I have been a gamer for the last 30 years. The older I get, the more I ask the question : What does the game do better that I just wont go back to the game it was inspired from?

A game made for everyone is a game made for no one.

I tried the beta and my takeaways are 1: it’s graphically impressive and 2: its as bland as toast

Looks like slop meant for the “ Modern Audience “

A small point worth mentioning. A studio can start making a game aiming for what in at the moment. With such long production times, by the time the game comes out, the landscape has changed and that is no longer the big thing.

they built a game for a small demographic, then wonder why it has not got a large player base. I can not for the life of me get into that head space way of thinking

Played it on PS plus for a couple hours over the weekend. It was fine, nothing special. Had some fun in a couple of matches, but bored really quick and never went back in all weekend. There was a 5 minute cut scene when you start it. One of the characters says "set your expectations low....and then be prepared to be disappointed." Doubt the devs realized that would sum up the game really well.

Worst collection of characters ever put together

I'm tired of paper thin plots, with disney characters. I want more single player experiences with effort. All live service games scream " we want your money, and nothing else!"

Zero interest in this game. The only reason I watched this video was to support the channel, and I like your breakdowns.

Most gamers prefer single player games not because we don't have friends but because as you get older people have lives/families/work and getting people to do online games gets harder to do. All I'm going to say is Hogwarts Legacy made over a billion dollars while suicide squad vs the justice league is sitting at negative 200 million I repeat negative, that speaks on its own. You can always go back and play a single player game when you want but a live service game will most likely shut down and become unplayable. And single player games have better stories, characters, and gameplay then most online games if we're being honest.

Itll be free in 6 months and shut down in less than a year this is going to be bad

I remember first seeing the trailer and thinking "oh this looks like it'll be a cool alien bounty hunter game". NOPE just more bandwagon live service 5v5 crap. Like we don't have 10+ of those already dead or alive. The gaming industry needs a resurgence in originality.

live service games have become this generation's shovelware

These games suffer from a lack of any obvious hook to stand out. Innovation in map design needs to have a moment.

The game-play is fun and such, but the main issue are the character design. Like for example Bazz, she is the knife character of the crew. She is fast, throws knives and is super agile but you couldn't tell that just by looking at her at all! She doesn't even have the physic of being agile at all! A lot of the characters need a design overhaul, they just don't reflect their jobs at all.

It's worth noting that these games were in development before the burnout became apparent. By the time Suicide Squad dropped and failed, they were already well into development. At that point, you can scrap the $100 million you've already invested or you cross your fingers, put your nose to the grindstone and hope that your game catches on. Even though all the evidence is against you.

What an absolute eyesore of a roster...

This is looking more and more like another LawBreakers. Don't know what that is? Exactly.

Characters are Guardians of the Galaxy meets People of Wal-Mart.

Sony’s attempts at chasing the multiplayer trends this gen: Destruction All Stars (fun for me but fell flat) Last of Us Multiplayer (cancelled) Foam Stars (flopped) Hell Divers II (wild, surprising success) Concord (underwhelming)

who tf wants to buy cosmetic to this monstrosity? lmao

As i said before it feels like it could be called Bandwagon the game just feels like something created by execs

It’s not for me, I’m not a live service gamer, but I did play one round to satiate my curiosity. It felt good, even though I had no clue what I was doing. I think the game has 2 major issues: The character designs are awful. Really generic, everyone feeling like a cheap copy of other popular characters. And 2- The story vignettes are admittedly a little cringy. I hate that word, but I can’t think of a better one to describe how it felt to watch them. Maybe this can find an audience, since it does play well and there is some depth to it, but being $40 is a big ask when all of its competitors are f2p. Ok, that’s 3 things.

Backland, the first defendant is not a single player shooter. It’s MMO in the truest sense of it. It’s an MMO you login and you are in the city LB surrounded by I think it is 30 other player that is an MMO that the definition of an MMO right there, various style missions from co-op and like dungeon lights scenario inflation operations are more of a dungeon and they’re a co-op or private. If you choose to go private so you can do them single player you know I am not sure it’s private actual co-op team that your party with I’m not I’m not positive. I tried that but you can match make up or you can do it private Co-op only missions but special ops, which I honestly don’t see any other purpose but doing those except grinding experience the level characters right it’s a good place for that. Same thing we use them for the level of gear characters in war frame in wave after wave you kill everything keep getting try to go as long as you can although in Warf frame I don’t think there was any into it. You could stay as long as you could handle it but I think we will 21 wave 21 is the highest level in in the first as it either way, there’s that kind of co-op bowling mission. You cannot do them solo. There are co-op missions to fight. There are open world missions that you can do solo people can drop in and join you in the middle at the beginning if they get there right at the end before the job, final bit of the mission they get credit and those are held in open areas zones to the majors. Only that you’re working on this is an MMO that is at least as much as Gilmore was an MMO because you actually can drop into a mission find somebody shooting and go to and their mission help them with that and then follow around with them and do the rest of the missions in that song, I don’t believe Gilbert had that when you left town was your team adventuring with co-op town multiplayer like a destiny or a war frame where you logged in you’re in your hub ship is your hub and you must join an instance to get with other players in that case, the hub is Albion and when you login you’re surrounded by other playerwhen you leave and come back, you don’t come back to that but yet again be surrounded by other players fallout six comes out with three other player to log out login again with a different 23 player doesn’t mean it’s not an MMO

I heard about the beta and downloaded on Saturday. There were parts of the gameplay that when it clicked, it was fun. But the whole thing felt very soulless. This would probably do better as a F2P game and the $40 is a big ask that it really hasn't earned. I deleted the game after less than a dozen matches.

It's a fucking joke that's what it is. Sony really is investing Money in this instead of adding actual Backward Compatibility to their console or making sequels people want...

The talent pool is shrinking because of classism. That's what happens when you take money away from education.

When I played the beta this weekend, if there was one thing I generally was amazed with is actually how much fun I personally had with it. I think there’s for sure elements that need to be adjusted. It does feel like this weird pot of Destiny, Overwatch, and Halo, and it just needs to figure it out, but like….I enjoyed it a lot. I will absolutely jump back in next week just to play it. But for me the problem does boil down to, it’s $40, I can play Destiny, Overwatch, and Halo for free, and I’m already invested in those (especially Halo for me). I just don’t think it’s worth my time and money to play a game that I do like a lot, but just isn’t probably going to do anything for me. I think if this game gets a massive update, presents something I can’t get out of the other MP games out there right now, and maybe goes on sale, I will look into it again for sure. But till then, I’ll just taken advantage of any FTP weekends, and I’ll just go back over to Infinite.

Just when we thought the slop couldn't get any sloppier

One big reason we keep getting entertainment that feels less mature in tone is because mainstream media is no longer for adults, statistically speaking. The golden demographic used to be 18-35. It's now contracted to 18-20. Why the shrink in age range? Because that's who consumes comic books and similar media like video games, music, etc. So, the bulk of this material is purposefully created with this limited tone (quirky, sarcastic) and life experience in mind. Compare this to back in the day with the original Star Wars and Indiana Jones, that were made for anybody, 18-80. Corporations have hyper-focused on who spends the majority of their limited disposable income on entertainment and it's NOT older consumers (who have more disposable income, ironically) who want entertainment that reflects their more nuanced life experiences, unfortunately.

The problem is when these games get the go ahead what is popular at the time won’t be in the 3+ years it takes to produce. So we end up with games that nobody wants years after they would have done well.

2500 people playing........We have found the modern Audience

Forspoken got a higher ign ranking than the first descendant make it make sense

The only characters I enjoyed were Lennox, Star Child, the giant woman with the minigun, and IT-Z. Everyone else felt either hard to use or had buggy hit detection. I do hope they fix the game and make the game better, add an offline mode with bots, and add more features (and stop repeating voicelines everytime you go to character select). Hope Sony makes this better than it is right now.

I tried the beta cause it was ex bungie devs. the gameplay is solid and I did have a lot of fun with each character. as for the designs hopefully some of the cosmetics outfits have helmets lol

I honestly enjoyed it, but I do agree this gameplay probably needs better TTK and adjustments to some characters. Like Haymar, 1-OFF and Bazz. And maybe even better organization with which characters are DPS, tanks, and healers

i'm not a big fan of destiny pvp nor overwatch so this game definitely wasn't made for me but not every game should be...if you enjoy it? great but i have zero interest

The PS open beta was free to access….it’s just no one wanted to access it

I see what you're doing. And I am not playing. Pretty much.

The First Descendant, apart from oversexualized female characters, have absolutelly great gunplay, great visuals, sound design, and gameplay loop, with monetization no more predatory than Warframe, who was championed as f2p done right for last dekade.

Y'all are sleeping on The First Descendant

The game trying to do something different with it characters and gameplay to some degree Always interesting how people demand something different but when they get it they complain that its different

130 players live right now. 10 vs 10. Shocking numbers

The thing I'm concerned about, just listening to you, is there going to be a team that is just better than all of the other bonuses you get from switching characters. Would everyone do the exact same load out just to stay competitive?

It is indeed a perfect example of the disaster that is major game development and publishing today. I've said it countless times but I've been gaming since the start of it in the 1970s. I've bought many consoles and computers and still play them. And yet this is the first generation where I haven't bothered because there's no games that I want. Because it's becomes so stupidly bloated and crunchy that the products turned out are banal safe shite that's exactly the same and serves no real purpose. There's no real experimentation, there's no difference. I'm happy playing everything I still have but unless the landscape changes, I won't have any problem staying doing that.

The week by week thing has been done in Destiny 2 for years. Probably in other games too, it’s not a new concept!

The character cast feels like a knock off version of guardians of the galaxy.

My favorite part of Concord was when John Concord said "It's concording time!!", Truly one of the best Concord game ever made.

The game is actually good gameplay wise

It reminded me of the old hero shooter Battleborn mixed with Overwatch

This game is wayyy better than valorant and characters may look stupid but the game is fire!

How does the story tie into multiple rounds of team death match and capture the flag

Concord means 'agreement/unity'. Can we all agree in our united hate for the state of the gaming industry at this point in time?

Sony wasn't paying attention when they made the announcement they were buying Bungie (at such a high cost at that) in order to go full in the Life Service games. People were grumbling, they were reaching their limit of those kinds of games already at that point.

DEI ESG Are Not For Me.

Did you say this has solid gameplay?

I’m so tired of the endless negativity that permeates the internet gaming family. I played the beta after becoming available through ps+. I almost deleted it after 2 games. Instead of jumping the gun I decided to do some research thinking maybe I was missing something. I was. This isn’t COD, Overwatch, BF, or a BR. This is an arena multiplayer FPS more akin to Unreal Tournament or Quake, with some hero shooter seasoning. It has movement mostly seen in 3rd person shooters that translates wonderfully to the developers FPS vision. You’re not meant to play the same freegunner every round, perks are stacked after playing different roles and can eventually make your favorite character a Demigod in the late rounds. I have so much more to say but I’m honestly tired haha. I’ll end this by saying I think a lot of gamers (including myself) have been conditioned to play FPS’s a certain way. We weren’t training to play outside the box, which is where Concord operates. Apparently it’s trendy to hate (I should probably drop “apparently”). I personally think it would be much more enjoyable to appreciate, adapt, and work together on badass vertical maps that don’t follow the 3 lane rule. Pipe dream I know, but dreams/thoughts are the origin of every entertainment property that’s encapsulated mankind. Whoever’s making the vignettes has a real future in entertainment. Kudos firewalk for taking a risk in an over saturated market. I’ll be there for the open beta this weekend!

It looks like one of those fake parody games they make to avoid copyright in movies

No matter how good of your story, it is pointless if the characters in the story looks shitty.

Chasing a genre is so common now and development is so long and the story are purposely bland now it sucks

The beta was sort of fun but not something that made me want to spend money to play it. Free to play might have been smarter. The problem is we have seen too many multiplayer only games fail for a purchase to feel risky since a multiplayer only game that doesn't sell well is not a good purchase for anyone. This game already feels like its got an uphill battle. Even Sony screwed it up because its paid you also have to pay for PS+ to play it on their platform whereas if it was free it would also be free to play. Also ultimately it just reminded me of other games like overwatch and valorant which i immediately went to play after this and they are both free. This will be dead on arrival.

I honestly think that the comparison with guardians is inapt, that people are unable to see beyond the fact that is a space crew. If you read descender or watch bebop you would think that they are much more alike with the concord crew. Even the tone of the relationships are different than guardians.

I actually like this game, my only concern is: Is only an Arena shooter. They can do so much more with these characters. The gameplay is great.

Omg. Overwatch with GotG coat of paint?! Sound amazing!

Hmm guess I'll stick with having a blast on The Finals 🎉

people are complaining for the wrong reasons I believe. The game is well done, attractive, gorgeous and fun to play. The only valid complaint at the moment (at least for me), is that some innovation on the genre would be welcomed (remember, this is not a criticism for Concord, but for the entire genre)

I don't think people hate Concord. Unlike Suicide Squad Concord is original IP so i don't think people "hate" Concord. I think people are just uninterested. The character designs look boring.

I played the beta. And i am looking forward for the full release. I likw that the characters cannot be selected at the same time. Gives them Personality. Though i think they are a bot bland now without any knowledge or story of them. But i hope there will come more story which it aounds like.. I still dont like no way to play alone or offline. Thats still a factor for me when o choose a game. Can i play it forever .

I can't wait to play as the green coomer character, nice to finally play a game with a character that looks like me.

DEI done right (without players even knowing it): Overwatch Concord is actively trying to shove it down your throat like a f*cking vomit inducing pill that no one wants to take. Overwatch has DEI in their game (whether intentionally or not), but it mostly stays out of the way because the game is all about the, frankly, lovable and iconic looking heroes, and the lore behind them (not their sexual orientation, gender identity or race). Each Overwatch character is a more of a representation of their respective country and orientation in relation to their world's ongoing conflict (basically whether they're morally good, flat out evil or somewhere in-between). Overwatch is a game that I wouldn't mind my kids playing. The heroes and stories behind them are well crafted and pretty family friendly. Concord is something I wouldn't even show my grandmother.

They probably should have gone Open Beta for the weekend then a longer limited beta a few weeks later. Getting the game in everyone's hands before the hype goes away seems like a better move.

Even a 5 year old could design a better roster lmao.

No one wants to remember ppl hated this game from that poor Sony Showcase they had last year. Ppl hated the IDEA of Sony doing live Service, before seeing this game. There's a prejudice...

Great gameplay

Bro took garyVs 'upload as much content as possible' to heart

I really enjoyed the Beta and I wanted nothing to do with it originally. I wish this game was a single player shooter RPG tbh. Game is fantastic for the type of game it is - the live service games are absolutely done for outside of the real big ones

They literally went out of their way to make all the characters offputting or gross lol. Like its almost impressive in a way

this looks shockingly generic. makes you realize how well overwatch is designed, with clear character silhouettes. these heroes look like ants for some reason. really glad to see pushback against modern slop. sony is such a disappointment this gen it made me decide to return to pc gaming more...

Not even Lawbreakers did this bad.

I think if this game was free to play people would react to it differently. Maybe the 40 dollar price tag isn’t the wisest way to launch Concord

Movement feels like pushing a car without wheels through 6 feet of mud.

We also have to look at the new generation of gamers coming along this may be more of the style that they are used to than the gamers from decades past.

I shall say, myself and my friends. Wonderful women who love hero shooters. Hated EVERY SINGLE character design. We will not be playing it just cause it looks bland and the characters are so unappealing

One positive thing about the PSN region locking on Steam is at least we don't have to play that game... I do wonder once this game fully releases then it falls flat in its face. Would Sony reverse their PSN restrictions?

This crapfest lost me at a robot having pronouns. Trashfire is a trashfire.

I'm sick of every game I purchase for full price not even being the full game anymore unless we pay for the game again basically.

I still appreciate games trying to compete with Overwatch, given the state of it; now OW2 does nothing but ‘what if’ scenarios just to sell cosmetics

Everything is either Dark Souls, Call of Duty, Fortnite or Overwatch. It’s just sad really.

All these developers trying to jump onto the live service train. Even some of the games that have been in the live service scene for a long time are starting to trickle out.

Concord Of The Galaxy is _completely_ uninteresting to me, and every gamer in my circle... unless the game is God-Tier gameplay and features, it's doomed...

They had the power to make anything, so they went ahead and made a collection of characters that look like convention attendees in cheap costumes. I no longer play Overwatch, but at least the characters are memorable.

Gameplay felt like buttcheeks, and the roster is textbook definition of meh.

It's funny how small the players are compared to the map. Corridors to wide. Just goofy.

The thing this game needs to do is to be Overwatch 1. If they can pull that off, it might have a future.

My main issue that these characters designs are just awful. They don’t stand out in anyway. People complain about Overwatch but at least they still make great designs (look at Juno)

The game itself is great and unfortunate victim of dumb hate bandwagoning for the dumbest reasons. There's a beta, go play it for youself. Don't like hero shooters? then go tf elsewhere. I'm tired of souls games slop but I don't whine like a baby.

What must have gotten into Sony for getting so invested in this game. As the open beta numbers also rolled in and even when it's free just a small audience is turning up willing to give it a try that says a lot. When I was watching the State of Play showcasing a Concord cutscene I was kind of interested but once I saw more I became turned off. Live service, bland, boring and soulless world design, unappealing characters to support the aggressively forced narrative... My friends and I play a lot of mp shooters and the thing we absolutely don't care about is anything else but teaming up, having a great time via voice comms and just shoot stuff. If we want a story we watch a movie, read a book or play a story driven sp game.

Man! They really should have made Concord a galaxy wide single player adventure game! Then they could have a arena shooter MODE,instead of making the whole game an arena shooter!😔

I player the Concord beta this weekend and it left me conflicted. On one side I like to watch the character story, love the 70s/80s SCI-FI vibe. But on the other side, there is maybe only 2 or 3 characters I want to play as...