Are the developers this scared of criticism that crique just gets deleted?

[genuine_stranger]

“It’s a good thing that square enix ignores the one official feedback channel we have for this game”

Do yall actually hear yourselves

You could flip a coin on this one, honestly.
And depending on the side it lands on, the answer you get might be worse than you thought it would be.

[Hanayumi]

In all likelihood they prolly nuked the thread cause someone involved the devs into it. So far from what ive seen you can criticize and shread the hell out of the game and content but they nope the fuck out when SE or its employees are involved into convo negatively...

[Jeeqbit]

In all likelihood they prolly nuked the thread cause someone involved the devs into it. So far from what ive seen you can criticize and shread the hell out of the game and content but they nope the fuck out when SE or its employees are involved into convo negatively...

That is very true. However, that thread in particular involved another subject. Someone from the Japanese forums came to here and started talking about it because it wasn't permitted in the JP forums (despite it being off topic).

[Striker44]

Because Titanmen makes a thread doesnt invalidate everything else in it from other posters.

No, but it breaking the rules does. That it came from a particular poster with a history of making posts that break the rules just makes it all the logical.

You do realize that you're literally speaking to people that still care and play at least parts of the game, else they'd have left already instance of airing grievances, right?

At some point, it crosses the line from "caring" to being addicted and/or obsessed to the point that anything not made exactly the way you specifically want becomes "terrible."

For real can we not give any criticism at all anymore?

It's quite telling that a comment like this - in a forum that is absolutely and utterly filled with negativity - gets more "likes" than the people pointing out the absolute deluge of criticism that exists on the forum proving the poster wrong. This is people that are far beyond just "criticizing" or "complaining."

[Supersnow845]

I love how the forum being filled with negativity is apparently the playerbases fault and not the fault of the fact that the game hasn’t had anything worth praising for quite a while

Like when the devs put out good content people praise it (the forum adored HOH and the additions pyros made to the eureka design. Or ShB story, or island sanctuary

Put out good content and the playerbase praises it.

What am I supposed to current praise about the game………um you did a pretty decent job evergreening Bozja? (Should have said that in ShB), the graphics update is pretty nice? (Yeah we praised that 6 months ago)

Do something and the forum may not drown in criticism

[Valence]

8 years of stack, spread, partners, clockwise/ccw, donut, point blank, and slow dilution of job design into nothingness, and people act surprised when the reaction to nothing new is negative.
New encounter design promises for 7.2 but nothing to show for it so far, and people act surprised when the reaction is negative.
Diadem > Eureka > Bozja > Green Bozja, and people act surprised when the reaction to nothing new is negative.
Bland, tedious fate farming as the base of everything since forever, and people act surprised when the reaction to it is negative.
When is the last time this game did new things? CLL/Dalriada? The job gauges in SB? Island Sanctuary (kek)? Variant? Oh right, they innovated in pvp with Crystalline Conflict, my mistake. I admit defeat, it happened only 3 years ago.

[Red-thunder]

8 years of stack, spread, partners, clockwise/ccw, donut, point blank, and slow dilution of job design into nothingness, and people act surprised when the reaction to nothing new is negative.
New encounter design promises for 7.2 but nothing to show for it so far, and people act surprised when the reaction is negative.
Diadem > Eureka > Bozja > Green Bozja, and people act surprised when the reaction to nothing new is negative.
Bland, tedious fate farming as the base of everything since forever, and people act surprised when the reaction to it is negative.
When is the last time this game did new things? CLL/Dalriada? The job gauges in SB? Island Sanctuary (kek)? Variant? Oh right, they innovated in pvp with Crystalline Conflict, my mistake. I admit defeat, it happened only 3 years ago.

The Square Enix team doesn't even seem to understand what innovation actually entails. It does not mean just adding some random things to existing stuff and hoping it works. When they "innovate", they do the barest minimum.

Variant is the prime example of this. People want "branching paths". What did they do? Oh right, they just added THREE LINEAR CORRIDORS in a single instance, and you can choose which linear corridor you can enter at the start of the dungeon.

BRAVO! That's PEAK branching path/non-linear gameplay!

[AshtonCrowe]

For real can we not give any criticism at all anymore?
Are the devs and some part of this community THIS against criticism and potential improvement of the game?

Criticism is not a bad thing.

They don't delete Criticism they delete

Racism, Excessive cursing, Harassment, Witch hunting, Stalking, Threats & Religion.

The same as every other company, If your post was deleted it probably broke one of those rules. An easy one to break "Witch Hunting" can be something as simple as saying (X) Person is washed up and should be replaced.

[NanaWiloh]

The Square Enix team doesn't even seem to understand what innovation actually entails. It does not mean just adding some random things to existing stuff and hoping it works. When they "innovate", they do the barest minimum.

Variant is the prime example of this. People want "branching paths". What did they do? Oh right, they just added THREE LINEAR CORRIDORS in a single instance, and you can choose which linear corridor you can enter at the start of the dungeon.

BRAVO! That's PEAK branching path/non-linear gameplay!

Non-linear is paradise for the blind. Once you explore every path see every outcome. It becomes annoying waste of time and energy. And you find yourself begging for linearty again.

[Red-thunder]

Non-linear is paradise for the blind. Once you explore every path see every outcome. It becomes annoying waste of time and energy. And you find yourself begging for linearty again.

Yes that is surely why game of the year BG3 is full of linear corridors am I right