This free-to-play thing just hasn’t worked out for Sony, has it? Q-Games’ gorgeous The Tomorrow Children will be following Kill Strain to the great server graveyard when the Void's shut down for good on 1st November. The game, which saw you recruited by the Ministry of Labour to work with other players establishing a base of defence against the perpetual threat of monsters, launched last September on the PlayStation 4, so will barely have lasted longer than a year.
The crazy thing about the title’s woefully short run is that it was announced all the way back in 2013, so its development cycle was like three or four times longer than its lifespan. In Japan, you’ll be able to purchase the Foundation Pack and other microtransactions at 40 per cent off starting 13th July, with the former being 50 per cent off for PlayStation Plus members. They'll be removed from the PlayStation Store for good on 28th September.
It’s such a shame because the release has such a lovely look to it, but we weren’t all that enamoured with the gameplay.
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Ouch.
After playing 5 minutes I knew the game was really bad so it's no surprise to me!
And having people buy the foundation pack, even if it's 50% off is so dumb! The game will be over soon, give it free for the 10 players that like your game...sigh
First Deadstars, then Killstrain, now this. Hopefully, Japan Studio will move on far better projects that doesn't focuses on a F2P system. Tokyo Jungle 2, maybe?
@AFCC The game's so complicated I'm not sure how you could possibly form an opinion in five minutes. But I also suspect that was part of the problem.
How long until Drawn to Death goes under? Or maybe that has more of a chance thanks to it being on PS Plus?
Never appealed to me in the first place and had no desire to try it. In fact I wasn't even aware it had launched. Is it online? It seems pointless to buy anything for it - regardless of discounts or even jump in to try it now if the game is on its last legs and will be 'dead' in a few months...
Feel sorry for the guys but this is the risk of MP experiments like this. They die all the quicker.
I think I gave the game a good hour of play, its complete trash.
It was like working...but for fun. No wonder. The bigger issue here is whether there will be any recompense for those who bought microtransactions and truly invested in the product. I would be furious.
@get2sammyb i went on a bus somewhere - there was a big creature lurking while me and some other guy tried to mine some rocks...but it didn't work and was really anti-fun. Dull mechanics, stiff animations, randomness and general confusion...only thing I liked was the art style. And believe me I was hyped for this game, I even asked you guys on some post here if I should buy the pack cause I was really eager to play it
@ShogunRok That game is kinda garbage too xD it plays so awkwardly
It's a real shame this is being shut down so quickly, but I can understand why. It had potential, as well as some pretty cool ideas, but it was ultimately too obtuse for most, I suspect.
I'm still glad games like this are being made. Risky, experimental games can obviously go either way, but I'll always welcome games that push boundaries and expectations. Hopefully Q-Games can pull their socks up and try something else with this engine
This is really the only PlayStation Q-Games game that I didn't like. I've loved all of the PixelJunk series, but this game was just far too complex and weird with very little reward.
I just hope Eden Obscura gets a PS4 release
I tried the beta. It was not an intuitive experience. I tried mining resources one go and ran on a treadmill to farm energy another. I didn't see any other players, but someone used all the mined resources. The energy just drains over time. I had an apartment voucher, but couldn't use it due to the empty village not having enough space.
Then I got stuck on a train.
I quit after that and never went back.
I actually liked what I saw when I tried the game, but between the data plan spendings and the growing backlog of purchased/IGC games, most F2Ps just sit there on my PS4 unattended, this being no exception. But if the servers going down means no ability to play the game, it'll be a bummer... and with F2Ps, it's most often the case. Yet another gripe I have with the freemium model - the venture loses support and the whole lot of content becomes vaporware overnight. It's been bad enough on mobile platforms.
I hope q-games make another single player pixeljunk games.
Another game I'll be able to remove from my backlog list.
At least Guns Up! and Warframe are still going strong.
I played this for an hour and sort of wished I was just playing pikmin.
In that case, I'll give it a go in month or two before servers shut down. Always seemed interesting to me.
Eh...some of the free-to-play games are just not good. This one was confusing, and I played for hours on end trying to figure it out...but couldn't...didn't even earn one trophy from it. I guess I'll stick with Gems Of War (still going strong), Clicker Heroes and the Fundamentalist game...at least those 3 have me hooked...especially Gems Of War which I find myself always coming to daily!!!!
The PixelJunk games were great for their great and intuitive game design. Something this game was surely lacking...
Sad to see. I guess it was a bit too left-field for the masses?
Didn't even have to play it to know it wasn't for me. The gameplay video didn't entice me. But maybe it's for some people.
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