Tournament of Legends - what happened?

[LordTheNightKnight]

Resident_Hazard said:

LordTheNightKnight said:

What makes you think "hardcore" gamers buy or don't buy games because of reviews? That implies they are sheep, not people who like games.

If this game doesn't sell well, it will be because gamers don't like it, not reviews.

As for the question, I'm wondering if the reviews are hating on it more because it wasn't what they thought it should be, not what it actually is. There was a lot of negative feeling over the change from the initial build, and that seems to have caused a lot of people to not give this game a chance, regardless of whether it is any good or not.

Curiously, IGN actually has an article up now showing that game reviews do affect sales.  That's what they're there for, of course--to advise gamers away from crap.

As per the subject of what happened to Tournament of Legends?  High Voltage happened.  Their history of development is of typically sub-par games.

That study required the subjects read reviews. The problem is that you need to determine if most game buyers actually read reviews.

This is something the film industry has known for years, but the game industry still has yet to realise.

And I agree HVS isn't the best developer right now, as their main practice was making game efficiently not making the best game.