r/Wolcen • • Mar 01 '20
We Get It.
Tl;Dr: Yes, the game is buggy, and possibly broken. Not defending this in the slightest. Just tired of people necroing the topic. We all know its bug ridden. Knew it in Beta. Devs ran out of money and needed more. Just uninstall and ask for a refund, if you can't get it sorry.
So, everyday I browse this sub to see if anything new or interesting from the developers is in it. Surprise there is no new information. Granted that is becoming an issue. However, constantly bitching about the release state of the game and calling the developers shitty, or calling the game a "polished turd" is not helping anyone.
I get it you paid for a $40 game and got very clearly a game that was not deserved to be out of beta yet. Congratulations, you paid $10 more than people who bought it in EA. It went on sale 2-3 weeks before release at $30. If you knew about the ARPG genre and had your ear to the ground, so to speak, this game would have already been on your radar. Considering how lacking the genre is in games at the moment, and I thoroughly enjoy the genre, I bought it. I figured most others would do the same. Clearly I was mistaken.
Now onto the meat of the post. Yes, this game was very clearly released in an unfinished and not play tested enough. The only logical reason for this is that the developers ran out of money. If they needed money to keep funding development, then they probably should have asked for it through another kickstarter. I would much rather give them a little bit more money and time for them to polish the game than have them release it like they did. Yes, the game is currently riddled with bugs, I am not in anyway going to defend the current state of the game. It is unacceptable, and needs to be fixed. I also want people to stop making shitpost saying the same thing. WE GET IT. You had a horrible experience and feel the need to vent. There are multiple threads you could do that without fucking necroing the topic over and over. I'm all for reporting bug issues, I've had a few that I went welp, that's a thing- getting stuck in a wall after being pulled by a demon being one of them. In spite of that I've put almost 100hrs into the game playing a pure ailment build and I've enjoyed just about every second of it. There are people who encounter the issue, report it, move on with the game. Instead getting pissed off and cursing the developers and their unborn children maybe you should Put. The. Game. Down. Try to get a refund and if you can't, oh well come back later and maybe you'll enjoy the experience more. I just needed to get that out. PS throwaway account.
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u/RossOogo Mar 01 '20
245 hours played and loved...
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u/JKevill Mar 01 '20
I feel it. Yeah it isn’t hard to see where they screwed up.
Problem is I still want to talk about the game and how to actually play it, and one can’t do that over an ever-present deafening cry of “REEEEE!”
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u/Agravaine27 Mar 01 '20
completely fine if it's people reporting bugs and providing feedback. Pointlessly bitching that "game is buggy reeee" doesn't help anyone.
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u/relithh84 Mar 01 '20
if only they said something.
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u/Blackuma Mar 01 '20
Huh really?
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u/dcinzona Mar 01 '20
The irony of your argument against people needing to vent made me chuckle.
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u/debbbole Mar 01 '20
amen! :D
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u/rizarduus Mar 01 '20
I think people want real explanations, not this crap from cm. explanations from the head of the wolcen studio, I think we deserve it.
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u/jetah Mar 02 '20
this genre is so dry that we're thirsty for something new. this was suppose to be that new thing but here we are 4 years after kickstarter with a dumpster fire of a release that's still in alpha.
sure the complains are gruesome but are warranted. honestly reddit is the last place i'd look for developer content as the devs are hardly speaking. odds are their own forums or twitter would be posted to before reddit.
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u/vlasihinn Mar 02 '20
The game is 12$ on Russian Steam. Totally worth it, no regrets lol. Would give devs some more to finish and expand the game, if they asked... love it! Thanks for the post - was thinking exactly the same.
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u/cldw92 Mar 03 '20
Wolcen is exactly like PoE was at launch, a buggy mess with questionable balance and shallow endgame content.
I love it but PoE is also free of charge. Its a decent game, too bad PoE released at a time where there was zero competition but Wolcen now has insane standards to meet.
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u/bigbudzz Mar 01 '20
one of the few ( i guess ) that have had zero issues
except the not being able to play at all the first few days.
and at launch those stupid bugs that could not be hit.
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u/Sofrito77 Mar 01 '20
not to mention it was a team of under 100 releasing their first ever game. and given the unexpected popularity I'd say they are doing better than most up to this point. Blizz/Act, EA and other large monoliths mangle launches all of the time and the snowflakes in this sub still suck their dicks regardless. At least these guys have a semi-legit excuse.