I think they should have taken a step back and asked themselves if anyone wanted a game like this? When it was announced most the comments I remember were, "no, more FO4 please, make FO5..." The only positives for this game were along the lines of, "I love FO, I'm gonna buy it..." I don't recall folks being excited for this specific game style.
I have to agree with others that I think the driving factor was to hop aboard the money train. (Nothing wrong with it, making a profit, if you come up with something people actually want.) I won't fault them for trying, you won't know unless you try. But this nonsense that, "we should have tested longer..." well of course. But there is the corporate levels that says, "release in qtr 3 because we need to bump our stock up" vs "what do we need to do to make the best game, to make something we can all be proud of."
I didn't buy the game as I had no interest in it. I love the single player games. But hope they can salvage this for those that did buy in.
I like the idea of him being evil, but it reminds me of a similar line of reasoning to "fix" the Star Wars prequels, Jar Jar is Sith (evil). Hmm, seems that a way to fix a broken story is to go back and make someone evil to explain their inaction.
Maybe someday someone will actually use this device and save it for the big reveal at the end. I'd watch that.
Nice observation. While I usually try and play "good" there are games that make it easy to let loose when the enemy is just obviously bad, e.g. Raiders in Fallout 4.
I think the only game I played with a child sidekick was The Walking Dead. And yes, I liked how that shaped the story and my actions. I'll need to keep my eyes open for more.
@videogameninja: Thank you! In reading this article I started laughing because just a day or two ago was the article about EA not meeting the expectations for Anthem.
I guess management demands some sort of number. But really it's a guess. I wish they would realize that if they would just focus on making good games they can pull it off, but with their track record... ain't gonna happen.
There will be an extra surge due to it being Star Wars. But in the end, it will all depend if it's a good game. Honestly I'm rooting for them. I'd love a good single player Star Wars game. But I'll be reading the reviews first!
> ...a report claimed that Craig was offered $150 million to star in the next two 007 movies...
They need to have confidence in their franchise. Hire someone else. Plus, $150 million! That's the budget for one big film or many smaller ones... Boy, offer $20 million to some up-and-comers and get 7 more films where one might be a huge blockbuster and start another great franchise.
Heck, if all 7 don't do well with test audiences just sell them to Netflix, they'll make money off of them. Then you get most your money back to try again!
@jsprunk: Maelstrom: a powerful whirlpool often hazardous to approach, a tumultuous state of affairs, ...
Thanks for pointing that out. I was thinking spiral originally but your point I think is more accurate, it lends itself to what is happening in the story. The White Walkers are definitely a hazard, an approaching storm, ...
With their library of films and sources for new content (Star Wars, MCU) I think they will do very well with their service. But for me, my current sources via cable, Netflix, theaters and the occasional Redbox rental pretty much keep my media-card full. Honestly, when would I watch more? While I don't want to pay even more for media, I can't complain about their price.
What I may do, is sign up for a month to binge something. I just signed up for HBO to catch the final season of Game of Thrones. But afterwards will cancel it.
Gotta say, being 60, it's amazing the offerings we have. When I was young you'd be lucky to get one decent science fiction movie a year. TV, mostly corny stuff though we'd get some gems slipping through. But very few. Now I live in a time of riches! I'm not complaining about that...
Honestly, enter his ear, then expand to explode his head. Same results, but the cleanup is a wash down of brain matter versus waste... But that's just me. ;-)
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