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RUMOR - Morale At GameFreak at an all time low.
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I mean, have you considered that fans might not see it as their highest quality work? It certainly doesn't seem like their highest quality to me
The hype/marketing cycle for this game have the most negative reactions from the franchise fans yet so I can't say I'm surprised..
Yeah, their first big-ish project outside of Pokémon being a W101 level bomba I'm sure didn't help
I think pinning this on any one specific recent thing is short-sighted.
Not long ago a post went semi-viral about how an easter egg in one of the 3DS (I believe?) games turned out to be a reference to a rented apartment (or perhaps it was a hotel room, I forget the specifics) that employees could relax in briefly during intense game development. It was presented like a cute wacky joke, but it sure felt like a tiny window into a probably pretty unhealthy workflow, and one that has been that way for a while. Game Freak has been making pokemon games at a steady clip for over 20 years and has even shipped a few side projects. I can't imagine how thin they must be stretched, especially on a new platform.
Not long ago a post went semi-viral about how an easter egg in one of the 3DS (I believe?) games turned out to be a reference to a rented apartment (or perhaps it was a hotel room, I forget the specifics) that employees could relax in briefly during intense game development. It was presented like a cute wacky joke, but it sure felt like a tiny window into a probably pretty unhealthy workflow, and one that has been that way for a while. Game Freak has been making pokemon games at a steady clip for over 20 years and has even shipped a few side projects. I can't imagine how thin they must be stretched, especially on a new platform.
I'm not sure its spiteful to want features that we thought would be standard back in games. I mean everyone has been asking for pokemon to walk behind us since had that shit is heartgold soulsilver and we haven't had it back at all. Its basic shit like that pisses off the fanbase, well than and not bringing back hardmode are like the two biggest contentions the fanbase had with gamefreak for a long time until it all boiled over with SwSh
Why would this be the reason? I don't really understand it. The reactions were going to happen whether in a leak or when the game came out. Better for us that the information got out there before people spent $60.
There are certainly people who have gone too far, but it's pretty shitty to argue that fans aren't allowed to voice their criticisms or distaste for the direction the series is going because it'd make the devolopers feel bad.
How insensitive lol
I'm pretty sure they are devastated with the millions that the game will sell. Poor them.
doesn't Pokémon always leak? why would they be so much more upset this time than any other time.
Jesus these fucking takes.
I'm pretty sure they are devastated with the millions that the game will sell. Poor them.
The whole "I can't wait until we get a console Pokémon game" was going to blow at some point and the switch being a hybrid is the cause of that.
You've had decades of people imagining this grand Pokémon game when the series finally would be on a home console. So for Sword and Shield to not meet those expectations in numerous ways to them was always going to bring vitriol.
All of that plus leaks so early out taking away the surprise of some Pokémon, I can see why morale is low over there.
Game will still sell fine though.
You've had decades of people imagining this grand Pokémon game when the series finally would be on a home console. So for Sword and Shield to not meet those expectations in numerous ways to them was always going to bring vitriol.
All of that plus leaks so early out taking away the surprise of some Pokémon, I can see why morale is low over there.
Game will still sell fine though.
As someone who works in software development fuck this take honestly
I'm pretty sure they are devastated with the millions that the game will sell. Poor them.
People don't have to purchase the game at launch, all that information was eventually going to come out even without the leaks.
Damn son
I'm pretty sure they are devastated with the millions that the game will sell. Poor them.
GameFreak partially owns Pokemon, so I don't think they would do that... they would also probably be out of work in that scenario.
It is inconsequential, you get 400+ fucking Pokemon to catch
as someone who stopped playing pkmn during diamond and pearl i cant say im surprised that people are mad at gamefreak. peoples feelings toward gamefreak have been getting worse and worse with each game because gf makes all kinds of odd decisions with the pkmn games while ignoring what fans would like.
Well when Sword and Shield are the best selling games on the Switch I'm sure that will do wonders for morale.
Austin seems to be talking of what he heard about the E3 reaction to the Sword and Shield reveal.
I am sure the employees (the ones that are implied to be lazy and unable to do a good job) will see those millions.
I'm pretty sure they are devastated with the millions that the game will sell. Poor them.
Not surprising. People went way too far even with good reason for being disappointed in these games. And no it's obviously not just one or two bad eggs, otherwise we wouldn't have this thread at all. They deserve just as much, if not more, scorn than anyone who made this game IMO.
I seriously hope these end up being the highest rated and highest selling games in the series since Gen 2. A final finger to the "fans".
Any empathy I had for the "national dex" controversy is long gone.
Any empathy I had for the "national dex" controversy is long gone.
Losing a core feature is not inconsequential. You can be disappointed in it and not harass GameFreak and call them lazy devs though. The people putting in the hard work have zero choice in that matter.
The only time I care about the morale of a studio is when it involves workers being exploited by their bosses or their companies via crunch or other toxic workplace conditions. I'm not going to feel sorry for people who feel bad because they made unpopular design decisions and don't like the criticism. The game is going to sell millions regardless of what people think about it, and I've never seen any evidence that those in charge of the Pokemon brand care about anything other than that anyway. AND if they can continue to sell millions without requiring months of crunch, then all the power to them.
There's no fiasco and they're constantly listening at the fanbase, wich reflects in the games. You're just being toxic, and part of the problem
Also, saying this without giving details is just being sensationalist
Have you considered that just because you don't care about certain pokemon not being in the game doesn't mean other people aren't allowed to care either? Maybe they don't care about the Pokemon that are still in the game when all of their favorites are gone
Sure, I'm just saying the act of the leak doesn't make sense to me as being the reason for morale issues (if true), the reasons would be the REACTION to the information, at the very least.
If eschewing old ideas/concepts at the gain of new elements that won't last into the next iteration is a problem for Pokéfans now it's only bound to get worse under Nintendo's in-house devs.
If that's what is necessary for the franchise to stop releasing games annually and actually take the time to become a game worth of 60$, then so be it.
TPC, GF and Nintendo need to fuck off and stop with the yearly releases. Give me a GREAT new mainline game every 3 years and a new gen every 6 and people will be happy.
Seriously, did anyone even listen to the segment or is this just another thread to throw shit at each other?
Yeah, fuck those guys because they will be reaping the rewards, being happy about your job, pfff imagine ever hearing such nonsense.
I'm pretty sure they are devastated with the millions that the game will sell. Poor them.
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