Personally, I'm lot more likely to rent new IP's than buy them. It's not a proven product so I want to find out what I'm getting before I buy it - but then I end up beating it before I return it so it's a lost sale for the developer.
Agreed, not really surprising. I'm trying to imagine what, for example, the rest of the Top 25 is composed of and only sequels come to mind.
SoTC rocked the house but that movie straight sucked.
On the bright side, it's probably the least buggy RPG Obsidian's made.
Civilized discussion of the strengths and faults of the game incoming.
(yes, that was snark)
"It's selling better because this is the third Tomb Raider game released on Xbox 360, it's the first Tomb Raider game on PS3."
Actually, that part of your answer might be true.
Yeah, that's sort of the issue. The game'll ship a lot quicker if you don't bother with any of these suggestions and you keep your open world simple. I feel like a lot of open world games set out with grand goals that get brutally chopped down as deadlines loom.
Yeah, I'm not completely sure why they made Far Cry 2 have an open world. It was good-looking but the exploration didn't really add anything.
KOTOR (or maybe just the second one) probably did the best job of showing the consequences of your actions, though. The idea of pushing your cohorts toward light/dark side was novel, at least. Still, they sort of undermine your choices throughout the game by letting you pick the light side or dark side ending only an hour or so from the climax.
I think Crackdown's got a strong general concept (superhuman cops running around Matrix-style) but in terms of actual execution, it was not that great. Just shooting your way through hordes of underlings and then rocket launcher-spamming a boss.
inFamous and Prototype both look good but Crackdown has made me gun-shy. I remember seeing the first preview of Crackdown and being like, "Wow, I want to buy whatever system this game is going to end up on." Super hero games seem like they require even more ambition than normal open-ended games because they center around you playing this bad-ass who has special powers and thus should have even more freedom than a normal person.
I did enjoy GTA 4, though. I mean the dif...
A couple years ago, I probably would've said I preferred open world games over linear games in all cases (especially when it comes to RPG's). Then I played games like Crackdown or Far Cry 2 that create massive worlds and do NOTHING with them. It's such a waste.
Been playing Zehir. It's pretty decent so far. I'm not crazy about creating my own party (a la Icewind Dale) though because memorable NPC's was the strength of some of the previous D&D PC RPG's like Mask of the Betrayer and Planescape Torment.
I think the basic strategy core of the game was decent. The lackluster solo and tank missions and the lack of variety in units did hold it back, though.
Agreed, Gearbox makes good stuff. Looking forward to their other 2009 game, Borderlands. That game seems like it'd be more likely to get axed before Aliens, though, seeing as Aliens has the brand name.
I'm hoping Obsidian's RPG based on Aliens gets released, too.
Uh, I never said crappy games were a new invention. It's still a problem worth addressing, regardless.
Well that's the unexpected consequence of the problem. Shoveling out so much crap ends up diverting attention from the quality casual/mainstream games or causing people to write them off prematurely.
Well, one game being reduced in price quickly doesn't compare to a whole flood of crappy games being marked down.
Yep. No one's robbing that guy's house.