I hate what video games have become

Re:I hate what video games have become by Daneel_ on Monday March 28, 2022 @12:21AM (#30827121)

They did this a long time in the past (See: Rocket League Rocket Labs) and it was near-universally disliked.

The complication when it comes to adding new features is that Rocket League is built on top of a bespoke scripting engine that was discontinued after Unreal Engine 3, so they have to fully recreate RL in UE5. Because of this they don't want to put any additional resources into new features for UE3 since it's wasted effort once the game transitions to the new engine.

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Re:I hate what video games have become by Arrath on Monday March 28, 2022 @01:04PM (#30832743)

I know I was always in the minority, but I loved the Rocket Labs maps and wished for more funky, mind bending ones.

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Re:I hate what video games have become by holler on Monday March 28, 2022 @12:41AM (#30827205)

Interesting, have they said much about that or when to expect it?

I did like that game mode where the ball would gravitate towards the goal!

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Re:I hate what video games have become by IshKebab on Monday March 28, 2022 @04:08AM (#30828291)

They turn those weird modes and maps on occasionally - called Limited Time Modes.

The only genuinely new one they've done for years was the NFL mode, which they presumably got paid for and wasn't very good.

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Re:I hate what video games have become by Sturmis on Monday March 28, 2022 @04:31AM (#30828464)

Ball gravitating towards the goal has been available as a Limited Time Mode on a few occasions, it's called Heatseeker IIRC.

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