Star Wars: Hunters Gameplay Trailer Showcases Game Modes, Characters, Arenas And More

Not interested in any of that Zynga F2P garbage. I'm a huge Star Wars nerd, but this game is a hard pass.

@Pillowpants
Why is that?

Uhp, free to play game from microtransaction grindy studio, and it's Star Wars. This can go anywhere.

This has been the bottom of the switch upcoming releases for like two years at least haha.

@Scrubelicious Microtransactions, whales, all the usual F2P antics and scummyness. And Zynga in itself is just not a good studio. I dislike mobile gaming. There are some exceptions, but overall most mobile games are all about monetization, which leads to bad game design, because it's never about gameplay, it's about keeping players "hooked" to the product by creating dopamine shots and triggering our brain's reward system.

Ah okay, yes I understand. Unfortunately, this is a common business practice even for non-mobile games!
I thought you were just handing a problem to the developer, which can change with the right funding (Disney) and direction. 🙂

oh, "Great"... another cheap looking mobile game...

it's so sad to see what star wars has become (except of andor ofc).

I really like the look and vibe of this game and the characters, etc., but, yeah, I am not into the free-to-play model.

@Switch_Pro @rushiosan I know right. Pretty transparently kowtowing to the "Ewok rights" crowd and Wookie middle class, as if that's even the Star Wars main audience.

Anyone want to take bets on whether there will be any conversation and/or anything trending of this game by July 4th? I'm betting by then it will be forgotten. Maybe I'm being too harsh. Definitely won't last the summer for sure.

@jojobar There was a time almost anything video game Star Wars was money in the bank. Even the mediocre games had enough to get some fun out of it despite any issues (mostly). Especially the ones where you could see the teams involved put a lot of love into it. Besides the diehard Star Wars fans, the games would attract a good amount of the normies and casuals. As long as there was just the right amount of fun the games would stand on their own. It wasn't necessary to spend millions of dollars in marketing because the games sold themselves.

Nowadays there's virtually no enthusiasm coming from any corner especially even the supposed remaining "diehards". You see the millions of dollars in marketing, yet the game will release and just fade out. Even if it's good it has no legs. There's little conversation and community behind them. 15 plus years ago if you told me this is what would happen to Star Wars I'd call you nuts. And this is coming from a former hardcore fan that used to be OBSESSED with the Expanded Universe and lore. Now I see it all as a past life and just moved on. Every time I do a random check of where it's all at now, I don't get mad I just shake my head in apathy.

bleh. This game is going in the wrong direction. I couldn't be any less interested. I'm sure there are enough whales out there to keep it alive, but this is just not what the market needs. Just looks like it's trying to follow in the shadow of other games. And I'm getting really tired of that business model. Blame those same whales for keeping the model alive and well.

@Ganner they erased the EU because they thought they could do better but now it seems like they are cherry picking aspects of it to generate some, or even any, interest at this point. Used to love Star Wars, now I just don't care. Except for the redos of some of the older games for nostalgia's sake.

@Warioware They can cherry pick all they want but whatever it is it will NEVER be what it originally was. It will be what Disney wants it to be. It's just the character/situation in a skin suit.

More woke Disney trash. Boring.

@Switch_Pro I think you misunderstood what the true meaning is behind woke.