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The 'rushed' attempt to rehabilitate Cities Skylines II is becoming a cautionary tale
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I wish they'd make this game good
I was so excited in October, but I'm glad I waited for the reviews
I watched every dev notes that released weekly in the lead up, I was part of the hype. Hundreds if not thousands of hours into cs1.
I'm still waiting for this game, I can't wait to buy this game.
But I'm not buying some half baked beta game.
It should have been optimized to run good on common PC configurations. It should have mods since day 1 via the Steam Workshop.
This would have solved 99% of all complaints.
Sadly short-sighted "money now" comes first
Which leads to less money. I’d prefer a few failed games and the industry learns. Fun games sell, it microtransaction nor half baked shovelware. Some strike it lucky with micro transactions, but only if the game is good.
I know. I'm personally looking forward to WB declaring bankruptcy now that the morons have announced they're doubling down on shitservice despite Hogwarts and Shiticide Squad showing what the public actually wants.
In my experience I’m actually impressed with the ‘full simulation’ performance so far.
Absolutely it was released far too early, I’m looking forward to feature parity with CS1 and getting it to a proper state.
I still don't see the point of a sequel in the first place.
Probably for engine updates, systems improvements, performance improvements, graphical improvements, to recharge people for more game.
That's why they would do it, not saying that's what they did, except that last point.
I bought it but haven't played it nearly at all. Just lost interest in it when everything felt slow.
It will probably become quite popular in a few years when better hardware is default.
Ah you're one for those buy before reading reviews kind of people
No I bought it after the reviews were bad, but figured they would quickly fix the issues. They did not.
I'm not sure which is more foolish