the fact it’ll be a games-as-a-service-type game.
Pass.
What exactly is games-as-a-service? Is that like a monthly payment so you never own the game? Cause fuck that noise.
When I first heard it used in the late 90’s/early 2000’s when MMOs started taking off, it applied to subscription games with continued dev support.
These days it’s generally referring to season passes and continued dev support by way a slow drip feed of MTX content.
Either way: I’m not a fan.
It comes down to “Pay once, then keep paying (bi/tri)monthly if you don’t want a handicapped game experience”.
Hard to have that much faith after Payday 3’s launch.
Really says something that, according to steamcharts numbers, Payday 2 has over 10x the current playercount than Payday 3 right now. Even peak, Payday 3 has 3,475, whereas Payday 2 has 34,680.
And as far as D&D video games go… Baldur’s Gate 3 already mastered that niche. I’ll keep an eye out if it sounds impressive, but I don’t see it living up to the same standard. Even then, going to a game shop and playing with real people around a table can’t be beat, either.
I will give them the benefit of the doubt. I know payday 3 is Not looking to great right now, but payday 2 was and is fun, so ill See how this One turns out
