VG Republic Writes: Fuse is a major dark horse in a year that is probably the worst possible time frame to bring a title such as this out. Not only that, the game hasn’t been fully shown off to the public until today in regards to anything about the story of the title or what should draw consumers to the game other than being a co-op shooter. Then there is the artwork, and well, we’ll just stop there. Three strikes and you’re out, as it is one of the most competitive markets that we have seen in this generation; there are blockbusters coming at gamers at every turn, but that might be just a little premature. Fuse is looking, after the reel that hit the web today, like an impressive feat for a company that has been looking for an identity after the Resistance series began to sputter on the PlayStation 3. Electronic Arts went out on a limb with Insomniac wanting to attempt something new, but that limb is looking much stronger and showing that Fuse has it’s rightful place in the market, even amongst the largest year in gaming we’ve seen possibly in this entire generation. We shouldn’t have doubted the pro’s.
Fuse from Insomniac Games is a co-op third-person shooter that is actually a blast to play alone, thanks to being able to switch between characters.
Whether self-published or under a larger company, these developers suffered their share of outside meddling.
The list is
Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Halo 2
Dragon Age 2
Fuse
Haze
Telltales's The Walking Dead
Dead Space 3
Dungeon Keeper
Need for Speed Payback
MGSV
Star Wars 1313
Lair
Middle Earth Shadow of War
GB says Halo 2 was terrible and they hail Halo 3 as being superior, but Halo 2 actually has a higher Metacritic and was actually a very fun game. I much preferred Halo 2 over Halo 3.
They rip Deus Ex MD yet if u ignore the overblown preorder controversy and the ridiculous little MTs it was actually received very well by critics. GB claims it had a poor reception, and it did commercially, but the game is an 84 Meta. It really didn't deserve to bomb commercially. If anything choose Deus Ex The Fall. Blame the publisher for turning a gritty, sophisticated stealth masterpiece into mobile trash.
I love me some Insomniac, but can we honestly blame EA for Fuse? Didn't Insomniac go multiplat in order to have more control? Yet EA made Fuse bad? I have to blame Ted Price on this one.
Sony wanted Six Axis implemented into Lair "allegedly" but Lair was flawed well beyond the Six Axis control scheme.
GB has a line where they say 'if u thought Ubisoft was above this" and then they mention Haze. Ubisoft is among the worst offenders, why would we think they are above mismanagement and greed when AC is ridiculously milked and their games are often stuffed with MTs? And who keeps buying The Crew? The Crew 2, a terrible sequel to a terrible game. Virtually every Ubisoft game is a "service" based game with MTs. Oh, and they've had numerous downgrades this gen. The funny thing is, ppl somehow slammed Sony for Haze.
Blame Disney for 1313, they were the ones who cut development once they acquired Lucas.
Project Hammer is another. Nintendo royally fucked over NST with that game leading to its cancelation and by that point, they were forced to change it to a Mii party game. Phantom Dust and Scalebound from MS as well. Sony with Lair.
Sometimes, games change drastically between their initial pitch and the version players get their hands on. Such was the case with these five games that would have been totally different if they'd stuck to their original pitch.
Oh hell no, Borderlands is perfect the way it is, that gritty/serious vibe would have killed the game
if this game had the ff13 battle system it would have been a joy to play. it just doesnt seem like a ff game to me
Twinfinite you come with some pretty cool lists but the fact that they're multi page kills it.
I was happy with how Prey turned out, but there was a reveal for Prey 2 and it looked awesome. They should still develop that concept into a stand alone game.
I really love the game the more I see it. I'm gonna get it.
this game looks like a homage to every mediocre action game ever made.not sure why insomniac felt that this was a good idea to go through with making a game. ultimately we'll have to see when it comes and and is playable but judging by these trailers FUSE looks really generic, not bad, just generic.
Im a huge Insomniac fan and have always respected them as a developer ... but I have to say this trailer didnt excite me one bit. It left me wondering about that giant guy in the background blasting away ... like "wtf is that guy?" but aside from that it just looked very "default" to me.
I'll gamefly it for sure though, hopefully ill be pleasantly surprised.
Something about the game is just missing in my opinion. And also based on that trailer, the graphics did not look good at all. I just don't know what to say about it. I really want to like it because Insomniac is making it, but at the end of the day I can't get excited about it. It just doesn't look right. I'll try the demo though. Maybe it'll surprise me.
Insomniac are great devs, looking forward for FUSE.