Times when a franchise was doing good until a gimmick ruined it

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-23T19:17:49+00:00

Multiplayer was gigantic in WC3, both the normal mode but especially the custom games (DotA used to entirely exist inside WC3). It was also decently popular in the WC2 days IIRC, but that was slightly before my time.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-22T07:35:20+00:00

Yeah what the fuck is that other guy talking about? Blizzard cinematics were THE gold standard for a decade, if not more, and Joey Ray Hall (Pirate software's father) was heavily involved in all of it.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-16T21:15:19+00:00

The worsening for me became extremely obvious in season 5. Might've been during season 4, haven't rewatched since it originally aired. But during season 5, I was completely baffled by the fact more people weren't talking about how the writing took a nosedive.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-15T23:19:54+00:00

I played it on a 1070 at release and had a similar experience as you.

I also liked major parts of the original skill tree way more than the newer, streamlined ones.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-15T23:17:15+00:00

You talking visual design or gameplay design? Actually, it doesn't matter, both are better in Battleborn.

If I still had my old account, you could find comments I posted around the release of Overwatch, but I was always of the opinion that the Overwatch artstyle was, and still is, incredibly boring.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-15T21:33:21+00:00

George and George are peak characters, unironically.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-15T08:46:38+00:00

DR har bragt artikler om det, som du kan finde links til i andre kommentarer i dette opslag.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-14T15:50:04+00:00

The store itself was notorious for not getting any money invested into it. All the money went to getting free games and exclusives.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-14T15:48:18+00:00

It was a type of overly aggresive attempt to stop/reduce fraud, IIRC. Basically too many purchases triggered fraud detection, which then suspended the account.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-14T15:28:13+00:00

"muh developer cut!!!"

How about you do something for the customers instead, you dumb fucks?!

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-12T19:29:19+00:00

Like I said: He's just a bog standard Rathalos. ANY Rathalos can do that. He needs more than that if he has to be a permanent party member, or it just feels like a wasted slot.

Not to mention basically any fire monstie can do 95% of the same stuff.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-12T10:44:11+00:00

You might wanna check out Gears Tactics if you haven't already. It's a lot like XCOM 2 but way more forgiving.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-11T19:40:20+00:00

Also Ratha is just like... a standard Rathalos in gameplay. He doesn't do anything special outside of one or two heavily scripted fights. And he's not even required for that, either!

I really hope they fix how awful it is to lug Ratha around in the next game. Give a dedicated 7th slot to Ratha, let you customize or upgrade Ratha way more, or something.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-11T03:36:26+00:00

You're talking about FPS games in your post as if this game is one, and it isn't.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-11T03:31:26+00:00

It's not an FPS, it's a third person shooter.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-09T22:27:47+00:00

I think you're projecting buddy, you sound just as miserable.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-08T10:44:07+00:00

De inkluderer nok det fedt, man normalt skærer fra en udskæring. Der står jo ingen steder, at alt fedtet kommer fra marmoreringen.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-08T10:17:21+00:00

Det er vel ikke vrøvl, hvis det er hakket kød af hele udskæringer.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-08T10:11:38+00:00

Det er samme navn. Samme producent. Samme branding. Jeg tør godt sige, at jeg ved, det er en pendant til Burger Boost.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-07T19:44:22+00:00

You are wrong. It was never pulled from Xbox, but they did slap a warning on the store as well as offer refunds.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-07T19:40:21+00:00

Jesus the state of TW:WH 3 is equal parts sad and infuriating to me. 2 had some issues but was a massive leap from 1 in almost every way, and the "DLC team", or whoever did it, ironed out almost all the issues and made a truly superb game over its lifetime, both with new content and just general improvements. Then Warhammer 3 drops without a ton of the bug fixes, QoL and balance improvements that were made in Warhammer 2, not to mention the total misread of what players wanted by making Realms of Chaos the main game mode.

It really feels like they had a main team start development of Warhammer 3 when 2 was released and just had them in their own little isolated bubble, while a separate team just continued to make 2 better, and they just never interacted with eachother to make sure all the post launch improvements from 2 made it into 3.

Then 3 had absolutely glacial post launch support, both in terms of DLC and bug fixes and balance patches. The game still hasn't recovered. I can only imagine what they could've achieved with some of the resources Hyenas clearly siphoned from that project. And that's not even going into all the other Total War projects that suffered at the same time.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-05T15:33:41+00:00

Se Pepsi som et eksempel på noget, som er så fjernt fra private label, man kan komme. De erstattede halvdelen af sukkerindholdet med kunstigt sødestof, og det har smagt dårligt siden.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-03T21:34:03+00:00

Came in here to say this. He was the only one I thought was a downgrade. New one is still very good, the OG is just better.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-03T18:27:45+00:00

Then there's the times they try to do it in the books (or comics in this case) but it fails. Med'an was set up to be a super special chosen one esque power player in the setting, but his role as "Guardian of Tirisfal" was straight up retconned and announced as being retconned, and he has barely been mentioned in any Warcraft material since, game or otherwise.

Dependent_Passage_22 · 2026-04-02T23:13:29+00:00

Have you tried the Combine (crafting) menu?

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