Or when Legendaries, the absolute top-tier, refuses to drop. You can only optimize so much for a build when you’re not sure what your health will be when spawning in. “Looking back on the past few months, it’s crazy to think how the looter shooter genre has been impacted.” And before the expose by Kotaku’s Jason Schreier, players were already up in arms regarding the game’s unrewarding loot system, how fundamentally broken the scaling was, and just how underwhelming the game’s mechanics really were. What seemed like a competent competitor in the genre fell by the wayside quickly due to bugs and performance issues. We’ve had the launch of Anthem, BioWare’s newest original IP since Dragon Age: Origins (2009). Remember how The Division was meant to kill Destiny when it first launched? Or how Destiny 2 was dead in the water with Curse of Osiris while The Division saw a resurgence with its latest update? Good times.īut looking back on the past few months, it’s crazy to think how the looter shooter genre has been impacted. You could have said that for the launch of The Division or Destiny or Destiny 2, all which faced significant issues before being heavily patched.
You could have made that comment when Borderlands 2 first released, ushering the world in an improved sequel with a greater story and an excellent loot/shoot cycle. It’s been a wild couple of months for looter shooters, hasn’t it? A statement like that wouldn’t have withstood much scrutiny during other periods.