the only reason i heard of this game was because a friend basically sent me an invite..
it was quite a fun game for a bit shame it died
it was quite a fun game for a bit shame it died
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that's kinda sad. i would have at least looked at it, had i known about it's existence. blame insufficient PR.
When I saw the older article about it going back into beta I remembered it and thought to myself "Holy shit why did we never hear about this again?". I would have love to have tried it, but I guess I'm not going to get that chance now. Kills me to think the devs are probably kicking themselves right now as the internet responds to the closure with a loud "What? We've never heard of this game before."
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Damn, they've shut down sign ups as well. Was hoping that maybe if they had a sudden huge influx of members they'd rethink the shutdown. Hell, knowing it would stay open till Dec 9th made me want to at very least see what they had made.
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Damn, they've shut down sign ups as well. Was hoping that maybe if they had a sudden huge influx of members they'd rethink the shutdown. Hell, knowing it would stay open till Dec 9th made me want to at very least see what they had made.
I'm sad to hear this, but I'd likely be even sadder had I known about this game at all before today. I'm probably more on top of the gaming world than most people, even fellow gamers, and I had never heard about this game. Well, I might have heard of it in passing, but nothing that stuck in my memory. Rather than a failure of the game itself, it seems to be a failure of PR.
Me and a few friends have been actively LOOKING for MMOs recently and we've never heard of it...
Which is a shame because we would have tried it out if signups were still going.
Having a little-known game closing because of lack of players always reminds me of Faxion... and Faxion was one of the better MMOs I've ever played :/
Which is a shame because we would have tried it out if signups were still going.
Having a little-known game closing because of lack of players always reminds me of Faxion... and Faxion was one of the better MMOs I've ever played :/
I played it for a bit, then it went back into beta... or something. So I figured I'd come back when it would launch in proper. Except, I must've completely missed the announcement.
But like others have said, I'm not even sure how they were ever hoping for this to be a success without any real marketing, I only heard from this through a friend, who is an industry insider herself. Without her I'd never have heard of Glitch until today. A shame, but one that easily could've been avoided if they had thrown some money into marking the game, even blasted Facebook ads if need be.
But like others have said, I'm not even sure how they were ever hoping for this to be a success without any real marketing, I only heard from this through a friend, who is an industry insider herself. Without her I'd never have heard of Glitch until today. A shame, but one that easily could've been avoided if they had thrown some money into marking the game, even blasted Facebook ads if need be.
twaddle said:
They cite lack of users for their failure, but require an invite to join the game.Callate said:
I think I see what their problem is.
Dunno why everyone says the name is ungoogleable. It's the top result for "glitch mmo" "glitch computer game", "glitch game", "game glitch" and for now even "glitch". Probably as a result of the closure announcement, but it would have been on the first couple of pages of results beforehand.
I've played it.
I'll be completely honest with all parties who are wondering what the fuss was about: It was a crap game. It was essentially a souped up version of farmville. Hell, you could've called it Bars: The Game. You used a progress bar to make your other progress bars go up and then those progress bars enable progress bars to make other progress bars go faster and let you use more progress bars. And it was all accomplished by clicking. Movement was monotonous, and most things had absurdly high upkeep.
Essentially, it was a korean bunny hop MMO with none of the sustenance or style that makes a korean bunny hop MMO work. It was all of the grind of a MMO, and none of the fun.
I'd rate it generously 1 star out of 5 simply because of art style and sound. The game itself was complete and total rubbish.
Its loss will not be mourned.
I'll be completely honest with all parties who are wondering what the fuss was about: It was a crap game. It was essentially a souped up version of farmville. Hell, you could've called it Bars: The Game. You used a progress bar to make your other progress bars go up and then those progress bars enable progress bars to make other progress bars go faster and let you use more progress bars. And it was all accomplished by clicking. Movement was monotonous, and most things had absurdly high upkeep.
Essentially, it was a korean bunny hop MMO with none of the sustenance or style that makes a korean bunny hop MMO work. It was all of the grind of a MMO, and none of the fun.
I'd rate it generously 1 star out of 5 simply because of art style and sound. The game itself was complete and total rubbish.
Its loss will not be mourned.