GamersBliss writes: "No one likes it when a game doesn’t do well. 2013 was such a huge year for gaming in larger ways than usual with the release of Xbox One and PS4 that some games glided right under the radar. Some anticipated games that slipped from development rose from their grave and snuck out for release where some hugely popular games didn’t crush the sales charts like expected. Rather it is a large game that nearly destroyed a fan favorite series or a game that simply went unnoticed due to lack in proper marketing, 2013 actually held quite a few flops in terms of game releases. With the buzz focusing on new consoles games were a little bit thrown and for that we have created a list of the biggest flops of 2013."
A Capcom classic, Remember Me, has ironically been forgotten in the 10 years since its release on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Sadly, Remember Me is not a forgotten Gem but a case of wasted potential. The best idea the game had was the Mind Remix Segments and the New Paris World setting, neither of which where really exploited or used well. Instead everything comes down to this just being pretty Beat'em Up and nothing more.
It does deserves a re-imagining though. Make it in first person and use something like the current Sherlock Holmes like gamedesign. Use some of that Deus Ex/Hitman mechanics and go all the way with the Memory Remix as the center piece.
Each case takes place in the mind of a victim, either dead, dying, or alive, and each level should be design like a Hitman level. Contained but chock-full of details. Investigating in the real world give you hints and clues as to how you can help or mess up a person's memory. Make this a player's choice. You can add combat but make it tasteful and short IF combat is required. Make the combat fit the narrative and the setting. Like a Boss fight taking place in the Mind of a CEO that's hiding a dark secret. Or a victim injected with some nasty Nano Machines trying to erase her memories so she can't be scanned by the Memory Remix Agent. Stuff like that. Again, make these short, sweet and to the point.
The potential for a classic is there but the original wasn't even close to being it.
I liked the game, couldve been better but you can say that for every game or movie.
Carve your burning fist through this list featuring the best beat'em ups you can experience on the PlayStation 3.
Crystal Dynamics' daring reboot of Tomb Raider brought Lara Croft back into the spotlight.
An attempt at a reboot with no momentum for continuance. Just a torture-porn trilogy about a poor rich girl with daddy issues reluctantly being pulling into a world of violence, versus say the adventures of a quipping Brit treasure hunter who solves ancient puzzles while gunning down rare and extinct animals that it originally was?
Honestly, don't have all that killing. If the devs had been truly clever, not focused on mangling a message about the senselessness of killing which was seemingly and quickly forgotten, they could have worked, if not bloodlessly then not directly by Laura's hand, dealing with enemies as part of the puzzle solving - they didn't have in the game in the first place...
"Revived a '90s Gaming Icon"
LOL
the only thing similar between the 2 is the name of the protagonist. if they would have given the game a different name, NONE would even think that it was somehow a resurrected Tomb Raider IP. the last game with the real Tomb Raider DNA was TR Underworld.
Its a damn shame that Ride to Hell ended out the way it did because back in 08 i was excited for that game.
A game that did much better than i thought it would was Bioshock Infinite. I thought they took such a turn for the series by bringing it to the sky that some wouldnt like it. A lot of people, including myself, think it was the best in the series tho. Good for Bioshock! :)
I'm glad Tomb Raider finally managed to turn a profit, fantastic game, and I hope it leads to some new lara croft adventures with the same style of gameplay
The Gears of War Story is over. Judgement is an attempt to milk the Gears franchise. It failed. Now they hire new minions to try and milk the franchise once more. There is no "Hopefully they will kick it up a notch" Marcus and friends saved the day. Queen-dead along with the locust AND Lambent. There were sacrifices for this victory. I am guessing they will go back even further before Gears Of War and go into the Pendulum Wars.
Remember Me. I played this throughout. Its utter rubbish. Tries to be like Batman fight mechanics.
I thought Bioshock Infinite was garbage,almost as bad as the launch lineups for the next gen consoles.
GT6 was pretty underwhelming as well,in fact I consider it worse in a sense than GT5,a 'flop',I'm not sure but definitely a disappointment.
Call of Duty isn't a flop per se,I personally find it mundane and repetitive to the point of absolute mental exhaustion and know exactly how terrible it will be beforehand,no disappointment really.
Ride to Hell hehe,Angry Joe's favorite :)