I've always been a huge supporter of this game from launch, I felt that it had a lot of potential for it's time, and was a predominate unity game in it's prime. Those days are now over and it is time to address the current state of this game and it's community. Browser games are definitely not as popular as they were in the past, especially since there are better downloadable games that are currently free. This however does not deter from the fact that people still play browser games.
Warmerise is probably in the worst state that I have ever seen it (even directly after the reboot in the beginning of 2017). The game population count is barley even 100, and that is including unregistered players who are the primary majority of players. Currently the registered community mostly consists of toxic players and their many alternate accounts that they use for trolling. The decline in players has been dramatic over the last year and a half, tournaments and similar events were the main factors of keeping the warmerise community alive. As so far with the current tournament, there are only about 6 of the 32 players that currently show up for matches and coordinate scheduling with the event moderators. This is a really bad image for the game, as even with events being run, there is barely any activity within the community.
Part of the problem is that things that have been added into the game either: Make the game worse, pander to a certain group of players, or are just stupid "fixes" or "additions" that don't actually add anything unique to the actual gamesplay or game itself. The past 4 "new weapons" that have been added to the game are literally just "throw away items" that are there to create some sort of short-termed excitement for players, but aren't actually good or make the game any better. It's just simply throwing in something that is bad version of something that is free or already in the game and better. It's quite frankly a weak attempt.
A lot of the current problem with the game is that you will listen to certain community members and not others, meaning that pointless things get added, while important things or things that are beneficial to the actual game and community itself get overlooked.
The current added melee mode is something that just encourages farming and is a horrible meta on certain maps where you can just sit on top of a spot on the map and knife anyone whoe is coming up. Also the current state of custom maps is quite frankly terrible. Yes now you have to meet certain criteria to map approved, but what about all of the sub-par maps that are currently in the custom map pool that haven't been taken down?
The moderation of the site and forums is not done very well. Everyday people are in the forums and arguing and bickering about something and nothing really ever gets done about it. You have had many community members suggest bringing back the forum moderator poistions, were people would volunteer their time (unpaid) to assist you with these issues. I know the members from Honor/DY aren't active anymore, but that doesn't mean that people aren't willing to help you out. This being implemented alone could help the community a lot within the game.
Regarding the banning of players, I don't even know whats going on anymore. Usually the first ban is a 24 hour or 48 hour ban that servers as a warning. Now I see that certain players will get a permanent ban without the first ban, and others (usually the toxics and racists) will get banned 5-6 times without any repercussion. Of course these players will continue to act out and do what they did before. Also now there is some sort of account buy-back? This is a really f*cking stupid idea and shouldn't even exist. It didn't exist back in the day when people would get banned, and its obnoxious as f*ck.
The game itself is literally unplayable and a cesspool of TPV-walpeeking, lag, and toxicity. I haven't seen the game (performance-wise) this bad since the day we transitioned from Unity to WebGL. The new updates don't fix this problem either, as they just create a clunkier, worse experience than previously existed. I used to enjoy this game a lot, and would be excited to get on and play, and in it's current state I literally have to force myself to get on and host tournament matches. The game has become one of those games that if I was a brand new player that found this game, as soon as I played for 5 minutes I would never want to play it again.
This will be my tenth year on this game. probably one of the games that had contributed a lot to my earlier life. I still talk and play games with people I had met in my early days of Warmerise and BeGone. Although the game may not be what it once was, I still appreciate some of the memories that have accumulated here. After the tournament is over I will no longer visit this site anymore. And to Max I will always support the game. If you ever needed help with anything, or funding of anything you will know where to find me.
The game could need a complete overhaul in general:
- Better graphics (stuff like Physically Based Shading, Post-processing effects like Screen Space Reflections (or at least reflection probes) and Anti-aliasing)
- Better player and weapon movement
- A more modern UI
Think of Battlefield 2042 or latest CoD, just not that extreme. (Maybe CoD: Mobile). It's 2023 and people nowadays have a decent enough PC to handle it.
BUT... I guess the main problem is that Max is the sole developer of Warmerise. There's only limited time he can spend working on the game since he has a private life too. What he'd need is a (trustable!) team of co-developers and moderators.
Castiel said: I don’t even say anything in game unless someone asks me. “How can I be toxic and call people bad”. I never even interacted with you until out of nowhere you blocked me because I wouldn’t join your discord server. Also no I do not “target” players in certain players in game. The whole concept of targeting is washed and stupid. If you shoot me I will shoot back. If you happen to die multiple times in the process that’s not really my problem. I just played the game as it was intended to be played. @Braveboy if you repeatedly message me and ask me to join your clan and when I decline, you decide to call me a Jew and racial slurs. Yeah I’m going to block you.
????????????????? when i invited you to join my Clan ?????????????????????????????? When i ask u Jew ??????????????????????????????????????????? Just stop Castiel Chorono invite a wrong Person in such a legendary clan and u block me bcz we do 1v1 and my score ws more than you
DeadArt said:Agreed. I hope this game recovers. Wether I’m here to see it or not.The game could need a complete overhaul in general:
- Better graphics (stuff like Physically Based Shading, Post-processing effects like Screen Space Reflections (or at least reflection probes) and Anti-aliasing)
- Better player and weapon movement
- A more modern UI
Think of Battlefield 2042 or latest CoD, just not that extreme. (Maybe CoD: Mobile). It's 2023 and people nowadays have a decent enough PC to handle it.
BUT... I guess the main problem is that Max is the sole developer of Warmerise. There's only limited time he can spend working on the game since he has a private life too. What he'd need is a (trustable!) team of co-developers and moderators.
Majesty said: @Castiel, I have not once seek attention from you or anyone else on this game, you people come at me and I come back at you weirdos. Oh, next time I'm being attacked and getting picked on, I'll not make it about me, and make it about my attacker. Thanks for that not so educational tip ;) You're a bully and you got called out now calling me an attention seeker, again, you're not fit for being a moderator. You said you're leaving? Then leave, you won't be missed. One less toxic weirdo, tah-tah! :)
DeadArt said:The game could need a complete overhaul in general:
- Better graphics (stuff like Physically Based Shading, Post-processing effects like Screen Space Reflections (or at least reflection probes) and Anti-aliasing)
- Better player and weapon movement
- A more modern UI
Think of Battlefield 2042 or latest CoD, just not that extreme. (Maybe CoD: Mobile). It's 2023 and people nowadays have a decent enough PC to handle it.
BUT... I guess the main problem is that Max is the sole developer of Warmerise. There's only limited time he can spend working on the game since he has a private life too. What he'd need is a (trustable!) team of co-developers and moderators.
Warmerise reflections : water
Post-processing : fog for fake occlusion culling
