Why Red Steel 2 didn't sell (interview)

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Gamerace said:

I know there's some people here who might disagree with me, but aside from the 1:1 sword-fighting Red Steel was crap IMO.   No online, no multi-player.  Long load times.  Poor story.  Poor game design (goto hub, load, get mission, load, run around tiny area fighting thugs, go back to hub, load, repeat).  Repetitive. No depth.

If they stuck that same s--t on HD consoles it'd have sold even worse and been critically condemned.

RS2 was a one trick pony and not worth full price, maybe $20.  TvC, MH3 on the other hand definitely were and came out about the same time.

 

I only played it for a few minutes. I really don't care about online or multiplayer, just wanted a solid experience. But I agree with you about the terrible game design. It was very repetitive in the few minutes I played and not worth the full price. Why do I have to return to the hub everytime???  While playing it I had the same feeling I got while playing Madworld.... "this is a budget title"