Thread 714425801

>be small indie dev
>make a live service game that somehow becomes a success with mainstream audiences and doesnt die 2 months after release
>abandon it to work on a board game and vampire survivors clone no one asked for

Whats the endgame here?

>>714425801 (OP)
>Whats the endgame here?
Making money

>>714425801 (OP)
>Whats the endgame here?
Money of course. If they do not earn certain amount of money their boss will liquidite their company aka will dispand it cause it does not bring enough profit.
The game has free updates and while there are cosmetic DLCs devs do not punish you for cheating paid cosmetics in. As much as I hate to say it. Not being a jew did not pay off sadly.

>>714426105
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they are scamming alot of retards are its so sad to see. the link on their steam announcement links to a fucking fundraising site.

>>714425801 (OP)
>Whats the endgame here?
They've turned into Eve Online's devs. Aka: old but successful game that they're sick of working on, they keep trying to release new shit hoping everyone shifts over to that and then they act surprised that ppl would rather them just update their original good game.

rock and stone!

Is anyone actually excited for Rogue Core?

>>714425801 (OP)
>Ababdon
The game has more than enough content, stay in Fortnite.

>>714426527
Exactly. It's the classic "we're tired of our own success" syndrome. Devs get bored of maintaining the game that made them famous, so they start chasing that next big hit that never lands. Nobody wants their bootleg Slay the Spire clone or some mid-ass board game, we just want proper updates to the game that already works and has fans. It’s like they’re speedrunning the Hi-Rez playbook.

>>714425801 (OP)
They are working on Rogue Core

The Vampire Survivors clone is done by another team. Get your shit right

>>714429248
i am vaguely worried about rogue core because it has more of an emphasis on combat than movement for class gimmicks, going by them feeling a worlo warcar time-reversal spell effect can comprise an entire class

>>714425801 (OP)
they're making a sequel game actually. also, the answer is and always will be greed. they managed to play the role of a quirky tiny indie studio that just loves their game and respects their players so well that they completely hypnotized their fanbase. now they get to do anything they want and get away with it.

>>714426929
It looks awful so far, looks like DRG DLC rather than its own standalone game. Doesn't help that they're reusing 80% of the game's assets.

>>714425801 (OP)
>be small indie dev
This is the problem. They themselves admitted to the fact that the game's base code was written when they were inexperienced, and now it's way too difficult to add new systems to it. IMO they should have just made DRG 2 instead of Rogue Core if that was the case but alas.

>>714430103
this does not fit my narrative
but for real where is the fucking content bros

DRG is fine as it is right now. They could say "nevermind, season 6 is cancelled and Rogue Core is our new game" and I wouldn't care one bit.

>>714425801 (OP)
>work hard on game you are passionate about, but its a slog and the magic is dead
>its doing well but you want to try something else
>use success from that game to push into new territory, hoping your fans give it a try

nothing wrong here, you are not entitled to endless patches for a game just because you like it

>>714431003
>you are not entitled
classic ledditspeak

>>714425801 (OP)
It went EA in 2018 and fully released in 2020 and was worked on for years after. That's long enough development time. You fags need to stop wanting/expecting "forever games".

>>714425801 (OP)
>another thread where someone pisses themselves over DRG not being fortnite
The other day they literally updated the game so the mod browser doesn't suck ass.

>>714425801 (OP)
they don't even make the boards game, a different company does it, they just give them the drg license and playtest it

>>714430528
>Doesn't help that they're reusing 80% of the game's assets.
it's one of those "why wouldn't they" situations
as in why wouldn't they reuse assets in a game set in the same universe and in the same planet's subterraen, using the same artstyle, in an operation headed by the same company

>>714426929
I am, it looks to be more of a tradtional horde shooter but with rougelite elements and some things people love in DRG.

>>714431481
No you don't understand the developer needs to remake everything from scratch.

>>714426929
>Deep rock galactic but shit
no

>>714425801 (OP)
I loved this game so much. 1.8k hours and then I just lost all interest when they announced they're abandoning it for rogue core and haven't played since.

>>714425801 (OP)
Ehhh
Paid $5 for this, got over 400 hours of fun from it. I'm happy with my investment, of course I would be happy if they kept updating the game but I would rather a game die while being good that keep on living as an abomination (see WoW)

>>714426929
Not me. The thing I like about DRG is that horde-shooting isn't the main goal, shooting bugs is just a consequence of working in a dangerous environment.

>>714431619
Don't accept laziness from a multi million dollar corporation, you bootlicker. They very well could do everything fresh since it's a NEW FUCKING GAME.

It's genuinely embarassing. They really had peak game in their hands but decided to fuck it up. No new solid content for YEARS btw.

>>714432230
0/10 bad troll attempt

>>714432230
>getting filtered by rockpox

>>714432578
NTA but he's not wrong. All their updates since the battlepass shit have been underwhelming.

Season 6 will make or break DRG. It'll either be decent, underwhelming or at worst - a lead-in to Rogue Cores story.

>>714432657
the only misstep with rockpox was in making the lithofoam stop fearing rockpox bugs
it's way too fucking easy to get completely reamed by zombie bugs if you don't do it a certain way

>>714432661
Your opinion is not a fact

>>714433178
Neither is yours.

>>714433017
>it's way too fucking easy to get completely reamed by zombie bugs if you don't do it a certain way
You mean shooting them? You're mad that you have to shoot bugs?

>>714433329
Glad we agree. None of DRG's updates have been underwhelming, that is a fact.

>>714433425
Glad we agree. None of them have been good either, that is a fact.

>>714431117
this, forever games have totally broken people's brains. And I think even if drg never gets another major content update, they left it in a good place, the ability to switch between battlepass seasons whenever you want is a really nice feature, and it's not like the game doesn't have hundreds of hours of content already. it's fine for games to end!

>>714433425
Season 2 and 4 fucking sucked.

>>714433343
The extremely tanky bugs if you don't shoot them in specific places and which spawn en masse in zerg-rush fashion if you dare to foam and vacuum clusters of rockpox as you see them instead of pre-foaming everything and vacuuming it all at once, yes.

>>714425801 (OP)
You do realize licencing your IP for others to make silly shit like boardgames take very little time, right?

>>714433525
>NOOOO! I SAID MY OPINION IS FACT!!!!!!
You are not the majority, therefor you do not speak for everyone, screaming at me on an anonymous image board isn't going to change minds.

You have no argument as to why any of them have been bad.

the only thing i hate about DRG is the robots. everything else is fine to great, but robots really fucking suck.

>>714433648
Care to elaborate?

>>714434201
You have no argument as to why any of them are good. Don't be mad at me just because your favorite game stopped being good a long time ago.

>>714434201
The majority already knows that DRG is long past its prime. The devs gave up on it and so should you. It's over.

>>714433658
>The extremely tanky bugs if you don't shoot them in specific places
If only those "specific places" where all over them and bulged off their models. Oh wait, they're already like that and you're a fag!
>and which spawn en masse in zerg-rush fashion if you dare to foam and vacuum clusters of rockpox as you see them instead of pre-foaming everything and vacuuming it all at once, yes.
Damn shame they're apparently invincible and cannot be killed from what I'm reading in your moronic post.

>games need to updated forever
what causes this brainrot? Is this zoomer related shit related to them growing up on fortnite?

>>714425801 (OP)
I don't understand
Helldivers II figured out the formula
keep adding to the game, more weapons, features, things to kill, things to blow things up to kill with

instead DRG you're stuck with a severely limited selection of weapons that were never improved or expanded upon

drop pods? you know what would have been cool? calling in a drop pod with fucking automated or manned turrets

>>714434370
>starts an argument
>refuses to support it
>gets mad when he's called out on it
You have lost, any further replies will be ignored unless you try to put reason behind your argument.

>>714434658
Technical debt and avoidance of bloat.

The fact that the updates take so fucking long to come out is gay. Imagine still being a shill for a game that only release a new update like once a year. And these updates don't even have much content. Season 4 was especially barebones.

>>714434892
>m-muh content must have new content...
Zoom zoom

>>714434453
>The majority already knows that DRG is long past its prime.
And handful of people on /v/ is not "the majority"
>The devs gave up on it and so should you. It's over.
That's funny, because it got another patch a couple days ago and they're still talking about season 6.

>>714434658
>helldivers 2 figured out the formula
sell the game to everyone first then require PSN later, so steam can force them to offer refunds? great idea!

Rogue Core should've just been DLC. The devs know it. You cannot refute this.

>>714434553
man not even ghost ship bats for rockpox this hard

I'm gonna' say it

Cryo cannon.

>>714434553
I mean he's right in the sense that fighting the pox bugs sucks ass if you're not using something that can point'n'shoot easily. so all 3 of the drillers primaries and the wave cooker, kinda most of engie's secondaries, gunner's thunderhead and hurricane, and kinda scout's plasma carbine and shotgun. driller especially feels cucked against them, I wish they didn't nerf drilling through them so hard, you can barely do 1 before hitting max pox

Apoca bloom here

>>714426929
I wouldn't say "excited" but I'll definitely play it. That said, I have absolutely zero doubt whatsoever that I will have way, way fewer hours in it than DRG.
My actual "excitement" is that once they're done with Rogue Core they'll just go back to developing DRG.

PANTS MINERAL HERE

>>714425801 (OP)
>vampire survivors clone
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>>714435152
Yeah they're a setup that the game never asks for you to deal with otherwise and they're not ammo efficient at all to kill them normally, the rockpox goo bombers in particular feel like they have the HP of a fucking dreadnought if you try to ignore the blister point-and-click. It's not hard to get overwhelmed by them at all.

>>714434658
>Helldivers II figured out the formula
With everything I've seen from that game, I strongly fucking disagree.
>keep adding to the game, more weapons, features, things to kill, things to blow things up to kill with
Sounds like bloat to me, must be hell trying to balance all that shit when you keep adding more.
>instead DRG you're stuck with a severely limited selection of weapons
You've never played DRG, that's false, there's a whole customization system for you to play around with.
>that were never improved or expanded upon
Also false, existing weapons have been improved multiple times.
>drop pods? you know what would have been cool? calling in a drop pod with fucking automated or manned turrets
You can't take that with you, in DRG there's a lot of places to go, you're not just defending one spot the whole time.

>>714426929
I'm not, neither are my friends.
We're more excited about the new Deep Rock update/season that's coming out along with Rogue Core honestly.
Couldnt give a shit about some dumbed-down roguelike.

>>714433017
This, also the fact that most lobbies are full of retarded Chinese who just spray foam in the same place over and over and over again and wonder why nothing's happening.

>>714435152
>I mean he's right in the sense that fighting the pox bugs sucks ass if you're not using something that can point'n'shoot easily.
So bring something for that, there's six loadout slots, more if you use a mod.
>so all 3 of the drillers primaries and the wave cooker, kinda most of engie's secondaries, gunner's thunderhead and hurricane, and kinda scout's plasma carbine and shotgun. driller especially feels cucked against them
You've outed yourself as a theory crafter, nothing you've said is based on experience.
Your post is now invalid and will not get any more of a response from me.

>>714435548
So just don't ignore their big yellow glowing weakpoints that chunk their health?
Why are you deliberately trying to avoid doing this?

>>714435942
>Your post is now invalid and will not get any more of a response from me.
Lol are you an unironic shillbot or what? This reads as an automated reply. No way a real human would talk like this.

>>714435553
customization isn't weapon selection
fucking Alien Swarm has more weapons than DRG, just because you can slap shitty mods on weapons doesn't make them unique

many DRG missions involve holdouts or backtracking

>>714435942
kill yourself

>>714436154
Now post hours on driller

DRG was a fluke.
GSG is clueless at game design and it's not a coincidence they all suck at FPS games.

>>714435942
>So just don't ignore their big yellow glowing weakpoints that chunk their health?
No, idiot, you're missing the point on purpose.

>>714436264
I love all my classes equally

>>714426929
I am. One of my issues with DRG is that I’ve done EVERYTHING a hundred times. Rogue core, assuming it has a similar level of content, should be more fun because the build you run each game will be slightly different.

>>714436131
Doesn't have to be, why have five guns that do something slightly different when you can have one gun you can customize to the same effect?

>>714426929
If the people I play DRG with now and then get it I might get it but honestly I'd rather just play DRG.

>>714426450
Board games are notorious for abusing kickstarter. It's disgusting how they nickel and dime people will no self control by using "kickstarter exclusives" and "kickstarter deals." They're not deals.

>>714436465
based all class enjoyer. i too switch between them all a lot but driller is my least played.

>>714436154
Okay, and? You're still just throwing out theories not based in reality, for all I know your time played might be entirely on modded difficulties.
Get it through your head, nothing you said makes any sense to someone who actually plays the game.

>>714436346
>No, idiot, you're missing the point on purpose.
You are LITERALLY the one missing the point on purpose, you fucking said so here >>714435548
>they have the HP of a fucking dreadnought if you try to ignore the blister point-and-click
You are intentionally playing like a moron because you need a reason to hate a mechanic.

>>714426527
>>714428336
its weird that they had such vision when making DRG, but they couldnt cook up anything original or fun with their spinoffs? just a shitty board game, with admittedly nice looking figurines, and a roguelite, i mean, i love roguelites, but they're done to death at this point.

>>714425801 (OP)
apparently it's EU slavery

>>714437168
the mechanic is annoying and the bugs are not meant to be killed in any other way and some classes have difficulties with the aiming required with driller having it the worst and them taking away the drill's ability to kill them in timely manner

we all get it that's how they're supposed to be killed there is no misunderstanding or dodging of that point it's that it fucking sucks

nobody has difficulty in killing them as intended

>>714437256
>The word rougelite makes it exactly the same as everything else!

>>714433530
the autists with 1000+ hours on it are too neurotic to ever understand this nuance. I encountered such desperate losers when playing wow classic, they'll just consoom for as long as real life lets them.

>>714425801 (OP)
>abandon it to work on a board game and vampire survivors clone no one asked for
Why do you always lie about this?

>>714436638
sounds, animations, cosmetic look or effects? retard
by your argument you might as well have one gun model
but wowee you can make it fire slower or faster! or have shit accuracy, or force you to stand in place! wow so interesting!

scunt is the most fun and most versatile class
he's lacking somewhat in firepower but is more than capable of getting the job done while being functionally invincible

>>714437367
>the mechanic is annoying
No it's not, you're desperately trying to portray it that way because otherwise you have no argument.
>the bugs are not meant to be killed in any other way and some classes have difficulties with the aiming required with driller having it the worst and them taking away the drill's ability to kill them in timely manner
Entirely false, Driller does not have any difficulties, including with his primaries.
>we all get it that's how they're supposed to be killed there is no misunderstanding or dodging of that point it's that it fucking sucks
>nobody has difficulty in killing them as intended
Your entire argument revolves around how you refuse to engage with any mechanic of the game.

That's two lies in one post, either stop lying and try to form something to support your viewpoint, or I will stop replying to you and you will lose this argument.
Last chance.

>>714426929
I'm in the alpha test. They are trying to make a combat focused DRG spinoff but it does not work. The combat in these games is serviceable not the main draw. They should focus more on logistics like when try introduced pipelines. That was a good update. They basically should make satisfactory with glyphid incursions instead of whatever the fuck rogue core is.

>>714438335
>No it's not, you're desperately trying to portray it that way
me when i cannot fathom a matter of opinion not being an objective fact

>>714437463
Because they've hated it since the beginning, GSG having other projects is just their current reasoning to beg people to quit.