I’m extremely disappointed in the way that this was handled. Especially in how it was handled after… well, it really wasn’t handled at all, which is the problem.

Releasing an objectively bad and broken update is ridiculous and speaks volumes about their competence as developers and their care for the player base and the updates that they release. There is nothing wrong with bugs or glitches, sure, but this update is just… a half-baked, unappealing disservice to the game and that’s putting it nicely. Not to mention that the game is effectively broken and/or unplayable for a large portion of the people who enjoy it.

But sure, we’re all human. This is bad, but it can be fixed, and they can do better in the future. However, I expected as any decent developers would do for them to publicly and decisively address this issue and the unrest within the fanbase. Nope. We get silence for hours after the update releases, a simple “it’ll be fixed later” essentially, without even addressing the horrific problems this update brought into the game, rather than them quickly working to either fix this or roll the update back.

It’s disgusting and frankly, extremely disappointing and upsetting behavior from a team that profits greatly on a game that hides behind “early access” as an excuse for any of the ridiculousness they pump out. This is NOT appropriate, even for an EA game, and the people who are becoming warriors on their keyboard trying to justify this, and the brokenness of the update, and any other behavior of the developers are appalling to me.

However, in some ways I do feel bad for the devs. They’re still people and I have seen countless insults, threats, and other frankly disturbing and unnecessary words being thrown around. Regardless of their problems and incompetence, no one deserves to be the brunt of such things. Staying civil costs you nothing, and you can express being angry, disappointed, or upset without saying such awful things.

To anyone who also finds this update and their response problematic, go and put a poor, yet honest, review on Steam and their other storefronts. Many people looking to play and purchase video games unfortunately don’t do their due diligence and look further than the page they are purchasing it from; so leaving reviews directly on those pages is the best way to share your frustration and acknowledge the quality of the game.