30th December 2023, 2:42 PM
(30th December 2023, 6:58 AM)AlphaZ Wrote: Growth should be proportionate to the active player base. The value of catering to the 10 active players is not equivalent to or greater than preserving people's nostalgia/memories of what the game was. Rendering the game unrecognizable by spam-adding updates does not do anything. PR2 is 15 years old going on 16, and what's left of the game is a vocal minority insistent on changing the game. The active players haven't even been around since 08-09. People have had time to become full-grown adults with lives in the time it has taken for PR2 to age as much as it has. Wives, kids, and careers. It's hard to advocate for growth when the game is dead. Admittedly, arguing on a near-dead forum is unproductive as well, and people flexing their skills on a game way past its prime is by far the funniest thing I have seen. That's beside the point, as sad as that is.
I just find this to be a pessimistic attitude in general. The way you describe platform racing 2 makes it sound like it can only be appreciated as a piece of people's past, but I strongly believe that people should be allowed to enjoy the game however they want. I do agree that updates pushed out should not change the game to a point where it's unrecognizable, but I don't think that is ever their intention. The most heavily-requested updates are most likely the leaderboards and challenges of some kind (from what I've seen) which would not scare any players returning from the past for the nostalgia that they will still feel the exact same.
I personally still see this game as a stepping stone towards a more accessible and polished version (re-make?) with the same physics and concept, so anything added here would not only be creating a more perfect (subjective but TRUE) pr2, but a test run for what is possible in the future.
The moral of the story is, that if people want to enjoy the game and flex their skills, what gives you the right to judge them? Just let people be happy. Aren't you the highest-ranked player in the game too? lol
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