Dealspwn's Matt Gardner writes...
'The Short Version: This is a game with vast potential – an excellent premise, some lovely presentation, an addictive scoring system to keep you occupied, and some seriously dark humour. Unfortunately these things are tempered with a lack of variety, limited and rehashed gameplay features and a feeling of repetition that sets in far too quickly because of it. Taken in small bursts, Naughty Bear is a fun, madcap barrage of sadistic delights. But it’s not too long before it reveals itself as a disappointingly shallow game that feels far more suited to XBL and PSN than a full release.'
The news that Digital Bros. (and its publishing subsidiary 505 Games ) is in the process of restructuring is not new. It was last November when, in the midst of the maelstrom of layoffs in 2023, they announced that they were laying off 30% of the workforce , especially employees belonging to the development studios. This restructuring, like the international maelstrom, seems to be still underway and now affects the offices of the Italian multinational located throughout Europe.
505 Games has issued a very self-aware satirical update for Crime Boss: Rockay City, given the poor reception to the game.
I would of checked it out but far as i know its an online gta5 type game. Had it been single player inwouldve bought I to try by now
It's no secret that it won't flush. It's pathetic and something just about every actor on that roster will likely not mention with serious excitement or promote it themselves. The cringe is the talent that went snuggling up to it for the $$$ opportunity. So lame and backyard buddy homebrew-level feeling. Total cash grab. Minimum efforts all around. Nice Hollywood reverse engineering a plot based on their talent pool to carry a game into lame territory.
Game was ass.
Bought it to give it a try and it was beyond dead, as was the discord server.
Impossible to play online.
The Milan, Italy-headquartered company announced the planned job cuts on Tuesday as part of an “organisational review across its development studios and publishing units”.
i doubt there's anyone who will be surprised by this. i got whiffs of novelty "gimmick" games like fairytale fights the second i laid eyes on this, though this does seem to be a bit better.