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All 3 failed to deliver in various degrees, especially Titanfall, but i'm glad that i don't like shooters so i never have to actually deal with this too much lol!



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spemanig said:
Not if you're a Nintendo fan.

You know this is talking about delivering in the sales department, right?



Yep, after being kind of burned by getting Titanfall and Destiny at launch, I'll never be doing that again. I'll buy established IP's that I know will be good at launch and wait for new IP.



bubblegamer said:
All 3 failed to deliver in various degrees, especially Titanfall, but i'm glad that i don't like shooters so i never have to actually deal with this too much lol!


Have you played titanfall? 

 

Funny, as others have mentioned, it managed to be the highest critically acclaimed title gets the most flak. Infamous was hyped quite high as well and wasn't as well rated at metacritic. It should be included in the conversation, surely. 



ironmanDX said:
bubblegamer said:
All 3 failed to deliver in various degrees, especially Titanfall, but i'm glad that i don't like shooters so i never have to actually deal with this too much lol!


Have you played titanfall? 

 

Funny, as others have mentioned, it managed to be the highest critically acclaimed title gets the most flak. Infamous was hyped quite high as well and wasn't as well rated at metacritic. It should be included in the conversation, surely. 

lol no one called Infamous the game of the generation or a game that was going to pull everyone in, so no reason to mention it. And no i haven't, which is why i was mentioning it's performance sales wise.



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bubblegamer said:
spemanig said:
Not if you're a Nintendo fan.

You know this is talking about delivering in the sales department, right?

Please quote that piece of the OP. I can't seem to find it.



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bubblegamer said:
ironmanDX said:
bubblegamer said:
All 3 failed to deliver in various degrees, especially Titanfall, but i'm glad that i don't like shooters so i never have to actually deal with this too much lol!


Have you played titanfall? 

 

Funny, as others have mentioned, it managed to be the highest critically acclaimed title gets the most flak. Infamous was hyped quite high as well and wasn't as well rated at metacritic. It should be included in the conversation, surely. 

lol no one called Infamous the game of the generation or a game that was going to pull everyone in, so no reason to mention it. And no i haven't, which is why i was mentioning it's performance sales wise.


The gotg thing was a joke... For the millionth time. We, well, one specific user started calling it that as a joke and others jumped in on the action. If it was taken seriously, that wasn't our issue. It's quite obvious, really. 

 

You think 2 million sales on an install base of 4 million when released to 5 million now for a new IP is bad?

 

 

Almost as hilarious as taking the gotg seriously, almost. 



Games always get over hyped weren't Gears of war/God of war last year that got some hype but disappointed in the end?

Titanfall I have no issue with because the devs and publisher hyped it up like a emotional radio shooter where you as player can do parcourse and use Titans....And the game did deliver on that aspect...

Watch dogs was hyped because it got an amazing trailer that made people have discussions about its graphics and content and then we got that downgraded trailer :s;... (probably the same with division next year)..

I have no problem with not so good games that don't deliver because their are some games that I enjoy in that category but I have a big issue with not so good games that don't deliver but became amazingly successful...This is very bad for the industry and many publishers will try to do what Bungie/Activision did... Really what is now the point of reviewers? They will become less important and gamers will more and more buy games not based what is in the game but based what the devs and publisher say what will be in the game.....





2014 has been really disappointing. Mario Kart has been the only good big game of the year.



    

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CGI-Quality said:
ironmanDX said:
bubblegamer said:
All 3 failed to deliver in various degrees, especially Titanfall, but i'm glad that i don't like shooters so i never have to actually deal with this too much lol!


Have you played titanfall? 

 

Funny, as others have mentioned, it managed to be the highest critically acclaimed title gets the most flak. Infamous was hyped quite high as well and wasn't as well rated at metacritic. It should be included in the conversation, surely. 

inFAMOUS didn't receive anywhere near the level of "hype" of these three. That's why it wasn't included (and it's not seen as an, overall, letdown, either). Not saying I agree with anything but WATCH_DOGS, but it makes sense why it wasn't included. Besides, scoring an 80 is within the realm of where inFAMOUS has always scored (being just 3 & 5 points lower than its predecessor(s).


Agreed. I'm just slinging mud back. That's basically all targeting titanfall is. Over 2 million sales, not including all the digital ones, only the bundled on an install base of 5 million and it's also the highest critically acclaimed title of the lot....

 

I can't cut quote trees either. On my phone.