I used to follow this game, having many a friend who played it for a time last year. Know a few who dropped hundreds on this title.
Putting out "gold plated mechs" for five hundred bucks basically sealed the deal for a large portion of the player base. Also, they took up the trick of having sales for items to be delivered three to six months out. That lets them avoid the charge back period on credit cards, so if they are really late or never deliver there is no recourse.
Combine that with forever missing deadlines on key features; namely giving the game a long term point other than endless death matches; and its not a great place to be.
The even co-opted an early friendly site to where the postings by that sites presenters are routinely shouted down on reddit.
It gave fans of the genre very nice looking mechs but deliver a multi player version of MechWarrior 2 many wanted.
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I used to follow this game, having many a friend who played it for a time last year. Know a few who dropped hundreds on this title.
Putting out "gold plated mechs" for five hundred bucks basically sealed the deal for a large portion of the player base. Also, they took up the trick of having sales for items to be delivered three to six months out. That lets them avoid the charge back period on credit cards, so if they are really late or never deliver there is no recourse.
Combine that with forever missing deadlines on key features; namely giving the game a long term point other than endless death matches; and its not a great place to be.
The even co-opted an early friendly site to where the postings by that sites presenters are routinely shouted down on reddit.
It gave fans of the genre very nice looking mechs but deliver a multi player version of MechWarrior 2 many wanted.