Greg Juby, the Art Director for FaceBreaker, writes:
"I'm Greg Juby, the Art Director for FaceBreaker, and today I'm going to tell you a little bit about the design of the characters in the game, the conceptual process we went through, and hopefully answer the question, 'What the hell were they thinking?' It feels good to be finally talking about this thing after having lived it for almost two years. It's amazing to see it all coming together and have our crazy ideas come to life. I still can't believe EA let us make this game the way we did. When Trey Smith, the Creative Director, and I were sitting at the drawing board working out what 'Fight Night Big' (that was the working title back then. I'm glad it changed) would look like, who the characters would be, and where and why they were fighting, we regularly said to each other, 'There's no way they're going to let us do this.' But to their credit (or insanity) they did."
The ultimate reason is both shocking and disgusting.
From the article:
"Real Steel is, believe it or not, one of the top 10 best selling games on XBox Live Arcade. Considering the prevalence of the DLC, and the number of people playing, it’s a safe bet that Real Steel has become a surprisingly steady source of income for Yukes."
So a company is continuing to update and support a popular title.
... and the problem is what exactly?
3 new games added to games on demand (albeit average games)
Stuntman
Facebreaker
NFL Tour
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GFB writes: "Facebreaker could have been a spectacular game. I couldn't help but believe that the developers made a genuine effort to create a fun game worth playing. Unfortunately, bad AI and broken elements create an ugly experience that turns most away within minutes of popping the disc in."
