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Dead Cells receives its final major update today, seven years after release (www.eurogamer.net)
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[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 28 points 2 months ago

The original designer of Dead Cells, Sébastien Benard, formed a new studio and has a new roguelike game on the way called Tenjutsu in which players take the role of a renegade yakuza.

Earlier this year, Benard called the decision to end Dead Cells development "the worst imaginable asshole move".

I'm curious about how others feel about this. I think Dead Cells is an incredible game, but the amount of continued DLC releases has actually turned me off of the game somewhat. I'm actually glad development has ended in a way, so that I can rebuy the "complete" game and have everything.

The game already had tons of content, I don't think it needs perpetual new content additions.

[-] PonyOfWar@pawb.social 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Reading the full statement, it sounds to me like there was more to it than just the game's development coming to an end. It sounds like it might have been a very sudden decision by the publisher, with possible negative consequences for the development team.

In principle I agree though, there is no issue with a game just being finished at some point, especially a single player one. But I also don't mind continued updates and/or DLC.

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

That does sound quite a bit different, although without the actual details of the internal situation it's hard to say.

[-] Midnitte@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago

Regularly spaced updates are great - certainly Risk of Rain 2 comes to mind.

Hopefully Gearbox doesn't try to push it into negative territory...

[-] averyminya@beehaw.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

~~The first Gearbox "expansion" was pretty lackluster IMO, I'm not sure we have much to fear.~~

I must recant my statement, as they have released a new devlog, found on Steam posted today on August 22nd (3 days after this comment) and I'm realizing that the last content drop wasn't the expansion, more like a little teaser.

We'll see how Seekers of the Storm will be on the 27th, but honestly it likely won't be bad. Bringing back the character Chef from ROR1 is something we've been wanting and so unless SotS changes a bunch of things for the worse, I'm not sure this update will really have any reason to show the future of ROR2.

I imagine we'll get this and it'll be done for a while as sales determine whether they want to do another one or not.

Or maybe we'll get a borderlands crossover?

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 8 points 2 months ago

I am becoming the same way. Maybe I am just old, but I miss the days of buying something and having a finished product. Instead, we have games like this and Stardew Valley that release in an incomplete state and are still receiving major content updates almost a decade later.

[-] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 months ago

Stardew doesn't bother me because the updates are free. As soon as there's more content for the game, I have it. If I feel like playing Stardew again, the new content is a reason to jump back in to playing it again.

However with Dead Cells, whenever I think about going back and playing it I think about all the new content that I haven't bought for it. It feels like my options are spend money for the current complete game, play an incomplete version, or just don't play it right now. I've been deciding on "don't play it right now" for years now.

[-] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My issue with Stardew Valley content updates is that they change how the game works. It is not just adding extra postgame missions or something. The content updates tend to fundamentally change how some things work. Your possible/preferred routes to reach endgame today are much different than they were in 2016. It makes it feel like perpetual Early Access.

[-] all-knight-party@fedia.io 10 points 2 months ago

Dead Cells released in a state that felt pretty complete to me, so I just appreciate all the extra content, especially the free updates. It's a game that's so good I'm glad it got such loving support, because the core is so fantastic that I really did just want some more levels and items to increase replayability.

I think it's okay for it to end now. I'd also think it was okay if the devs kept going, but it's in a place where it's got enough content that it can end here and I'm okay with that.

[-] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago

still haven't tried it! it's in my library

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