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[ManaByte]

Kneel peasants or else!

 

[Banjo64]

That’s not racist or discriminatory. That dev should probably go back to Primary School to resume his education.

 

[digoutyoursoul]

Why would they call themselves “Sweet Baby”

 

[Blitzmangoman]

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[FeralEcho]

Utterly pathetic. I hear there's a new simulator perfect for these devs and others as emotionally frail as them:

 

[Gameplay Gods Bless]

"Apolitical" devs.

 

[coolmast3r]

I mean, the devs have the right to ban anyone they want since it's their platform and you are "supposed" to play by their rules, but this makes them look bad, honestly. Go woke, go broke, I guess.

 

[Hollowpoint5557]

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[winjer]

43% user score on Steam.
Mostly, people saying the single player campaign is really bad.
I don't care much about online. So this is a hard pass for me.

 

[JimmyRustler]

What a disgrace it must be for serious writers in game studios to have these clowns come in and discuss the games story with them. Just picture this scenario. If that ain’t funny, nothing is.

 

[Jaybe]

Why would they call themselves “Sweet Baby”

I can’t find the original video but the founder (Kim Belair) explained that when they had clients they really liked, they would say about them, “Aww, they are such sweet babies” after the meeting, and went with that as the company name. Seemed condescending to me.

 

[Bernardougf]

Kneel peasants or else!

 

[Bernardougf]

What a disgrace it must be for serious writers in game studios to have these clowns come in and discuss the games story with them. Just picture this scenario. If that ain’t funny, nothing is.

In western studios specially in California I would say that the "serious writers" are probably friends with them leaving in the same bubble

 

[StereoVsn]

43% user score on Steam.
Mostly, people saying the single player campaign is really bad.
I don't care much about online. So this is a hard pass for me.

Yeah, i was looking forward to the game, but looks like SP campaign really was terrible.

Hard nope for me and will re-evaluate in a year.

 

[Schmendrick]

And there goes every bit of motivation to play this game.....

 

[Boneless]

I am an old man and love homeworld 1 and 2, but cannot support this. A true shame.

 

[VulcanRaven]

If complaining about it happens all the time then who wouldn't get tired of it?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

when your game is as niche as this, you cant fuck around with this...thing

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

Some devs really hate money, don't they.

 

[P:axMagellanic]

Fuck 'em, turning on the fans? Really?

Game turned out shit and the story looks retarded. Enjoy more layoffs and bankruptcy, cunts.

 

[Buggy Loop]

Ouf

An already super niche and market and they are turning gamers against them..

 

[TintoConCasera]

Why the fuck are those sickos involved on a space RTS game to begin with? Were the spaceships not diverse enough?

 

[ZehDon]

Why the fuck are those sickos involved on a space RTS game to begin with? Were the spaceships not diverse enough?

While the first Homeworld titles were a story of the civilisation itself, with the closest to a proper character being Karen Sajet - who was integrated into the mothership - Homeworld 3 apparently switches gears, and focuses on several new characters introduced in this entry. Fans of the series are apparently not happy with the new narrative direction.

 

[JonSnowball]

It's a Gearbox Publishing title. Gearbox's CEO is Randy Pitchford. This explains everything.

 

[lh032]

DOA.

 

[Bkdk]

These studios keep making awful decisions and the devs wonder why layoffs keep happening. The devs gotta smarten up and if they have to strike, they need to strike for getting rid of sweet baby and stop forcing ugly looking chars in game. Otherwise they will just lose their jobs anyway when sales are way below expectations.

 

[Hero of Spielberg]

what is it going to take for these morons to fucking learn that the vast majority of their revenue comes from sweaty nerds who hate shit like Sweet Baby Inc? But no, they double down and alienate their audience. It’s like they all want their own business to fail or something

 

[Aenima]

Kneel peasants or else!

"This type of content is not allowed on Steam Community"

Yet steam didnt banned the comunity page warning about SBI games.

 

[Clintizzle]

Not basing this on a huge sample size but I've noticed that quite a few of these community managers at game studios have very toxic and power tripping energy. Imagine resetera but on steam/discord/dev forums.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

Gearbox, which belongs to Take Two...

GTA 6 gonna be fun.

 

[semiconscious]

'racist or discriminatory content'...

asking whether or not a particular company assisted in a game's development is neither of the above. if anything, i'm thinking that the word they're looking for here is 'controversial', maybe?...

 

[HAYA8U5A]

 

[AJUMP23]

If you don’t like something you are the problem.

 

[IAmRei]

Not this one as well, my favorite franchises are down one by one... Its frustrating to see lot of franchises broken by awful decisions these days :'(

 

[justiceiro]

But did they hire them?

 

[Dr. Claus]

But did they hire them?

The narrative apparently has all the telltale signs, but no confirmation by the devs.

 

[ududy]

What a disgrace it must be for serious writers in game studios to have these clowns come in and discuss the games story with them. Just picture this scenario. If that ain’t funny, nothing is.

There are very few serious writers in game studios (and films as well).

 

[manfestival]

yeah that is pretty ridiculous to say the least but here we are

 

[SJRB]

But did they hire them?

Banning people who are asking this question tells you all you need to know, doesn’t it?

 

[ahtlas7]

Guess that pretty much answers the persons question. Nice that they did so dramatically. Now everyone knows.

 

[Shadowstar39]

There are very few serious writers in game studios (and films as well).

The ones that were there got driven out like Chris avellone of fallout 1 and 2. Thr women made shit up and did it for the r mee too social media clout he got a 7 figure payout, and they admited to lying but the devs won't hire him back because woke cult. It's so unreal. Other writers left long ago. I expect movies and music to suck too as boomers die and Gen x retires.

 

[6502]

Clearly a reasonable question and an outrageous response.

They don't want your money folks, please respect their wishes.

 

[Klosshufvud]

They completely ruined Homeworld with their new-age Marvelized storytelling and the fuckers are now banning fans. I feel like this shit is becoming routine in the western industry. Take old and beloved IP, destroy it completely and then blame fans for being sexists or whatever. It keeps happening. Who are even these people in game development? They seem to have a greater love for other hobbies, such as Netflix and twitter.

 

[Soodanim]

43% user score on Steam.
Mostly, people saying the single player campaign is really bad.

I think this gives context. I think they're panicking and it's leading to poor choices.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

. Otherwise they will just lose their jobs anyway when sales are way below expectations.

True, but nobody wants to be the one stirring trouble. You don’t get fired for not making a decision, you get fired for making a bad one.

 

[Robb]

 

[Dr.Morris79]

These studios keep making awful decisions and the devs wonder why layoffs keep happening. The devs gotta smarten up and if they have to strike, they need to strike for getting rid of sweet baby

Oh my sweet baby summer child..

The devs ARE part of the problem too! Look at the quality of games coming out when they are in accordance with SBI..

The old guard have been given the boot and replaced with wet flannels who can't do their job properly..

Take Homeworld 3, no sub system destruction, why? Probably because they don't know how to do it like the original developers! They're pretenders, they latch onto I.P's, do a shit job, cry when it fails and call the customers ism's

Look at Hollywood, it's exactly the same!

Now, I'm left with a sore bum as I took my eye off the ball and bought this fucking thing

Thankfully it wasn't full price. I went back to the originals with mods after playing 3. I forgot how fun they actually were, when they were made with devs who could do their fucking job properly!

 

[xrnzaaas]

Wow, that was an easy removal from my wishlist. Going against the community always works, especially for a product from a smaller genre, right?

 

[Davevil]