http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/11/04/drawn-to-death-day-one-launch-package-...Crooked Jaffe has today posted long-awaited (to a few) news in regards to his new title, successor to Twisted Metal 2012, Drawn To Death
Hey all — Jaffe here with a bunch of Drawn to Death news to share with you.
As you may know, Drawn to Death had been available in a quasi-beta phase that we call Limited Access. During this time we collected a ton of insightful information from the community. After reviewing everything we learned during the Limited Access period, we have decided to officially launch Drawn to Death as a traditional paid title.
For our Limited Access fans, we wanted to take this opportunity to confirm that we won’t be making any changes to the moment-to-moment gameplay. Drawn to Death is still the skill-based, hardcore shooter/brawler hybrid that it was always intended to be.
"Quasi-Beta Phase" - Meaning the game was pretty much finished for awhile now.
"After reviewing everything we learned..." - Meaning they saw they couldn't make money at all with DTD as a free to play title.
"DTD is still the skill-based hardcore shooter/brawler hybrid that it was always intended to be."
Except they were unsure about the brawler elements for a long time, and they struggled throughout the Limited Access to find a way to balance the characters and weapons, so if the game isn't finely tuned, which it wasn't on the last day of Limited Access, then "skill-based" is meaningless.
This is a game that was designed as a FREE game, now going to be sold at a price of I'm guessing 20 to 40 dollars, and there is no promise that the game-play is balanced and fine-tuned. There is no single player campaign, and online is limited to 2-4 players. On top of that, since this game is no longer F2P/Free-to-Play, you have to pay for PS+ in order to play the game.
But Crooked Jaffe, after abandoning Twisted Metal 2012, says that if you are a fan of Twisted you will be a fan of Drawn to Death.
So this poll is to the Twisted fans of 2012. Are you guys honestly going to buy Drawn to Death now with the news that it is no longer free-to-play?