Thread 719252510

dead game tries to stay relevant by paying epic 2 million dollars

>>719252510 (OP)
is this real?

>>719252556
yes

>>719252510 (OP)
Fortnite seems to have one random ass video game collab per year. Last year was Lethal Company and I think year before that was Goat Simulator.

>>719252627
couldnt get a helldivers collab for the underground update so now we got tall dwarves in fortnight, sad to see it, i love the game

>>719253343
Lethal Company and Goat Simulator are nowhere near the level of popularity of DRG, I hope Embracer didn't actually pay for this collab or this is embarassing.

Can someone please explain to me why the fuck did they turn 100% to making Rogue Core and as a fucking standalone game instead of an expansion to DRG? Why don't they just add more stuff to DRG in general? Maybe something like campaigns?

>>719255149
The game already had several seasons with content additions
Rogue Core seems much more based on action and shooting than mining
They said they want to keep working on DRG

oh, so drg is DED ded

where is season 6

>>719255391
Its been for years

>>719255325
Could've been an expansion to DRG. It could've even boost DRG back proper

>>719255149
Money.

>>719255391
yes lol
>>719255580
this

>>719255149
Cause DRG's publisher is essentially Swedish EA and as you might imagine, DRG releasing free updates and not aggressively punishing people from cheating in the optional paid DLCs with cheat engine or whatever else is not good business strategy. DRG made majority of its money from selling the copies of the game itself but the flaw with that is that eventually you sell the game to everybody who would ever be interested as the target demographic is a finite number of people willing to buy it. They were given 2 options, introduce aggressive microtransactions or make a new game that they can sell to exact same people who bought DRG.
As much as I adore how DRG's not greedy approach even I can see that the amount of money they gave up on and therefore how much they must have pissed off their publisher by doing so.

>>719252510 (OP)
It’s going look really weird

Wholesome Chungus Reddit fanbase was what killed DRG

>>719255149
I remember they said the DRG code was pretty bad and they didn't like working with it or something so they just moved on to release Rogue Core separetely, but I think they wanted to make it a mode inside DRG initially

>>719255391
It was shot in the back of the head the minute Helldivers 2 came out.

>>719255985
That’s retarded , games aren’t remotely the same other than being co op and shooting guns

>>719255969
They said DRG is spaghetti code which makes things a pain to add, but why would they make a roguelike game? They would be better off making DRG2. I don't think DRG and Rogue Core will have that much of the same audience.

>>719252510 (OP)
How is it a dead game exactly.
These are amazing numbers for a Indie game this old.
Or are you one of those retards who thinks any game that doesn't have Counter strike player numbers is dead.

>>719255636
>>719255767
I honestly don't see a problem. Rogue Core as an expansion still equals money, hell, marketing it would probably be easier through existing DRG community instead of a standalone. Their cosmetic DLCs still make money and nothing stops them from continuing in that endeavor. You could even argue they could potentially adopt the Age of Empires 2 DLC model approach, with bits of game content that is not necessarily essential, like aforementioned campaigns. Maybe something like mixing procedural generation with static dungeons, something like Daggerfall

>>719255149
Because every season has been worse than the last, at least now they're making a shit new game instead of ruining the old one further

>>719255965
yeah, definitely the fanbase and not the devs deciding to completely abandon their successful game to develop a new, worse game for 2.5 years

>>719256485
I enjoyed every season
Even the litophage ones

>>719252510 (OP)
Well, RIP. Probably best $10 I spent in years, got over 1000 hours of fun from it. It's sad they just let it die to focus on shit no one cares for

>>719256505
Define abandon?
Why did the developers have to develop the game for free forever for you just because you payed 30$ at some point (possible less if you got it on sale)
Even if the game has 100s of hours of content.
The game would have bean abandoned if it was in a Unfinished barely playable state.
You are not entitled for forever free content be glad you got it instead of being salty you are no getting more.

>>719255149
/v/ is retarded, adding more content to DRG has become too demanding because of how they set up the DLCs and cosmetics and they don't want to go back on that, just adding one weapon requires them to make like 50 fucking skins for it

>>719256265
>>719257441
Still not buying roguecore shill

>>719252510 (OP)
I miss DRG, why did they have to ruin it with fucking robots?
There were so many cool idea that the community through out for new enemies, mimics that look like ore comes to mind, but they went for fucking robots that require their own builds to kill effectively.

>>719257520
they don't care about your money

>>719256265
It's FOMO niggers doomposting as usual.
When I played during EA there was sub 1k players on average

>>719257493
I thought their cosmetic stuff is pretty much automated, no? It's really just swapping textures, nothing more
Not to mention they never added some frameworks from past DLCs to new secondaries. No one cares, really

how does this affect me, someone who does not play fortnite?

>>719252510 (OP)
>DRG collab in Fortnite
Oh boy, I can't wait for Rogue Core to be remade in UE5!
>becomes un-fucking-playable

>>719255149
>why don't devs add more to their game that already sold 500 gadjillion copies?
Because they already have your money and have no incentive to give you more fun.
Also their robot and rockpox expansions were shit and made all my friends quit, and I recently heard a very good criticism of the game: you can't synchronise missions so you're penalised for playing with friends and rewarded for grinding alone or online.

>>719258491
>why don't devs add more to their game that already sold 500 gadjillion copies?
>Because they already have your money and have no incentive to give you more fun.
Sell DLCs and expansions and multiply profits by the 500 gadjillion copies by making those copies of the game stay fresh
>you can't synchronise missions
Does it even really matter when assignments are pretty much a non-thing past few dozen hours ingame, except promotion assignments? Weeklies are just a few missions also. Or friends could just help catch up and synchronise it that way. But yeah, I'd still welcome the, but it doesn't sound THAT bad

>>719258851
>Sell DLCs and expansions
These return a fraction of the original profit.
>past few dozen hours
Average playtime of most games is sub 1 hour. How long do you think someone who likes a game will play it for especially when hitting roadblocks?
I'm not talking children playing it either because they're all on Roblox and Fortnite.

>>719252510 (OP)
lol you really think it wasnt the opposite

>>719261247
yes

>>719255149
DRG was getting bloated both in added content and on a technical level. Starting over with what they learned during it's development was not a bad idea.
It's still got a very healthy population and if you're new there's more than enough content to keep you busy without ongoing seasonal updates.

They're working on a sequel/spinoff so it makes sense to advertise the IP via collabs.

it's an ok game

>a game that is fully playable singleplayer offline and lets the playerbase to experience all the content including past "season" content is 'dead'
Kill all zoomers

>>719262620
Survivor was an enjoyable little spinoff game but not something I could play for a long time.
It's a completely different dev team though, all they did was license the IP.

>>719252510 (OP)
How badly is Fortnite failing that they have to collab with them?

>ODST gets craziest collab with HD2
>stone dwarf goes to fucking PHORTNYTE
oof

>>719252510 (OP)
Epic is the one trying to stay relevant.

>>719252510 (OP)
It became reddit after season 2

>>719264660
>"all our players are on roblox!"
>all historic peaks and troughs are identical in both games and roblox gained more players than fortnite lost
>all of fortnite's losses are gradual and incredibly minimal for a live service game
>all of roblox's gains are indian
Uhuh

>>719264660
>2 million players
>dead
/v/ is full of inept boomers

>>719265532
You can't even read properly, zoomie.

>>719255636
I don't know if that was meant as a critic but GSG were as fair and honest as possible in this industry. That's a big reason I loved DRG, it's perfectly fine for them to sell new games.

It's okay for a game to die.

>>719252510 (OP)
Soulless
Why did they pussy out on the polygonal look?

>>719256265
>not 500k daily
The corpse already rotted away bruh.

>>719265608
knew you were a boomer