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The devs of the video game Phasmophobia have been promising players for half a decade a character customization update and a “horror 2.0” update.
During the years of waiting, there were very few and low effort updates, but the community was forgiving because the devs were presumably working hard on the 2 major updates they promised.

Well the character customization update finally came out after all these years. not only did it break the game into a laughably unplayable state, but it also looks like the update was something that was haphazardly slapped together in maybe a month?

The art lead of the game, CJ, panicked and gave out a statement along the lines of “it’s not my fault, i’m just the one that approves everything.” So he both threw his employees under the bus and admitted that he sucks at his own job.

More controversies are coming out like one of ex-discord moderators sharing nudes of fans.

How did such a loving community turn so viciously against the devs?

Part of it is that people have already been frustrated for years about legit concerns, only to be silenced or downvoted. A game cannot improve without constructive criticism. So if all criticism is silenced, well…we get where we are today. Now all those people finally get to be heard and say “i told you”.

Another part is that the community has been very forgiving towards the infrequent and lackluster updates because the devs were presumably working hard on the character customization and horror 2.0.

After all these years of waiting, the character customization update looks a lot like a college student’s project they procrastinated until the last minute. This is why the backlash is so severe.

My biggest fear for this game is that the devs don’t and won’t have to care anymore because they’re already millionaires.

La gente se está muriendo de hambre, ¡por el amor de Dios!