Now I know why Ubisoft does this do the settlers! They hate their players - their customers. They could turn this project around in an instance but the version of 2019 - which kept us hoping for its return after the game got delayed again - is dead and buried. And they will not bring it back because they hate the original creator of the settlers. The current developers of the settlers despises us! How can we criticize their current version after all they love RTS and the old settlers was boring and problematic - They fixed it (at least in their mind). They are hateful and spiteful people. They wanted to create their RTS vision after all they did the exact same thing with "Champions of Anteria": Trying to push an settlers as RTS down our throats - and they failed. The only thing close to an RTS they are allowed to develop is Settlers and although it was never supposed to be an RTS they will force it to: They will bend every rule of the game, every feature to fit their RTS even when it means to put the series in the dirt. Even though the players do not want to have it. They will streamline every aspect of the game until their is nothing left but an RTS. Because they are the developers and they know better than we stupid players - we are just here to say "yes" to their products and buy as much as we can until we have no money left. The current developers team will not bring the old version of 2019 because then they would admit defeat and after all they know better than we do. They will push their idea through. They will release that RTS. And when it fails who cares - they achieved what they were after to inject their ideas into a beloved and legendary franchise even though they destroyed it. The same thing happens all over the world right now => most recently "The Rings of Power": The old is problematic, boring and out of date and so we fixed it.(Meaning: it had value but we do not understand it so we fixed it thus alienating it for the audience and setting us up for a failure. But it is you fault! Not ours! We cannot do wrong".

Ubisoft tried the same thing in the beginning of this years with NFTs: "We just do not now our advantages of NFTs in video games." And we knew how this turns out. So yeah... that's it. I am done with this project dead before its arrival. I hope the current developer teams buys all the left over copies because the community won't. They have the opportunity to fix it but they won't. They despise Volker Wertich because his version of 2019 is better, they despise the players because we refuse to buy an inferior version of the settlers and a bad game in general and they secretly despise themselves because they will never achieve what Volker Wertich did: creating a successful and loved franchise. They are jealous and they will never stop pushing their vision because that is their way to leave a mark in this world - their attempt to be a part of something big. They attempt of creating something legendary and worthwhile. Even though the opposite is the case.

@pete2097 They won't. This is their vision for the game and they will not revert on anything. This game is dead before it even got released because of their switch in design philosophy. Ubisoft does not care about their customers they just see us as walking mindless moneybags which they want to take as much money as possible for as little effort as necessary. This is their final product! They will just adjust minor things than release it. After all this was teased us one of the big surprises they got in store for us - so @Ubi-Barbalatu told us. And even he does not respond for now 1 month. There are other games - much better game so there is really no need to wait for a failed Starcraft 2 clone. Ubisoft can keep their game and I keep my money.

The version of 2019 is dead and buried and although they could bring it back and safe the Settlers Rebirth they are more concerned to foster a community of Yes-Man applauding the current version and sell the vast majority of the community their crap. After all this is the same company who said that we do not get the advantages of NFTs in video games and we all saw how this turned out. This project is dead! And the only thing saving it is buried because the developers hate the original creator of the settlers.

@Brisecul Yeah, dude. It is just this one person and certainly not the majority of the community. Can you even be bothered to look at the other threads or did you just decide to hop into the forum?

The problem is not the RTS part it is that the game is not functioning in itself. Systems do not work with each other but just seems to exist next to each other with very little interplay: E.g. the food system - it is just a boost, nothing more. The research which just lets you wait to give you a bonus was in the version of 2019 better realized with the possibility to upgrade your buildings and troops with new production chains.

The problem with being a starcraft clone is is that it is nothing more than a starcraft clone with the bare minimum of features. But hey... spend your 60 bucks on the game and see it for yourself when it will be released. My advice: just spend a few minutes to look how the version of 2019 compared to the one from 2022 and you will understand.

@editorial Why couldn't you just release the game 2020 when it was finished and develop a new game as an RTS? You could have had 2 games and now you have none. Has Ubisoft no faith in its game series that it has to butcher one to appeal it to a short-time trend? They are rather promote Skull and Barebones a game with no proven concept to work on its own but ruin the settlers a game with as Ubisoft says themselves a 30 year old history. When you cannot even give an established playerbase a game developed by its original creator and a game who kept players after its initial showcase in 2019 in suspense after it got delayed indefinetly it is truly no wonder that your stock has fallen so far.

@Brisecul Yeah, dude. It is just this one person and certainly not the majority of the community. Can you even be bothered to look at the other threads or did you just decide to hop into the forum?

The problem is not the RTS part it is that the game is not functioning in itself. Systems do not work with each other but just seems to exist next to each other with very little interplay: E.g. the food system - it is just a boost, nothing more. The research which just lets you wait to give you a bonus was in the version of 2019 better realized with the possibility to upgrade your buildings and troops with new production chains.

The problem with being a starcraft clone is is that it is nothing more than a starcraft clone with the bare minimum of features. But hey... spend your 60 bucks on the game and see it for yourself when it will be released. My advice: just spend a few minutes to look how the version of 2019 compared to the one from 2022 and you will understand.

Now I know why Ubisoft does this do the settlers! They hate their players - their customers. They could turn this project around in an instance but the version of 2019 - which kept us hoping for its return after the game got delayed again - is dead and buried. And they will not bring it back because they hate the original creator of the settlers. The current developers of the settlers despises us! How can we criticize their current version after all they love RTS and the old settlers was boring and problematic - They fixed it (at least in their mind). They are hateful and spiteful people. They wanted to create their RTS vision after all they did the exact same thing with "Champions of Anteria": Trying to push an settlers as RTS down our throats - and they failed. The only thing close to an RTS they are allowed to develop is Settlers and although it was never supposed to be an RTS they will force it to: They will bend every rule of the game, every feature to fit their RTS even when it means to put the series in the dirt. Even though the players do not want to have it. They will streamline every aspect of the game until their is nothing left but an RTS. Because they are the developers and they know better than we stupid players - we are just here to say "yes" to their products and buy as much as we can until we have no money left. The current developers team will not bring the old version of 2019 because then they would admit defeat and after all they know better than we do. They will push their idea through. They will release that RTS. And when it fails who cares - they achieved what they were after to inject their ideas into a beloved and legendary franchise even though they destroyed it. The same thing happens all over the world right now => most recently "The Rings of Power": The old is problematic, boring and out of date and so we fixed it.(Meaning: it had value but we do not understand it so we fixed it thus alienating it for the audience and setting us up for a failure. But it is you fault! Not ours! We cannot do wrong".

Ubisoft tried the same thing in the beginning of this years with NFTs: "We just do not now our advantages of NFTs in video games." And we knew how this turns out. So yeah... that's it. I am done with this project dead before its arrival. I hope the current developer teams buys all the left over copies because the community won't. They have the opportunity to fix it but they won't. They despise Volker Wertich because his version of 2019 is better, they despise the players because we refuse to buy an inferior version of the settlers and a bad game in general and they secretly despise themselves because they will never achieve what Volker Wertich did: creating a successful and loved franchise. They are jealous and they will never stop pushing their vision because that is their way to leave a mark in this world - their attempt to be a part of something big. They attempt of creating something legendary and worthwhile. Even though the opposite is the case.

@pete2097 They won't. This is their vision for the game and they will not revert on anything. This game is dead before it even got released because of their switch in design philosophy. Ubisoft does not care about their customers they just see us as walking mindless moneybags which they want to take as much money as possible for as little effort as necessary. This is their final product! They will just adjust minor things than release it. After all this was teased us one of the big surprises they got in store for us - so @Ubi-Barbalatu told us. And even he does not respond for now 1 month. There are other games - much better game so there is really no need to wait for a failed Starcraft 2 clone. Ubisoft can keep their game and I keep my money.

The version of 2019 is dead and buried and although they could bring it back and safe the Settlers Rebirth they are more concerned to foster a community of Yes-Man applauding the current version and sell the vast majority of the community their crap. After all this is the same company who said that we do not get the advantages of NFTs in video games and we all saw how this turned out. This project is dead! And the only thing saving it is buried because the developers hate the original creator of the settlers.

@editorial Why couldn't you just release the game 2020 when it was finished and develop a new game as an RTS? You could have had 2 games and now you have none. Has Ubisoft no faith in its game series that it has to butcher one to appeal it to a short-time trend? They are rather promote Skull and Barebones a game with no proven concept to work on its own but ruin the settlers a game with as Ubisoft says themselves a 30 year old history. When you cannot even give an established playerbase a game developed by its original creator and a game who kept players after its initial showcase in 2019 in suspense after it got delayed indefinetly it is truly no wonder that your stock has fallen so far.