TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Ready At Dawn, the devs who made The Order 1886, didn't close.
They went on to make a bunch of successful VR games and then got bought by Occulus/Facebook.
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10 Videogames that killed their developers!
Ready At Dawn, the devs who made The Order 1886, didn't close.
They went on to make a bunch of successful VR games and then got bought by Occulus/Facebook.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
As much as it pains me to say, United Front Games.
From the incredible Sleeping Dogs, they went on to do nothing but ports and the shitty Disney Infinity 3.0 that ended them.
I wish we were in the timeline that saw the release of a Sleeping Dogs sequel.
From the incredible Sleeping Dogs, they went on to do nothing but ports and the shitty Disney Infinity 3.0 that ended them.
I wish we were in the timeline that saw the release of a Sleeping Dogs sequel.
ThatPolishGuy
Member
Thief: The Dark Project/Gold, Thief 2: The Metal Age - Looking Glass Studios
Thief (3): Deadly Shadows - Ion Storm
Still waiting for proper Thief game, since 2014 Thief was a flop. Eidos-Montréal still exists thou.
Thief (3): Deadly Shadows - Ion Storm
Still waiting for proper Thief game, since 2014 Thief was a flop. Eidos-Montréal still exists thou.
Despiralman69
Member
Fable the journey literally killed lionhead studios
Lair and ps3 killed factor 5
Lair and ps3 killed factor 5
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ButchCat
Member
I forgot how they randomly decided to put Emma Stone in it
but yes it's a shame they threw it all away.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
I forgot how they randomly decided to put Emma Stone in it
I wouldn't phrase it like that.
More like, it's a shame that SE didn't believe enough in the franchise to let them do at least one sequel. The first game somehow disappointed their expectations but ended up having freaking crazy legs, especially on PC.
I'm pretty confident the exec at the publisher are looking back in hindsight and regretting not giving SD2 a shot. Game would have done 10m easy.
FoundryMusic
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Zannegan
Member
A fate worse than death! =P
Seriously though, it is sad not to have them in the AAA space anymore. Even if The Order was an extremely mixed bag, RAD had more to do before being sidelined as a cog Facebook's content machine.
ZoukGalaxy
Member
I must say it: I HATE the video format for info, news, top things (and much more): too much time wasted for nothing watching content filler, even worst when it's a TOP XX of xxxx.
I can read a whole article before the end of a sponsor shitty ad.
I wish they were at least a list in first post.
I can read a whole article before the end of a sponsor shitty ad.
I wish they were at least a list in first post.
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Fuz
Banned
Even worse!
Krappadizzle
Member
All of this is true. I'll say, I was actually excited to see the new cutscenes as I had actually seen Versus before TTS came out and was surprised to see that. The cutscenes were INSANELY over the top, in a game where it's over the top to begin with. It didn't bug me one bit, it wasn't bad, it was just different. I thought it was fine. I also didn't mind that the MGS2 features made the game a bit easier as I had played MGS to death by that point and new gameplay mechanics was a welcome addition to me. That said, you didn't really need to use the MGS2 aiming mechanics either so it's as challenging as you want it to be.Here is an op on the cutscenes in TTS:
Myth: Silicon Knights fucked up the cutscenes in The Twin Snakes :: THE SNAKE SOUP
"If we have to blame someone, should we blame Hideo Kojima?"thesnakesoup.org
They were written and directed by Ryuhei Kitamura, of Versus fame, whom Kojima really liked. Koji even approved the cutscenes personally. I do like most of the new cutscenes tbh, but the game has tons of flaws not in the original, like the worse music, voice acting and the new MGS2 gameplay features ruining the challenge of the old level/AI design.
I liked both games and thought the graphical improvements were fantastic. That said, I don't bemoan anyone feeling different because some people are very resistant to any kind of changes and it was apparent then and even more so now that it wasn't gonna please everyone.
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Silicon Knights shot themselves in the foot and deserve all the criticisms the studio received. Any old Gaf will remember Silicon Knights infamous Studio Lead's Too Human : Stand and be counted Neogaf thread. Shame that so many talented artists and engineers had to lose their jobs because of that jackass, but hopefully they moved on to bigger and better things.
What a shame too, Dawn of War 2 still to this day is a great game, a really good co-op game if one has a bud to go through it. Dawn of War 3 should have done better than it did IMO, but it didn't have that same magic that the second one had.
What a bummer too. I wasn't in to PC gaming when Thief 1 and 2 were out only coming to them long after Looking Glass has closed, which I'm glad happened that way as I would have been very disappointed otherwise. Immersive Sim is my favorite under represented genre and to see the pioneers die like that after releasing some amazing games is sad. Glad that Arkane has picked up the torch, but it makes me thinkg what if.. had the studio sold more.
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Kuranghi
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I actually forgot about the aiming, I didn't mean that, I meant being able to vault over railings and hang/shimmy along the edge. That made Nuclear warhead Storage Building Floor 1 a bit too easy, although tbh it was kind of annoying in the original and also I had played MGS to death so things like ledge hanging and hot/cold pipes made replaying much less annoying. Those Hot/Cold pipes rule actually, totally takes the chore out of it when you've ran back and forth a million times before.
Bragr
Banned
Huh? they released Age of Empires IV last year and are making Company of Heroes 3 right now.
Bragr
Banned
? Cyberpunk was very successful and will sell fine for years to come. The Witcher 4 will be gigantic.
Calling 911 Melts Beams
Banned
The night in the woods developer won't be making anymore games for sure
BusierDonkey
Member
Came in expecting to read about a bunch of devs choking on Switch cartridges.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
Member
Dust-by-Monday
Member
DriveClub
Krathoon
Member
Yeah. Cyberpunk is fine. They are fixing it up. It will still sell on the PC.
TheGreatMusashi
Member
Wife and I completed it a couple weeks ago over XBL, first time I’d replayed it since it came out. Still really enjoyable even though the co-op experience doesn’t include any story, just straight up levels.
I really wish the trilogy had been completed
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kiphalfton
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Mercenaries 2 didn’t help Pandemic, nor did Dead Space 3 help Visceral.
Totally coincidental though.
Totally coincidental though.
Alan Silvestro
Member
Say what you want, but rad lost the sony train and the big jump too.
Alan Silvestro
Member
Burnout Paradise killed criterion.
And EA killed every devs bought too.
Ok, jocking... but not too much.
And EA killed every devs bought too.
Ok, jocking... but not too much.
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Heimdall_Xtreme
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chaseroni
Member
Got any links for info on this? Because WTF
Ceadeus
Gold Member
Ah ok, I thought the multiplayer featured the full experience but yeah, I can understand the limitation at the time. That's funny though that between all the coop game, you chose to play Too Human lol. It's cool.Wife and I completed it a couple weeks ago over XBL, first time I’d replayed it since it came out. Still really enjoyable even though the co-op experience doesn’t include any story, just straight up levels.
I really wish the trilogy had been completed
Sure, right here.Got any links for info on this? Because WTF
anothertech
Member
Can you imagine what RAD could have done on next gen hardware. Dam.
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