Before I begin, I like this game, but the reviewers seem to have had a bunch of problems, It currently sits at 72 on Metacritic, it's not terrible, but it's kinda like a mess... I definitely think it deserves higher than that.
They had a bunch of different problems, one of them is a problem lots of peoples mentioned because its a problem quite universally suffered in games these days, it's glitches and bugs and problems like technical issues.
I don't really think it's all that bad apart from one glaring thing.
I bought it last night and played it for a few hours both last night and in this morning, when I installed I didn't wait for the update and just went straight into it, and it ran fine, then I had a one crash which was like a bummer because I was in the middle of a cutscenes, I think it was between at the end of the cutscenes which was pretty annoying.
But when I updated it I haven't seen anything like that, I don't want to defend saying I will just finish your game afterward, but to me glitches and stuff I'd rather that be the biggest problems because it's the easiest to fix.
I think it's hard and unfortunately, it is something that I have kind of come to accept this case with modern day video games, I wish it wasn't the case I wish all the games come out without this case and run perfectly.
It's especially difficult with the open-world games
with the variables and so many things in the world and so many interacting systems that interact with each other.
Should the gamer have the right to enjoy a game he spent 60$ on?
Should an artist have the right to create whatever he wants?
Forbes writers can't seem to agree about Sekiro shadow die twice, The American business magazine covers most of the world industries and are respected outlet on a number of topics, one of the industries they cover is the video game industry, meaning they put out reviews triple-A games and sometimes have insights into the business side of a game.
One they have been recently talking about is largely beloved Sekiro Shadows Die Twice.
In Forbes review in progress by Erik Cane, he says "I think sekiro may be one of the best games ever made, but it is not going to be for everyone"
The reviews acknowledges how difficult the game is and that not everyone can get behind it, one these peoples seem to be Cain's fellow Forbes journalist freelancer Dave Their.
In a article titles ( Sekiro: Shadow Die Twice needs to respect its player and add an easy mode )
Fear lements the game's lack of widespread accessibility and how it forces player to play n a different way.
Before I even came to this article, the original reviewer retaliates it, in direct response Cain wrote a piece called ( No, Sekiro Shadows Die Twice does not need an easy mode ) he specifically counts of how many arguments about easy mode would be beneficial instead highlighting that it would be detrimental to the game.
Their believes that players should be allowed to play how they want and the developers From Software should accommodate this, He says that it would be completely optional so the core experience would not be devoted for the fans who would not use the easy mode.
On the other hand, he arguments that the easy mode would be damaging to the newcomers experience more than anyone because they would be missing the true appeal of the game, not every game has to be for everyone, Something that Cain even says in his review.
Their claims to be a fan of the previous From Software games and had held his beliefs about an easy mode across all of them.
Is the game disrespecting the players by not having an easy mode?
Or is Their is disrespecting artists by demanding an easy mode ?
Let me know in the comments about what you think
Supporting a game as a service certainly has its challenges, but making sure you fix critical bugs and exploits is a pretty crucial part of it.
They don't seem to want to fix one specific exploit in their game, instead, they are taking a very different approach, they're banning players who are complaining about it...well that's one way to do it.
Meshing is a technique used in Ark Survival Evolved to exploit the game, put simply, It's the act of glitching through a wall or gaining access to the mesh outside of the regular map, allowing them to attack and destroy enemy bases easily by bypassing through defenses.
There are many techniques used in order to gain access to the mesh, by using a chair right up close to the wall, using narcotics to knock yourself out logging out and log back in, and climbing through tiny holes using climbing picks.
It's something that you have been able to do in Ark Survival Evolved for pretty much since the launch of the game back in 2017, An Ark YouTuber decided to make a video detailing of the methods of accessing the mesh in a video posted on youtube.
The aim of the video was to raise awareness for the glitch had been the victim of meshing on numerous occasions, including when his base was attacked using the mesh technique recently where he lost hours and hours of work in the process.
He made many recommendations on ways to fix this in the video in order to stop people meshing and ruining the game for the players.
His Recommendations were :
1- get rid of the climbing pick
2- get rid of the sleeping bags
3- get rid of the chair
4- make all mesh inside no build zone
5- no cryo while the player is grabbed
and so more
In response to the video, wild card studios did what any respectable games development studio would do in this situation, and they fixed the game.
....hold it there, they didn't do that at all, instead, they issued the YouTuber who made this video with a GLOBAL BAN from playing Ark
This guy got angry because he made a video showing the problem and giving his suggestions on how to fix this problem, and the Ark, Instead of fixing this problem which has been in the game since it launched, they ban him from playing the game because he is raising awareness of it.
Ok no that's not right, That's not how you do it.
What wild card studios didn't realize is this is the internet, and trying to hide something usually doesn't work because one thing the internet doesn't accept is people trying to cover up their own incompetence.
The YouTuber went back to youtube and posted a video explaining why he was globally banned, the video has over 330 thousand views, click here to watch the video.
Then wild card realized that they could not contain the spread of this stench any longer, so they unbanned him on Wednesday and addressed the issue in a blog post in their community forums.
Lead community satiric wrote "upon further review of the situation involving H.O.D Gaming, we felt that it was not deserving of a permanent ban"
"There are established methods for escalating exploits to the development team that exist to prevent the spread of information to the general public, the more widely known exploit is, the more likely it is to be exploited, in these instances, you should file your report on the SurviveTheArk website"
"We want to make sure that everyone enjoys their experience on our official network and will continue to take exploit matters seriously"
So wild card blamed the issue for the guy who ratted them out instead of having responsibility for they're broken game.
It's like they think the problem here is people knowing the issue.
It's like you cheated on someone and get caught, you blame them for looking through all the sexy pictures and messages.
