Clayton as a Usability Consultant expresses his outrage over everything that has happened with Aliens: Colonial Marines and how we need changes before others force the changes on us.
Too many games aren't given a second shot. We at VGU choose which games we would love to see receive a sequel.
The Saboteur - criminally underrated and a fantastic mechanic of bringing colour back to Nazi-occupied Paris.
The article lists Bulletstorm, Sleeping Dogs, and Aliens: Colonial Marines.
Player 2 takes some quiet time to look back at some of the most hyped failures of the past 10 years.
Can't argue with any of those really, but I would add Resident Evil Operation Racoon City and Metal Gear Survive to that list. Both terrible games from good franchises.
Bulletstorm, I actually liked the gameplay but the atrocious writing and characters made me despise the game by the end of it.
Thanks to a bustling mod community on Steam, Gearbox's Aliens: Colonial Marines actually has a stellar multiplayer experience to offer these days.
Please spread this one around, I'd like to get as many people in on the conversation as possible.
Very interesting analysis. It truly is amazing how one game has generated so much buzz, negative or otherwise. I still want to try it out to get my own impression of it, so I don't know how bad it really is but people seem to be pretty irked by this title for a number of reasons and it's a shame given its hype. At least some people have managed to enjoy it for what it was I suppose.
Agree
This is why gamers should simply not buy bad games. Gearbox have gotten away with this when the really don't deserve too. They literally ****ed over everyone including Sega/
This pretty much been the industry this whole generation if not before.
I mean come on people, from ET on the Atari 2600 to poor side-quest management in ME3 - nevermind the ending! - to this, this is just history repeating itself.
people seem not to be able to see the bigger picture here. every industry on the planet jumped the downward spiral when globalization came up. outsourcing stuff was the magic phrase. now we got soulless products. only children with their "santa does exist, mommy, yes?"-point of view would write open letters to an industry that couldn't care less. yes, we are all upset now the state the industries are in, but please do remember: we all let it happen.