Okay, how does this even happen? Isn't the multiplayer supposed to be the point of the game? How is it missing something this basic at launch?
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Crackdown 3 Won't Let You Play Wrecking Zone With Friends At Launch (Update - Will be part of Post-Launch Support with other DLC)
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Okay, how does this even happen? Isn't the multiplayer supposed to be the point of the game? How is it missing something this basic at launch?
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Disappointing regardless, but multiplayer is not the point of the game and it does have a co-op campaign.
So uhhhh shouldn't this be like one of the first things on the multiplayer check list when making a game.
The campaign is coop. You can invite your friend for that. This is about the multiplayer Wrecking Zone.
frankly, MS would be the last publisher I would think to pull this. they've always been ahead in regards to network stuff.
I had no idea the campaign was co-op. Thanks for the good news! We still wanted to play Wrecking Zone together, but I'll take the co-op campaign for now.
Well this part has only been in a "working" state for the last year or so. Not that it shouldn't be there, but I'm still going to have a blast playing with my son in co-op at least.
I'm doing a wild guess, but I think the cloud destruction made it more difficult to enable this. But I haven't heard from MS yet if that is the case.
Yes. The game contains a singleplayer campaign that can also be played in co-op. The multiplayer mode, Wrecking Zone, contains two modes (territories and agent kill) and three maps. That one doesn't include parties at launch.
If they allow all the best agents to group up, they'll dominate the rest of the playerbase and discourage others from playing. Microsoft is just getting ahead of that problem.
I'm assuming they're working through issues with Azure server allocation based on IP locations. Right now, I'm guessing when you matchmake you're only being pooled with players with similar pings to the nearest data center. From there it likely starts expanding acceptable latency to fill matches.
With that in mind, they're probably working on solving where do you centralize the Azure resources with IPs from potentially around the world to allow friends to play together without ruining the experience.
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The feature is missing in the technical test going on, which is why the question was asked. The answer is really clear. The feature won't be in at launch.
If this is the problem I hope they add a regional invite policy. So that I can play with people close to me and within the same Azure region.
I only care about the campaign at this point, anyway, but the MP has been a total shitshow from the beginning. They should have launched the campaign with the multiplayer to release later like Red Dead and GTA Online
Couldn't you select region in the test this weekend? Or was that just Apex Legends that I'm thinking of.
That seems like... very strange for any game coming out with an online component these days. The Azure server explanation must be somewhat on point cause otherwise ... why?
I didn't even think about how the cloud stuff would work across different regions. I assumed them releasing this mode meant that they had solved all the problems, but I guess not if basic functionality is missing. Still super excited for the campaign, but this mode is DOA releasing unfinished a week after Apex Legends. Maybe gamepass can save it if they improve things down the line.
You mean the multiplayer mode that I had been told was the focus of the game as it supposed to have the destruction stuff they showed as the main feature of the game? I really wanted to play this with my roommate now that I have the option to do it on PC since I dont need xbox live and got rid of my One last year.
Not a big deal to me, but neither is waiting a bit to see if this gets sorted quickly. I've still only done one run of RE2 and would like to try out some mods anyway.
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I mean, the creative director of the game is saying this on Twitter lol. He has no reason to, it would only kill the hype for the game.
Well damn.....kind of take it for granted something like that will just be there
I wouldn't say the point of crackdown is the multiplayer, if you want to argue that go nuts.
I think the 15 hour campaign is the selling point of the game. Wrecking Zone is more like a tech demo disguised as a game. According to Joe Staten other MS studios are working with the tech now, too.
The whole development of this multiplayer mode was one big R&D project. They should've never showed that techdemo at Gamescom in my opinion.
Not only ping but cost with ping. If you have to allocate more servers because people are spread out, your cost is higher than if you got more users within the same server that are close to each other. It's trying to find the balance per cost and developing towards that goal.
Complete bull that its not launching with a standard feature in the main mode of the game then.
That was the main selling point 5 years ago when they demoed some tech. The destruction has been relegated solely to the competitive multiplayer mode. It'll be interesting to see where it's at in 6 months.
