Dead Cells receives its final major update today, seven years after release
Dead Cells receives its final major update today, seven years after release
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Dead Cells receives its final major update today, seven years after release
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I'm curious about how others feel about this. I think Dead Cells is an incredible game, but the amount of continued DLC releases has actually turned me off of the game somewhat. I'm actually glad development has ended in a way, so that I can rebuy the "complete" game and have everything.
The game already had tons of content, I don't think it needs perpetual new content additions.
Reading the full statement, it sounds to me like there was more to it than just the game's development coming to an end. It sounds like it might have been a very sudden decision by the publisher, with possible negative consequences for the development team.
In principle I agree though, there is no issue with a game just being finished at some point, especially a single player one. But I also don't mind continued updates and/or DLC.
Regularly spaced updates are great - certainly Risk of Rain 2 comes to mind.
Hopefully Gearbox doesn't try to push it into negative territory...
That does sound quite a bit different, although without the actual details of the internal situation it's hard to say.
I am becoming the same way. Maybe I am just old, but I miss the days of buying something and having a finished product. Instead, we have games like this and Stardew Valley that release in an incomplete state and are still receiving major content updates almost a decade later.
Stardew doesn't bother me because the updates are free. As soon as there's more content for the game, I have it. If I feel like playing Stardew again, the new content is a reason to jump back in to playing it again.
However with Dead Cells, whenever I think about going back and playing it I think about all the new content that I haven't bought for it. It feels like my options are spend money for the current complete game, play an incomplete version, or just don't play it right now. I've been deciding on "don't play it right now" for years now.
Dead Cells released in a state that felt pretty complete to me, so I just appreciate all the extra content, especially the free updates. It's a game that's so good I'm glad it got such loving support, because the core is so fantastic that I really did just want some more levels and items to increase replayability.
I think it's okay for it to end now. I'd also think it was okay if the devs kept going, but it's in a place where it's got enough content that it can end here and I'm okay with that.