"That trailer is a tiny slice," Concord Exclusive Interview 

Wut? Are you joking? I work on games for a living and we put tons of passion into them.

@@soliitudegaming7275 So you claim and everyone working in the industry now a days. Only to let 3rd parties interfere with the vision or make something for the "morden audience"( that every major Western developer blabbers about) Only to release overpriced, broken games, with fewer features than a game that was released on PS3 and 360 If u indie, then I apologise cause those are still putting work.

@@dirceusantos7308 Right…. So you think because a handful of executives control our projects and make stupid choices… that means thousands and thousands of us have no passion and don’t work hard.

​@@soliitudegaming7275 lmao youre so hurt

​@@soliitudegaming7275than gave gamers what they want.

Pretty soon they're gonna start calling games "Entertainment Platforms". Who am I kidding, that's basically what they are now.

Rocksteady didn't even after losing 350 million off SSKJL. Tough.

😂😂With the news today this is funny af

@@babyboijeremy aaand its gone!

Why laugh at people losing jobs. Have sex

lmao

It's like a banana milkshake having one blueberry in it and calling it a mix.

I notice it as well 😂.

@@Golem2555 this is some old pasta 😂

Narrators voice’ they did not indeed fall in love with the characters.’

I would pay top dollars to be sitting in the room when these characters got the green light

It's not because of DEI, Trump. It's dead because the game is just flat out bad and looks generic. Plus I didn't hear about it until after the controversy.

@@gagnarork Most reviews were positive about the gameplay, even people who don't like the game (for other reasons) admitted that it plays well. I think the DEI angle is overblown but there is a sizable part of the audience who dismissed it simply due to stuff like pronouns and body-positive characters. That's what many of the negative comments referenced on Concord trailer videos. Concord was unlucky to come out around the same down as Dustborn, which is very infused with racial themes and political messaging (admittedly so by the devs). Mind you, I didn't think Concord would be a hit even without the anti-woke backlash, but it was still a bad idea to include those elements because it turns off way more people than it attracts. Going forward, I believe AAA studios will be more wary of their games appearing "DEI." They'll also likely take notice of Wukong's overt rejection of sociopolitical themes, and how that studios stance lead to a lot of free promotion from the "anti-woke" sector of the internet, who are loud and numerous enough to change a game's trajectory. In general, I think it's unwise for studios to get into the political fray, intentionally or not. It's not just gamers in the Anglosphere who object to stuff like racially swapped characters and the overuse of the "girl boss" theme. Other countries are even more socially conservative than the West, so I wonder who studios think they're attracting by being outwardly progressive. Besides the obvious: journalists, their colleagues, and the big investment firms who use metrics like ESG scores.

Right wingers try not to crowbar in DEI to every conversation challenge (impossible)

@@sailoroftheinternet3290 I think the perception of Concord as a DEI product added to the negativity surrounding the game. I'm sure Concord didn't like that a lot of coverage focused on pronouns on the character select screen, body positivity warriors, and a lack of any white/Asian male characters (although one may have been white-Hispanic). It didn't help that DEI in gaming is a hot topic and the reason why people (rightly or wrongly) say certain games like SS Kill the Justice league sucked. The "anti-DEI in gaming" crowd isn't making this stuff up. Developers on their own will often tout the DEI-inspired aspects of their games, and pay outside firms whose explicit mission is making games more DEI-friendly. Are we just not meant to point it out if we don't like their choices? I think it's fair to say that Concord was hurt by this kind of coverage, especially when it released at the same time as Dustborn which is literal government-funded "anti-misinformation" propaganda. So developers can promote the DEI in their games, hire consultancy firms to aid in their DEI ambitions, use DEI as a shield from criticism... but saying that they're doing it is "crowbarring"? If anything, you have it backwards. Investors, publishers, and developers are greatly overestimating the attraction of DEI elements. They might pat each other on the backs, get more positive coverage in some of the gaming press, or give their company a higher ESG score, but overall it's a poor economic choice. Progressives don't even strongly support these games, so it makes no sense to also alienate more socially conservative people - which I'd argue is a larger share of the player base for many games, especially in non-Western countries. There were several problems with Concord - the game itself played pretty well from what I heard - so it would be wrong to place all / most of the blame on DEI. The negativity towards DEI isn't something publishers should ignore though. In fact, I think some of the success of Wukong can be attributed to Game Science's outright rejection of sociopolitical messaging and their fidelity to the story. I'd agree that some content creators (Synthetic Man is one) go overboard when judging the impact of DEI, or they use it to grift.

@@sailoroftheinternet3290 Sorry but wasn't DEI crowbarred into Concord via pronouns at the character selection screen, body positive characters, and no white or Asian males on the roster (perhaps one who's white-hispanic)? There's nothing wrong with pointing it out and using it as a factor when judging the game. I mean, the studios often tout these aspects of their game and hire consulting agencies which specialize in DEI/raising ESG scores. It's not some conspiracy that we invent. So according to you, all of those actions aren't crowbarring DEI into games but we are crowbarring it into a discussion ... about those very practices? I'm not claiming DEI is the only reason Concord failed but I recognize that the negativity surrounding what appears to be DEI-inspired decisions actively contributed to the game flopping. From what I heard, the game itself wasn't bad. I think Concord was also hurt by Dustborn being released at the aame time - which is a game that is literally (self-admittedly by the devs) government-funded DEI/other social messaging propaganda. I don't mean to crowbar again; I suppose we need to shut up about our issues with their games. On the contrary, entertainment studios need to know the kind of stuff that turns us off. It benefits them for future products. Whether they care or not is a separate matter. They seem very insulated from their player base which is far more socially conservative (especially in non-Western countries) than their workplace or their social circle.

Game journalists everywhere disagree with you. How dare you not enjoy a AAAAAAA game with strong, female characters of color with skin diseases. Oh wait, no that was dustborn…..how dare you not like a game with strong fat lesbians of color?

lol it was bound to happen haha

This game was phenomenal. Woke is a bigoted term.

​@@193kspcope

@@193ksp Woke is a cancer in society and every business entity that pushes it fails miserably

more woke than overwoke 😢

And for 40... fucking... dollars. What where they thinking?

And it ain't even free like wtf did they smoke to think this would work???

Yeah mocap is expensive, they were better off adding a pve mode to this game with how much focus they put on the narrative

yooo whats the lotto number for next week?

@@OoHyphyoO If I tell you, I would have to share the money with you, so no

It wasn't, it had 34 players at launch and 56 players in the first week. It even still had 21 players in the second week.

It does everything different. It's not a locked role type of shooter, like Overwatch. It has top in class gunplay, which you literally can't say for 98% of FPS on the market. Y'all who says this game is too similar to competition have clearly never played an FPS in your life except for Overwatch, which this game couldn't be more different. R6, Valorant, XDefiant, Overwatch are all hero shooters and yet they're ALL different genres of FPS.

The gunplay is literally miles better than Overwatch and most hero shooters. And this game has no ultimates unlike every other one in the genre

Look at the finals!!! It’s one of the best free to play fps games: it’s different, it’s fast, you need skill, learning curve is big and it feels amazing and still low Playerbase you ask why? Because the most players want something they already know. Concord is mixed with:destiny, overwatch. If you are a gamer play the beta you will see before you judge a game that you never played. Don’t listen to all these RU-vidrs because the most of them swimming with the wave! Just try the beta and if you don’t like it leave and play something else. I’m happy to play a game like this it looks for me interesting.

@@deathloop935 Exactly, I'm so annoyed the finals isn't big... it's a great multiplayer game.

There are definitely a lot of other hero shooters and PVP shooters around right now, but VERY few of them are aiming to have that Arena-shooter gameplay style that Halo evolved from earlier games like Quake. Destiny is the main game that offers that at the moment, but has so much additional baggage attached that can be heavily offputting to newcomers. Most of the other popular games right now are aiming for more of a MOBA structure (overwatch, Rivals) tactical CS style (Valorant) or are dipping into other genres like battle royale or extraction. I'm somebody that enjoys hero shooters, but grew up loving arena shooters. So this definitely has some heavy appeal to me and looks to be tackling an itch that nothing else is quite scratching right now!

yeah bro that's on them, imagine getting a 200 millions $ budget and the game that you made after 5 years is a game without a single original idea, a hero shooter with generic twitter agenda characters that look so uninspiring elden ring budget was under 200 million dollars

@@drawingsoul2105cry more

​@@drawingsoul2105 I love when people talk about games pushing an agenda while they try to push an agenda. It shows how self aware they are 😂😂😂

@@drawingsoul2105they are devs of halo and destiny, what did you think they was gonna make. Imagine rockstar decides to make a soul like game. Like they gonna stick to what they do and do well.

@@drawingsoul2105u may be medically stupid

They are just trying to copy Overwatch

If you even watch a couple you would see that none of them would have saved this game😂

Go look up woke culture...say something and you are automatically labeled as an Alpha male.

400 Concordillion dollars👉🤖🤑

Or listen to me, maybe it’s just that you’re the retarded and miserable pos that wants to shit on other people’s creations cause you’re not interested in and that means it’s bad and should not exist.

Think they were devs

Yeah thats why i don't mind paying for the game and then get my free updates.

It's pretty standard. These games are typically funded by cosmetic purchases.

That's not huge, that's the absolute standard for a number of years now. The age of the old "DLC seasons" that locked maps, weapons and characters behind a paywall is long over (and that's good! The Battlefield community was always split between those being able to play on every map and thosewho could only play on the base game maps).

@@ShadowLuchs Destiny 2 still does it though and they still make a lot of money. Not disagreeing with you☀️ just pointing that out.

THats why its not free. So they can make more stuff free instead of paid like overwatch

Yes it also has full VR support, you should try it out

Yes because we always listen to the media and like what they like 😂

So they already spent $400 million on this sh!t game and you want then spend an extra 2 million do overhaul it. What do you think the revenue will be that this game will bring,

@@maeveliv2517 This game has 16 heroes at launch and they've only featured 5 so far. But 1-off is an example of what you are referencing about having unique heroes. I think that you may be missing the true problem with Destiny PvP and that was trying to balance a multiplayer game mode around a PvE focused game where players could equip multiple variety of weapons or gear and had multiple varieties of powers that could be used in almost gamebreaking fashion in PvP because they were designed for the power fantasy of PvE. With Concord you get a completely multiplayer experience designed and balanced completely for multiplayer. For example of all the preview footage I have seen 1 hero with a hitscan auto rifle and he seems to do significantly less damage per shot than most other heroes so I doubt that he will become the meta. Another thing is that I don't think that Concord is gonna go with a team comp focus....like I don't think that you will need a Tank or healer character on your team the way you might in Overwatch. Part of the reason why I think this is because the team modes lean more on their Halo roots and some CoD influence than Destiny PvP. They have what looks to be capture the flag mode, which is more Halo than Overwatch in that you are not slowly pushing an objective which would result in these larger team fights where roles were important. I think this is where the Overwatch comparison goes off the rails...the most popular game modes in Overwatch facilitated team fights and thus having a properly setup team meant the difference between winning and losing, here Concord seems to be leaning in on its Destiny background and CoD influence with modes like Kill Confirmed which is more arena CoD than Overwatch. I think the intention is to make each hero useful in a group or solo situation and that creates a dynamic that we have not seen in hero shooters. If Valorant is the CS:Go of Hero shooters then I suspect Concord will be the CoD of hero shooters. What I don't see from Concord is that same sort of Overwatch style of team play required gameplay loop. I think when people hear Overwatch clone they immediately think of the rich team play focus in that game but I think that Concord is like Overwatch only insofar as it has heroes and everything else is a mix of the Destiny and CoD experience the devs come from. This is why I think this game will succeed and surprise alot of people, because the comparisons so far online have been for Overwatch (which this game doesn't seem to share any gameplay elements with) and Guardians of the Galaxy (which makes no sense other than to say that video short they showed before they showed the gameplay must have triggered the idea that the 5 featured characters in the video are the Heroes and everyone else is the enemy).

game was dead and abandoned before bro finished writing this comment 💀

They could have gone with the overwatch 1 route the game was $40 because they pumped out trailers

Fr thats what im wondering

@@hoodz19 split gate had some stuff u could unlock and gave free currency

no

I'm getting 'Dark Universe' vibes.

Hello? Anybody there? Time to wake up. The hate comes from that it's a steaming pile of woke dogshit.

​@@kenmasters8540 nah man bro is living under a rock😂

Yeah...

Hmmm...

I don't think it's on the consumer to be concerned with how much work was put into a product they should purchase or dedicate their time to. However, I full heartedly agree with you about gamers' whiplash judgement. We've yet to get our hands on it and who knows how that experience could surprise us. I also feel you on the "simple choice". I'll never understand people that are so compelled to trash something they haven't played and are "not interested" in. It's too easy to just ignore it and move onto what actually piques your interest.

Dont marter if it takes 2hrs or 30 seconds to make. A turd is a turd

This game is nothing but garbage.

Facts I played it and it’s fun

For a stylised sci fi game I want ten out of ten supper model females characters.

Why

@@billyhunter144 I dont know. Maybe second hand embarrassment. These people convinced themselves this was going somewhere. Now we’re pointing and laughing at them. 😆

​@@FireBomberBassist Don't feel anything for them. They are corporate puppets. They don't feel anything for us.😂

@@FireBomberBassist you shouldn't feel bad when they don't feel bad themselves. They'd just blame everyone around, and go work in a different woke studio for that $15k/month paycheck.

Don't feel bad for then...they make more money in those 8 years that you made. They wouldn't feel sorry for you so you shouldn't feel sorry for them

Same been super hyped it looks fun!!

Me too 👨🏻‍🍳🔥

hahahahahhaha

​@@deathloop935 Did you work on the development of this soulless piece of trash?

Get a grip instead

You came all this way just to say this seems kind of sad on your part

Lmao no it doesn't

@@jerm7741 lmao youre so upset over someone not liking the game

​@last-yakuza-8363 yes it is

was/were

"Undecided"

People use IP all the time. It means intellectual property and it refers to not just the game or the gameplay...it refers to the characters, the world, the gameplay and the player community who play the game 🤔. For example The Last of Us IP is used by HBO in the Show, Naughty Dog uses the IP in games, the community talks about the IP when we talk about the game or the show. Sorry if person who is excited about the idea or concept of thier IP and wants to talk about thier IP upsets you but there used to be a time before hipsters took over the gaming space, when gamers were actually excited about games and the games we didn't like we just ignored...I really wish we went back to that time when people just ignored things they were interested in.

Stop crying

Get off the internet 🤡

Go outside and touch some grass

Lmao bro you don’t know “corporate speech” they was hella down to earth here and sounded like they really cared for the game past the moment to moment gameplay. Nothing about this said “corporate speech” more so dedicated gamers making a cool game.