It seems Magicka was handed over to a new studio (cf. new Pieces Interactive logo on the start screen - though supposedly those guys got bought by THQ Nordic last year?) or to a bunch of programmers somewhere which have clearly no clue about what they're doing, since with the latest updates they're introducing more bugs than they are fixing.
In addition, the main motivation to update the game again seems to be experimenting on players with A/B testing, a word which conjures the worst of the exploitative Mobile industry. This is a classic game that was buggy but playable, can you please stop ruining our experience?
In addition, there are rumors that suddenly you can no longer play with a host that owns a DLC if you don't have it. An exploitative practice that's decried as killing many multiplayer communities through segmentation, all for the purpose of trying to extract extra money from the player base. If it's true, this retroactively removes an important feature from the game and would be struck down as illegal in many jurisdictions.
So, please do one last update to revert Magicka to its pre-experiment state and walk away. That's the best move you can do to stop damaging Paradox's reputation.
Otherwise, at the very least, provide a rollback beta so we can go back to play the classic version.
In addition, the main motivation to update the game again seems to be experimenting on players with A/B testing, a word which conjures the worst of the exploitative Mobile industry. This is a classic game that was buggy but playable, can you please stop ruining our experience?
In addition, there are rumors that suddenly you can no longer play with a host that owns a DLC if you don't have it. An exploitative practice that's decried as killing many multiplayer communities through segmentation, all for the purpose of trying to extract extra money from the player base. If it's true, this retroactively removes an important feature from the game and would be struck down as illegal in many jurisdictions.
So, please do one last update to revert Magicka to its pre-experiment state and walk away. That's the best move you can do to stop damaging Paradox's reputation.
Otherwise, at the very least, provide a rollback beta so we can go back to play the classic version.
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