Hunt Showdown has been on one thing of a wild journey this yr. The launch of its monumental 1896 replace, which added a brand new map and was basically a comfortable reboot for the extraction FPS, noticed it attain new heights relating to its Steam participant depend. Nevertheless, sweeping adjustments to core components like Hunt’s UI noticed it get viciously review-bombed by a few of its most hardcore, devoted followers. Having solely simply recovered from that barrage, one other enormous wave of evaluate bombing has ensued over latest days because of the reveal of Hunt’s first ever in-game collaboration
This crossover sees Ghostface from the Scream films enter Hunt Showdown as a part of a $9.99/ £8.99 beauty bundle referred to as Ghost Face Rampage. Not solely do you get to play a Hunt-ified model of the enduring killer, however you’ll additionally obtain two themed weapons and a knife. Nevertheless, the reception to Ghostface – who has additionally cropped up in different FPS video games like Name of Responsibility Warzone and, naturally, asymmetrical horror recreation Lifeless By Daylight – has been extraordinarily frosty.
Regardless of developer Crytek clearly making some effort to make the character slot in its nineteenth century shooter (it even wrote a brief passage of lore within the Steam description for the bundle) that hasn’t stopped followers venting their frustrations. In addition to being upset {that a} villain from a Nineties horror film is showing in a recreation set 100 years earlier, there’s a normal disillusion with the truth that Hunt goes down the identical route because the likes of Name of Responsibility and Fortnite and is chasing collaborations from exterior its universe.
With the Ghostface bundle dropping right this moment, October 24, Crytek has now put out an announcement standing agency towards the criticism from gamers and explaining its strategy to crossovers.
“[The addition of Ghostface] has spurred dialogue throughout the group concerning the inclusion of IP collaborations, and what meaning for the way forward for Hunt,” Crytek says. “Our strategy to figuring out and evaluating collaborations focuses on working with IPs and personalities that we really feel stay true to their model whereas mixing seamlessly with our themes, setting, and storytelling.”
“The intention for us is to complement the narrative and weave new threads into the ever-evolving mythos of Hunt in a complete new manner. To not merely drop new characters into the sport, however to jot down compelling new narratives involving these crossovers to create a richer expertise for established gamers and invite new gamers into our world with just a few acquainted faces.”
Crytek concludes its message by particularly circling again to Ghostface, saying: “We imagine the newest Ghost Face Rampage DLC suits into the darkish, supernatural environment as an ageless, nearly mythological determine that transcends eras.”
Regardless of Hunt Showdown seeing a spike in adverse critiques across the time the Ghostface collab was introduced, and the sport sitting at a mere 45% optimistic Steam evaluate ranking during the last 30 days, all of the latest backlash actually hasn’t moved the needle relating to participant counts – Hunt continues to common between 20,000 and 30,000 concurrent gamers, which is the same degree to earlier than the massive 1896 overhaul. Crytek, then, clearly isn’t too anxious. The wording of the assertion makes it sound so much to me like extra crossovers will arrive within the recreation – it wouldn’t shock me if some preparations have been already in place – and there’s in all probability not a lot that can cease long-time gamers from being sad about them.
The Ghost Face Rampage bundle is out now in Hunt Showdown 1896. In the event you’ve by no means performed Hunt earlier than, you possibly can be taught extra concerning the recreation and add it (and the Ghostface bundle) to your Steam library right here.
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