Agony's unrated version cancelled as this game somehow turns into a bigger shitshow

From Destructoid: "Agony is a bad game. It's fundamentally bad, as the core gameplay design is a tedious slog of stealth mechanics affixed to unpredictable and aggressive AI. It's also technically bad, as Agony suffers from significant performance issues on all platforms. All of this flies in the face of developer Madmind's pre-release promises of a game that doesn't compromise, as it ended up compromising heavily on both quality and content."

[wolf581]

yep the game sucks...

[Fist4achin]

And I had hopes for this game. Maybe this is that 4d stuff and the developers wanted the players to experience agony with the gameplay...

[Tedakin]

One of the worst reviewed games ever. I followed this game for about a year too. What a shame. Glad I didn't buy it.

[Kabaneri]

They tried WAY too hard to be edgy.

[jc12]

You could tell it was gonna suck weeks before it was even released.

[Bobafret]

I know I will get downvotes, but when did it become okay to just throw obscenities around in journalism? It's really infantile.

[valkrol]

I can't stand it.

[TheCommentator]

Right around the time it became acceptable for a foul-mouthed "pussy grabber" to get elected President, yet still not get called out as a part of the "Me Too" movement?

[Bobafret]

Where in tf did that come from?

[sprinterboy]

Keep politics out of gaming

[Tapani]

Why would politics be kept away from gaming? They are part of sports, movies, books and music, and many games already have political messages. Even the CEO of Ubisoft just recently said so himself. I say games should have thought-provoking interactive, but entertaining ways of bringing up issues, such as inequality, which can then be reflected to the real-world. Games even could directly be political as long as there is a free way to express the art instead of being, for example, a specific government's project to voice their views to push an agenda. Games have from the very early days been political, religious and what not. Put more politics and business in games so that I can learn more through an entertaining art form about people, and their views, of the world!

[TheCommentator]

Just look at how smart people are on this site, like you and all the people who don't understand my post. Alternatively, the people who agree with this stand squarely in the "WTF" is wrong with you category:

"Where in tf did that come from?"

Seriously? When the population devolve into apes? Let me spell it out for you all:

Question: When did it become okay to just throw obscenities around in journalism?

Answer: When people can tolerate the President swearing all the time and getting away with sexual assault. The world just doesn't give a shit anymore.

[Bobafret]

Awww I'm sowry. Justice Kennedy retired today, great news! After November you will be even more depressed. Don't be mad, you are the one that made a completely irrelevant comment in order to start a stupid political debate.

[TheCommentator]

Stupid is all you understand though! You monkeys are so cute, LOL!!! Ask a question and talk shit when someone answers...

[Bobafret]

That was a silly diatribe, not an answer.

[DafunkyRebel]

I saw the walkthrough months ago and I knew it was shit way back

[UCForce]

Yeah, the game is a mess really.

[superchiller]

Garbage game.

[GrimDragon]

Looks like madmind will soon close down. Almost impossible to recover from a flop like this.

[ShockUltraslash]

Loved Agony.
Excellent horror themes and imagery.

[michellelynn0976]

One of the worst games ever.

[Tzuno]

Played like an hour, uninstall, spend your time better guys.

[windblowsagain]

There was an add-on VR and new hardware experience coming for this game.

There was a boot which was USB controlled. You plugged it in and whenever enemies had you, the boot kicked your nuts over and over again. You could upgrade to a jockstrap for protection. They came in different colors.

[sprinterboy]

Kickstarter = Dev = let's try and sell 100,000 copies before gamers realise the games shit.

Has there been a good kickstarter game yet? Don't mention star citizen

[Omnisonne]

Currently playing through Pillars of Eternity, that game was backed on kickstarter. Very highly rated game.

[The 10th Rider]

Yup, plus Broken Age, Wasteland 2, Hyper Light Drifter, Divinity Original Sin, Shadowrun Returns, Shovel Knight, Thomas Was Alone, Faster Than Light, Banner Saga, Elite Dangerous, the Escapists, Undertale, The Flame in the Flood, Superhot, Grim Dawn, Shantae, Hollow Knight, and others (not all Kickstarted, but all crowdfunded).

But yeah, the vast majority of what comes out of Kickstarter is crap. It was a huge fad for a while, but once it became clear the majority of people on there don't know what they're doing, even those that already have a huge background in video games (just look at Mighty Number 9, Project Pheonix, and more.)

[The 10th Rider]

I'm adding this in a second comment because it's probably a bit controversial, but being a kickstarter project is one reason I'm a bit uncertain about Shenmue 3. As I said in my previous comment, even those with a background in game development have struggled to put out compelling projects. Plus Yu Suzuki hasn't made a console game since the early years of the PS2 . . . 17 years ago.

That and Bloodstained really have me nervous. I want them to be good, but there's so much hype behind them and only like 10%, if that, of Kickstarter games end up good. I'd say the majority (>50%) of crowdfunded games end up being straight up dumpster fire.

[sprinterboy]

K thx for the data
edit: going by the games listed below I stand corrected 😋

[SR38813]

Title made me laugh... How is this game so bad???

[Relientk77]

I hope Angry Joe plays this lol

[frostlatch]

Ahahahahaha. Make a game with boobies and giant vaginas for hype and controversy but then make it shit...oh well. Good riddance.

[Mr_Luke]

I knew it was a bad game. I put my faith in Scorn :P