Darkflow is tying their own noose by charging money on Steam for a game that operates as a F2P business model

[robihr]

@emp_zealoth

Obviously for the paid early access…but I think if they release it as f2p most people will transition to Steam.

nope. only masochists want to launch their game through 2 launchers.

@emp_zealoth

And probably majority of new players after actual Steam release will come from Steam

maybe, but there were some other games where only minority of players come from steam

@emp_zealoth

so pretty soon it probably will be reasonably close anyway

not really. WoWS is a good example. steam players show only part of the playerbase (and it is global). btw think that these numbers are without consoles cause they dont have crossplay.

[MasterGrey]

lol? Well, I guess I’m not sure what to think on this anymore.

[Willcario]

and the reviews are coming in! who could have seen this coming?

[Adamnpee]

Tbh, 17 reviews with 0.1h ingame time are absolutely devastating

[VoyoMayPL]

True rewiews can be gathered after at least a month. Now it’s just salty vets who vent frustration.

[Willcario]

@Adamnpee

Tbh, 17 reviews with 0.1h ingame time are absolutely devastating

and the game didnt even last half a day before being taken off the store, lol

[Adamnpee]

Well, because some overdramatic guys did interpreted issues during EA as “scamming”. And were spreading this nonsense everywhere they could.

Some of them didn’t even know that they are buying EA, lol.

[HenGentlemen]

personally I am okay with this paid “early access”, but:

1. That $20 steam pack should include unique stuff like the two tanks in $80 pack, not two recycled squads
2. They should have figured out the account merging before release, this is beyond stupid.

[Adamnpee]

They should have put unique squads there, that’s true (even tho they’re basically unique, just the weapons and icons are reused) . But definitely not the vehicles, as a significant portion of the player base might prefer infantry play.

@HenGentlemen

They should have figured out the account merging before release,

I believe that they rushed it. Just to keep their promise of Steam release during Q1.
In support to my claim, initially the release was supposed to be without any EA. So in my opinion, they were aware that some issues could happen.

[Willcario]

they should have created 2 new weapons for the Steam EA squads, not just copy paste existing premiums lmfao. Just spitballing ideas but maybe the SIG MKMO for Germany and the Makrykano M1943 for the Allies? Something to catch people’s attention, I don’t know. Nobody really cares if they get a squad armed with grease guns.

[iso_seppo123]

They should have given weapons that are iconic and recognizable by most people. M1a2 carbine engineer squad for allies would have been nice alongside with 20 round m1a1 assault squad. For the tank m22 locust would have been interesting. I am not sure what axis would get but all of the squads should be br 1-2