Flagship bites the dust

[Keender_surprise]

They put on a brave face, pretended it wasn't happening...so now everybody gets to laugh even harder:

http://au.pc.ign.com/articles/899/899429p1.html

Suits them right, for shovelling a piece of shit where my ARPG should have been. Fuckers were trumpeting their 'makers of Diablo' status from day one, talk about epic fail. Now everybody gets to deride the names Bill Roper and David Brevik alongside names like George Broussard.

 

[racofer]

I never knew they reopened to be closed again...

 

[udm]

Bill Roper's the biggest joke on this planet. What a tool.

Fingers crossed - hope he goes bankrupt by 2010.

 

[Herbert West]

You shan't be missed.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Hellgate London was one of the worst games I have ever played.

 

[Mareus]

"The buggy launch lead CEO Bill Roper to admit that the game was too ambitious and should have narrowed its focus."

I haven't played Hellgate London after I have seen the gameplay, but what was so ambitious about it? Wasn't it all just about shooting and killing things? How much narrower could the focus of the game be?

Hopefully ALL other developers who make shitty games like this will soon bite the dust.

 

[Pegultagol]

Bill Roper is 21st century John Romero.

 

[RainSong]

Hellgate London - "the game was too ambitious and should have narrowed its focus."

I know where Bill will find a new home and a daily dose of fresh curative fluids.

 

[sportforredneck]

Bill Roper

 

[Texas Red]

Hopefully ALL other developers who make shitty games like this will soon bite the dust.

Don't bet on it. Diablo 3 will come out with predetermined > 90% reviews and a bunch of nostalgic Blizzardlings rushing to stores, repeating the success and having a bunch of other publishers wanting to have the same.

 

[J1M]

Hopefully ALL other developers who make shitty games like this will soon bite the dust.

Don't bet on it. Diablo 3 will come out with predetermined > 90% reviews and a bunch of nostalgic Blizzardlings rushing to stores, repeating the success and having a bunch of other publishers wanting to have the same.

Blizzard cancels crappy games instead of releasing them. Why the waambulance?

 

[RainSong]

Why the waambulance?

Check his tag.

 

[vrok]

Bill Roper is 21st century John Romero.

No. Even though both produced crap on their own, Blizzard is still making great games. When Romero left id, they downgraded from great to decent.

Romero > Roper

 

[racofer]

Hopefully ALL other developers who make shitty games like this will soon bite the dust.

If Beth alone shuts down, I would be happy.

 

[Mareus]

Hopefully ALL other developers who make shitty games like this will soon bite the dust.

If Beth alone shuts down, I would be happy.

The way FO3 is turning out to be, I am sure the sales will be weaker than with Oblivion. I really believe Oblivion sold so well just because of Morrowind. I have a funny feeling that FO3 will take the punishment for Oblivion from Morrowind fans, and it will also get its share of punishment from original Fallout fans. Since they already invested a lot of money just for FO license, and since Bethseda's PR is working 200%, who knows what fate awaits Bethcrap. Games are expensive to make, and one title that does not sell well can mean the difference between life or death for the company. But those console fanbois are probably going to ruin everything.

 

[Keender_surprise]

I haven't played Hellgate London after I have seen the gameplay, but what was so ambitious about it? Wasn't it all just about shooting and killing things? How much narrower could the focus of the game be?

They tried to do both an ARPG and MMO in the same package, and failed at both. The campaign had an idiotic fan-fiction story that completely destroyed any of the atmosphere they managed to build up through the setting as well as through the visuals and cutscenes. Repetitive environments. Bugs galore. Character builds poorly balanced. NPC lines weren't even voiced. On the MMO side, they offered far less functionality than a standard MMO for only a slight reduction in price. It was simply a mediocre package overall, and it could have been much better if they had seen the game and not just the dollar signs. They got too greedy way too quickly and got what was coming to them.

 

[udm]

Bill Roper is 21st century John Romero.

Oh come on. Don't diss Romero like that!