#End of Service

[viceandmature]

Happy Halloween and RIP KOF AllStar

[pocket-champ]

[askagamedev]

I've heard from friends that there's no reason for companies to shut down game/store servers because "it doesn't really cost them anything to keep it up", which feels wrong to me given how readily console makers are to close up features of older consoles that wouldn't conflict with newer ones. Is upkeep really that cheap?

Here's the thing - your friends are kind of right but also mostly wrong at the same time. In terms of technology and such, they are correct - running a server process in the cloud today is pretty cheap. We pay for how much CPU time our processes end up using and old games don't use up that much since there aren't that many players, so the cost of running the server itself is not that high.

However...

There are significantly more costs to running a game (especially a service game) than simply keeping the server running. That's where your friends are wrong.

Imagine, for example, a longtime player gets hacked and the hacker deletes her character and items. What is the player's recourse? Submit a ticket to customer service and get it resolved, right? Now we need to keep at least one customer service agent on the service to handle things like refunds, user mistakes, and so on. What if the server crashes? We'll need somebody to handle server maintenance. What if somebody discovers an exploit that severely harms the player experience? I guess we need a programmer who knows how to fix things. If there's any development to be done, there will also need to be production (to keep tasks prioritized and tracked) and QA (to validate fixes).

Remember, the vast majority of the costs of game development are the salaries and benefits paid out to the people working on and maintaining the game. Even a small skeleton crew costs hundreds of thousands of dollars per year in salary, benefits, taxes, equipment, rent, and so on. So... upkeep for the server processes really is that cheap. But keeping an entire game running is absolutely not that cheap. When the service can't afford to pay for its own upkeep - including the salaries of all of the people needed to keep the service running - then it gets shut down.

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[saiainokage]

HI HELLO. crawling out of my cage to beg people to play TRIBE NINE. it just announced upcoming EoS for november, so the game has a remaining lifespan of 6 months

people have been spreading the word and trying to get people to sign this ( https://chng.it/5nHp6MhZQz ) petition, trying to show akatsuki games that the game is loved by many, others trying to get the game to be made into a complete, offline one, and others trying to show support by going against the steam page review bombing, trying to show their support through it instead!!

we want to keep the game afloat!! im not sure how big of a following the game has on tumblr, but i really hope this reaches the ears of fans and non-fans, and encourages people to play!

it's really fun, and despite the fact it's gacha, it doesn't feel very "necessary" - i only have two of the 3-stars and theyve been doing me fine, but MORE IMPORTANTLY, the actual story is really fun and tied to the promo anime they did! the anime isnt anything nuts but it's worth watching for the payoff it gets when you get into tribe nine

i realize this sounds like a nothingburger of a post but im willing to answer questions people have abt the game o/ mostly wanted to raise awareness about the EoS

[lilithsaga]

I was LITERALLY about to post my playthrough for the game in the hopes that this game succeeds. Then I get hit with this?! 😭

No. I love the story too much. I can't accept this EOS. I'm going to post the playthrough until service officially ends in November.

▼For more details, please visit the official website https://tribenine.tokyo/en/news/250515/

[oreca-iroha]

IMPORTANT BLOG ANNOUNCEMENT

Hello everyone, while I'm not fully back, I want give you all a very unfortunate news regarding the spiritual successor to Oreca Battle, ORE'N.

-- May 28th 2025 --

The ORE'N Twitter account has announced that they've decided to end the game's server on January 28th 2026, due to a lot of circumstances.

Paid gems will also end early on July 30th.

Which mean we have 245 days left before the game's server has officially ended

(Read more details >here< if you don't want to use Twitter)

"Why did it happen!?"

Here are two speculation (or at least, I heard from few people):

1. The game had problems with bugs since it was first released. For some reason, they're having trouble in bug fixing?

2. They're too focused on monthly limited event instead of the characters from the main story (For context: It's an event where players, especially F2P, must participate to get the new limited characters. Otherwise they'll have to pay using real money to buy the characters from the paid shop)

"What will happen to your ORE'N post?"

I'm not sure if I will do it but...by the time January 2026 end, I will no longer post ORE'N content on this blog, this means that I will no longer post any updates on this game when it ends.

"What are you going to do now?"

I've been discussing this with my mutuals and it has been decided that on June 20th, I will start archiving any ORE'N-related content on this blog -> @oren-sanctuary <- to preserve the game's content

What will I post there?

• Official Illustrations

• Voice lines

• Merch(?)

• Gameplay

• Animations collection

• Cutscene collection (with no music?)

• Lore (manga include)

• BGM

Just any ORE'N Related!!

If anyone want to help in translating the Japanese word (with no translator app), please let me know!

That's all I have to say, and I am very sorry that this was really sudden to announce but I am, too, disappointed in hearing this news......

I will try my best to archive almost every ORE'N Content that me and my friends could find.

[randomced8592]

From ORE'N Discord

Announcement of the end of the "ORE'N" service, Thank you for always enjoying "ORE'N".

This service has been running since its launch in April 2024, with the support of many customers, but due to various circumstances, we have decided to end the service at 15:00 on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

In addition, we will end the sale of ORE'N gems at 15:00 on Wednesday, July 30, 2025.

We have been able to provide the service up to now thanks to your enthusiastic support. Although there is only a short time left until the end of the service, we plan to continue adding event roulettes and monsters.

Details will be announced from time to time via the "ORE'N" in-game announcements, official X (formerly Twitter), and Discord (Pandora Chaya), so we hope you will enjoy the service until the end.

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2 [11:01 am] Schedule until the end of service, The main schedule until the end of service is as follows. July 30, 2025 15:00 (JST): End of sales of paid ORE'N gems, January 28, 2026 15:00 (JST): End of service, ㅤ

[11:01 am] Space broadcast regarding the end of service, In conjunction with the end of the "ORE'N" service, we will be conducting a space broadcast to convey our gratitude and apologies to everyone from the management. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who has supported us so far, and we will also inform you of the schedule until the end and the final measures you can enjoy.

■ Distribution details Distribution date: Friday, May 30, 2025, 19:00~ Distribution medium: X (formerly Twitter) Space https://x.com/i/spaces/1gqxvjYEMDnxB ㅤ [11:01 am] Once again, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your continued support of ORE'N. Please continue to support ORE'N until the service ends on Wednesday, January 28, 2026.

Wednesday, May 28, 2025 The ORE'N management team

[quilowisp]

The final month of Pocket Camp has started!

Included is an image of the notice of what Friend Data can be carried over to Pocket Camp Complete once the online services cease.

SOME ITEMS WILL BE PERMANENTLY GONE WITH THIS CHANGE.

Most notable are Leaf Tickets and Gifts.

I have an abundance of Gifts to hand out, so I'm posting my Friend ID for those who want to trade.

Let's also collaborate to complete the final month's events!

[oops-all-aj]

it's been 2 weeks the Revue Starlight ReLive EOS. really wanted to do some goodbye art for the game i played every day for 3 years but still haven't found the time. i will, eventually. but... i don't miss it as much as i thought i would

like of course i miss it. i loved that game! it was a big part of some of my friendships, too. but at the same time everytime the day's slipping away & i think "fuck i forgot my dailys!"... it's SUCH A RELIEF remembering i don't have dailys anymore

moral of the story is AJ shouldn't be allowed on a gacha game & also Rinmeikan needs it's own anime

(yes that's a logical conclusion from this why wouldn't it be)

[pocket-champ]

[carlosyt14]

[Important Notice]

Service for DanMachi MEMORIA FREESE (US, EU, TW, and KR Versions) will come to an end on 02/28/2024 at 22:00 (PST).

Though our time together will soon come to an end, we hope you will continue to enjoy your adventures in #DanMemo up until the very last day. - danmemoen

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Final moments before closure...

[lilithsaga]

In order to fight against a hazardous workplace, we need to find a competitor who will take the initiative to create a brighter future for all. 💹

Everybody give it up for the G&O CEO! 🏢

[bongaboi]

I tried Atelier Resleriana for a week, and I uninstalled it today (rant incoming).

r/Atelier • 9 mo. ago SaberManiac

I tried Atelier Resleriana for a week, and I uninstalled it today (rant incoming). Atelier Resleriana (There are no story spoilers here, not that there was anything to spoil in the first place).

It's no surprise the reception towards the game has been very mixed (and "mixed" is an understatement). It really irked me that one of my favourite gaming franchises of all time was selling out to the gacha market, but I thought I should at least give it a try. It was advertised as a mainline Atelier game so how bad could it be? I play other gachas too like Fate/Grand Order, Genshin Impact, Honkai Star Rail, Epic Seven, and a couple of others here and there, so it shouldn't be anything new to me.

Oh, how wrong I was. Atelier Resleriana, if it wasn't a gacha game, would have been a terribly average Atelier game at best. Not good, not terrible, just exactly what you expect from an Atelier game. Cute girls doing cute things? Check. Slightly improved graphics from Ryza? Check. Mundane dialogue with even more mundane chores? Check.

But that last part was what struck out to me. As tedious as gathering and synthesizing materials were in a normal Atelier game, there was an incredible sense of progression as you interact with the alchemy system, and one day, it just clicks, and you wind up experimenting and spend hours to craft the best, or weirdest, or most interesting items you could at the time. This is completely absent in Resleriana.

To bring this back a step, in Resleriana, you don't combine traits. You don't even get traits from items, they are locked based on which character you pull from the gacha. To make things worse, the trait levels (they can go from 1 to 5) are completely random. Because each trait is specific to one character, each character has their own success rate for level 4 and 5 traits. There's also this ridiculous colour-matching system that, to put it simply, means you cannot combine any two traits. You need to match your character with another character with a linking colour so you can get high level traits, otherwise, the traits are basically useless. Traits in this game are completely useless at levels 1-3; most of them give you 2% more effect - useless!

That's not even the worst of it. The game doesn't let you carry over traits! The literal backbone of the Atelier alchemy system is figuring out how to transfer traits from an ingredient to an item that doesn't use said ingredient. All alchemy is based purely on your character roster, and gathering items (which don't have quality or traits or elements or anything). It's so simplified that I can't even call it alchemy. It's just crafting but with LAYERS and LAYERS of RNG.

Oh, and you can only synthesize a few times a day. You can replenish mana but it's all random, and the game is telling you, "Oh you didn't get the traits you want? Too bad! Try again tomorrow!"

And, that's just the alchemy system. Combat? Terrible. It's basically a carbon copy of Honkai Star Rail's system but worse. There's a normal attack (Skill 1), your "skill" (Skill 2) and your "Burst" (ultimate). There's even a Toughness bar you need to break to delay enemy turns, wow how original!!!! (this is sarcasm).

However, you have a pure random-based timeline which determines if your attacks actually do damage or you get to use your Burst. If you're unlucky, enemies can end up doing tons of damage and using their Bursts back-to-back, and you need to restart the fight all over again.

Speaking of fights, every fight in the game takes such a long time to complete. This shitty mobile gacha game with simplified mechanics takes LONGER than random enemy fight in a console Atelier game. A simple fight can last 5-8 minutes. There's a Skip button but that's only convenient for dailies. Every new quest and fight that comes along takes so long that you end up switching to Auto and making tea to pass the time.

There's also the other issues with the game that I'll summarize:

Tons and tons of loading screens. It's 2024 and games 10 years older than this have less loading screens that Resleriana. There are so many menus in this game and navigation is a chore in itself

Absurd difficulty spikes in Story Mode. Starting from Chapter 3, your enemies are vastly stronger than you and you completely run out of gems to pull for new characters. You are STUCK with your current roster of ~10 characters and your only hope of progressing is to wait days to farm for EXP and orbs and shit to level them up.

Story quests are gated by your account progression (basically, how powerful your characters are). So many other gacha games NO LONGER DO THIS because it absolutely kills the new player experience, since it grinds out progress to a halt.

The pull economy absolutely sucks. You earn at most less than half a pull PER DAY, and you need to watch crappy mobile game ads to earn the tiniest amount of pull currency. THIS is the straw that broke the camel's back for me.

"Exploration" is you walking from left to right. I'm not kidding. They wanted to replicate the feeling of exploring towns and dungeons in this game, but why do this lame crap? Just let us explore the towns and stuff - clearly they've been rendered in the cutscenes.

Items are mostly irrelevant in combat. You can't use items at any time, you need to build up a separate item gauge, which takes forever, so you can end up dying before using an item to heal.

I could go on but I'll spare you my suffering. The game's only saving grace is that you get to interact with past Atelier characters in the story, but this could have absolutely been a TRUE console Atelier game and would have felt like a true celebration of the series' legacy. Instead, you get this jumbled mess of a cashgrab, and it's very clear it's not doing well because it hasn't been getting any attention, online or otherwise. This game gets less than 1K views on YouTube a day and I'm willing to bet the player count is not particularly high either (likely in the low thousands, at best).

So, take it from me, don't waste your time with this game. If you truly like the story and characters, just watch the cutscenes on YouTube. If you have an itch to spend money, buy the Atelier Dusk Trilogy. It's a far better spend than this terrible game.

Unless you like jiggly oppai. Go nuts if that's your thing.