Gaming society is very emotional and they like their games a lot, and companies should avoid playing with their emotion. In 2022 when Gearbox acquired Risk of Rain, the fans seemed unhappy as they felt the studio would somehow ruin the game. Thus, here it comes again, the Gearbox studio had made an expansion for Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm is out and it’s a complete junk.
The cost of the expansion increases due to regional pricing in some of the countries compared to others and even may go way out of line with the previous Survivors of the Void expansion: Some of the steam users also claimed that Seekers of the Storm cost twice as compared to Survivors of the Void in Brazil, even though if we check the pricing for both is listed $15 in USA.
Pricing Adjustments and Technical Woes: Gearbox Struggles to Fix Major Issues in Risk of Rain 2 Expansion
In an update released yesterday, Gearbox said that it is adjusting the pricing of Seekers of the Storm “in select markets” in order to more closely align it with the previous expansion. It is recommended that those who have already paid excessively high rates for the expansion use Steam to get a refund and then buy it again when it is on sale for less money.
However, solving the larger issue is more difficult. The state of Seekers of the Storm is dire, and to make matters worse, not just those who purchased the expansion are affected: Risk of Rain 2 has issues that affect everyone, according to an update that was issued concurrently with the expansion.
The fact that the Seekers of the Storm update has, for some reason, connected Risk of Rain 2’s physics systems to its frame rate may be the biggest problem. Developer of Gearbox, GBX-Preston, responded to questions on Discord by saying that the FPS-related problems and their consequences for mobility, attack speed, physics, balance, and other aspects were not deliberate. This is one of the top few problems we are looking into. He advised users having problems to lock the game at 60 frames per second as a temporary fix.
“The team is aware of the issue and is actively working on it.” “But for now, playing at 60 will deliver the expected behavior for most of the issues that arise from this bug.”
It’s quite a thing to confess, but he also said that after the upgrade, the PC version of Risk of Rain 2 “is in a really bad place” and urged users to report any bugs they find.
As a result, the expansion Seekers of the Storm presently has a “mostly negative” rating on Steam, with only 34% of user reviews being positive, while the most recent reviews for Risk of Rain 2 have been demoted to “mixed.” Additionally, Gearbox might have avoided this disgrace, as it is likely still recovering from the backlash following the horrible mishandling of the Borderlands film.
