GamingUnion.net: "The current generation of consoles has become synonymous with overwhelming production costs that require most publishers to bet on a sure thing, a proven brand. Surprisingly, a great deal of new franchises have achieved considerable success, despite the inherent risk of releasing an unknown commodity. When creativity flourishes the following franchises are born, the best of this console generation, in alphabetical order."
EA has shut down rumors that EA Motive considered a Dead Space 2 remake before shelving it due to low sales of the previous game, saying there's "no validity" to the reports.
Why not remake DS2 whether shot down or not it's still my favorite game next to DS1. As much as I hate EA I would buy or would have bought DS2 day one.
No validity XD "Guys guys, we cant possible make a good game or cater to the gamers wants, stop"
I don't know if sales met their expectations or not. I just know that the high review scores received my attention so I was interested in buying it, but its price stayed high (50+ bucks) for so long that I simply never bothered picking it up.
Doesn't pay full price
Doesn't pay *any* price
Ponders if sales met expectations regarding an allegedly canceled sequel.
Gee...
Well, for starters, I'm sure there are plenty of games I never bought which did, somehow, still, meet their sales-expectations.
Concerning Dead Space; I never played and thus cared for the original. It's in multiple genres (shooter, sci-fi, horror) I don't particularly care about so it was barely on my radar pre-launch. I was never its target-audience.
When reviews hit, and it was scoring big, it gathered my interest, so while it wasn't in my field of interest, it mrans that I wanted to give it a fair shot and at least give it a try, as I do with many games across different genres; I tend to just cherry-pick the good stuff and see if it's for me or not.
But, I do wait for sales on those games I take a risk on.
Lol, you are a huge part of the problem. If a very high-quality game is not even worth 50 bucks to you, then what is?
Nameer from eXputer: "Dead Space 2 is a sequel that delivers such a feast that by the time you're done, you're not only full but also satisfied."
Hope they remake this one too. Just like they did with number 1. The remake of Dead Space 1 was perfection
thanks to the digital pass for it it was not perfect..in fact its difficult to find a working copy since many years.
For those who don't have time for massive open worlds or role-playing games with epic tales, these 15 games are worth checking out.
Assassin's Creed was definitely a surprise this generation and certainly one of the top ones.
I know we've been getting a lot of sequels recently, but at least they're sequels from IPs that started this generation.
I wonder what the next generation will be like.
im glad deadspace made this list. its on my top 3 new franchises this gen and is helping to revive horror survival games which haven't been doing so well lately cant wait for the 25th
Peggle being an honorable mention makes me laugh, then frown a little at the thought that PopCap being so popular.
over InFamous? Look I know the second is probably a great game and all but the first barely got any recognition and was a slightly above average game. InFamous could have been GOTY whereas the original Dead Space wouldn't even come to mind for best games this gen.
It shows how much hype can really make a seres/game seem wayy better than it really is.