Game: Phasmophobia
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It was really bound to happen at some point, at the 4 year mark seems about right for this type of game.
For me it's been the lack of content or even patches. There are bugs that make the game not fun, the seasonal events are just meh anymore, they made the store too complex and while I understand that they are trying hard to get it on console, they have kind of just forgotten about their original audience which was pc.
They could have updated some old maps just to give us something new. Highschool is left in limbo, they have talked about updating the cabins but they could have done one at a time just to release something, and they focus so much on lighting and the such.
These are just my 2 cents. Not hating or anything. I just wish they would push out small updates so that people don't give up on playing the game.
Rip Phasmophobia 😢
Sadly players bitch and complain about stuff, and when the devs “don’t listen” to the players, who think they matter and are right, players quit playing. Mean while I still play it. Though i do prefer Demonologist more, despite not playing it a lot and due to needing more space. We know Demonologist takes twice as more GB than Phasmo. I’ve recently reinstalled Demonologist.
Uh oh. Feelings about to get hurt from this video
I haven't played since the Halloween 2023 update. Once I completed the challenge it felt as if there was nothing left
I stopped playing because I got tired of waiting for the new map they teased to be releasing over a year ago. I was excited about it, and I just got tired of waiting.
Phasmophobia honestly shouldn't be ported to console at all. I've tried using a controller and it felt too hard to play.
You’re 💯 right
I hated that they want to port Phasmo to consoles. This shows how greedy they’ve become. Like you said, they sold 10 millon copies, and they want more sales. What better way to sell more by porting it to other platforms. Makes me want to uninstall Phasmo. I like Demonologist more anyway.
I haven't played in quite some time. Turned it on last night and nothing has changed except the equipment screen is now more confusing.
The more complicated they made it the less I wanted to play… and now it is just too much for me and I have it in my "Never Again" folder in steam.
Let's not forget that these devs are openly against mods, which is one of the only reasons indie games of a similar nature and quality are even alive today. Skyrim is only alive today because of mods. Let that sink in. Skyrim, the magnum opus of Bethesda, is only alive today because of mods. Phasmophobia, fun as the game is in concept, gets repetitive REALLY quickly. And there's a limited amount of replayability for anyone whether playing solo or with friends. You either have to really, REALLY like the game to the point of overlooking every flaw to play it, or be incentivized to play it professionally like Baron. Otherwise, the game has no real draw for players anymore. No new ghosts. No mod support. Game's still too dark and there are still bugs and glitches which make the game unplayable in certain conditions, etc. If the devs don't start getting their act together the game WILL die.
I agree there are less people online and it's getting boring with no new maps or anything else.
I love Phasmophobia. It is a great horror game. The problem is that they haven't released anything major from the roadmap since Ascension and Maple Lodge rework. They have Point Hope coming out that was teased long ago, but anything else from the roadmap has been severely delayed, the grind is terrible if you want a certain Prestige badge, etc.
New ghosts or ghost reworks (like Spirit and Yurei) would be great to help improve the state of things along with more map reworks, tweaking the EXP values, etc. I appreciate the recent accessibility update! I really do a TON and it's made some things more enjoyable! But hopefully they get the ball rolling on more bigger update items…
It sucks when the players are more passionate about the game than the Devs seem to be and I completely agree with both you and Insym, I personally feel like there is so much right in the Devs faces that seem like simple fixes at least from my stand point. If the tier 1 is better just make those the tier 3 and call it a day maybe make the glow stick brighter but done, why dick with this beyond the simplest solution. They have so many assets in old maps you could easily slap some remixed maps together like I could take the Maple Lodge Campsite map and rework it into another small map that would be the entrance to a nature trail easily and it would be something. I will say that it seems they hired a few more people and thats great, IF it gets anything done.
Phasmophobia is 100% one of the best games I've ever played. I absolutely love the game. I was so excited to play it when I first heard about it in October of 2020. Since then I've played for almost 4 years and have 2,000+ hours on the game. Console has absolutely messed up everything for Q3 and Q4 of 2023 and the entirety of 2024 right now. The devs aren't the same that they used to be. In 2021 we had a massive update in August, October and then December. The devs have started to neglect the amount of bugs in the game, neglect pushing content, and constantly shoot themselves in the foot with announcing/teasing stuff way way way too early and not being able to live up to it.
It's been a year and a half since we got point hope teased officially. We still don't have it. We've had the same stuff on the same roadmaps for the past 2-3 years. We are getting teasers of farmhouse reworks and it sucks that I can't even get excited for it because I know it won't be for a long long time. The amount of vacations that they developers take is insane. The work trips they all take is like 4+ a year and are gone for weeks when we don't get updates. I was watching Shuee01's stream the other day and she said the update for a minimum won't be out for another 2 weeks because one of the devs are on vacation right now.
Honestly I just want more updates, I want more bug fixes, and I want better communication. I want the first new map since 2022. I want a new ghost for the first time since 2022. I want more consistent and bigger updates that isn't just a new shop that is somehow worse than the ones before, or small crosshair modifications. The last major update we got was like August 17th, 2023. I know that an update is hopefully near and will be within the next month but it's hard to be excited when I see how small it is on the trello board and realize this is all we will get until Q4 of 2024. I just want the devs to be better.
i stopped playing it cuz there is no real challlegne i feel like they need new ghost that new shop is so bad i hate it i like the old one way better then to hear they going to change the equipment im like ugh i hate all the tier 2 items more so the temputure thing the oringal one was better just bad
I haven't touched the game since I learned the CJ was 100% fine with someone in 'sharing x-rated pics of an ex' with people without their consent … which is a crime.
Not impressed by either of the Dev's "Work Ethic".
I never played it but i do watch you and a few others play it.. but there is nothing new. devs are just being lazy…
I play casually with some friends… I got to level 100, with no desire to prestige… and… well when we play , we do the top map (top row) then stop playing
the equipment rework just was bad. it made it unfun and the shop and such is such a pain to deal with. The new campsite is just a bad bad map and with adding it they removed a map I enjoyed. Just didn't give me hope of future maps with how poorly it was done and set up.
Phasmo is 1 million percent dying. Barron, please find another game to start being awesome at.
I dont know if you are wrong or right, all i will say is, 1st, I hope you asked Insym if you could air a private conversation. 2nd, Ive been playing Phasmo for almost 2 years, but I do lose interest in it (ADHD), unless its like the Easter challenge, then my interest returns. I dont care about prestige levels etc, I just enjoy the game, I like earning the trophies in the events.
i believe Phasmophobia is trying to be sold to new any new devs and obviously investor, and i believe there are some internal conflicts amongst coworkers/devs that they had not acknowledged.
the only we time this game is going to SHINE is when there are "ghost" event like movie or halloween and other competitors like it (Dead by Daylight and Texas Chainsaw Massacre game somehow only pump a bit).
I love the game but I am falling out of love with it due to massive delays in their updates. I stop checking Trello over a year ago because they just don't use it as intended. They need a project manager desperately. Also, Kinetic Games as of end last financial year has cumulative profits of £55,515,748! So there is NO excuse for them not to hire a much bigger team to get this stuff done.
I just started playing again this past week, haven't played since before the August 2023 update. This new tier system to get gear is awful. The only reason I've forced myself to play is to grind up some money and hopefully unlocking tier 2 gear to play with friends who have not played before and playing with people who are learning is honestly the most fun to me. But outside of just the awful tier system it doesn't feel that the game has even changed much which makes that grind pretty boring. I don't see me playing for very long unless these new people I'm playing with really enjoy it.
I have an amazinc PC and Maple Lodge runs like complete ass, yet I can run games like Ghost of Tsushima, Assassins Creed, God tier modded Skyrim with rarely any issues.
I only play for random events or with friends, but otherwise I'm just burnt out and frustrated.
Also the fact that screwed up the console release like why would you give a month of release twice then wait at the last possible second to delay it then now say It'll take a awhile to get approved. They shouldn't have given a date in the first time
yeah it is! Image a game that is only hype based that no longer has hype because the dev team doesnt care to make any
I completely agree! Imo what they can do to somewhat boost player count and satisfy a decent group of people is release phasmo as a game preview on console. So at least we can play it and update as needed or at the very least give us more communication on what the status is for console. As for pc (note I'm not much as a pc player) what they can do is add small stuff that ghosts can do like make a ghost bang on the wall when it's dead quiet or add something like whispers that only you can hear. I feel like those micro details will go a long way instead of having to add a whole new map and new ghosts/models. Let me know what you guys think.
Seems like one of the reasons why people are less interested (in any game, really) is that there needs to be an understanding that there's a difference between challenging gameplay and frustrating gameplay (tier 3 thermo currently being an example of frustrating gameplay).
Maybe if they treated all content creators with respect instead of being jerks to some and extra permissive to others, people would be more ready to promote the game. I haven't played since that moment, I don't want to support that kind of behaviour.
I am not a big gamer, before Phas I only played Minecraft. I have just about 400 hours in Phas over the last year and a bit and absolutely LOVE this game for its many levels of gameplay. It's surprisingly deep, an amazing problem solving game. I guess they think the addition of console players will double their player base if not more, so maybe that's why they have thrown everything at that aspect. I worry that the game won't progress in depth. All I care about is that the game continues to be enjoyable at all levels, with something for even the most experienced players as well.
Baron,
I uninstalled it 17 March 2024. I only have ~500 hours in the game, but I feel like I know how to play it effectively and I understand the mannerisms and mechanisms of the ghosts almost completely. I said this multiple times and this is the hill I will die on. This game is shite. It is so buggy that it robs you of your gameplay. This game does not do something it is supposed to do or does not let you do something well. Games are buggy–check. I get it. I play many buggy games. The difference between Phas and most other games is devs consider glitches as part of the gameplay (and lets you exploit it accordingly) or they quickly and effectively patch it out to make gameplay the way it is supposed to be. I will most likely never play this game again if the devs continue this path. I will keep watching you, though, should you choose to push out Phas videos. I actually liked this game but it is no longer fun due to all of the BS that surrounds it.
Devs prioritizing changes in order to force players to play the way they think is the "right way" to play, rather than giving the player base anything new? It's deja vu all over again…
Man, I just want Phasmophobia to update 🙏🙏
The last update was the easter one which was a long time ago
Also on their subreddit you can't give the devs fair criticism unless you want to get attacked by people
I last played since was after the ascension update the tier equipment absolutely destroyed the game for me, i played 2 matched and the entire joy of the game was gone and haven't touched it since. Sadly i don't see me playing it again and close to completely removing it from steam.
I just bought the game in the past week, I can already see why Phasmophobia has issues retaining and getting new players and can't imagine I'll be playing it a year from now without upgrades.
However, until I burn out of the game, I'll play it like a madman.
after playing the game for long, it just became not scary and just not fun.. we need more updates
a lot of people left many points i wanted to make, but its FACTS. i mean i love this game, i dont regret getting it when released. but they announced a trailer on game awards its coming for consoles, then a fire happened and thats why it wasnt coming. now this year, no news no nothing. no announcements also. they bring this roadmap of updates which same one last years, but with no dates, so they can release whatever they want, this year, next. or two or even more years apart. no new maps, no new content, no new ghosts, its always the same thing, get the evidence , the ghost type and be done. thats it for now. also if you re done with prestige, there is nothing else new to do. is all the same. and i see why a lot are dropping to play this game. also console players has the right to be mad and ask for the update they promised, also again which they announced on a game awards. and they never gave any news rather than it s gonna be better , and thats it. while cj and his friends are playing lethal company, phasmo is going downhills. CJ take fucking responsability of the game you created please. if you really wanna release the horror 2.0 as you said you wanted, then take control and do the damm job. they attack other games like demonologist, so below , or forewarned and say , they re doing wrong but phasmo is doing better. hypcrosy to me as phasmo is going down badly now.. its all cuz NO CONTENT at all. not saying yeah release it every day or month, but still after those graphics update we dont have anything new at all. if they gave more content that would make us play more or be like oh wow, a new map, lets go, a new ghosts or new ghost , lets see what he does. but we getting nothing. at all. all they do, is gave us trophies to shut us up…. thats it folks.its sad when a game was in its peak and went down, i mean why they take away things like lights flickering everywhere , thats was cool , also when you get into the ghost or the ghost where close, you get these loud heartbeats and would get scared. thats was cool. it makes miss the old phasmophobia. also they judge demonologist from getting off beta to full game release, when its not their judge or problem, its those devs of that game, if they want to go full release, why not., its their game not yours, take responsability of your game just. you ve been for a lot of years in beta, and keep promising that scary big horror 2.0 which is taking so long as the console release…sorry for such big comment baron. i totally agree with everything you said, i wish they start listening and gave us more new content that would keep us interested in playing it.
A lot of games go through similar stages, only to get a revive once an update comes out. It's the norm for people to stop playing a game for an extended amount of time cos they feel like they've exhausted the content that's currently there.
I'm sure once the update comes out, this won't be any different from that and pick up. That said, these updates are getting further and further apart which is crazy when they have like what, 5 or 6 devs now? You would think once you add more people to the team updates would be fairly regularly. Updates to the game when it was just DK was like EVERY 2 or 3 weeks so honestly they don't have an excuse as to why it's taking them so long to release updates.
They should be more open and fourthcoming when it comes to updates to the game.
I was waiting for the prestige update for a couple of weeks: playing till 140 and then i was like fuck it. Im going to prestige. It Just takes too long! Also the player models etcetera…ive played the game since april2020 and ive loved it ever since but lately, its been kind of boring…you get the weekly and yay you are done for the next week…insym even started ghostgambling which is fun but takes of the excitement and fear we once had in the game. Hope they turn it around