Risk of Rain 2: Seekers of the Storm, the hit roguelike's first Gearbox Software-developed DLC as well as the first major update since the house of Borderlands acquired the IP almost two years ago, has done the opposite of what everyone hoped. This was Gearbox's chance to prove itself after an axed mobile game made a bad first impression for Risk of Rain's new shepherd, but Seekers of the Storm has not only fallen short of expectations, it's also saddled the core game with technical issues that can make it virtually unplayable. Gearbox representatives have been vocal and candid about the state of the game and plans to fix it, but the damage is done and the optics are undeniable: a big company, which has put out plenty of good games before and should know better, acquired a beloved indie game and now it's busted.
Jeffrey "Ghor" Hunt, the ex-Hopoo programmer behind "something like 90%" of Risk of Rain 2's original codebase, was understandably not pleased to see the game stumble like this. "My poor baby," Hunt said in the Risk of Rain 2 modding Discord as this DLC's problems were unearthed. In an interview with GamesRadar+, Hunt says he's waiting to actually play the DLC since he'd like "to see what the new team has come up with without the game’s erratic behavior coloring my perception."
