I'm late into the comments 😫 great video! really down to earth and balanced commentary and your criticisms are actually reasonable and viable which is refreshing. Thanks! Glad you got your Steam purchase sorted!
I’m on the right side of concord RUclips finally lmao Honestly I had fun man. It sucks videos like this get 600 views while negative videos get 1000s. Honestly i stopped watching the negative ones it just came off as bandwagon hoping to get views.
@@alexdoan273lol now how did you find yourself on a 1k view video 1 month later and took ya time to enter the comments section lol that’s not weird to you bud? I swear yall concord trolls secretly love the game and are upset it flopped. It’s like going to a gay man’s channel and complaining his videos are gay 🤦🏾♂️ why are you there or in this case here? There’s 1000s of videos shitting on the game. Go find one of them and be right at home bud
I played beta for 20 hours between closed and open beta, good money spent already. I enjoyed. I would hope more videos like this would have released before open beta to gather more traction. Unfortunately it was what it was. Hope we could gather more people jumping on after launch.
I honestly didn't notice the lack of ultimates. Ultimates often feel problematic in games. Marvel rivals is one such example. It has some ultimates that are game breaking (like spiderman being able to shut down the entire enemy team pushing the cart if he webs them all with his ultimate, or jeff the shark swallowing you) and some useless ultimates like lokis which let you turn into an enemy character for a period of time and potentially use their better ultimate. Without an ultimate a characters basic kit can be more fleshed out.
Honestly I think the "Controller input bugs" were network issues, especially the reload one. It cancelling is probably because the client starts the animation as you click reload, but the server cant process it because of the network issues, so the client cant reload and tries to send it to the server again. Rinse and repeat.
Random thought, while I KNOW every gamemode isn't in, I do think a payload style gamemode (which would have to be respawn) could actually help both crew bonuses and crews shine, especially if payload is a best of 3 format where each team gets to be both offense and defense (or potentially a payload race type mode) where you could either set up a more offensive or defensive type crew. I also think something a LOT of shooters could do well with is having public map editors. The longevity of tf2 is largely because of its map editor and community game modes, so if concord follwed that I think we could see a lot of interesting community game modes that could be professionally adapted.
Regarding game modes, hopefully after the beta you can queue for a specific set of gamemodes, rather than them being grouped by respawn or no respawn, so players can play what they like. If they wanted to get crazy they could even let you queue by maps like tf2 does.
Still not interested on the game, but it's nice to hear a different opinion with solid criticisisms and reasonable/understandable points in general Cool video!
Finally a video about this game that is not negative 😭. This is only the second positive video I've seen for this game, with two other videos being neutral and the rest overwhelmingly negative. I have not brought the game yet BUT I LOVE WHAT I SEE, I will definitely be buying soon. One thing I haven't see yet except one video which is one of the ones I said was neutal is a regular gameplay video, no one is out here making gameplay videos for this game yet. Also this is why I play Apex Legends, Overwatch and Paladins I LOVE HIGH TTK SHOOTERS, I hate Valorant, Call of duty, rainbow six seige etc. So I am excited for this game and The Ascended (not to be confused with the first ascendant). You should check out the ascended it's made by a indie team and surprisingly looks very triple a looking lol, it's a pvpve, it's a mix of overewatch, apex, and many other shooters. But suffers from similar Problems as Concord, The free beta comes out tomorrow, you and everyone should check it out. I know, I will.
it's a multiplayer game. If all reviews except 2 are negative, buying it is a horrible financial decision. Who are you going to play with? Apex Legends, Overwatch and Paladins are all F2P
@@alexdoan273 there is a decent playerbase. It's not dead yet when it comes to player numbers, so educate yourself. Edit: Yeah ofc overwatch has more numbers its free to play and is not in it's beta, Concord is still in beta and has around two thousand to three thousand players, that is more than big enough for players to get games, there are multiplayer games with less than a 1,000 players lol. tl,dr: cope Cope that this game isn t dead yet. 😂😂 2,000 is definitely not that low.
@@seductiveraven4895 it peaked at 2388, decent how? Overwatch 2 peaked at 75608, that's nearly 32 times the difference. How about you take your own advice or provide numbers to back up your claim?
@@alexdoan273 (This will be my only response to ya'll naysayers) "🤓Um, actually this game only has around 2,000 players peaked, and overwatch had way more in it's peak" Cope First: Oh wow like people didn't already know that from multiple creators making videos, and it's also not like this game is still in beta while overwatch came out at a time where there weren't any competition a decade ago, and concord is releasing with much competition, which makes you're argument not valid. Cope Second: 2000 players for a multiplayer online game isn't really that bad, there are multiplayer games with only 500 players active. Cope Yeah ofc overwatch has more numbers its free to play and is not in it's beta, Concord is still in beta and has around two thousand to three thousand players, that is more than big enough for players to get games, there are multiplayer games with less than a 1,000 players lol. tl,dr: cope Cope that this game isn't dead yet. 😂😂 2,000 is definitely not that low. lly that bad, there are multiplayer games with only 500 players active. Cope.
I find it odd and unfair how poor the popular reception of this game is. Perhaps it is backlash at what sony did with helldivers? but that game is still good anyways. Perhaps it is hero shooter fatigue? But if so why is this hate centered at a new and largely original game rather than something using only preexisting characters like marvel rivals (this is not me saying rivals is bad, I enjoyed my time with the games beta so far, as I enjoyed concord) A lot of people seemingly despise the art style, and I must wonder why? Sure it isn't overwatch or tf2, but the cartoonier art styles of those games don't exactly fit a space setting, the realistic art style works for the more tactical gameplay involved in concord. It cant really be the gameplay as many who complain about it don't seem to have played it (and I didn't really see any balancing issues. The harder to play characters have higher rewards for their more difficult strategies, while easier characters typically are not over rewarded for their more pick up and play style). Theres a substantial "anti-woke", which should just be called bigoted, crowd I suppose, but plenty of progressive people seem to dislike the game and write it off entirely. In terms of monetization, while the beta didn't show much, it didn't seem like you could pay for any sort of advantage, and the developers have confirmed there will be no fomo battlepass. I love the video, just genuinely confused by the negative reaction this game has seen in the wider internet space.
I'd also like to add I genuinely do not understand the gaurdians of the galaxy comparisons. While yes the gaurdians in context of the films are all mercenaries off screen, we never actually see any of their jobs that they do outside of the opening of the second film. Additionally none of the characters are very similar personality or art style wise. Lennox is somewhat similar to film Peter Quill I guess, but his personality is definitely different enough. Lennox is a cowboy, where Peter Quill is an 80s obsessed manchild filled with nostalgia for a childhood he didn't experience, which I doubt Lennox's story arc will be anything like. I'd also like to expand on my gameplay commentary, the only real thing we haven't seen are more maps, the restricted modes, and the squad having real impact, as in the beta you couldn't get a lot of variants to impact your squad (though running multiple of the same freegunner isn't all too beneficial anyways from what I saw) maybe some passives attached to skins MIGHT be pay to win? But I doubt it. Overall I am hopeful for concord and was very happy with the time I invested in it.
The backlash is mostly from the characters and the price tag tbh. None of the characters are all that interesting, it doesn't do anything truly new (from what I experienced in the beta at least), and it is charging 40$ when all of the competition is free. Plus it's going to be monetized with skins as if it was a free game. The backlash has nothing to do with Helldivers 2 or that fiasco, but that being said Helldivers 2 is actually worth the 40$. And actually brought something unique, whereas Concord is just another hero shooter. When you have stuff like Overwatch, Valorant, Fragpunk and Marvel Rivals to try out for free, why would you ever pick Concord?
i see myself as very progressive on pretty much all social issues, but still i am extremely tired of the way representation and other "woke stuff" is done in contemporary entertainment. i think a lot of people feel this way and it's not good for progressive societal goals. to me it feels like film and game studios are just checking boxes when they write characters and stories these days. everything starts to feel bland. every setting no matter if it's historical, fantasy or sci fi has the same set of ethnicity, gender etc.
Bruh we live in an ignorant world where everyone follows everyone else and it’s wrong to have your own opinion. It’s 1 thing to not like a game but anti concord folk literally go around bullying you for liking the game. People complain about f2p games but when they have to pay they complain about that lmao it’s honestly a sad gaming world we live in. But I enjoyed the game and if you enjoy it support the game and the studio I plan on it. I hope the game does well and has enough money to keep it going for at least a few years.
Even if I put aside Concord's other issues, price alone is going to cook this game. Charging 40$ for a game in a genre full of current and upcoming free competition is a mistake. And yeah, there's polish here but you're honestly going to tell me that this game is more polished than Apex Legends, Valorant, Overwatch, or Paladins? All games that you can try right now for free?Because it objectively isn't. Don't even get me started with Marvel Rivals and Fragpunk. Fragpunk has more personality in one character than Concord's entire cast. I even gave this beta five hours of my life and I just didn't enjoy the time I spent with it. I don't like how this game feels to play, the only actual interesting character is It-Z, and I don't really like the art style. I don't even like the voice work or the music, everything just felt generic. I really wanted to like this game because I'm black so I support anything with POC representation, but this game is a turd. At least for me. I do hope it finds an audience, but I won't be part of it.
This game looks expensive to make, I especially enjoy the overall art style and theme of the visuals. However, the ugly characters are what will kill this game out right.
its biggest issue is a lack of identity. it cheaps out on making an identity out of itself by embracing hot topics like identity politics to get some talk going about it, but ultimately it didnt give itself any type of actual substance to things aside from cheap publicity tricks. They should leave this game behind and try to start fresh, get their priorities straight on whatever new idea they might have
This game feels like it was make with a focus group of like 2 people and a bunch of checkboxes they needed to fill. The fact that people even like it is wild to me. This is the most aggressively mid game I've played in a very long time.
Could you define what you mean by identity in a video game? What's the Identity of Overwatch? compare that to TF2, Valorant, CoD, Xdefiant, Valorant, Counter-Strike etc. I would like to think your comment comes from a place of genuine critique of a video game as an enjoyable game play experience and an art form so the question of identity is the part of your comment that I think merits engagement. I will touch on the topic of identity politics though, where is it? in the character select screen there is a bit of text in the corner that says a pronoun for the character. This has no effect on gameplay whatsoever and you do not have to interact with it at all. Honestly this is a moot point which hate groups are just over focusing, seriously it's dumb, and I am assuming your comment comes from a place of intellectual discussion rather than this. If, on the other hand or maybe in addition, your argument is that there is no outright straight white guy, or hour-glass super model basic female, Then I can understand your disappointment to an extent, however I would also remind you that there will be future character additions to the game in the future and it should not be the expectation to be represented from release in a video game. Also the characters have a much more 'real' feel to them so hour-glass-female probably wouldn't suit the opening aesthetic. Furthermore I would remind you that the joy of being able to identify with a video game character is not something that can (or should) is not an exclusive right of straight white people. Finally on the topic of characters, just to round everything out, if you are going to tell me that the characters are ugly (I disagree but I will follow the thread,) then may I remind you that your critique was identity. It's a game set in space, with strange alien races and such therein lies a degree of identity, or we could just go hyper dumb and say the identity is ugly? May I ask, did you play the game? I am writing this reply from a genuine place of discussion, I am not screaming into my monitor as I type and I am not interested, nor am I trying to have an argument with you. I just wanted to throw that out there so you know this is not coming from an argumentative stand point as I feel you comment on identity is potentially worth discussing.
@@jamiethemonkey91 i think to me the issue is that most of the cast just looks like "average human that dresses a bit funny". i like the vacuum cleaner robot and the alien girl. but most of them just look incredibly bland compared to overwatch. there are a lot of things wrong with overwatch rn, but they totally nailed making their cast visually diverse. most of them are human but still everyone has a unique physique and silhouette that the player immediately connects to that hero. yes on some heroes that includes features people might sexualize and i think that's fine.
I think this is a fair opinion, though I would contest that in terms of you considering the characters to be bland, this is subjective. While they are generally a humanoid model (same as Overwatch) I would however disagree with the assertion that they are bland. I think the only 'bland' character in the game would be Teo.. But again this is a difficult one to really debate as it's totally subjective. **It is interesting to me that people say the characters are generic and bland, and yet a lot of the hate lined at the game is the visceral reaction to the looks of the characters. The characters can't be generic and bland and yet so ugly and disturbing that they make you recoil at the same time** I can't disagree that, in particular, the original OW cast + a few are incredibly well designed. In terms of silhouettes Concord does a great job of making sure the characters are distinguishable from one another I honestly can't think of a single time in which I confused one character for another. Again though, there are no two characters in Concord that look the same, not even remotely, So while we can agree or disagree on which game's characters are *better* (I would probably agree OW on the whole tbf, Blizzard used to be the masters of this kinda stuff) I think it is somewhat disingenuous to take the stance that the cast is not diverse/is bland especially in comparison to OW.
@@jamiethemonkey91 While it is subjective whether the cast look bland or not (there are probably some people who would argue the OW cast look bland) it comes down to the majority vote and from what I've seen, most people are against the character designs in Concord, even though the characters themselves are all diverse and you can easily tell them apart from one another. For me the main issue is what they're wearing. The designs are simplistic and there are too many dull colours being used. Characters like Roka, Lark and Teo could easily pass as background grunts that you wouldn't spare a second glance. It-z as a character looks the most eye catching to me but she's wearing a shirt and shorts... it's like the designer thought she would stand out too much and had to give her really boring clothing to blend in with the rest. To sum it up as per a comment I saw "It's like looking at a bunch of sci-fi nerds trying out cosplay for the first time".
I'm late into the comments 😫 great video! really down to earth and balanced commentary and your criticisms are actually reasonable and viable which is refreshing. Thanks!
Glad you got your Steam purchase sorted!
I’m on the right side of concord RUclips finally lmao
Honestly I had fun man. It sucks videos like this get 600 views while negative videos get 1000s. Honestly i stopped watching the negative ones it just came off as bandwagon hoping to get views.
considering it's already sinking like a rock, maybe you weren't on the right side of concord RUclips after all
@@alexdoan273lol now how did you find yourself on a 1k view video 1 month later and took ya time to enter the comments section lol that’s not weird to you bud? I swear yall concord trolls secretly love the game and are upset it flopped.
It’s like going to a gay man’s channel and complaining his videos are gay 🤦🏾♂️ why are you there or in this case here?
There’s 1000s of videos shitting on the game. Go find one of them and be right at home bud
One of the best multiplayer games i've played recently honestly.
Well done and actually informative video on the game 👍
I played beta for 20 hours between closed and open beta, good money spent already. I enjoyed. I would hope more videos like this would have released before open beta to gather more traction. Unfortunately it was what it was. Hope we could gather more people jumping on after launch.
I honestly didn't notice the lack of ultimates. Ultimates often feel problematic in games. Marvel rivals is one such example. It has some ultimates that are game breaking (like spiderman being able to shut down the entire enemy team pushing the cart if he webs them all with his ultimate, or jeff the shark swallowing you) and some useless ultimates like lokis which let you turn into an enemy character for a period of time and potentially use their better ultimate. Without an ultimate a characters basic kit can be more fleshed out.
Honestly I think the "Controller input bugs" were network issues, especially the reload one. It cancelling is probably because the client starts the animation as you click reload, but the server cant process it because of the network issues, so the client cant reload and tries to send it to the server again. Rinse and repeat.
This actually makes a lot of sense because as an OCE player on PC, I struggled to find games in my region and frequently got put in other regions.
Random thought, while I KNOW every gamemode isn't in, I do think a payload style gamemode (which would have to be respawn) could actually help both crew bonuses and crews shine, especially if payload is a best of 3 format where each team gets to be both offense and defense (or potentially a payload race type mode) where you could either set up a more offensive or defensive type crew. I also think something a LOT of shooters could do well with is having public map editors. The longevity of tf2 is largely because of its map editor and community game modes, so if concord follwed that I think we could see a lot of interesting community game modes that could be professionally adapted.
Regarding game modes, hopefully after the beta you can queue for a specific set of gamemodes, rather than them being grouped by respawn or no respawn, so players can play what they like. If they wanted to get crazy they could even let you queue by maps like tf2 does.
Solid video man
Still not interested on the game, but it's nice to hear a different opinion with solid criticisisms and reasonable/understandable points in general
Cool video!
Finally a video about this game that is not negative 😭. This is only the second positive video I've seen for this game, with two other videos being neutral and the rest overwhelmingly negative. I have not brought the game yet BUT I LOVE WHAT I SEE, I will definitely be buying soon.
One thing I haven't see yet except one video which is one of the ones I said was neutal is a regular gameplay video, no one is out here making gameplay videos for this game yet.
Also this is why I play Apex Legends, Overwatch and Paladins I LOVE HIGH TTK SHOOTERS, I hate Valorant, Call of duty, rainbow six seige etc.
So I am excited for this game and The Ascended (not to be confused with the first ascendant).
You should check out the ascended it's made by a indie team and surprisingly looks very triple a looking lol, it's a pvpve, it's a mix of overewatch, apex, and many other shooters. But suffers from similar Problems as Concord, The free beta comes out tomorrow, you and everyone should check it out. I know, I will.
it's a multiplayer game. If all reviews except 2 are negative, buying it is a horrible financial decision. Who are you going to play with?
Apex Legends, Overwatch and Paladins are all F2P
@@alexdoan273 there is a decent playerbase. It's not dead yet when it comes to player numbers, so educate yourself. Edit: Yeah ofc overwatch has more numbers its free to play and is not in it's beta, Concord is still in beta and has around two thousand to three thousand players, that is more than big enough for players to get games, there are multiplayer games with less than a 1,000 players lol.
tl,dr: cope
Cope that this game isn
t dead yet. 😂😂
2,000 is definitely not that low.
@@seductiveraven4895 battlefield 2042 has more players than concord and that gane was a disaster .... Concord is dead on arrival 🤣🤣🤣
@@seductiveraven4895 it peaked at 2388, decent how? Overwatch 2 peaked at 75608, that's nearly 32 times the difference. How about you take your own advice or provide numbers to back up your claim?
@@alexdoan273 (This will be my only response to ya'll naysayers) "🤓Um, actually this game only has around 2,000 players peaked, and overwatch had way more in it's peak"
Cope
First: Oh wow like people didn't already know that from multiple creators making videos, and it's also not like this game is still in beta while overwatch came out at a time where there weren't any competition a decade ago, and concord is releasing with much competition, which makes you're argument not valid.
Cope
Second: 2000 players for a multiplayer online game isn't really that bad, there are multiplayer games with only 500 players active.
Cope
Yeah ofc overwatch has more numbers its free to play and is not in it's beta, Concord is still in beta and has around two thousand to three thousand players, that is more than big enough for players to get games, there are multiplayer games with less than a 1,000 players lol.
tl,dr: cope
Cope that this game isn't dead yet. 😂😂
2,000 is definitely not that low.
lly that bad, there are multiplayer games with only 500 players active.
Cope.
Finally a fair video
I find it odd and unfair how poor the popular reception of this game is. Perhaps it is backlash at what sony did with helldivers? but that game is still good anyways. Perhaps it is hero shooter fatigue? But if so why is this hate centered at a new and largely original game rather than something using only preexisting characters like marvel rivals (this is not me saying rivals is bad, I enjoyed my time with the games beta so far, as I enjoyed concord) A lot of people seemingly despise the art style, and I must wonder why? Sure it isn't overwatch or tf2, but the cartoonier art styles of those games don't exactly fit a space setting, the realistic art style works for the more tactical gameplay involved in concord. It cant really be the gameplay as many who complain about it don't seem to have played it (and I didn't really see any balancing issues. The harder to play characters have higher rewards for their more difficult strategies, while easier characters typically are not over rewarded for their more pick up and play style). Theres a substantial "anti-woke", which should just be called bigoted, crowd I suppose, but plenty of progressive people seem to dislike the game and write it off entirely. In terms of monetization, while the beta didn't show much, it didn't seem like you could pay for any sort of advantage, and the developers have confirmed there will be no fomo battlepass. I love the video, just genuinely confused by the negative reaction this game has seen in the wider internet space.
I'd also like to add I genuinely do not understand the gaurdians of the galaxy comparisons. While yes the gaurdians in context of the films are all mercenaries off screen, we never actually see any of their jobs that they do outside of the opening of the second film. Additionally none of the characters are very similar personality or art style wise. Lennox is somewhat similar to film Peter Quill I guess, but his personality is definitely different enough. Lennox is a cowboy, where Peter Quill is an 80s obsessed manchild filled with nostalgia for a childhood he didn't experience, which I doubt Lennox's story arc will be anything like. I'd also like to expand on my gameplay commentary, the only real thing we haven't seen are more maps, the restricted modes, and the squad having real impact, as in the beta you couldn't get a lot of variants to impact your squad (though running multiple of the same freegunner isn't all too beneficial anyways from what I saw) maybe some passives attached to skins MIGHT be pay to win? But I doubt it. Overall I am hopeful for concord and was very happy with the time I invested in it.
The backlash is mostly from the characters and the price tag tbh. None of the characters are all that interesting, it doesn't do anything truly new (from what I experienced in the beta at least), and it is charging 40$ when all of the competition is free. Plus it's going to be monetized with skins as if it was a free game. The backlash has nothing to do with Helldivers 2 or that fiasco, but that being said Helldivers 2 is actually worth the 40$. And actually brought something unique, whereas Concord is just another hero shooter. When you have stuff like Overwatch, Valorant, Fragpunk and Marvel Rivals to try out for free, why would you ever pick Concord?
i see myself as very progressive on pretty much all social issues, but still i am extremely tired of the way representation and other "woke stuff" is done in contemporary entertainment. i think a lot of people feel this way and it's not good for progressive societal goals. to me it feels like film and game studios are just checking boxes when they write characters and stories these days. everything starts to feel bland. every setting no matter if it's historical, fantasy or sci fi has the same set of ethnicity, gender etc.
I pity your mind
Bruh we live in an ignorant world where everyone follows everyone else and it’s wrong to have your own opinion. It’s 1 thing to not like a game but anti concord folk literally go around bullying you for liking the game.
People complain about f2p games but when they have to pay they complain about that lmao it’s honestly a sad gaming world we live in.
But I enjoyed the game and if you enjoy it support the game and the studio I plan on it. I hope the game does well and has enough money to keep it going for at least a few years.
Bussin no cussin
This guy sounds like mint blitz
@@mritachirulz I'll take that as a compliment 😅
First hero-shooter with worst looking character ever. Except the fire lady
Even if I put aside Concord's other issues, price alone is going to cook this game. Charging 40$ for a game in a genre full of current and upcoming free competition is a mistake. And yeah, there's polish here but you're honestly going to tell me that this game is more polished than Apex Legends, Valorant, Overwatch, or Paladins? All games that you can try right now for free?Because it objectively isn't. Don't even get me started with Marvel Rivals and Fragpunk. Fragpunk has more personality in one character than Concord's entire cast. I even gave this beta five hours of my life and I just didn't enjoy the time I spent with it. I don't like how this game feels to play, the only actual interesting character is It-Z, and I don't really like the art style. I don't even like the voice work or the music, everything just felt generic.
I really wanted to like this game because I'm black so I support anything with POC representation, but this game is a turd. At least for me. I do hope it finds an audience, but I won't be part of it.
PlayStation ripped you off bro.😂
How?
This game looks expensive to make, I especially enjoy the overall art style and theme of the visuals. However, the ugly characters are what will kill this game out right.
How much they payin you bro ? Lol
Sure bro totally got paid off
Your first game and its a pile of shīte
Waste of money
its biggest issue is a lack of identity. it cheaps out on making an identity out of itself by embracing hot topics like identity politics to get some talk going about it, but ultimately it didnt give itself any type of actual substance to things aside from cheap publicity tricks. They should leave this game behind and try to start fresh, get their priorities straight on whatever new idea they might have
This game feels like it was make with a focus group of like 2 people and a bunch of checkboxes they needed to fill. The fact that people even like it is wild to me. This is the most aggressively mid game I've played in a very long time.
Could you define what you mean by identity in a video game? What's the Identity of Overwatch? compare that to TF2, Valorant, CoD, Xdefiant, Valorant, Counter-Strike etc.
I would like to think your comment comes from a place of genuine critique of a video game as an enjoyable game play experience and an art form so the question of identity is the part of your comment that I think merits engagement.
I will touch on the topic of identity politics though, where is it? in the character select screen there is a bit of text in the corner that says a pronoun for the character. This has no effect on gameplay whatsoever and you do not have to interact with it at all. Honestly this is a moot point which hate groups are just over focusing, seriously it's dumb, and I am assuming your comment comes from a place of intellectual discussion rather than this.
If, on the other hand or maybe in addition, your argument is that there is no outright straight white guy, or hour-glass super model basic female, Then I can understand your disappointment to an extent, however I would also remind you that there will be future character additions to the game in the future and it should not be the expectation to be represented from release in a video game. Also the characters have a much more 'real' feel to them so hour-glass-female probably wouldn't suit the opening aesthetic. Furthermore I would remind you that the joy of being able to identify with a video game character is not something that can (or should) is not an exclusive right of straight white people.
Finally on the topic of characters, just to round everything out, if you are going to tell me that the characters are ugly (I disagree but I will follow the thread,) then may I remind you that your critique was identity. It's a game set in space, with strange alien races and such therein lies a degree of identity, or we could just go hyper dumb and say the identity is ugly?
May I ask, did you play the game?
I am writing this reply from a genuine place of discussion, I am not screaming into my monitor as I type and I am not interested, nor am I trying to have an argument with you. I just wanted to throw that out there so you know this is not coming from an argumentative stand point as I feel you comment on identity is potentially worth discussing.
@@jamiethemonkey91 i think to me the issue is that most of the cast just looks like "average human that dresses a bit funny". i like the vacuum cleaner robot and the alien girl. but most of them just look incredibly bland compared to overwatch. there are a lot of things wrong with overwatch rn, but they totally nailed making their cast visually diverse. most of them are human but still everyone has a unique physique and silhouette that the player immediately connects to that hero. yes on some heroes that includes features people might sexualize and i think that's fine.
I think this is a fair opinion, though I would contest that in terms of you considering the characters to be bland, this is subjective. While they are generally a humanoid model (same as Overwatch) I would however disagree with the assertion that they are bland. I think the only 'bland' character in the game would be Teo.. But again this is a difficult one to really debate as it's totally subjective. **It is interesting to me that people say the characters are generic and bland, and yet a lot of the hate lined at the game is the visceral reaction to the looks of the characters. The characters can't be generic and bland and yet so ugly and disturbing that they make you recoil at the same time**
I can't disagree that, in particular, the original OW cast + a few are incredibly well designed. In terms of silhouettes Concord does a great job of making sure the characters are distinguishable from one another I honestly can't think of a single time in which I confused one character for another. Again though, there are no two characters in Concord that look the same, not even remotely, So while we can agree or disagree on which game's characters are *better* (I would probably agree OW on the whole tbf, Blizzard used to be the masters of this kinda stuff) I think it is somewhat disingenuous to take the stance that the cast is not diverse/is bland especially in comparison to OW.
@@jamiethemonkey91 While it is subjective whether the cast look bland or not (there are probably some people who would argue the OW cast look bland) it comes down to the majority vote and from what I've seen, most people are against the character designs in Concord, even though the characters themselves are all diverse and you can easily tell them apart from one another.
For me the main issue is what they're wearing. The designs are simplistic and there are too many dull colours being used. Characters like Roka, Lark and Teo could easily pass as background grunts that you wouldn't spare a second glance. It-z as a character looks the most eye catching to me but she's wearing a shirt and shorts... it's like the designer thought she would stand out too much and had to give her really boring clothing to blend in with the rest.
To sum it up as per a comment I saw "It's like looking at a bunch of sci-fi nerds trying out cosplay for the first time".
*good is not good enough in a crowded field when you don't have a distinct identity*
all well and good but i wont pay upfront for a game that might be dead in 2 months.
the servers will be there even in 3 years, and by then with a mass of PS5 players
@@econoinner_force954 Update: its dead