Vorige week werd de XIII remake gelanceerd en het duurde niet lang alvorens de game met de grond gelijkgemaakt werd. Niet alleen waren talloze bugs van de partij, ook werden enkele kernelementen van de originele game in de remake compleet mismeesterd, waardoor je eigenlijk beter gewoon de originele versie koopt dan deze remake.
Na al die negatieve feedback kon een reactie van uitgever Microids en ontwikkelaar PlayMagic niet uitblijven en die is er nu ook gekomen. Ze zeggen sorry voor de belabberde kwaliteit die ze hebben afgeleverd en trachten de schuld af te schuiven op de coronacrisis, waardoor de ontwikkeling vertraging opliep. Men had gehoopt een day one patch te kunnen voorzien om alle problemen op te lossen, maar ook dat is dus niet gelukt.
Hoewel men belooft verder te zullen werken om de XIII remake tot op een aanvaardbaar niveau te krijgen, neemt dit natuurlijk niet weg dat het huidige product nooit op deze manier het daglicht had mogen zien.
Greetings,
The highly anticipated remake of XIII, awaited by many fans, came out earlier this week. Unfortunately, players expectations have not been met by the launch version and we hear loud and clear the legitimate criticism and disappointment.
First and foremost, we would like to offer our most sincere apologies for the game’s technical issues. In its present state, XIII does not meet our quality standards and we fully understand players’ frustrations. The pandemic has impacted the game’s production on many levels. Pivoting to home working for the teams has added unexpected delays in the development schedule and the QA process. We hoped we would be able to provide a Day One patch fixing all the issues but the development of this update is taking more time than expected.
We want to assure you that PlayMagic is working hard to solve all the game’s issues. With live monitoring and multiple patches in the upcoming days and weeks, we hope to reach the quality level we all expect for the optimum gaming experience. The first update will be pushed shortly to fix the most urgent issues regarding the controls, frame rate, collisions, rendering and sound. For information about the upcoming patches, please follow this link:
In addition, we wanted to thank the community for all the feedback. We are reviewing every single comment carefully, passing along the bugs and issues to the development team. Feel free to send us your feedback and questions to: support_XIII@microids.com
Finally, know that we are working on a detailed road map highlighting the upcoming free additions to the game content like new levels, weapons, skins and modes for the local multiplayer.
We are aiming to please all the XIII fans and we’ll work relentlessly to achieve our goal.
The teams at Microids and PlayMagic
