Removal of dedicated server functionality in favour of matchmaking was always going to be a horrible, horrible idea. And this is honestly the least of its negative consequences. Even before that there was the requirement of multiplayer servers to be set up through ‘official channels’ of various sorts, which has this same problem because those are still platforms with maintenance costs that companies will eventually cut.
It’s the same platforms vs protocols issue that the fediverse is addressing, just in a different sphere of the internet.
Excuse me sir, but Bad Company 2 is one of the greatest FPS games of the last 20 years. Honestly stellar gameplay and multiplayer and the building mechanics are amazing. Still looks good too considering its age.
This is gonna be a sad day. Bad Company 2 was fucking great. Hopefully the community can come together to keep it online like they do with Titanfall 2.
I feel cautiously excited for this. I was a huge fan of Dirt Rally 1 and 2 and the new locations and features sound nice but I’m concerned for any new EA release.
Man. Ever since Seer, Respawn has been OBSESSED with adding abilities that highlight enemies through walls. A massive turn off for me personally and I stopped playing the game. Now that it seems literally everyone has one in some form of context, I wonder just what the hell Apex has even become?
I am still irrationally angry about Dante’s Inferno (will not rant will not rant will not throw a copy of the poem or La Vita Nuova at the heads of the devs) that I’m not even mad they’re shutting down the online for that.
I’m most of all happy with the ceilings! Finally no more boring plain off-white ceilings! I missed this feature do much, you have no clue. The extra colour swatches are nice too. Freecam for build mode seems cool as well.
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