Enlisted misses its potential

[Xharz]

It’s been over a year since I started playing Enlisted, and it’s really a shame the potential wasted.

Let’s see:

The initial impression was 10/10. I had just bought a new PC and until then I had only played Call of Duty 1 and 2, and Battlefield 1942 (the first game in the saga). but looking for their respective current counterparts, I found that the new games threw realism out the window, adding ridiculous skins and weapons.

I wanted something realistic but not as heavy as HLL. So looking for a game that meets those standards, I came across Enlisted. My first impression was: ‘‘Wow, it reminds me a lot of batlefield 1942, but with nicer graphics’’ (yes, even at that time I felt Enlisted as a somewhat outdated game).

However, he was delighted. I felt like I had found a game to devote my time to. Little by little I was playing game after game, and although there there were frustrating things like bombers, mortar, and gunners that at that time were OP, my experience was not bad.

I was excited with every game update! I expected new game modes, bigger battles, new maps, new mechanics. But… everything I thought would be added either never came or came but was disappointed.

To give you an example, let’s talk about the destruction mode:

When they announced this game mode, I was very excited. I even remember that I came to imagine what the mode would be like before it came out. In my mind I thought that both teams would have to capture a starting point (equal to confrontation mode) and once captured, one of the teams would go on the defensive and the other on offense. The defending team would have the option to blow up bridges, and other strategic targets to delay the attacking team. This would force the enemy to establish a bridgehead and build pontoons for tanks and other vehicles to cross, in addition to accelerating the passage of infantry. But you can imagine my clown face when the destruction mode finally came out.

Anyway, this is just one example, there are a thousand more things that are wrong with Enlisted and that can be improved, but maybe I will leave them for another time. And what do you think? What in this game has disappointed you? I read them.

[ErikaKalkbrenner]

what people often forgets ( me included ) is that potential creates expectation.

expectations gets often to meet reality.

such a small team that we got, i’m surprised at where we are.

but we cannot exscuse many things:

An open letter to the devs from the community

First off I’d like to say the game is in a really really bad spot right now. The game is not in a healthy state and people are leaving because balance updates are slow, they feel untested and there is a critical lack of communication from the dev team. Not to mention game breaking stuff takes ages to patch. (i would also like to add that I’m maxed on every campaign, so this is a non biased complaint) This game desperately needs an english community manager, this would fix the lack of communi…

but what can we do… right?

beside for my feedback enlisted always have that pattern of 2 steps forward and one backward.

like the time they removed airplanes with bombs just to introduce it later with bombs as premium ( moscow BF ), private matches only for premium, limited customization, pricey premium squads ( which old ones still hasn’t got engineers ). and all the questionable balances or availability of certain weapons among others.

enlisted is not all white and black luckily. but if i’m starting to think, drawbacks are kinda stacking up.

beside, it ain’t yet at a point of " okey, i had enough ". just watching how things goes and then i’ll eventually make a decisions. but first, and foremost, gotta wait for that pve that has been promised.

for me, enlisted is a 7 ( mostly thanks to the editor potential ) and the stuff within enlisted available.
wished to be much higher though.

but that’s just me.
( i sound mostly negative. which i don’t want, but people tends to remember those over the good thing. )

[Xharz]

True, very true. Still, I feel like the development team could take what they already have and polish it. Now that ah the Pacific has come out, they should stop implementing new campaigns and focus on other aspects.

[PD_Schlesien]

the biggest problem is that the concept is ambiguous
I dont know if this is a relatively realistic game, or not.
There is no clear standard between realism and arcade.

[VoyoMayPL]

I have similar thoughts since stalingrad (give or take). At this point I guess I’m in game only because of forum and lack of a better alternative. But mostly forum.

I had hope for about 1.5 years but I don’t have it any more and I’m tired of trying. BA buff was a light in a tunnel but it’s not enough.

[Curst]

Potential is all this game has. There’s barely a game here at all, it’s little more than a payable tech demo. If your own hopes and dreams are not enough for you, staying here won’t be at all pleasant.