DS: “It’s not been a good look for Redfall, has it? From the announcement that you’ll have to be always online to play the game (which Arkane is trying to fix), to the news that Redfall will be capped at 30 FPS at launch on console, and also a frosty reception to some pre-release footage, it’s easy to be pessimistic about this vampiric romp through Massachusetts.
However, despite everything, I’m still excited about Redfall. As someone whose primary mode of gaming is a PC, I’m not personally bothered by either the always-online requirement or the framerate cap that’s only going to affect Xbox players. I'm not trying to sound exclusionary here; it obviously sucks for some folks, and I sincerely hope Arkane will address these issues in a timely manner post-launch.“
Paul Tassi: "Sony recently reiterated its commitment to live service games with one big hit last year (Helldivers 2), one big cancellation (The Last of Us Factions) and one big failure (Concord). It’s no great surprise it is continuing down this road, given the way the industry is trending and the limited shelf life of its famed single player games. But it immediately made me think of a game that Sony is allegedly releasing that I have to believe is pre-destined to fail, Fairgame$."
Fairgame$ feels like it's destined to flop out the gate- that initial trailer felt full of that same instantly-dated 'fight The Man with a ragtag team of weirdos' energy that was prevalent in Sega's Hyenas (which they wisely cancelled.) Unlike Marathon I just don't see this standing a chance.
It will definitely flop, missed the boat by a couple of years. Agreed that Marathon has a decent chance of succeeding it looks genuinely good and interesting.
It can't be sustainable having all these expensive GaaS being DOA being balanced by the odd modest success like Helldivers. The aim is to find the new Fortnite or whatever but it's highly unlikely and seems to be a massive waste of money.
Some of the biggest success stories in the history of gaming have happened during this generation of gaming. At the same time, some of the biggest flops in the history of gaming have also happened during this generation of gaming. To this end, a few games particularly stick out as, unfortunately, disastrous flops for those who made the games, sold the games, and ultimately, for many that played the games.
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What a strange, short list. There have been many more games that arrived DOA, were never released, didn’t make their budget back, etc. Why cherry pick these games? Is this list based on the size of internet hate boners?
Replies(2)Skull and Bones gets my vote, at this point just completely remake AC Black Flag. If the Concord developers had made the game free to play, and toned down the in your face messaging via the mods and design choices, this game could have been serviceable eventually. I never understand why pandering to 5% of your audience and giving the finger to the other 95% seems like a good idea to these people. They never seem to learn. Disney has lost 1/3rd of its value and they keep doubling down on political messaging. I don’t get it.
Some of these companies are paid huge amounts of money to do this stuff. They get truck loads of money to give “the message”
By blackrock and vanguards and multiple other venture capitalists even though it’s been proven over and over they fail.
Arkane Austin has just released Game Update 4, the final patch for Redfall which is 16GB in size and adds an Offline Mode.
I'm not interested in this game but i think it's great they added the offline mode for those who are.
It was okay at first... once they added the performance update it was definitely better.
You aren't bothered with nothing... It's all good and amazing. That just show how low the bar is for Microsoft games. Just another generic shooter, incomplete for services, with crappy IA, graphics from last gen, that will be forgotten in what two weeks? After a couple months news will appears saying it floped, but then Microsoft says it was amazing, but less and less gamers are buying games, consoles and services...
But don't worried they will fix the game in the future. When? Don't know. One day, when nobody is playing it, because the game will be already forgotten.
The thought process of same to try and spin the reality is just scary. It's free pass after free pass.
Nah
Nope
I'll be playing it on PC gamepass but... since console version doesn't have the 60fps mode at launch, it could be a sign the PC port could also be bad and with all these terrible pc ports that have come out this year lol.
I'm buying age of wonders 4 instead. Seems like a better fit for my gaming pc. It looks more interesting to me.