Alex S. from Link Cable Gaming writes: "I would describe E3 2021 as uneven, with peaks and valleys throughout the week. But there was one game that really, really rubbed me the wrong way. I’m talking about Square Enix and Platinum Game’s Babylon Fall. Once one of the games I was keeping an eye on closely I now want nothing to do with it. This is why Babylon’s Fall was the most disappointing game of E3."
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Warner Bros. gaming boss J.B Perrette recently described traditional AAA games as “volatile”, but while that development approach has its issues as well, in reality it’s the GaaS format that best fits this description, as each title is quite literally as likely to explode in popularity as it is to implode."
Live services aren't the way forward, they're an expensive dead end that appeal to execs far more than the gaming community.
For every game that gets it right, at least five fail miserably and make no money at all. What WB and other companies consider to be easy money is actually a much worse bet than a SP title or traditional MP game could ever be.
So says the company responsible for one of the biggest flops of the year. This is a pathetic attempt to push an agenda to justify GAAS and mobile monetisation in triple A games. Do you think we're stupid? No one asked you to balloon your development costs by over hiring and expanding and over estimating sales and budgets, failing to meet targets, developing trash games like Suicide Squad that have to be delayed and take 6 years to release because of poor reception, creating mediocrity like Gotham Knights, or over extending on advertising
As the article points out, Gaas is equally likely to be a monkey sink especially post release if it fails like Redfall.
Baldur's Gate 3 and God of War Ragnarok shamed you all. The former for delivering a top quality product without the vices of triple A games, and the latter for releasing an entire game mode and story DLC for free because their product was quality enough to sell beyond expectations.
It’s already working. I’ve made comments about this and people are happy with Hell Divers 2 and even defending the micros and Battle Passes. We’ve opened the door and traditional games are going to be less and less the norm. Hope you’re happy with the bright future of gaming.
Why did Babylon's Fall fail? In this guide you will find an in-depth analysis of the factors, in order to give you an answer.
Because of the dev team, a lot of games that failed in any generation couldve been successful if done right and only done right with the right teams and mindset.
VGChartz's Paul Broussard: "Life is full of disappointments and video games are no exception. We as consumers have high expectations for the biggest names in gaming, and more often than not they deliver. But every now and then there's a game with every advantage given to it, and which should be a home run experience, that calmly and deliberately throws it all in the trash. Being a bad game is one thing, but being a game that should have been good and turned out to be bad instead is exponentially worse. These are the most disappointing titles of 2022."
Not even that half naked picture is enough for me to give VGFCZ a click so I trust @knush comment
Halo should make the list since it a GaaS and it was supposed to be improved a lot this year .
Babylons Fall didn’t have any expectation but was worse than even most thought it would be
I'll take Pokemon over Saints Row any day. At least Pokemon will be enjoyable rather catch a Charazard then play as a millennial douche any day.
I'd like to see proper gameplay footage before I pass judgement. Sorry, but those little gameplay clips mashed into a trailer definitely don't paint an actual picture.
I was kinda looking forward to this game after the announcement trailer a year back.
But the new smudgier art style and live service aspect of it disappointed me greatly.
Knew from the second they hinted at live service this was gonna be nasty.
I think a lot of E3 2021 was disappointing. I’m not a Nintendo fan and I think they had the best showing. Actually brought back exciting announcements instead of phoning it in. Square and Capcom had the worst showcases.
Not going to lie, I really liked the gameplay and it felt a lot like a good Godfall but once it said live service I said nope.