Aunty Treats
Junior Member
Delivering tasty treats to the townsfolk
Posts: 1,030
|
Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 28, 2024 18:25:55 GMT
I can honestly say I did not read into it to get that assumption. Where's the flag motif on the logo? Is it a specific flag? A series of coloured stripes. The gay ones |
|
|
|
Post by Jambowayoh on Aug 28, 2024 18:30:44 GMT
I honestly can't see that on the logo so I'll take your word for it.
|
|
Aunty Treats
Junior Member
Delivering tasty treats to the townsfolk
Posts: 1,030
|
Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 28, 2024 18:37:54 GMT
8 out of the 11/12 shots in the trailer feature coloured stripes. It's all over it, and like you said, there's really nothing else there. It's not very subtle
From what I've seen, Overwatch has/had a big queer/shipping scene. They were clearly hoping to exploit that right from the off. It's just corporate cynicism
|
|
Frog
Full Member
Posts: 7,272
|
Post by Frog on Aug 28, 2024 18:38:49 GMT
I'm not seeing it either, looks more like an 80's logo with the gradient.
|
|
Aunty Treats
Junior Member
Delivering tasty treats to the townsfolk
Posts: 1,030
|
Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 28, 2024 18:43:47 GMT
Literally opens with a pride flag warp effect though
Maybe I'm the cynical one but I dunno
|
|
Frog
Full Member
Posts: 7,272
|
Post by Frog on Aug 28, 2024 18:47:42 GMT
Oh you could be right, I thought you meant the box art logo. I haven't looked at much to do with the game as it looks like absolute shite.
|
|
nazo
Junior Member
Posts: 1,301
|
Post by nazo on Aug 28, 2024 18:52:15 GMT
What is shipping in this context?
|
|
Tomo
Junior Member
Posts: 3,490
|
Post by Tomo on Aug 28, 2024 18:52:31 GMT
I think a lot of pubs are making a mistake in their analysis of the GAAS space in looking at the PvP shooter audience as one homogenous thing you can capture, as opposed to having the "I only want to play Tarkov/Fortnite/Apex" crowds. The number of floating players is pretty small and shifts from the big titles need something massive to really happen. It's like the crowd who don't "play video games", they play CoD. At that point it doesn't even matter if the thing you're doing is better. There's also just a generally dismissive attitude from "enthusiasts" at the moment in that they're not very good at actually identifying things they're looking at. In the sense of, when anything with stylised art gets announced, idiots say it "looks like Fortnite" or "looks like a Mobile game". If it's got classes in it, it "looks like an Overwatch clone", regardless of how accurate those things are. It's hard to get above that stuff. Wholeheartedly agree that players don't move around much. GAAS are by their very design supposed to hook in their players, so if one succeeds then there is a lot to lose by jumping ship to another title and having to go through loads of new battlepasses etc. On the second point though, that's on the developers and publishers, not the enthusiasts. I think it's entirely reasonable to want original worlds and presentation. Plus, devs and publishers _deliberately_ use 'generic' graphics because it very quickly communicates the genre in a world where attention spans are absolutely minimal. It's the same reason all the holiday reads in WHSmith at the airport look so homogeneous. The gaming industry has snookered itself imo. The combination of GAAS being a AAA genre and the fact AAA budgets are absolutely astronomical is really potent. |
|
|
|
Post by crashV👀d👀 on Aug 28, 2024 18:56:31 GMT
What is shipping in this context? This please. |
|
Vandelay
Junior Member
Posts: 4,692
Member is Online
|
Post by Vandelay on Aug 28, 2024 18:56:32 GMT
Literally opens with a pride flag warp effect though Maybe I'm the cynical one but I dunno  I assumed the colour was reference to this:  |
|
Aunty Treats
Junior Member
Delivering tasty treats to the townsfolk
Posts: 1,030
|
Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 28, 2024 18:57:24 GMT
What is shipping in this context? Romantic/sexual fanfic
I assumed it's derived from relationshipping
|
|
Aunty Treats
Junior Member
Delivering tasty treats to the townsfolk
Posts: 1,030
|
Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 28, 2024 19:00:26 GMT
Literally opens with a pride flag warp effect though Maybe I'm the cynical one but I dunno I assumed the colour was reference to this: Could be. Kirk and Spock are popular shipping characters as well |
|
Frog
Full Member
Posts: 7,272
|
Post by Frog on Aug 28, 2024 19:08:34 GMT
Stop making up words 😂
|
|
Aunty Treats
Junior Member
Delivering tasty treats to the townsfolk
Posts: 1,030
|
Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 28, 2024 19:10:23 GMT
Stop making up words 😂 They've got a Wikipedia page and everything
Spirk lol
|
|
|
|
Post by Bill in the rain on Aug 29, 2024 2:46:30 GMT
Stop making up words 😂 They've got a Wikipedia page and everything
Spirk lol
It's better than the other way around |
|
Aunty Treats
Junior Member
Delivering tasty treats to the townsfolk
Posts: 1,030
|
Post by Aunty Treats on Aug 29, 2024 15:20:12 GMT
I'm just finishing up my latest FG slash fic about a dashing Mexican muse and brooding Scottish artist. It's called Spunty
|
|
sport✅
Junior Member
notice me senpai
I want to claim my tits
Posts: 2,315
Member is Online
|
Post by sport✅ on Aug 29, 2024 15:51:40 GMT
They've got a Wikipedia page and everything
Spirk lol
It's better than the other way around This reminds me. BRING BACK KARK AND TANUMURA!!!!!!! |
|
neems
Junior Member
Posts: 1,492
|
Post by neems on Aug 29, 2024 18:23:28 GMT
What is shipping in this context? This please. A lot of overwatch fans like to send things around the world in containers. This is apparently especially popular in the gay community. |
|
|
|
Post by crashV👀d👀 on Aug 30, 2024 1:29:51 GMT
I work in tech for a freight forwarding company so there's lots of shipping going on
|
|
|
|
Post by Jambowayoh on Aug 31, 2024 19:56:05 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by Whizzo on Sept 3, 2024 16:26:09 GMT
|
|
|
|
Post by baihu1983 on Sept 3, 2024 16:28:47 GMT
Crazy. Didn't even notice the game had its own topic.
As I mentioned in the PS topic I could see this coming back as a F2P game but at the same time maybe it's best just to walk away from it completely.
Wasn't the studio created just to make games like this?
|
|
|
|
Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 3, 2024 16:34:38 GMT
It's so hard to come back with this type of game, sure it'll have that boost if it goes to F2P, people will have a look but the game that I played in the beta didn't have that longevity or excitement to it to make people stay. I mean some of the levels were just so unimaginative.
|
|
|
|
Post by Whizzo on Sept 3, 2024 16:38:33 GMT
Maybe having a pre-rendered trailer that made the game look like an action adventure game but it turns out to be a PvP hero shooter wasn't the best marketing?
|
|
Tuffty
Junior Member
Posts: 3,602
|
Post by Tuffty on Sept 3, 2024 16:45:58 GMT
It's so hard to come back with this type of game, sure it'll have that boost if it goes to F2P, people will have a look but the game that I played in the beta didn't have that longevity or excitement to it to make people stay. I mean some of the levels were just so unimaginative. The game had less players in the open beta than it did in the closed beta. Not sure f2p would help, genuinely. Plus the full game doesn't have microtransactions or a battle pass so it doesn't have that option to come back right away. |
|
apollo
Junior Member
Posts: 1,701
Member is Online
|
Post by apollo on Sept 3, 2024 16:48:08 GMT
I agree, even if it went f2p, its not going to save the game
|
|
|
|
Post by Jambowayoh on Sept 3, 2024 16:50:45 GMT
It's so hard to come back with this type of game, sure it'll have that boost if it goes to F2P, people will have a look but the game that I played in the beta didn't have that longevity or excitement to it to make people stay. I mean some of the levels were just so unimaginative. The game had less players in the open beta than it did in the closed beta. Not sure f2p would help, genuinely. Plus the full game doesn't have microtransactions or a battle pass so it doesn't have that option to come back right away. That's what I'm saying in the long run it doesn't matter the psychologist damage has already been done to the game. It must absolutely suck to work for so long and seeing this reaction. |
|
Ulythium
Full Member
Lily-livered
Posts: 7,091
Member is Online
|
Post by Ulythium on Sept 3, 2024 16:59:35 GMT
I reckon Concord 2.0 will go the same way as Anthem 2.0 - the powers that be will eventually decide that there's no saving it, and pull the plug.
Either that, or they'll try a F2P relaunch and it'll bomb quickly (after an initial spike in interest).
It has to suck for the devs, and I genuinely feel sorry for them, but the only noteworthy thing about Concord is its failure.
|
|
Tuffty
Junior Member
Posts: 3,602
|
Post by Tuffty on Sept 3, 2024 17:02:45 GMT
I do feel for the devs. Here's hoping they get involved in more exciting projects, the talent is there.
|
|
|
|
Post by Whizzo on Sept 3, 2024 17:05:03 GMT
The betas should have got them to hit the brakes and delay it and see how they could rejig it enough to get some interest.
I'd forgotten that in the SoP that the cinematic trailer it was in there was also the footage of Marvel Rivals that not only had very recognisable characters, the gameplay looked better but most importantly is F2P. Who thought having that follow it was a good idea to drum up business?
|
|
