Quinn wrote on Jan 25, 2023, 03:41:
The game is 40 bucks, I've put 150+ hours into it in the first three weeks. The game was very stable for me, and evidently extremely fun. They just dropped the ball entirely when it comes to the end-game loop, but it's not an MMO with a monthly fee either.

I'm just "pissed" at Fatshark that they didn't make this great game into a perfect one before they released it. But then again... 40 bucks & 150+ hours. 🤷 The problem is the fans don't wanna play "weeks, not hours" but "months, not weeks"!

I'm in the same train of thought.

They seriously fucked up a lot about the game but it is incredibly fun to play.

I'm frustrated by the state of the game. There are some pretty annoying difficulty issues to sort out in a few mission types, not enough mission types and levels in general. Ranged counter-play needs work, too often you are being peppered by ranged mobs that take too long to put down but deal a ton of damage themselves. Pugging is awful in this game and a lot of the levels have filler areas that could be reduced. I remember Vermintide 2 at launch so I will give them some leeway on lack of careers and whatnot, that stuff is normally fleshed out more later but they really did go barebones this time. I totally agree that a lot of the feats are lackluster and feel pointless.

Anyways I can't really recommend the game right now, it needs another year of work minimum. There are better squad melee/FPS games to play, heck even Vermintide 2 is still a lot of fun despite its issues.

This comment was edited on Jan 25, 2023, 12:21.

I'm still playing though not that much as the RL friend group I played with have lost interest. I like the gameplay loop, I don't mind the cosmetics shop or whatever since that is optional, but the content and the story is lacking in the extreme.

There should have been at least twice the number of levels, and at least 3-4 times the number of missions. Likewise the number of "randomised" events during the missions should have been upped considerably so that it doesn't feel like you are playing the same mission over and over again. Simple things like the assassination mission featuring a different random boss at the end would have been so much better instead of that same dude that most people can now do blindfolded.

The classes need work too. I've had a lot of fun with the Zealot and the Veteran class, but the Psyker and Ogryn are not a lot of fun. I haven't played them much but their feats feel uninspired and weak. More classes need to be added, hopefully not as paid DLC and existing classes need to be tweaked.

One other thing I would have liked to see is the inclusion of actual story missions instead of the dumbass cutscenes you get every few levels, that took Dan Abnett all of 2 seconds to write. Specially designed missions that you do only once per play through, per character, that feel special and unique and that you don't do on the usual mission rotation. It would have gone a long way to making the game and the characters you meet in it more fleshed out.

Oh well, it is what it is. I put in 50-60 hours into it and I've had fun, and I'll probably put in some more to get some optimal loot builds so I can do the hardest difficulties just for kicks. But it is very barebones. Miles better than that horrible spacehulk game of a few years ago, but the curse of 40k continues.

I leveled up 2 of the 4 characters to max level. And I kind of lost interest. Part of that is how repetitive the game is, how little content there actually is and part of it is I have it on Gamepass and can't play it with friends on Steam. Furthermore it's like Fatshark forgot they set expectations with Vermintide 2. Vermintide 2 had 5 characters with 15 career paths in total. Darktide has 4 with 1 career path each. Their plan to make thing right may be coming of mostly negative recent reviews and because Steam player numbers are plummeting:
https://steamcharts.com/app/1361210
I realize that all games lose players but this is a coop mp game and that drop has been pretty bad.

I consider this game a torture device not an actual entertainment product. And in that regard they nailed it 100%
It also takes a special kind of developer to make an SCI-FI game where the HUMANS are the monsters and place it setting wise in a planet-scale sewer level with ZERO aliens. Just wow. 40k literally lives and breaths xenophobia and Fatshark failed to even get that right. Astounding.

The game is 40 bucks, I've put 150+ hours into it in the first three weeks. The game was very stable for me, and evidently extremely fun. They just dropped the ball entirely when it comes to the end-game loop, but it's not an MMO with a monthly fee either.

I'm just "pissed" at Fatshark that they didn't make this great game into a perfect one before they released it. But then again... 40 bucks & 150+ hours. 🤷 The problem is the fans don't wanna play "weeks, not hours" but "months, not weeks"!

The best part about Darktide is it made me go back to Vermintide 2.

I imagine the reviews falling to Mostly Negative for recent and Mixed for overall had a big part in this.

Yeah, maybe fixing and finishing your damn game is a good idea before pushing out EVEN MORE cosmetics that no one cares about.

Great plan, push it out early before the holidays and lie about the status to extract as much cash as possible.
Then when people start complaining (i.e. stop spending money in the cash shop) apologize.
Promise to fix, and don't, they have been promising to fix Vermintide 2, for 5 years now.