Games Radar rate the most exciting prospects with presumptious insolence:
"So, because we're mischievous little scamps and all that, we've set our spurious sights on some of the hyped-up videogames that are sure to be raking in the readies in 2008. And then we've stamped them with a preposterously early verdict. We've left out the Metal Gear Solid 4 or Soul Calibur 4-type titles - c'mon, everyone knows they'll score 9s and 10s - and focused on the more intriguing games that we know relatively little about..."
Alone in the Dark developer Pieces Interactive has been hit with layoffs a month after its release, as per the latest information.
That genuinely, genuinely sucks. The reboot has clear flaws, but it really felt like a solid first step for this team to receive *greater* investment.
That's standard. Teams are together for a Project, after its done some..and sometimes most devs are fired until the next Project is in the works and people are needed again. Only the core members stay in the time between the hot phase of the game development.
What’s annoying is people don’t understand how contractors work, either. All of this is uninformed knee-jerk reactions without any understanding of how employment works in this industry. There are key developers and staff that stay with a studio/publisher, but often times it’s a hire per project and then seeking new employment for a project. That’s how it’s always been…
That's a fair point too. I would say that in light of its tepid critical/commercial response and ongoing mass layoffs across the industry I think it's understandable for fans to worry about the longer-term implications. We'll see how it plays out in the future.
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.
VGChartz's Lee Mehr: "In one sense, it feels strange to even think Pieces Interactive had big shoes to fill with this series' legacy. Given what's come before, did it really? And yet, even when considering the last two flops over a two-decade span, there's still something about Alone in the Dark emblazoned on a title screen that carries a sense of revered history. In that respect, perhaps this reboot's best accomplishment is in honoring that spirit through its inventive world. It's also fair to emphasize knocks against its survival-horror design, some puzzle-solving, and so on; it certainly won't be considered a trendsetter like the 1992 classic. Still, the amount of goodwill wedded to its brighter qualities makes for something that dawdles the line between unfortunately-flawed and impressively-enticing."
Nice find but some pretty bizarre scores like 10/10 for Battlefield by 8/10 for Prototype.
bizzare indeed.
Far cry 2 deserved better so did ssb.
I can see halo wars scoring an 8 out of 10 because RTS don't turn out too good on consoles.
Infamous score is fair, but since we don't know anything about it it might not be the right score.
Infamous can turn into an AAA game like crackdown, a sleeper hit like foklore, or just as bad as lair.
Still, why did they review games that most of us won't pick up? What about mgs4, ff13, lbp ,killzone 2
and for 360: lost odyessy , ninja gaiden,etc.?
Actually I think these are pretty much spot on, except for Bad Company and Brawl. Both will be 9s.
ssmb will end up getting really high scores due to the hype, and although it is a simple fighting game, it has a large number of fans(inculding myself) and i doubt most gaming sites will dare to give it anything less than an 8.5, even if it doesnt deserve it
This reviewer must have a magical time machine made out of poptart boxes and Elmer's glue just like Tanod's.