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5 Delayed Games That Turned Out Great This Year

Nerdist: "Drop your game with flaws and be a hero, or push it back long enough to watch yourself become the villain. This seems to be the suitable philosophy of many, with the recent verbal beatings that games like Watch Dogs and Driveclub have gotten for the pushing back of their release dates. I find this to be perplexing, especially when considering that some of the most well-received titles of this generation fell victim to delays at one time or another. I suppose some men/women just want to see the world burn, but to help stimulate the optimism towards these recent push-backs and the many more to come, let’s have a look at several great games released this year that were pushed back from their original release dates."

jnelson55443863d ago

There have been many games rushed to the forefront that were ultimately met with disappointment. The writer has it right: let the developers do their thing and release a great game later rather than a mediocre game now.

Trackboss3863d ago

I don't mind delays at all cause all they are doing is making the game better for you haha :)

KonsoruMasuta3863d ago (Edited 3863d ago )

Not always.

Dude Nukem: Forever

Ride to Hell: Retribution.

Dibalo 3

Stalker: Shadow of Chernobyl

Too Human

All delayed and all sucked.

Malik4Play3863d ago

As said in the article, not all delayed games. But still... a good ratio favors them

Reboot3863d ago

Theirs nothing I hate more then a rushed game then later to find it being unplayable. The games listed were all great titles some more then others and all turned out great (in their own respected genre). Seeing Watch Dogs delayed isn't a huge loss. Gives the developers time to bring more to the game then what we expected.

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The entire WatchDogs series is 87% off and it's not even Black Friday

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Watch Dogs Deserves A Remake, More Than Ever

With the world of information and technology, privacy and security growing every day, Watch Dogs deserves another chance in the spotlight, now more than ever.

RaidenBlack1026d ago

The only Ubi title that deserves a faithful remake right now is Splinter Cell 1.
All 2014+ Ubi titles are just underwhelming. Especially ones from 2016+ are just cancer.

LucasRuinedChildhood1026d ago (Edited 1026d ago )

Seriously, are we so far removed from Ubisoft actually making good games that people now praise Watch_Dogs in retrospect?

"Watch_Dogs has remained one of my favourite games of the last ten years." Jesus Christ.

HankHill1026d ago

I remember being so disappointed in Watch Dogs when I played it at release. It was alright, but I think I fell for the hype and I needed a game to play on my new PS4.

obidanshinobi1026d ago

This is what happens when mediocrity gets praised as good.
Standards are slipping across the whole entertainment industry.
What was once considering rubbish is now considered as OK, what once was OK is now being praised as good etc etc.

LamerTamer1025d ago

Everyone has their own likes. I liked it a lot myself. I played through it twice and liked the car chases and the open world with fairly decent environments and missions. It suffered from the whole downgrade thing where they showed graphics that weren't actually there. No game will appeal to everyone but it was still ambitious for it's time.

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gantarat1026d ago

assassin's creed 1 should get a remake.

ExBee1026d ago

For certain! AC1 was brilliant at the time but with new graphics and gameplay it would be amazing! Do you prefer old combat or new though?

RaidenBlack1026d ago

I'd say a reimagining of AC1.
I direct AC1 remake would be a bad idea. It'll need better story pacing and significant better world building.

BlaqMagiq11025d ago

Old. Let it play like how it did with AC2-Syndicate style gameplay but refine the setting and story.

Profchaos1026d ago

It would need a lot changed for it to be enjoyable again as even back in 2007 on launch we were all complaining about it's repetitive gameplay go here perform one of three side quests repeat then assassination now do it over and over until a big battle with a unforgiving checkpoint system.

BlaqMagiq11025d ago

Absolutely. It needs it. The only AC I truly didn't enjoy.

chicken_in_the_corn1025d ago

I'd prefer it didn't. Ubisoft would make it so bloated, it wouldn't be anywhere near the original

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smolinsk1026d ago (Edited 1026d ago )

Absolutely, this watch dogs legion was terrible boring.

Profchaos1026d ago (Edited 1026d ago )

As a fan of the franchise legion was garbage and I regretted my purchase for the first time in the franchise the entire thing felt like an experiment in NPC behaviour and released without the writers input on what makes a good story.

I don't think I'm alone in that feeling though as wrench and Aiden are brought back and the campaign was rewritten to fit them.

I am tempted to buy the season pass to play it again with Aiden but fool me twice shame on me I'm waiting for a deep sale

camel_toad1026d ago

Agreed. Despite the annoying hipness of the characters in part 2 I thought it was a really fun game. I was extremely disappointed and surprised at how many steps back they took with Legion. You'd think it was made by an entirely different team. Or was it?

It was just so devoid of fun.

LamerTamer1025d ago

Honestly one of my biggest annoyances with Legion is that they took out the camera views for the driving. I mean the behind the car view that they stuck us with is near unplayable. I always used a first person driving view. After two releases why did they take OUT features? I don't get it.

TheSinsibleOne1026d ago

The fist watchdog game was the best by far
After that they weren't weird and annoying with that hipster stuff. Aiden was a badass.

LamerTamer1025d ago

I thought so at first too. I got used to it and it ended up being good after some play time. I just had to give it a chance.

TheEnigma3131026d ago

Remake the PoP series from xbox/ps2/gc era

RaidenBlack1026d ago

They are remaking Sands of Time.

TheEnigma3131026d ago

That's good news. Hopefully it's done right.

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Inside the Driver game that died so that Watch Dogs could live

From VG247: "When cars slide, they leave tyre marks. In a game like Driver, they’re an aesthetic touch, part of the inherent cool of a handbrake turn. But those dark shadows in the road also tell a story. From tyre marks, you can determine the speed of a vehicle, when it started to skid, and its ultimate direction of travel – long after the car itself has vanished into the distance."

vallencer1091d ago

Different spellings in different parts of the world friend. Tyre is a correct way to spell it.

Pridefall1090d ago

Dunno why you got downvpted when tyre is correct in Australia.

mikefizzled11090d ago

The mystery that is En Fore Gee

neutralgamer19921091d ago

Give us driver San Francisco remastered

IGiveHugs2NakedWomen1091d ago

Why did they stop making some of the best games ever? Driver was one of them.

Gameseeker_Frampt1090d ago

Assassins Creed 2 showed Ubisoft how to make money and Far Cry 2 showed them that gamers don't like complex ideas. Now Ubisoft just turns out games that are just variations of the same thing.

WeAreLegion1091d ago

Best driving mechanics ever made. Nothing has come close.

Gardenia1091d ago

A story driven game with pure driving gameplay. I'd love to see a new Driver game or a remake of the first one.

ApocalypseShadow1091d ago

Yes. This one. A definite remake of the first without adding any ridiculous fluff. The first game had great physics and sound for its time. The start of the car in the beginning cinema I watched constantly. My father and uncles were big muscle and classic car freaks. Only thing crazy about the game was the relentless cops in the last level. Insane the way those police cars were and launched at you.

Bleemcast made it look better just like PC emulators. But would definitely take a remake.

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