Tetho_mig Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) https://hanging-garden.babylonsfall.com/news/pages/63034abc74473009630079?lang=en-gb Quote Greetings Sentinel Force, Thank you very much for playing BABYLON'S FALL. With the desire of delivering an exhilarating online multiplayer action RPG set in an elaborate high fantasy world, we launched the game’s official service on Thursday, 3 March 2022, and have continued to undertake additional development and operations. However, it is with deep regret to inform you that we will be terminating the game’s service on Tuesday, 28 February 2023. As a result, we will also cancel the large-scale updates that we had planned. In terms of the plan moving forward, Season 2 will run until Tuesday, 29 November 2022 as scheduled, and the Final Season will begin with the maintenance scheduled on the same day. This Final Season is the period during which you can earn the ranking rewards of Season 2. As a way of expressing our gratitude to all our players, we plan to implement as many events and other initiatives as we can, leading up to the end of the service. Edited September 13, 2022 by Tetho_mig Wrong date 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CowMoyoo Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Well this was to be expected Played the demo and even small enemies take so many hits its ridiculous, it was definietly made to be played with a full team but barely anyone plays the game Also the controls are very stiff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidson2004 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Sad for the 2 people playing this. But saw this coming after I played the demo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoesusHCrust Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 An online game that lasted less than a year. Is this a record? It seems like an extremely short ‘lifespan’ for a game. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Tetho_mig Posted September 13, 2022 Author Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2022 I'm honestly surprised they didn't even tried to switch to F2P, include it in the gamepass/PS+ Extra or give it in games with gold/PS+ Essentials. It must have tanked very hard for Square-Enix to just write it off and close the game exactly a year after launch. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WreckItPhil Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) Is online required for platinum? All i see is that its getting easier playing co-oop. Edited September 13, 2022 by WreckItPhil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetho_mig Posted September 13, 2022 Author Share Posted September 13, 2022 Yes, this is a game as a service. You can't play while the servers are offline. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winckle Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 8 minutes ago, WreckItPhil said: Is online required for platinum? All i see is that its getting easier playing co-oop. Yep, even playing solo, the platinum will not be obtainable after the server closes as the game won't be playable. See here: https://support.eu.square-enix.com/faqarticle.php?id=18933&la=2&kid=80901&ret=faqtop&c=4&sc=0 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post arcanehornet_ Posted September 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2022 First Marvel’s Avengers, now this… when will companies learn that games as a service is a bad business model? 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zizimonster Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Very unfortunate. ? I would love to play this when the price suits me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post CoolXIV Posted September 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2022 12 minutes ago, arcanehornet_ said: First Marvel’s Avengers, now this… when will companies learn that games as a service is a bad business model? Genshin Impact earned over 3 billion dollars and has 15:1 profit/budget ratio. How is this a bad business model? Don't blame the model, blame bad games. 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrBloodmoney Posted September 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2022 (edited) 7 hours ago, arcanehornet_ said: First Marvel’s Avengers, now this… when will companies learn that games as a service is a bad business model? There's no business model in the world that could have turned the tide - a business model can only be as effective as the game it is applied to. They could have included Babylon's Fall as a pack in with every new PS5, paid people to play it, and offered free blow-jobs to anyone who got the platinum. It still wouldn't have made it a success. You can't make silk purses out of sows ears. Edited September 13, 2022 by DrBloodmoney 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotatingCube Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 2 minutes ago, CoolXIV said: Genshin Impact earned over 3 billion dollars and has 15:1 profit/budget ratio. How is this a bad business model? Don't blame the model, blame bad games. Yeah. If a company hits it big, they can earn insane amounts of money from a single games-as-a-service product. A lot more money than if they released a bunch of good selling single player games (unfortunately). As for this game, I am not surprised. The prerelease buzz was already pretty bad with lots of people criticizing the graphics and gameplay. Add the fact that this was a full price game that was still loaded with microtransactions and it didn't really stand a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpaceCoresDad Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Does anyone know how long this game takes? Barely anyone has played it. There's a guide on Powerpyx but it's not all that detailed. It says 25-35 hours to platinum depending on if you play with others. Is that accurate at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbdbh Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 It has been taken down the store as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ResiGamer_28 Posted September 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2022 20 minutes ago, DrBloodmoney said: There's no business model in the world that could have turned the tide - a business model can only be as effective as the game it is applied to. They could have included Babylon's Fall as a pack in with every new PS5, paid people to play it, and offered a free blow-jobs to anyone who got the platinum. It still wouldn't have made it a success. You can't make silk purses out of sows ears. Depending on who was giving the free bjs it might have helped ? 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POEman553 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Does the game have an autopop for the trophies? I have the PS4 version so I guess I'll be starting it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Gethron Posted September 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2022 22 minutes ago, fbdbh said: It has been taken down the store as well. Wow. Not only does Squeenix decide to cancel their live service game after only 6 months, they immediately decide to delist it so they don't even get the post-cancellation bump from gawkers and trophy hunters? I remember Yahtzee's review was scathing, but this game must be losing money hand over fist. Still, anyone who already has the game has got six months to get the platinum. Better than the three weeks Sony recently gave us for Killzone Shadowfall. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deadly_Ha_Ha Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 That's really insane dude. Well, this physical copy I got for $20 better be put to use by then I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KingSkovald Posted September 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 13, 2022 Babylon has fallen 23 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilHamchan Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 31 minutes ago, SpaceCoresDad said: Does anyone know how long this game takes? Barely anyone has played it. There's a guide on Powerpyx but it's not all that detailed. It says 25-35 hours to platinum depending on if you play with others. Is that accurate at all? My counter says 38 hours. I had to play through the season 2 content to access the late game siege dungeons, which I think I needed to complete to get mats so I could upgrade my equipment, which is a trophy. There’s not much documentation on the game past launch. I’m still in the past 50 players on this site who got the plat trophy and I got it in July, so there really isn’t many people playing this game lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordEddardStark7 Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Guess I'm gonna have to find people to play this lol, the game is region locked so can't matchmake however I want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communistwookiee Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 1 hour ago, arcanehornet_ said: First Marvel’s Avengers, now this… when will companies learn that games as a service is a bad business model? I think that both were cases of the wrong project for the wrong studio. Crystal Dynamics and PlatinumGames just aren't known for GaaS titles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bilal Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 How long does the platinum take? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Duderino Posted September 13, 2022 Share Posted September 13, 2022 Translation: Quote Our game is so bad and flopped so hard, our publisher cut off any fundings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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