I dunno, there have been other instances when famous franchises completely fucked up from start to finish like ME3 or DmC. ME3 pretty much turned Bioware into a joke overnight and nobody wanted to even touch Ninja Theory until MS acquired them. How many copies TLOU Part 2 might sell is up in the air, but Naughty Dog's future doesn't look good unless they drop that fuck Druckmann.
My problem with Spec Ops is that it treats playing modern military shooters as the moral equivalent to raping babies in front of their terrified mothers. Yeah, many people play video games so they can roleplay as larger-than-life action heroes who save the day. There is nothing immoral about that.
You won't even hear about it in any "leaked" memos judging by how much worms like Jason Schreier are dickriding and shielding Sony.
You don't want that. You really really don't. Their previous attempt at making another Jak and Daxter before The Last of Us just would've been over-the-shoulder third-person garbage, with a heavy focus on realism. And if you think these games are boring and awful, then you do not want to see the old concept art for "Jak Z". Trust me: I thought I did once too.
They both fucked up from beginning to end sure, but at least ME3 got one last attempt at continuing with ME:A and it was a case of the game just being shit and underselling; they never really racked up the marketing bill too too high. As for DmC, at least the game did somewhat improve over the years, Ninja Theory's still kicking with Hellblade, Hellblade II, and whatever Project: Mara is going to end up being, and in the end we still ended up getting Devil May Cry V from Capcom because of it: a much better return to form for the series.
Checked it out for myself. I wish i didn't.
And BOY did that bite them in the ass once platformers made a massive resurgence. Even their one massive claim to fame got a remake, and it wasn't even done by them.
It should be more humiliating that when Vicarious Visions asked for the original code, ND told them they didn't had it so they had to do the remakes from scratch.
I doubt Sony would do that simply because it wouldn't work. At risk of bringing up the console war shit again, one thing that not many people realize is that many games don't have to sell much to be successful.
You're misreading stuff, It's not specifically Square-Enix, it's JRPGs in general.
It's the reason why Crash 1 has weird controls, he's got a modern hitbox that's pill shaped instead of a square like the original.
Like. Fucking. Clockwork.
Not only that, which got a crapload of people to complain, but also the fact that Crash falls faster than in the originals, therefore making him jump a shorter distance. There were also some other small complaints here and there, but i don't remember them all. Most people focused on the platform hitbox and the short jumping distance.
You can retroactively get Crash 3 moves in the other HD games through a few exploits if needed. People are unsure if it's an official work around or a genuine exploit. But apparently even the Dev team had a hard time with Crash 1 and playing it to 100% completion which is why the gold time is for the trophies. The crash 3 moves do help him sustain momentum with specific jumps.
If there's other incidents like that, I would love to hear them because Eragon is also the only one I know as well.
No. I was thinking of "Handbook for Mortals"
It was cringy back at the time as well.
I think they were trying to chase Ready Player One's coat tails. Because in 2017 that was when the movie deal was announced.No. I was thinking of "Handbook for Mortals"
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No, it was cringy back at the time as well.
