Obata is pessimistic on the state of the industry, thinking it only has games that are so boring it’s wasteful to spend money of them.
To him, game development might be more accessible than ever but quality games are being minted with less frequency due to a get-rich-quick attitude. “A chef who says ‘even if the food is bad it’s still ok because I make money anyway,’ should never be in the kitchen,” he says. Flappy Bird clones might be lucrative but there is nothing enriching about them.
Another one of Bandai Namco’s free-to-play titles is being abandoned.
The publisher has announced that Rise of Incarnates will be terminated on December 15th 2015. The game’s currency is, as of today, no longer available to download.
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Rise Of Incarnates bears all the hallmarks of a modern videogame – a free-to-play business model, online-focused design and a setting ripe for further commercial exploitation. Yet beneath these features, the core of the design goes back to the early days of 3D combat games. That’s not actually a bad thing though – Rise Of Incarnates borrows a lot from Sega’s Virtual On series, a fact that can be traced back to its roots as a Westernised take on Bandai Namco’s own Gundam Vs Mech combat games.
Players of the Co-op Action PC title can now play as a new character
