OK, so this is a rant thread.
I admit it.
But I have been one of the most supportive members of this forum in terms of asking people to be patient and asking people to have faith in TaleWorlds and the game in general. Indeed, over the years 95 percent of my threads have been constructive full of ideas to try and help the devs. But my patience is now wearing paper thin.
So TW have played around with the UI, with various wheel options - in order to make the game accessible on consoles.
That's fine, I have no problem with that at all....
What I do have a very large problem with is that we are hearing that features which were present in Viking Conquest and Warband are now ' too complicated to implement'.
They weren't too complicated in 2014 .... but they are now.
The crucial question is WHY? The answer lies in two little words that sound reasonable... they sound just fine - but they lead to a comparatively inferior product. These words are: "Wider audience"
"Wider audience" means one thing. "We want more sales and more money" - We all know this.... and this doesn't actually have to be a bad thing.
Ok, fine... try and do that.... sure. But NOT at the cost of depth and quality. My problem is that the words 'wider audience' are being used as an excuse to leave things out the game that are needed and necessary. That is just corporate greed.
There is a quickly shrinking and closing window of opportunity to save this game.
But TaleWorlds need to wake up fast, do some quick self-reflection and re-prioritize their work.
Sorry if you've read through this and are now bored or think I am stating the freakin obvious. I do it because I care. Good PC games with actual depth are as rare as virgins in Soho.
Warband kind of reminds me of Morrowind ( unique, ground breaking and incredible in every way. - really ground breaking ) ..... but increasingly Bannerlord is starting to making me think more of a mix of Skyrim and Fallout 76 - made for the mass market and taking ages to fix. Don't depend on modders to fix all the lacking features that you KNOW very well should be in a game like this.
Right rant done.
I admit it.
But I have been one of the most supportive members of this forum in terms of asking people to be patient and asking people to have faith in TaleWorlds and the game in general. Indeed, over the years 95 percent of my threads have been constructive full of ideas to try and help the devs. But my patience is now wearing paper thin.
So TW have played around with the UI, with various wheel options - in order to make the game accessible on consoles.
That's fine, I have no problem with that at all....
What I do have a very large problem with is that we are hearing that features which were present in Viking Conquest and Warband are now ' too complicated to implement'.
They weren't too complicated in 2014 .... but they are now.
The crucial question is WHY? The answer lies in two little words that sound reasonable... they sound just fine - but they lead to a comparatively inferior product. These words are: "Wider audience"
"Wider audience" means one thing. "We want more sales and more money" - We all know this.... and this doesn't actually have to be a bad thing.
Ok, fine... try and do that.... sure. But NOT at the cost of depth and quality. My problem is that the words 'wider audience' are being used as an excuse to leave things out the game that are needed and necessary. That is just corporate greed.
There is a quickly shrinking and closing window of opportunity to save this game.
But TaleWorlds need to wake up fast, do some quick self-reflection and re-prioritize their work.
Sorry if you've read through this and are now bored or think I am stating the freakin obvious. I do it because I care. Good PC games with actual depth are as rare as virgins in Soho.
Warband kind of reminds me of Morrowind ( unique, ground breaking and incredible in every way. - really ground breaking ) ..... but increasingly Bannerlord is starting to making me think more of a mix of Skyrim and Fallout 76 - made for the mass market and taking ages to fix. Don't depend on modders to fix all the lacking features that you KNOW very well should be in a game like this.
Right rant done.
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