I picked it up yesterday after work, it works fine and got into matches just fine.
EtheusRook
I just preordered Unicorn Overlord and it’s now in my top 5 all time games.
Of course, having an over 5 hour long demo helped.
Cstone812
Never buy anything from aspyr
Neville_Lynwood
As long as Steam does refunds, a pre-order may as well be called pre-ordering a demo. Not much downside to it.
TruthorTroll
Like, how did they manage to screw up an already completed and working game so badly…
seemyslinky55
I played yesterday, I didn’t have an issue getting into games. I’m on PS5
longblackdick9998
Just started Unicorn Overlord myself. Steam refunds are the saving grace of bad preorders. So far, so good
Goldman250
Should have watched out for those wrist rockets.
Killer_radio
I got burnt by colonial marines. Never preordered since.
Notagenome
How bad is it?
Additional-North-683
Thankfully I have both of the original battlefront games on steam
IchundmeinHolziHolz
Imagine you want to make money from an very old product you once released but you dont want to pay anything for the servers that the peoples can actualy play it online. lel. what a world.
SRFoxtrot341_V2
I bought it because of loyalty discount and I thought it would be good because of the reviews.
Turns out that it has gone spicy, so I refunded it and bought Spyro instead.
P/S: I already owned the OG SWBF2 copy, so no big deal
automirage04
And from Aspyr, no less.
Oh well. Use this as a learning experience.
Duckbitwo
In what way was it bad?
ChiggaOG
I would because I want Black Myth: Wukong.
FlippityFlop121
I bought it in the morning before going to work just to see all the feedback and reviews say how shitty it is before even getting a chance to play. 🤡🤡🤡
Living_Soil_5680
What nostalgia does to ppl and what greed does to companies
Beneficial_Table_721
I know you said it in the post, but I genuinely cannot fathom having enough faith in the current gaming industry to pre order literally anything
GuyXjustice
I mean, I’ve never understood digital preorders, physical yeah if you want delivered day one, but digitally. But then again, we always hope they won’t ruin a remaster like this.
wishedwell
I liked the discount…..
Rattlehead522
Only games I’ve ever preordered in my life are Elden Ring and Battlefront Classic Collection. I knew Elden Ring was going to be a masterpiece, that wasn’t exactly hard to guess, but oh my god how did they manage to fuck up a 20 year old game?????
wcdk200
Same but got it refunded
Upbeat-Peak-5423
Youre trully a clown then
TheMoonDawg
Aspyr is just not a good game studio… there’s a reason EA pulled the plug on their KOTOR remake.
orc0909
I used to work at Aspyr. Left before they started working on this came, but I think I know what happened. They’re pretty stretched thin and need to hit deadlines, so they need to submit the games even if there are minor issues that aren’t translating.
Sounds like there are shader issues (the most common issues), and they couldn’t get them fixed in time for the deadline, so they’re gonna patch it as soon ASAP. Funnily enough, these shader issues are often fixed prior to submit, but are considered too risky for the build because of timelines and such.
There’s an inverted x axis input issue, which either existed in the old game and no one cared then, they thought they fixed but there’s a special case where they didn’t (though I can’t imagine it would be difficult to test vehicles in that game), or it was slightly more complicated to fix because of how the game is programmed and their contact (probably with Lucasfilm Games) told them to de-prioritize it.
The multiplayer server issues are something I’ve never touched. I guess they need to spin up the servers and underestimated the amount needed?
Rosscovich
I too am that clown, but actually playing has been a blast
Soundslikealotofwork
Steam refund takes away all the risk. Free two hour trial
Wastemaan
I’m confused because it’s not labelled as a remaster nor does it look like one, so it’s a port.. but the original was already on Steam. So they’ve made a port for the console version on steam? Why not play the original?
Merciless972
Patientgamers meanwhile
Irishpunk37
Pre ordered for the 15% discount… Refunded with less than 40 minutes of pain on those awful multiplayer servers!
Steam refund policy is one of the best weapons gamers have against that kind of sht business… We should use it!
deutschdachs
What is the point of pre-ordering a digital game with no discount and no pre-order bonus
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What’s wrong with it?
I picked it up yesterday after work, it works fine and got into matches just fine.
I just preordered Unicorn Overlord and it’s now in my top 5 all time games.
Of course, having an over 5 hour long demo helped.
Never buy anything from aspyr
As long as Steam does refunds, a pre-order may as well be called pre-ordering a demo. Not much downside to it.
Like, how did they manage to screw up an already completed and working game so badly…
I played yesterday, I didn’t have an issue getting into games. I’m on PS5
Just started Unicorn Overlord myself. Steam refunds are the saving grace of bad preorders. So far, so good
Should have watched out for those wrist rockets.
I got burnt by colonial marines. Never preordered since.
How bad is it?
Thankfully I have both of the original battlefront games on steam
Imagine you want to make money from an very old product you once released but you dont want to pay anything for the servers that the peoples can actualy play it online. lel. what a world.
I bought it because of loyalty discount and I thought it would be good because of the reviews.
Turns out that it has gone spicy, so I refunded it and bought Spyro instead.
P/S: I already owned the OG SWBF2 copy, so no big deal
And from Aspyr, no less.
Oh well. Use this as a learning experience.
In what way was it bad?
I would because I want Black Myth: Wukong.
I bought it in the morning before going to work just to see all the feedback and reviews say how shitty it is before even getting a chance to play. 🤡🤡🤡
What nostalgia does to ppl and what greed does to companies
I know you said it in the post, but I genuinely cannot fathom having enough faith in the current gaming industry to pre order literally anything
I mean, I’ve never understood digital preorders, physical yeah if you want delivered day one, but digitally. But then again, we always hope they won’t ruin a remaster like this.
I liked the discount…..
Only games I’ve ever preordered in my life are Elden Ring and Battlefront Classic Collection. I knew Elden Ring was going to be a masterpiece, that wasn’t exactly hard to guess, but oh my god how did they manage to fuck up a 20 year old game?????
Same but got it refunded
Youre trully a clown then
Aspyr is just not a good game studio… there’s a reason EA pulled the plug on their KOTOR remake.
I used to work at Aspyr. Left before they started working on this came, but I think I know what happened. They’re pretty stretched thin and need to hit deadlines, so they need to submit the games even if there are minor issues that aren’t translating.
Sounds like there are shader issues (the most common issues), and they couldn’t get them fixed in time for the deadline, so they’re gonna patch it as soon ASAP. Funnily enough, these shader issues are often fixed prior to submit, but are considered too risky for the build because of timelines and such.
There’s an inverted x axis input issue, which either existed in the old game and no one cared then, they thought they fixed but there’s a special case where they didn’t (though I can’t imagine it would be difficult to test vehicles in that game), or it was slightly more complicated to fix because of how the game is programmed and their contact (probably with Lucasfilm Games) told them to de-prioritize it.
The multiplayer server issues are something I’ve never touched. I guess they need to spin up the servers and underestimated the amount needed?
I too am that clown, but actually playing has been a blast
Steam refund takes away all the risk. Free two hour trial
I’m confused because it’s not labelled as a remaster nor does it look like one, so it’s a port.. but the original was already on Steam. So they’ve made a port for the console version on steam? Why not play the original?
Patientgamers meanwhile
Pre ordered for the 15% discount… Refunded with less than 40 minutes of pain on those awful multiplayer servers!
Steam refund policy is one of the best weapons gamers have against that kind of sht business… We should use it!
What is the point of pre-ordering a digital game with no discount and no pre-order bonus