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Why is Singularity Not This Year’s BioShock?

SarcasticGamer: In 2007, BioShock took the gaming world by pleasant surprise. A shock to the system if you will.

Even with a reasonable amount of hype and a good amount of promotion, BioShock’s impact was helped by word of mouth and a strong demo that did a great job of introducing people to the atmosphere of Rapture.

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killyourfm5447d ago

Kudos to yet another website for calling out Activision for leaving Singularity dying on the vine. This is a wonderful game.

CYBERSNAKE5447d ago

Yeah, If this game wasn't published by Activision, I would have been more interested in this game. but at the moment I've actually made a promise never to buy an Activision game as long as that Bobby Kodick is still in charge.
I'm not missing out on anything.

SpaceSquirrel5447d ago

It seems like Activision only cares about Call of Duty and Guitar Hero

Darkstorn5447d ago

The reason Singularity isn't taking the world by storm, as Bioshock did, is because the story isn't nearly as deep or as compelling. Bioshock had philosophizing, twists, great character development, and just about every thing you could want in a subversive, sci-fi video game.

Cernunnos5447d ago

I guess I truly am the only one in the world who thinks that Bioshocks story is sub-par...

ABizzel15447d ago

I don't think Bioshocks story was sub-par. But when people hyped it up like one of the best stories, I was completely let down when I beat the game. It wasn't bad, but it was one of the best for a shooter.

darren_poolies5446d ago

@Cernunnos

Believe me, your not.

Darkstorn5446d ago (Edited 5446d ago )

@ABizzel1-

I think Bioshock's story was better than many RPGs, if only because of the insane level of depth. Modern games do not like to portray real life ideologies in their games because there is a risk of alienating part of your audience. Bioshock took that chance.

It doesn't touch the Metal Gear Solid gamer, however.

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Excalibur5447d ago

I think to many reviews are basing their comments on other reviews as far as it being a Bioshock clone.

Yes it does have a Bioshock feel to it but to call it a blatant Bioshock rip off is a bit too much.

-Mezzo-5447d ago

I agree, every shooter has the same feeling.

SpaceSquirrel5447d ago

I don't see how Singularity is a BioShock ripoff

Cajun Chicken5447d ago

I thought it was this year's Bioshock. Very entertaining game.

e-p-ayeaH5447d ago

The game just feels im playing Wolfenstein...well its also made by Raven studios so it makes sense i guess :/

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7 Deserving Games That Never Got Backward Compatibility

Backward compatibility works for many games on newer consoles, but titles such as The Simpsons: Hit and Run have been left out.

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15 Underrated FPS Games You May Want to Try

Popularized by Doom in 1993 and still making video game haters gnash their teeth today, first-person shooter games are the best thing to happen to gamers since pizza rolls. So here are 15 underrated first-person shooter games you may have missed.

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Jiub1009d ago

Although the late 2000s Turok wasn't my favorite, I would love a new entry. Open world survival with shotguns and dinosaurs. Not sure how we'd get the fusion cannon, but that would be pretty sweet too.

MadLad1009d ago

Lol

All of these games are pretty much universally praised. Outside of Timeshift I literally own all of these.

Venoxn4g1009d ago (Edited 1009d ago )

XIII, The Darkness 2, Far Cry: Blood Dragon, Timesplitters: future perfect, Bulletstorm are awesome games

gurp409d ago

I played them all, they are all good in their own way
I used to be obsessed with FPS games

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Six Activision Games I’d Like to See Revived Under Microsoft

As the world reels from the shockwaves of the seismic news that Microsoft is acquiring the proverbial swamp of the video-game landscape, Activision Blizzard King, it only seems natural that our minds should now shift towards what the fallout will be for presumably years if not decades to come.

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MadLad1239d ago

Another Prototype would be awesome.

As for Singularity, I don't necessarily need a sequel, I just want to see Raven be able to flex their creative muscle again; not just be relegated to assisting with CoD. A lot of the old guard is still with the company.

That's part of what I'm hoping to see come from this acquisition. Revive teams like Vicarious Visions and Ravem to actually allow them to work on their own new projects again.

Crows901238d ago

As great as that would be the deal wont finalize until end of fiscal year 2023. Until after that date MS wont really have a say as to where resources will be spent. So we wont realistically see anything until perhaps 2026 or later.

LWOGaming1238d ago

I think that’s a point that so many people are missing. Things will not change this year or next year at all. Maybe some changes might be apparent in 2024 but 2025/2026 is a good estimate of when things will really start happening. And I don’t think we will see as big a set of changes as some are suggesting.

TallDarknWavy1238d ago

Those teams having not worked on anything, the employees find jobs at other companies, they don't just remain unemployed till someone at the publisher decides to revive the team, they need to eat lol

That said, this list of games makes me unexcited for anything outside of CoD that Activision has to offer. All games are in stale genres, like Guitar Hero, Simpsons Hit and Run, these are long surpassed genres that are going to be difficult to revive.

gamer78041238d ago

I want to see new IPs. Not a bunch of forced renovations of old franchises.

Gamer751238d ago

Why not a combination of both

gamer78041238d ago

@gamer75 if it is a combination it has to have my seal of approval. Such as a new Warcraft game or a new Warcraft mmo, or an action game based off the night elves orcs and humans if it’s a new IP. I’ll let you know after I talk with Microsoft

King_Noctis1238d ago

Man I’ve been waiting for Protoype since the last one. Protoype could seriously be MS’ answer to Infamous (freaking loved that game as well, hope Sony make a new one soon).

porkChop1238d ago

I'd love to see Raven take another crack at Heretic and Hexen.

MadLad1238d ago

That's one I see being tossed around a lot to bring back, even if not from Raven themselves.

Put so many hours into those games over the years.

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Knightofelemia1238d ago

I'd like to see Activision get the Transformers license again and continue the War and Fall of Cybertron games. the movie games were crap and the game that combined both movie and Fall and War of Cybertron sucked a new Prototype would also be good as well.

jaymacx1238d ago

You deserve a 1000 likes haha 😂. It’s a shame High Moon didn’t get to continue making Transformers. If they got a decent budget i think most of us TF fans would be excited.

wolf5811238d ago (Edited 1238d ago )

Ms bought Activision and everybody dancing for what? For cod? Ms want to atleast earn some money Back from those 70 billion dollars.... The only thing they count on is more gamepass subscribers via Activision cod, diablo and over watch 2 1st Day free at gamepass. If they decide to make them exclusive to xbox they Will lose profit from ps4 and 5 sales. As For a New ip or an existing ip like over watch 3,diablo 5 or anything else like a New transformers Dont you think that developers need at least 3 years to Do something decent?
Anyway my opinion is that ms want to make videogaming Just a subscription a la netflix and that ps5 will beat xboxsx in sales like ps4 beat xbox and xbox one x..... All the money ms spending It Will defentily make more gamepass subscribers as for games we all must wait at least 3 more years... And thats why ps5 will get ahead in sales they have more AAA in the pipeline already plus lets see their answer for gamepass... P. S i Dont support subscriptions from neither company and i didnt buy switch plus for n64. If they give me the option to buy n64 games then yes i Will buy them but i am not paying for a rental.

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rlow11238d ago (Edited 1238d ago )

Re-imagining of River Raid and the original adventurer Pitfall. Oh Zork is also a great game.

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