Square Enix Still Supporting Babylon’s Fall Despite No Players

Babylon’s Fall is not doing very well for itself, but Square Enix has committed to further updates for the game.

When we say Babylon’s Fall isn’t doing very well, we meen it. Earlier this month, the concurrent player count fell all the way to one single player. For a live service game, that’s an upsettingly low number of players.

Now, in a recent interview held on Square Enix’s website, directors Kenji Saito and Takahisa Sugiyama spoke of future plans for the game. One of the biggest complaints for the game have been the muddy visuals. But according to the interview, this is one of the first things that will be addressed.

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The game originally opted for an oil painting style look, though many players felt it made the game hard to read. “The team had not managed to do enough testing on the graphics, especially the visibility aspect and how that could create stress for players repeatedly playing an action game over a long period,” said Sugiyama.

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The directors also spoke about how one of the biggest challenges they faced was it being a live service game. Saito explained how it was difficult due to this being the first online game that Platinum Games developed. As well as the pandemic causing a number of other issues.

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Saito and Sugiyama do also believe there is still plenty more work to be done. “There are still many areas we have not done enough with yet, and many aspects that will be hard to change unless we focus our efforts, so I feel there is a great deal of room left for us to meet player expectations as we diligently continue to develop and improve the game,” said Sugiyama.

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Season two is also in the works, which will apparently move away from the Tower of Babylon. And it will also introduce a new weapon type, with a new limited time event too.

Game development is incredibly hard, especially under the conditions many have faced over the past few years. It’s good to know that the Babylon’s Fall team is able to work at improving the game. Even if there only is one player.

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