Insomniac Games has just released their first game after leaving the loving embrace of Sony back in 2010. It has been in the works for quite some time and even changed names in the process. Ultimately, gamers are left with a game that fails to resonate with the audience it intends to. That doesn’t mean that FUSE is not a good game, in fact from a technical stand-point, the game is a very competent third-person shooter with strong co-op elements. The game also has a few awesome weapons that you’d likely see in a Ratchet and Clank game. Unfortunately, FUSE doesn’t capture the charm that Insomniac is known for. The characters just don’t do enough to make this game stand out in any meaningful way.
Fuse from Insomniac Games is a co-op third-person shooter that is actually a blast to play alone, thanks to being able to switch between characters.
Whether self-published or under a larger company, these developers suffered their share of outside meddling.
The list is
Deus Ex Mankind Divided
Halo 2
Dragon Age 2
Fuse
Haze
Telltales's The Walking Dead
Dead Space 3
Dungeon Keeper
Need for Speed Payback
MGSV
Star Wars 1313
Lair
Middle Earth Shadow of War
GB says Halo 2 was terrible and they hail Halo 3 as being superior, but Halo 2 actually has a higher Metacritic and was actually a very fun game. I much preferred Halo 2 over Halo 3.
They rip Deus Ex MD yet if u ignore the overblown preorder controversy and the ridiculous little MTs it was actually received very well by critics. GB claims it had a poor reception, and it did commercially, but the game is an 84 Meta. It really didn't deserve to bomb commercially. If anything choose Deus Ex The Fall. Blame the publisher for turning a gritty, sophisticated stealth masterpiece into mobile trash.
I love me some Insomniac, but can we honestly blame EA for Fuse? Didn't Insomniac go multiplat in order to have more control? Yet EA made Fuse bad? I have to blame Ted Price on this one.
Sony wanted Six Axis implemented into Lair "allegedly" but Lair was flawed well beyond the Six Axis control scheme.
GB has a line where they say 'if u thought Ubisoft was above this" and then they mention Haze. Ubisoft is among the worst offenders, why would we think they are above mismanagement and greed when AC is ridiculously milked and their games are often stuffed with MTs? And who keeps buying The Crew? The Crew 2, a terrible sequel to a terrible game. Virtually every Ubisoft game is a "service" based game with MTs. Oh, and they've had numerous downgrades this gen. The funny thing is, ppl somehow slammed Sony for Haze.
Blame Disney for 1313, they were the ones who cut development once they acquired Lucas.
Project Hammer is another. Nintendo royally fucked over NST with that game leading to its cancelation and by that point, they were forced to change it to a Mii party game. Phantom Dust and Scalebound from MS as well. Sony with Lair.
Sometimes, games change drastically between their initial pitch and the version players get their hands on. Such was the case with these five games that would have been totally different if they'd stuck to their original pitch.
Oh hell no, Borderlands is perfect the way it is, that gritty/serious vibe would have killed the game
if this game had the ff13 battle system it would have been a joy to play. it just doesnt seem like a ff game to me
Twinfinite you come with some pretty cool lists but the fact that they're multi page kills it.
I was happy with how Prey turned out, but there was a reveal for Prey 2 and it looked awesome. They should still develop that concept into a stand alone game.
Binary Domain should be a good and cheaper alternative.
Binary Domain that game was straight. Fuse has a fruityness to it. Sad so sad.
This is sad to me for a few reasons. Firstly I honestly do think this game would have been better if it was still Overstrike. Yes we saw no gameplay but the tone of the original Overstrike trailer clearly made it look like it was basically Ratchet and Clank for adults. It had that funny tone and humor and crazy abilities and guns and genuinely looked interesting. EA must have stuck their nose in it because I doubt Insomniac would have changed the game like this unless they were being pressured to do so.
But the really sad thing about this and I don't know if everyone remembers this is that the reason Insomniac signed with EA in the first place was so they could keep the IP of whatever they made. Well now they have a IP to a game that no one will likely want a sequel to and that basically leaves them back at square one. Maybe someday we will get to see what Overstrike would have been but it's a shame we have this for now.