Colossal Order is considering the consequences of toxic behavior from the community.
Many simulation fans were looking forward to the release of Cities: Skylines 2 in October last year. However, the community was anything but satisfied with the state of the game – according to many critics, the game was released in an early access version, for which they had to pay the full price.
Mariina Hallikainen, CEO of developer Colossal Order, stated in a Blogpost an update for the players. In it she describes a growing toxic mood within the community. The extent of this behavior “We’ve never experienced anything like this before”explains Hallikainen.
The studio is therefore toying with the idea of… to withdraw from communication with the players or to increase the moderation effort. The main thing is to protect your own employees.
We discussed in detail what went wrong with Cities: Skylines 2 in the following GameStar Talk:
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Is Cities: Skylines 2 the disappointment of the year?
The anger is not only directed against the developers, but also against other members of the community, says Hallikainen. This would lead to players reducing their involvement within the fan community.
However, the studio boss wants it first continued helpful feedback from the players, asking them to be nice to each other and respect the opinions of others.
There is also positive news
The one missed by the fans Mod-Support can at least report progress; closed beta testing will begin in a few weeks. However, there is a persistent problem when importing user-generated assets.
If the issues are not resolved in a reasonable amount of time, Colossal Order will consider releasing the editor with only code and map modding options.
However, when exactly the editor for Cities: Skylines 2 can be expected remains unknown.
