Kane and Lynch has had a rough history; from getting a professional journalist fired to controversially having players control a butt-naked middle aged man in a game that takes less than 4 hours to complete. I’m compelled how this franchise never lifted off and so this week we’ll examine what went wrong. From the story to it’s style to it’s genuinely unflattering portrayal of violence, which ironically was it’s selling point.
We ignore the critics and instead focus on what I consider to be a misunderstood franchise from both the gaming community and even it’s creators.
GF365: "Among all the well-received and beloved video games, there are some that are horrendous. Here are our picks for the worst big budget games released since 2010."
Anthem; I'd forgotten that game existed. I remember thinking the trailer was BS though; turns out I was right.
"Worst big budget games" and immediately lists Genshin Impact, a game that has $4 billion in revenue.
I havent played Genshin Impact and Mafia 3 was alright. The rest though I kind of agree with.
I loved the 1st Kane and Lynch and I could not understand how the 2nd game was as bad as it was.
Zach writes: 'IO Interactive have developed a number of highly regarded titles during their two-decade long run. The Hitman games have always been huge commercial and critical successes, and even lesser-known titles like Freedom Fighters ended up as a cult classic.'.
Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "The video game industry is a pretty cutthroat place. More often than not the cycle of a game’s life is pretty set in stone – a title is announced, hyped ,released and hopefully it’s a hit. However sometimes things don’t go as planned and a game doesn’t hit home with gamers. Not that’s it a bad game per say but due to a myriad of issues or the general mood of the world at the time the game isn’t remembered so fondly as its contemporaries. So for this week’s Top 10 we’re listing off ten titles that you should probably give a second chance to because they really are decent titles and deserve more love than they ever got."
I enjoyed Kane and Lynch. I would love to see a PS All-Stars 2 or a non-Smash take on a PlayStation fighter. Maybe a Marvel v Campcom style but with larger levels.
I’d rather Nintendo give Star Fox Assault a second chance and make another new game in that style. I like that game way better than Star Fox Adventures
The Conduit.
Just, give us a reboot of that for Switch and make it bigger and better than the original, which had potential but never got off the ground due to being on the Wii.
Nice video
There was a lot to like in K&L, it just wasn't executed very well, I really liked the characters, the dark, gritty mature tone, loved the sound fx/voice acting
But gameplay sucked, which overrides all the positives the games had
Who bloody well cares about Kane & Lynch those games are easily unforgettable and crappy beyond belief. Why are we even going on about a franchise that has been crap from the start.