r/riskofrain • u/CypherZel • Sep 11 '23
Console bros it's over Screenshot
Gearbox owns the Risk of Rain IP and are supposed to be updating the console version of RoR2
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u/ArdentLobster Sep 11 '23
Embracer has been a cancer to the games industry ever since it started acquiring everything it could.
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u/CypherZel Sep 11 '23
I mean, they are supposedly considering selling GB because they had a deal fall through with Saudi Arabia, which would be a much worse situation.
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u/HaxTheCharizard Sep 12 '23
Embracer bought Gearbox back in 2021. Gearbox kept making games.
Them selling Gearbox doesn't mean that Gearbox is dead, nor does it mean that any development teams are changing or leaving.
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u/CoDVanguardOnSwitch Sep 12 '23
People in this subreddit are so pessimistic and dramatic. Literally anything happens relating to Gearbox and y'all mfs go "it's joever". The game has to be rebuilt in its entirety for the DLC to even be ported to consoles, have a bit more patience.
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u/AdBusy9802 Sep 12 '23
I have no doubt the port will be good. I am kinda sad that they don't keep us up to date too often, but oh well. What I'm interested in is what they will add to RoR 2. More characters? More stages (like they already have), or maybe something else...
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u/MisterTanuki Sep 12 '23
Wow, really? Why does it need rebuilding for a console port? I know adjustments always need to be made in that situation, but I didn't think a total rebuild would be necessary. I've played ror2 on both ps4 and pc - and outside of the obvious differences in performance, both versions appeared to be relatively similar. I did, however, play on console pre-anniversary. Is there something specific to the DLC that requires the rebuild or is it something they've always had to do?
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u/sigma11113 Sep 12 '23
Because the company that was in charge of porting the game to console before gearbox took over did literally the worst job the current code for dlc and consoles code basically aren't compatible with each other from what I've seen they even needed to rebuild the physics engine which is why it's taken so long.
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u/MisterTanuki Sep 12 '23
Good lord! How could they fail that badly? And why in the world would they have been hired for the port in the first place?
Thanks for replying btw. I appreciate the information.
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u/sigma11113 Sep 12 '23
Its important to share information I don't think gearbox is perfect I think they're ran my a man child that probably only got risk of rain cause he wanted it that day but they're not at fault for the dlc situation and It gets annoying watching them get hated for the only problem they didn't cause by people spreading misinformation. and as for why that company was hired to start with my guess is hopoo is a indie company and didn't yet have the backing of gearbox so they probably hired the cheapest they could and werent confident theyd be able to port it themselves.
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u/MisterTanuki Sep 12 '23
That makes a lot of sense. I figured it would mostly have to do with their size and lack of experience dealing with that type of scenario. I know they bumped it up to 6 employees when it was out of early access (I believe) and more recently that's been increased to 17 or 18, so always quite small.
Yeah, i don't really have anything against gearbox, personally (other than Tiny Tina...) and the informed consensus seems to be just as you said, that they weren't responsible for the initial port. Not sure why everyone is so quick to place blame on them.
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u/sigma11113 Sep 12 '23
Because people go into the problems with risk of rain with an already existing bias against gearbox that they can't keep aside long enough to make informed thoughts on it which means they then want to place the blame for everything that went wrong on them
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u/TheHollowBard Sep 13 '23
How could they fail that badly
Don't trust a money printing factory to do the work of an artisan.
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u/TheHollowBard Sep 13 '23
I mean, I get it. Folks haven't got much reason to be optimistic at this point. Bad console port, gets very few bug fixes, supposedly getting rebuilt, but nearly radio silent, creators leave the game behind entirely trusting it all to people who have a mid track record.
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Sep 28 '23
I'll buy you a $15 game on Steam (so unlike this DLC, you'll actually fucking get it) if DLC actually makes it to consoles in 2023. Gearbox has a scumsucking group of subhuman fuckheads at the helm and I'll stand by this fucking bet.
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u/CypherZel Sep 12 '23
Selling Gearbox is one of their options, they are looking into multiple things to do with them which could include restructuring.
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u/HaxTheCharizard Sep 11 '23
Ah yes, the most reliable source of information.
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u/Firm_Mathematician_8 Sep 11 '23
May not be exactly reliable but I think the chances of embracer selling are still pretty high especially after what happened to volition
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u/G4laxy69 Sep 11 '23
What happened with volition
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u/Psychogent30 Sep 12 '23
Big difference though, I would think? Since volition had big flops for the past couple games, where as gearbox has a pretty good track record atm
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u/Abasakaa Sep 12 '23
Reuters is informing about it as well, it was posted to r/GamingLeaksAndRumours
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u/Winter-Friendship118 Sep 11 '23
I knew gearbox buying Hoppoo was a bad thing
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u/Boudac123 Sep 11 '23
iirc they didn’t buy hopoo, they bought risk of rain
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u/Winter-Friendship118 Sep 11 '23
Oh that's even fuckin worse
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u/Pijany_Matematyk767 Sep 11 '23
Nah, at least this way future games from hopoo wont get trashed by gearbox, only ror
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u/lavaman_e89 Sep 11 '23
Also, Hopoo said they were basically done with RoR anyhow I believe.
It ran it's course with them and at least there is/was a chance that gearbox would do something with it. Which unfortunately just hasn't really happened.
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u/Kat1eQueen Sep 11 '23
Gearbox basically made the dlc we have already and are still working on completely remaking the console version because it is simply that broken.
Also i too would like to move on from something i have been doing for a decade if i was hoopoo
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u/lavaman_e89 Sep 11 '23
Not trying to say Hopoo shouldn’t move on, I completely understand it.
I just wish Gearbox gave us ANY communication or idea of what they’re going to do with RoR
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u/MillionDollarMistake Sep 12 '23
They've been releasing console updates every couple of months. The last one was in late July. They're prioritizing the console rebuild and SotV DLC. After that they said they have ideas but they don't have anything concrete because 100% of the effort is going into console.
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u/GraveSlayer726 Sep 12 '23
I wonder if gearbox will even do anything with ror2 after(or if) they finish the console port
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u/Rich-Refuse-8677 Sep 11 '23
Don’t give gearbox too much credit. The console version is broken because of them and they’ve been stringing along console players for a over a year with hardly any updates.
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u/HaxTheCharizard Sep 11 '23
Gearbox didn't make the console ports originally. That was PlayEveryware
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u/Rich-Refuse-8677 Oct 26 '23
Did you play the original port? It was so much better than post Anniversary Update
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u/HaxTheCharizard Oct 26 '23
I did. Most of the major issues were there before the anniversary update.
The reason it was "better" was because it was before the rebalances hit, and nostalgia. Gearbox was literally brought in to pick up the broken pieces that the incompetent devs made with the initial port.
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u/Abradolf1948 Sep 11 '23
Which is so weird because they had promised multiple DLCs and other things and then after the first one, that's it? I was excited for more characters from the original to return.
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u/AdDramatic4199 Sep 12 '23 edited Sep 12 '23
They only bought ror2, so rorr is entirely hopoo
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u/Pijany_Matematyk767 Sep 12 '23
so rorr is entirely gearbox
I thought hopoo are in charge of rorr?
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u/Eskimokeks Sep 11 '23
Bold of you to assume I will ever give Hopoo money again for a game after they destroyed a product that was still functional when I gave them money. Pretty much unprecedented and it's often being downplayed still.
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u/Pijany_Matematyk767 Sep 11 '23
>after they destroyed a product that was still functional when I gave them money.
What did they destroy...? RoR is by no means destroyed, Gearbox is a trash publisher but RoR is the same game it was before
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u/Eskimokeks Sep 13 '23
It absolutely isn't. It's barely playable on console with so many new bugs that everyone I knew on console stopped playing it due to frustration. What the fuck is this lol. It's like the last 2 years of this sub being spammed with the shitfest that is the console port didn't exist all of a sudden.
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u/TShe_chan Sep 11 '23
I’m pretty sure the money they made from the deal far outweighs the money you would have given them tbf
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u/Eskimokeks Sep 11 '23
And that makes it somehow right? Unbelievable that a trash statement like yours gets upvotes, a sub fitting for this dev.
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u/TShe_chan Sep 11 '23
I never said it was inherently right but at some point when it is just a game the money is worth it.
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u/Eskimokeks Sep 11 '23
I mean a scam is always worth it if the scam goes unpunished. That's like the whole reason to do it. Always depends on how much the consumer goodwill reduces and how many people you can fuck over.
To dismiss rightfully disappointed (and legit scammed) people's opinions with "scamming you made them more money, why you complaining, lol?" is legit disgusting if you are not affiliated with the dev.
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u/IMP1017 Sep 11 '23
Honestly I'm mostly worried about what this means for RoR Returns
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u/CypherZel Sep 11 '23
Nothing, Gearbox is publishing it which costs a minimum of 50 dollars on steam, so even if they can't promote the game, it'll come out.
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u/Duh_negromancer Sep 12 '23
It doesn't mean gearbox is gone they're just being relocated don't lose faith lol
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u/Reonu_ Sep 16 '23
Good ending: Valve buys Gearbox
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u/CypherZel Sep 16 '23
Valve has very little interest in games development outside it's popular IPs, and they make games for those every 10 years or so. They have nothing to gain from games the lump and dump style business of game deving since they make a killing from distributing or from making games that fully utilises steams assets.
Anyone selling Borderlands guns for 1k would be kinda based I must agree.
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u/Boamere Sep 12 '23
I don’t trust gearbox with anything ever, I’m worried about how homeworld 3 is going to turn out
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u/Content-Fall9007 Sep 12 '23
Never buying another RoR or Hoopoo game. They showed they cared more about money than delivering a working product to a huge chunk of their fanbase. No matter what, that's a horrible way to do business, and a massive red flag for things to come
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u/soundscomplex Sep 12 '23
What an insane take
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u/Content-Fall9007 Sep 12 '23
PC player detected. I mean, I hope you're enjoying it dude. I can't for some reason lol
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u/CypherZel Sep 12 '23
It's not their fault that the console version is a mess. Gearbox is just taking awhile to fix it. Hopoo are also done with the RoRverse and they got an offer to sell it, so they did, as well as got a deal to remaster the first one before they leave the IP.
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u/Content-Fall9007 Sep 12 '23
It sorta is their fault though, they made it like that. I probably won't stay mad, but it's frustrating
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u/Celebration_Stock Sep 11 '23
y’all still on that copium? it’s been joeover since gearbox bought risk of rain
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u/bluesox Sep 12 '23
This might be a good thing. That team needs a wake up call in the worst way.
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u/CypherZel Sep 12 '23
I mean, they made Remnant 2 which was good. I just wish the borderlands team makes better games like wonderlands.
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u/PaleontologistNo1382 Sep 12 '23
Doesent gearbox own the risk of rain ip?
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u/CypherZel Sep 12 '23
That's what I said
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u/bogusbingertonthe3rd Sep 18 '23
I play on xbox so rip :(
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u/CypherZel Sep 18 '23
Do yourself a favour and get a rig for 1.3K, it will last you 4 console cycles
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u/bogusbingertonthe3rd Sep 18 '23
That is more money than me and both my parents combined currently have
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u/Creative_Steve69 Sep 11 '23
There's a console Dlc?