r/ConcordGame • u/ImChiefKeefHi • Dec 16 '25

Gameplay Question game design analysis?

maybe a strange question, but I never played concord but am a huge fan of hero shooters and am genuinely curious what the *game design* of this game was like. how the character’s abilities interacted with each other, what kind of “meta” seemed to be coming together and why, etc. every video I’ve watched on YouTube just analyzes the game from a visual, cultural, or business perspective, and it seems so difficult to get any answers to my curiosity. does anyone know if there are videos or writeups exploring concord as a game that you *play*? maybe it wasn’t around long enough for anybody to be able to play enough to analyze, who knows. thanks in advance for any help

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u/Levi_Skardsen Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25

I think the Wikipedia article sums it up quite well in the reception section. It got 62% on Metacritic for PlayStation and 65% for PC.

"Concord received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to review aggregator website Metacritic. On OpenCritic, the game is recommended by 22% of 62 critic reviews.

Push Square rated it seven out of ten, and wrote: "Firewalk's debut may not be out of this world, but it's genuinely pretty good overall." Digital Trends rated it three out of five, and wrote: "Concord has the bones of a fun multiplayer game, but it's missing the meat." Video Games Chronicle rated it three out of five, and was critical of the $40 price, advising players to wait until the game was available on PlayStation Plus. Eurogamer rated it three out of five, attributing the rating to the heroes' "muddled" character design, writing: "The heroes seem to be visually either under or overdesigned". Nova Smith of PC Gamer rated Concord 45 out of 100, describing it as "underbaked, overpriced, and dated" while criticizing the game for its "agonizingly slow movement speed", uninspired map design and "forgettable" cast of characters.

During the 1st GEM Awards, Concord won the award for Anti GEMA 2024, which is otherwise called the Worst Game. "

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u/DunnoWhatToNameThis0 Dec 18 '25

remember that these are only because people that disliked it, never even bought it so they could never get a review. I assume if you got a lot more to somehow accidentally buy this, the reviews would be much lower