Now, to be clear, online games shutting servers down after only a year or two is terrible and should be criticized. But a lot of the time hit games never got more content or seasons, and players were fine with that.Īn image shows the cover art for Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3. Maybe if a game was really good and sold very well, it might get an expansion. For a long time games launched, people played and enjoyed them, and devs moved on. There were some exceptions, of course, big MMORPGs like EverQuest II or insanely popular PC games like Counter-Strike or The Sims. Nobody expected a developer to stick with a single game for five, seven or 12 years. Rarely did people bat their eyes at this.
And this is how it used to work.īefore let’s say, 2013, games could be released, supported for a bit, and then the developer could move on. The game lives on while the team behind it gets to make something else.
It will remain playable across all the platforms it was released on. Back 4 Blood isn’t shutting down or being killed. Now, a year and a half later, the devs are moving on to something “bigger, bolder, and better” and I’m excited to see what that is. The 18 Best Games For The Nintendo Switch The 15 Best Games For Sony's PlayStation 5 It also got three expansions, adding new content while also fixing some bugs and balance issues. In fact, I had a lot of fun with the game, and have since gone back a few times to replay it with friends for many hours of fun. And yeah, Back 4 Blood wasn’t as good as its spiritual predecessors. Released in October 2021, Back 4 Blood is a Left 4 Dead-like zombie shooter developed by Turtle Rock Studios, the team behind the first Left 4 Dead. In fact, I kind of miss those halcyon days when studios were allowed to move on and do something new. Not everything needs to be a live-service game like Fortnite or GTA Online. But really, I’m fine with devs making games, supporting them for a bit, and then moving on. And the reaction to this was mostly negative, with players calling the game dead and suggesting the team was giving up on it. A brown zombie covered in spikes runs ahead of a large pack of undead monsters.Įarlier today the developer behind co-op shooter Back 4 Blood -released in 2021 on console and PC-announced that, having released multiple updates and three expansions, it was moving on.
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