The primary premium DLC growth for Cities Skylines II continues to be a humiliation for Colossal Order’s in any other case main metropolis constructing sequence. Already the developer and writer Paradox Interactive determined to pull the DLC from sale and difficulty refunds to any who purchased it.
Now, plainly a title replace dealing with the removing of the DLC, pending its free addition to the primary recreation, has induced near-fatal visible glitches that wreck gamers’ cities. It may take as much as three weeks to resolve this new difficulty, Colossal Order advised followers.
Official boards and the subreddit for Cities Skylines II are alive with complaints that current buildings have both been changed with grey “tombstone” place-holders, or just worn out altogether.
“Sadly, attributable to variations within the packages bought, some entitlements are presently inactive and inflicting a difficulty the place the participant can’t entry the belongings,” Colossal Order wrote in an replace to an FAQ initially printed on Thursday. “We’re in search of a short lived repair for this, however the difficulty might proceed till the patch is launched.”
The developer stated the patch is already within the works and “we goal to ship this replace to you inside 2-3 weeks, earlier if attainable.”
Followers are upset with the ham-handed response to the underwhelming Seashore Properties DLC, whose belongings appeared to be no nice shakes for a chunk of premium content material, however not less than nonetheless labored. Now those that purchased it are discovering they’ve a damaged recreation in the interim.
“I’d give them a day or two earlier than they stroll again and launch an emergency hotfix,” stated one Redditor. “Nobody appears to be answerable for this firm, every little thing simply appears so poorly coordinated and arranged.”
Cities Skylines 2 has had issues from day one
Cities Skylines 2 launched in late October, and had noticeable efficiency points and different issues that led critics, and plenty of followers leaving consumer critiques, to blast it as feeling unfinished, even like an early entry recreation.
Then in November, Colossal Order’s chief govt apologized to followers and stated it might delay growth and launch of the sport’s premium Enlargement Cross content material in an effort to give attention to enhancing the bottom recreation and launch a extremely anticipated, and likewise overdue, Mod Editor.
A beta model of mod help launched on March 25, together with the now-infamous Seashore Properties asset pack. The sport is presently accessible for Home windows PC by a wide range of marketplaces. Its PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X variations are anticipated later this yr.
