Square Enix, gib die Live-Service

For several years, AAA publishers are hungry for live service games. It's like having the latest iPhone: Anyone want. However, not everyone uses the live service concept properly into action. Curtain up for Square Enix! After Marvel's Avengers, Babylon's case, and the three-testing of them, Chocobo GP, I would advise the Japanese game company: Give the live service games on! A comment.

• Square Enix: A dream becomes a nightmare
• The definition of insanity
• The real problem you are, Square Enix!
• Square Enix harms himself - and his story Games

Square Enix: A dream becomes a nightmare

A huge AAA game with all major Marvel heroes and behind the project, a development studio, which is responsible for the excellent Tomb Raider games of recent years. What could go wrong? Well, Square Enix announced that they wanted to focus more on live service games focus and the superhero's head needs to hold out .

And although the story is not bad, it does not create Marvel's Avengers to be an entertaining game. uninspired act the levels too monotonous the combat system and the dreary Endgame offers quests and loot, so after a few weeks - or even days - the air out is. There are above all the cosmetic microtransactions and the short term even paid EXP booster who shoot the bird in a game this price range.

All this meant that the player numbers fell and Square Enix made a great loss business. One might think that the Japanese game company had learned from his mistakes. And then Babylon's case... or rather Babylon's Fail.

The definition of insanity

With Platinum Games has set a development team of the game for great single-player games such as Bayonetta and NieR: Automata is responsible. While action-packed fighting in Babylon's Fail can thus be something like fun to pay, but this adopted as soon as the live service component makes its appearance.

The full price game you simply urge to whip out your wallet for in-game currency and Battle Pass. Your answer is very clear: With just a few hundred concurrent players decreases Babylon's Fail after release so deep that you now even asking Square Enix for your feedback. (Source: SteamDB)

The definition of insanity is to expect ever again to do and the same and different results (at least a quote from Albert Einstein accordingly). Even after Babylon's Fail should not be an end . For now, Square Enix continues with the Fun-Racer Chocobo GP at full speed into the wall. There is a switch game that both near-full price game as a Lite version is also available in a free. However, those who paid the full price, is the free-to-play madness by no escape.

A picture is indeed worth a thousand words .

The real problem you are, Square Enix!

After Marvel's Avengers Square Enix blamed on the development studio Crystal Dynamics on the grounds that it was too inexperienced for a live service project . (Source: Square Enix) That may be true, but why is behind the next Live service game, Babylon's Fail, again singleplayer experts Studio ? And why there is ever a 50-euro version of Chocobo GP, if not solely to maximize profits?

Actually, Square Enix does not want to admit to himself, that even the cause of the problem is . The developer and publisher tried vehemently on the legs a successful service game live, although its greatest strengths lie in but story-driven single-player games. Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, Life is Strange - just to enumerate a few.

Square Enix harms himself - and his story Games

Babylon's fail is not only one of the biggest flops in Square Enix's library, but also in the portfolio of the otherwise talented studio Platinum Games. The same applies to Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montréal studio, who helped out in the development: This catastrophic Games harm the development team and future games . Square Enix so skin all to the pan.

The most recent example is probably Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy by Eidos Montréal. Although the game was at critics achieve Bestwertungen, einheimsen prices and inspire friends of Story games, sold it only mediocre - and thus the game fell short of expectations. I go strongly believe that it is on the disappointing Marvel's Avengers. True to the motto: "Marvel heroes and Square Enix This combination has ever not work." At least that why I first accessed months later, on sale was.

And even with Forspoken, the next blockbuster game from Square Enix, which looked pretty cool in the preview, worries me the fact that microtransactions already confirmed were. (Source: ESRB)

If Square Enix does not soon put this live service offensive on ACTA, mega brands like Final Fantasy could suffer from, because players simply lose confidence in Japanese games. And just This trust should not shoot Square Enix .