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Miyazaki’s Slave
Gold Member
Focusing solely on Smite 2 then? Hope they are not closing down, smite has been a solid game for over a decade (never played paladins).
March Climber
Member
Paladins lasted almost a decade. Good on them.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Both games had a good, long run.
ChorizoPicozo
Member
these rwo games were GaaS?
digital_ghost
Member
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Layoffs? They struggling? Thought these games (though old) were pretty good in terms of player count.
Generic
Member
I played it a lot from 2018 to 2022, but at some point the devs stopped giving it big updates.
Paladins lasted almost a decade. Good on them.
RIP.
Itchy Tickles
Member
Smite 2 is still in Beta phase 2 (I think). I thought they said they were stopping development on Smite 1 to focus on Smite 2. I think Smite 2 is safe.
MiguelItUp
Member
I thought Hi Rez was a great studio at one point, looks and sounds like they've been slipping the last couple of years or so. Hopefully they keep their footing and don't shut down.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
They've kinda been slipping ever since Realm Royale. To their credit, they acknowledge that some of their misses were simply not working before waiting too terribly long, but I don't think they ever recaptured even a sliver of what made Smite and Paladins as enduring as they have been.
drotahorror
Member
Really enjoyed SMITE for a few years and Paladins for a bit.
Complistic
Member
I miss Tribes sometimes. Think that was my last experience with Hi-Rez.
Nothing quite like grabbing a flag at 200mph.
Nothing quite like grabbing a flag at 200mph.
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Sgt. Pinback
(L3) + (R3) | Spartan rage activated
Never forgive them for destroying Tribes.
Wildebeest
Member
Paladins was actually a success, but they made too many games after then that just seemed to be jumping on trends and failing to catch them. Smite had a slowly declining population and some pretty extreme cosmetic monetisation. Smite 2 early access barely has any of the monetisation of Smite. Smite 2 was needed because the ageing engine was creaking at the seams, it performed badly and crashes were common. They are though stuck in a world where it is very hard to attract enough fresh players to something that isn't Roblox, Fortnite, et al.
Wildebeest
Member
Smite had more shelf life than Valve's Deadlock, which people played for a couple of months and is now doing worse numbers than Smite was doing a couple of years ago.
Hudo
Gold Member
apparently not.
March Climber
Member
If you're being serious, then some of you still look at this wrong. This is equivalent to two decent MMOs being shut down back in the 2000s. It's not that no one ever played them, it's that people played them, the games hit their peaks, and then the numbers slowly dropped and dropped until it wasn't sustainable for a dev budget anymore.
That was the life of an MMO back then and will be the life of most Gaas titles today. It's simply how they are.
They are multiplayer games you experience in the moment and then that moment eventually passes, so you are left with fun memories of them. A game's servers being left on for as long as possible when the player count is around low triple digits, is a gift.
Kataploom
Gold Member
Paladins, one of the best competitive online game I've ever played, I was loyal until until just recently but damn, devs really didn't know how to get their shit together regarding bugs and lag.
I tried switching to Overwatch but it's just not the same, it's... way simpler, way more unbalanced, way slower... I wish they make Paladins 2 one day :'(
I tried switching to Overwatch but it's just not the same, it's... way simpler, way more unbalanced, way slower... I wish they make Paladins 2 one day :'(