I dont think it will last long.
I'm remided of Infantry Online, a very fun, adictive, 2D top-down shooter.
It was a very good game. The weapons were fairly well balanced, easy to use message macros allowed for effective communication, teamwork was relatively easy with support classes and summoning system...basically, it was better in almost every aspect then NF.
It died hard when it went retail.
Sure, its probably still up today, but all the best players left at retail, leaving only stat-whores who worried more about their personal K-D ratio then the objectives. It just ceased being the fun game it was in Beta.
I predict something similar will happen to NF. The only hope I see is if they get their act together and fix the bullshit like blockshots and majik german AA guns, then maybe they'll keep enough people to keep it fun. Maybe.
Also, ads really kill the professional look of a game. The game is annoying enough, we dont need ads to make it worse.
|