Its OK

EDIT:

After adding another 900 hours, its time I give this game my final verdict.


I have been playing Holdfast for a year straight now, no breaks or anything, every week logging on and playing at least an average of 20 hours a week. With the time I have played, I have seen the following:


- The game explode to over 2,000 concurrent players, only for it to now die down to near 300 concurrent players at the time of this edit (Note, the population of the game spikes between 12 pm EDT and 10 pm EDT, but only up to around 600-800 concurrent)

- The loss of several members of the community, one of which was Jon Snow. The community came together to prove that while we all are disconnected physically, we are all connected in the love for people. This game brings people together, as a proper game should.

- Several regiments have come and gone, including some big name players. This also goes for some select people. The game has slowed down severely on updates, and even though a large one is coming at some point, people do not know when and it does cause the game to get repetitive after about 20 hours.

- The voice spam has gotten so much worse. Yes I know, thats this game's entire meme around it; that the voice chat is usually full of mic spammers and ear rape. But comparing it to when I first bought the game to now, it has gotten much much worse. Definitely something to note if you have sensitivity to noise.


So my final verdict after everything is that this is a game you want to at least try, even if it seems a bit boring at first it has moments where those boring times are worth the fun times. The game has its drawbacks, but that is a natural side effect of being a small dev team and being a niche category of game to begin with.

TL;DR: Cool game, recommend trying.

Its OK EDIT: After adding another 900 hours, its time I give this game my final verdict. I have been playing Holdfast for a year straight now, no breaks or anything, every week logging on and playing at least an average of 20 hours a week. With the time I have played, I have seen the following: - The game explode to over 2,000 concurrent players, only for it to now die down to near 300 concurrent players at the time of this edit (Note, the population of the game spikes between 12 pm EDT and 10 pm EDT, but only up to around 600-800 concurrent) - The loss of several members of the community, one of which was Jon Snow. The community came together to prove that while we all are disconnected physically, we are all connected in the love for people. This game brings people together, as a proper game should. - Several regiments have come and gone, including some big name players. This also goes for some select people. The game has slowed down severely on updates, and even though a large one is coming at some point, people do not know when and it does cause the game to get repetitive after about 20 hours. - The voice spam has gotten so much worse. Yes I know, thats this game's entire meme around it; that the voice chat is usually full of mic spammers and ear rape. But comparing it to when I first bought the game to now, it has gotten much much worse. Definitely something to note if you have sensitivity to noise. So my final verdict after everything is that this is a game you want to at least try, even if it seems a bit boring at first it has moments where those boring times are worth the fun times. The game has its drawbacks, but that is a natural side effect of being a small dev team and being a niche category of game to begin with. TL;DR: Cool game, recommend trying.