Face it, this game is in maintenance mode now, i.e. managed decline

[Kaurhz]

You are legit going to have the Square Enix staff zoom on this comment as "positive feedback" and make Forspoken 2

The sad part about this is, they are probably already deciding where else to invest... Probably anywhere that isn't this game.

To be clear... I don't think Forspoken is good, and people can meme on it all day long, but to be honest Dawntrail is just as bad.

[Chasingstars]

Forspoken is unironically better than this expansion tbh.

Unless CBU3 shutters like Luminous Productions did with Forspoken, I am pressing X to doubt.

[bic12]

I think you may underestimate how much they were actually pushing themselves to meet the 24 month timeframe as well, and the intent of it taking longer is to increase breaks, reduce burnout, and increase producitvity and consider the health of employees. This was likely also the case for major patches due to them having a wider variety of content types than they used to.

I remember they said how meeting one of the deadlines was going to be really tough and I think it must have been prior to Shadowbringers they said that, but they were going to do it anyway and crunch hard to keep it in summer. Then they flat out couldn't with Endwalker due to delayed contracts, remote working issues, etc. No doubt it was comfortable having more time so they seemed to stick with it.

So if they released it in November, that would be about 6 months after 7.5, similar to their previous timeframe of 5 months afer the .5 patch.

You don't get As just for putting in your best. Results matter.

I don't blame the devs though. It's a management problem. Their workflow is obviously just pure garbage. They literally still use Excel for everything.

[MakoEyes]

Took a look at a gameplay video of Forspoken.

Gotta say, looks generic & boring AF.

[Mercury_Grey]

Hop over to fresh new 10/10 games like Forspoken

YOu do know that maintanence mode implies a few things:
1) no expasions
2) no new cosmetics would be added to teh shop
3) it would only be patches
want a real example of maintanence mode? Heroes of the storm

[0blivion]

"no new cosmetics would be added to the shop" say that to the several gachas that pumped out broken banners and skins right before eos

[Mercury_Grey]

"no new cosmetics would be added to the shop" say that to the several gachas that pumped out broken banners and skins right before eos

Have you seen heroes of the storm shop? Its been the same since they put it in maintanence mode