I, really don't know what to say as a player who played the game since literally "Day One". Fall Guys is one of if not my most played game EVER. And while I see some people being happy because the vaulted content will be back, I am very sad because the recent blog post basically confirms that this game is never going back to the way it used to be.
No Seasons: Terrible idea. Instead of getting tiny updates every month, I liked that big update every 3 months where it felt like we basically got a new game. Seasons forced the development team to create new themes and I liked that the season pass represented that theme with the costumes. Jungle themed cosmetics for Season 5 or sports teamed cosmetics in Free for All Season 1 were great.
Losing the Themes: Here is an official quote from the blog post. "You will see the Digital 'Creative Construction' theme in the game a little while longer but our Beans are hard at work on updating this with a new lick of paint very soon!" We already predicted that Final Fantasy fame pass would be in the digital theme again. So does this mean that we get a new theme after fame pass 4 or do we have to wait even more?
Even if it's after fame pass 4, that means it took them 6 months to develop a new theme. Is this the new normal? Seasons are gone now so they don't have to do a new theme every 3 months. Guess we will only see 2 themes per year from now on. Which is TERRIBLE.
All About Creative: For those people who create some really fun and interesting rounds with creative, this thing I will say is not for you. But I think creative was the WORST thing to ever happen to Fall Guys. Just remember the rounds we got from Mediatonic. Remember all those varied and interesting rounds. Do you remember the first time you beat Slime Climb? The first time you lost yourself in Lost Temple?
The first time you threw that ball and made someone go off into the slime in Blast Ball? Or the first time you dive into the slime and jump at the end of a ramp to dive again to keep your momentum and slide past other, slower Beans in Speed Slider? Now remember the past season, which new round made you feel those things? Yes, losing yourself in the lost temple or the difficulty of slime climb made you angry, made you frustrated. But it made you FEEL something.
What did the new creative rounds from Mediatonic made you FEEL? For me, the answer is nothing. With Season 6, we got the pipes. With Season 1 FFA, we got the blast balls. With Season 3 FFA, we got sliding. New mechanics. What did we get with Season 4? Boom Blaster. And now we are getting a fan we can carry. That's, really, nice...
Roadmap: Did you look at the roadmap? Have you realized something? Look at the months. They forgot to include October in the roadmap. What? They clearly made this at the last minute to give us something because they know their "Future" plans is terrible. This is an insult to the player base. How can you forget a month? HOW? And the overall roadmap by the way, basically has nothing. I look at it, nothing excites me.
Conclusion: I think I'm done with Fall Guys. I really mean that. I don't want to open it. I don't want to waste any more hours. The game I loved is gone. No more seasons, no more meaningful themes, no more older style rounds, no more different/interesting mechanics and damn, they can't even make the roadmap. I am deleting this game, it's over for me. Thank you for checking the post, I would love to hear your thoughts as well. Take care and have a great day.