Yesterday Punchafish.com was lucky enough to be sent a unique token code from Square Enix to download the exclusive Kane & Lynch 2 demo from Xbox LIVE Marketplace.
Consequently the website was among the first in the world to apparently experience the relentless action playing as psychopath Lynch, on the run from the Shanghai Underworld in the single-player campaign and in the new arcade mode to sharpen my heist skills.
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth publisher Square Enix has declared a $140m loss based on a shakeup of its internal development pipeline.
What are they doing over there? Sounds like they canceled something big. I read a rumor a while back about ff9 remake . Here "Final Fantasy IX has gone through a very challenging development, the game is still in progress but may undergo changes drastic enough that we won't hear about it for a couple of years."
This could be one of the reasons if the rumor is true. That was Silknight i don't know how credible he is but it's something and it would make sense.
The industry implosion is continuing. Sky high budgets, prolonged development windows, stagnant sales numbers, and falling currency values (inflation) are wreaking havoc on the legacy industry. AAA games will slowly become the rarity.
Saad from eXputer: "After suffering from massive financial hits, Square Enix & Bandai Namco appear to be turning over a new leaf but I'm still unconvinced."
I was talking about games with some Japanese guys here in Japan, and it seems like around here Bandai Namco has a fame of making low-quality games, with the occasional gem.
About Square Enix, I believe they lack the capacity to improve. They should learn with Capcom (although even Capcom still makes some bad mistakes), but I don't think they ever will. They keep chasing whatever is new at the time (blockchain, AI...) to say "we innovate", without considering the public perception and if these things actually improve the games or not. Them releasing too many small games with no advertising also shows a lack of trust in its own products. Even with their biggest games, like turning FF into an action game with XVI and the very divisive plot changes regarding whispers and timelines in VII Remake, shows them trying to attract a new generation of gamers without understanding what made the series so big in the first place.
I don’t know why NOW they decide on this, but I guess later is better than never.
Saad from eXputer: "I'm glad I don't have to choose between Square Enix, Atlus, and FromSoftware due to bad release windows and Shadow of the Erdtree."
What a word vomit, rambling, turd of an article that simply states the obvious. Classic exputer.
Ouch.
Has anyone here tried it? If so, please share your thoughts.
The first one was wack anyway, why did they decide to make a sequel ?
the only thing about this game I am interested in is seeing what Jeff Gerstmann gives it...at Giantbomb this time...as it was the first game that got him canned at GS...
This guys attempt at scoring the demo is laughable, the only thing he complains about is the cover system which works like any other cover system out there and the dark contrast which I had zero problems with, you can see everything clearly.
I don't know how a bullet trajectory can sound slow either.
He complains about barely anything and gives it a 2/5?
I wish I never read this so called 'review', do yourself a favour and try the demo for yourselves when it's released to the public, it's tons better than the first gameplay wise, much more refined in every department.