If Riddick get's canned (I don't think it will) I will never buy something from activision again, ever. Not that this would be a hard task, but still.
Well to be fair that was the second Stuntman game, and neither sold very well. I think they gave Stuntman more chances than games usually get.
First one was published by Atari. And it wasn't nearly as good.
Turning around a reputation like that isn't an instantaneous thing, there's no doubt Ignition was fighting an uphill battle, but if THQ had a problem with that I don't see why they would have even pursued the series to begin with. It should have been obvious restoring the franchise would be at least a two step process; one game to restore faith in the series, another to build on that and reap the rewards.
Well the decision wasn't made on Stuntman being a promising but flawed game, it was based on the fact that it sold well and made a lot of money, and they probably expected that Ignition would sell just as well. And it didn't.
You're overcomplicating the way these people think. They don't understand quality, or the ways that can affect the momentum of a series, and how a bad game can sell well but hurt the next game in the series. They just see Name=Money, Name 2=More Money
THQ has never released a good wrestling game pre-No Mercy. They're all clunky pieces of trash. I would much rather play No Mercy of Wrestlemania 2000 than a current-gen Smackdown game.
I thought Call of Duty was EA. Okay, so one series that's good. Get that time trial out of here. Technical excellence is something that's needed in order for a time trial to be done competently. Spiderman 2 did not have that technical excellence. The gameplay was glitchy and instead of proving a real challenge you felt cheaped out of a victory, which is the bane of any fun in any video game.
Last edited by Drewbacca; 30 Jul 2008 at 06:39 PM.
Originally Posted by rezo
Really? no it wouldn't have. For the same reason beyond good and evil and okami and whatever other game that forums like this one pine over, it wouldnt have been much bigger than it was. I would like to think a smart, well written and ultimatly great game would ever be a big seller, but I also cannot remember the last time one actually sold well on a console. People dont want clever and funny, and they sure as hell dont want platformers, they want true crime and carnival games and 50 cent games, now those sell.
Originally Posted by Compass
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