Destructoid writes: "What's the point in making a multiplayer game for consoles if nobody is going to play it on consoles? How exactly do you review a game you can hardly play because barely anybody else is playing it? These are the questions I face as I write this review for Section 8, a surprisingly good first-person-shooter that has painted itself into a corner, relying on a demographic that, apparently, doesn't exist".
SegmentNext writes: "Defunct developer TimeGate Studios is currently experiencing interest from numerous bidders on its intellectual property (IP). After its bankruptcy earlier this year, due to lawsuits and other bad press, the studio’s shooters are up for grabs."
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Venturebeat.com: Publishers and developers are like soap-opera characters. One day they’re working together, then the next they’re plotting how to take each other down.
That’s how developer TimeGate, which produced the Xbox Live Arcade first-person shooter Section 8, ended up owing publisher SouthPeak Interactive $7.3 million in damages, as originally reported by Polygon. This comes after the latest court appeal in the long-running case went in favor of SouthPeak.
Awww, this is horrible. This is going to destroy them. Southpeak, this is not cool. You could of just told them to pay your lawyer fees and then just let them be. I know what company I will be boycotting in the future.
"I" will be boycotting in the future?
It's not a boycott if it's only one person.
No offense, but I think people on the gaming scene just use words they don't know :O
No idea why I'm getting (at the moment of this edit, only one...) disagrees...
It's true.
Hey I just googled for the official meaning of boycott including dictionary. Com, Wikipedia amongst others, but it doesnt state anywhere that there needs to be a headcount requirement.
From my reading, it seems like one or a party can boycott whatever they want.
Idk but if there's anything else to it, plz enlighten us.
Both sides are idiots here. TimeGate isn't innocent, they are the ones that originally opened the lawsuit. Their publisher just said "yeah? Well take this" and won.
Honestly I'm normally on the developers side, but it was stupid to do that and greedy. Just say "we are done" and walk away, find someone else to publish. If they want the crappy Section 8 license, let them have it.
Whenever someone says both sides are wrong, it means they don't have the balls to be fair or they just don't know the facts.
To be fair to what? The developer was stupid for opening the lawsuit, and the publisher is stupid for taking it too far.
I would say it takes a lot more balls to say both sides are morons instead of picking a side.
The law is always on the side of the guys with more money.
In this case, the publisher paid more so now the developers have to give up the franchise and go bankrupt. Justice isn't served.
Lol are you sure you played it all the way there Jim Sterling ol' chap.
Another Xflop confirmed. You guys getting tired of mediocre games yet?
this game is good to me even though it was the demo i played from xbox live, but i have NEVER seen an add on tv for this game so i did not even know about it untill i found it looking at demo's on live...somewhat wish i could buy/rent but dont have any extra cash
Don't listen to this sh^t! I have the game - been playing ONLINE since launch and it's quite good. I always find 16 players and a few 32 player games...though those are more rare. (due to xserver - as S8 allows you to use your PC as a server!)
Now, the game has tons of customization that directly effects gameplay.
You have modules that are basicly bonuses. Each module has max of 4 slots - and you can only spend 10 in total. Their are I think 8 Modules to choose from - like, Anvil rounds (dam boost) or extra armour or extra shields, added speed and extended lock-on...
So you can see that reviewing this game requires a bit more than "it's slow" or "too much health". With my specs I can kill a fool in about 5 shots....but those shots are soooo rapid coming from a machine-rifle or machine gun.
Playing with a group that is communicating opens the game up from just shooting to full blown tactics...dropping AA turrets & Sensor Arrays to boost the detectability of those turrets is just an example of the crazy stuff you can do.
This being said - ODST will destroy the community as it is now. But I think people will come back after the ODST haze lifts.
8/10 from me. ;)