Spiral Knights - So you think SK is a bad game?

So you think SK is a bad game?

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Thu, 04/18/2013 - 02:36

Knight-Of-India

Recently with the new UI system many people are saying sk is the worst game of all. I am also angry about the New UI but if you think this is a bad game take a load of this one :- https://www.clonewarsadventures.com/index.action . Practically 99% of the contents can be accessed by becoming a member at least the devs don't ask us to pay money for making a DA ,the ce can be bought with virtual crown and real money. Only OCH and a few more things like special costumes can be bought with money nothing else.

NOTE: fixed some mistakes and edited.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 02:44

Gravelord-Caste

I don't know anyone saying

I don't know anyone saying that the new UI turned SK into a terrible game. Sure, people have said it's a terrible update, and have even quitted because of it, but in the long run it's only made the game artificially harder (not non-linear, Nick).

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 02:52

Knight-Of-India

@Gravelord-Caste I agree with

@Gravelord-Caste I agree with that but some decision's like the RSS update,etc have made the game stink in little aspects.(my own opinion)

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 03:18

Fleet-Miss-Gun

Fleet is back!

"SK is the worst game of all"

Did they ever played Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing?

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 06:02

Hexzyle

@Feral-Cz

TF2's design is a retail game, and therefore cannot be compared to Spiral Knights, which is designed to be a free game.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 06:06

Heavy-Dragon

SK is not a bad game.

It is just presented badly. Like a diamond ring that's been dropped in the mud.

... Okay, Its a little cleaner/more presentable than that, but still.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 07:24

Bzzts

It was like a shiny metal back in the day.

Latest updates are making it rusty and ugly.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 07:26

Raptorsevens

Actually you CAN compare

Actually you CAN compare retail games to free-to-play games.

Half-life 2 has no swords whereas spiral knights does.

There, compared.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 07:40

Fastdinoturtle

If this was a bad game then why...

if its the 5th most played game on steam.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 08:05

Thunder-The-Bright

SK didn't change mechanichs

SK didn't change mechanichs (is it written so?), so the game is still the same. it's only aestethic. and I really don't understand people leaving for aestethics, as much as I don't understand art in general.

@ fastdinoturtle
CoD. your argument is invalid.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 08:22

#10

Knight-Of-India

I still want the old UI back

I still want the old UI back if they want this system for noobs no problem but i deserve to have demands met. But it is still much much much more better game then that provided in the link

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 08:41

#11

Msaad

How can anyone hate this new UI? I mean, I get like 10-20 FPS drops, Higher latency, Increased lag, etc.! How amazing is that?

Oh, and my screen shaking when i get hit, Lovely. Just makes me want to flip my table. And that lovely weapon wheel! Distracts me so much it allows other people to kill me! Wow! And the best part is, My FPS turned to 50-60 from 70-80! Cheers, OOO!

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 10:03

#12

Retequizzle

No, actually I don't hate the

No, actually I don't hate the new UI or think SK's the worst game of all.

Sweeping generalizations are great.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 10:18

#13

Gzilla

@Blue

Tone down your language. Profanity is against the ToS. I still think SK's a great game, the new UI's giving me a hard time, but hopefully OOO will fix this/improve the lag problems.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 10:35

#14

Heron

new UI might suggest a

new UI might suggest a redesign for an upcoming console port, don't quote me on that.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 10:39

#15

Blue-Joker

Gzilla

What I need it's old UI. Back him and I jerked on this game 24 hours

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 11:07

#16

Hemsy-Mule

+1 For the Joker ^^

Ok, that is what i can tell after "really testing" the new IU & stuff:

SK was the greatest in design and gameplay and got a great community :

- The new UI is like a copy/paste of the Phantasy Star Online 2, not designed for it, therefore the game lost his soul with this add.

- RSS update took off the fun of a whole class (bombers suxx now), the new UI and graphic effects are bad for so many reason I can make you a detailed list but it will soon be edited as a novel.

- They have ignored their hardcore gamers opinion hence then managed to frustrate the main pillar of any MMORPG: the community.

So the game got nothing left compared to other games in design, gameplay or cheerful community.

So why bother playing a game which is not the best one you can play. Therefore this game suck, period.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 11:49

#17

Thunder-The-Bright

mmm.

mule, reconsider.
- the UI can't be a major part of the soul of the game. arcade was. now it's dying. yeah, the feeling and whatever. that is what you feel. the arcade was the major thing, and it's dying sice a while.
- look at Zeddy bombing and try again.
- hardcore and veteran are 2 different things. they ignored veterans. that is the important part.
this game does not suck. go to the arcade blindly on t3. avoid FSC and get greavers. avoid OP weapons. there is fun.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 15:52

#18

Shamanalah

my 2 cents

@ Thunder-The-Bright

He can already do that... he's a veteran and a hardcore player of the game in the french server and is well known...

I understand his frustration... I talk to him and he left SK... he was a casual players doing over 50 FSC a week and now he's there once or twice per week, doing danger missions with me and that's it, maybe 1 vana...

So why bother playing a game which is not the best one you can play. Therefore this game suck, period.

OOO need to see and understand this sentence.

They need to either tweak the new UI or get the old back with new stuff in...

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 15:56

#19

Spold

Like the game? Yes.

Like the new user interface? No.

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 16:45

#20

Magnicth

While the new UI could

While the new UI could arguably have been a good or bad decision (I personally like it), theres worse ways they could handle this game. Ever heard of Realm of the Mad God? Ever since the current developer team took over, Kabam, or however you spell it, it has gone from a decent free to play game to an absolute horrid barely free to play where pretty much all aesthetic options, extra storage, and many other things had to be purchased with real money, basically making all the content buyable, as well as top tier items. SK has items buyable with ce as well, but the price is so high that it is better and more profitable to use the ce for other means.

~Magnicth

Fri, 04/19/2013 - 02:46

#21

Knight-Of-India

And one more reason..

And you know what the biggest problem is? The level of interaction we have with the staff. All we get is a random post on a random thread and patch note updates. Even Eurydice has stopped those mini interviews so all in all they need to start interacting with us. I understand Nick must be busy with all his work but at least he can come into the virtual world for 1 hour and answer our question and take our suggestions weekly or daily.

Fri, 04/19/2013 - 09:01

#22

Bobtheblaster

As far as gameplay is

As far as gameplay is concerned it's great. SK is challenging at times (regardless of whether this forum thinks soloing Shadow Lairs in proto armor is dirt easy), the energy system is pretty good too, allows free play but encoureges purchases.

The dev interaction is quite low, and they seem to push updates without even consulting anyone but themselves, when there is an update that is. This game's only end game content is also heavily gated next to FSC. Typically a dev will go in and post "Cool, we're working on it ;)" and never show for, actually, has the Iron Slug and Callahan got that buff talked about? Browsing here I think they stopped all together. So that could use some work.

The community, spare a few Elitists, is relatively kind. It's kind of a shock having come from Runescape to NOT be ridiculed for being a newbie, poor, or not have any 5 stars. You can have your party open and actually meet a kindered spirit instead of some 9 year old that is just gonna micspam or troll you.

I like this game a lot personally, I wish it well. It kinda pains me for people flipping out over a UI change and actual new content.

Fri, 04/19/2013 - 18:40

#23

Describe

What do you even do in that

What do you even do in that star wars game?

Sat, 04/20/2013 - 10:36

#24

Kalaina-Elderfall

If Spiral Knights was a bad

If Spiral Knights was a bad game, I wouldn't hate the new UI so much. I'd just happily quit and move on. But the fact of the matter is that I want to keep playing because I love the game in spite of all of its flaws. Except, with the UI update, things are no longer really playable for me.

But even if we pretend the UI update didn't happen, there are still a lot of things about Spiral Knights that are just bad or negligent in terms of quality of game design, and minimal acknowledgement that these things are being worked on from the dev team indicates that we shouldn't plan on seeing them fixed any time soon. So while it's certainly not a bad game, I feel that it's always been surprisingly close to being a great game, but the dev effort just hasn't been allocated toward getting it there. And probably never will be.

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