretty lackluster with fun party games aside from REPO. Is there any hope on the horizon? I can't think of a single interesting looking multi-player game coming out in the future. I refuse to play most FPS/Hero shooter games BTW unless they're more cooperative and not PvP.

really funny they are cocky enough thinking people gonna pay 40 dollars for that. It could have been the next friendslop if it was at 15

>>712978673 (OP)
Who did they swindle this time to fund this slop?

>>712978673 (OP)
b-b-but STICKY RICKYYYY
don't tell me STICKY RICKY didn't take off as the funniest meme of June 2025??

>>712983332
nobody knows what you're talking about

>>712982957
Not even worth 15€, sorry

>>712982957
>It could have been the next friendslop if it was at 15
even if it were free it would still be a terrible game