I would trust Yahtzee to give a good objective review about as much as I trust myself to perform open heart surgery with a whip saw and a pickaxe.sln333 said:
I'll form my own thoughts on the game once I rent it and power play it in a day.
Analyst Says Darksiders Was A Disappointment for THQ
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I'll form my own thoughts on the game once I rent it and power play it in a day.
3rd person action games are feeling really yawnsome at the moment. I have not seen one I felt the need to buy since the first ninja Gaiden.
My understanding is that there is a new UFC game out this year. The first one sold like titty flavoured hot cakes so I'm not worried about THQs profitability just yet.John Funk said:
I thought the average cost of development for big title games these days is somewhere between 5 and 50 millions, so I'd call 350 millions of a revenue a big success, assuming of course, that this is the clean revenue, which it probably isn't. Clearly I know nothing about this industry ..
Jeez they really must have localized their advertisments because my area was swamped with adverts for Darksiders. You really couldn't go 1 hour with out seeing an advertisment on TV.
As for profitability what do people expect, it's a new IP. I thought for it being Vigil's first game it really wasn't all that bad.
As for profitability what do people expect, it's a new IP. I thought for it being Vigil's first game it really wasn't all that bad.
1. THe marketing for Darksiders was piss poor at best. The first time I ever heard of it was when I was in the local gamestore and they were asking if I wanted to preorder it TWO DAYS before it released. Releasing it with absolutely zero real marketing during a season when every company is releasing their AAA+ titles is a guaranteed way to make sure your game never even registers as a blip on 90% of the market's radar.
Nobody even had a chance to decide between it and Bayonetta because the only thing we heard about was Bayonetta..
2. Who are these "Analysts" I keep reading about?! They seem to make a living making all sorts of claims and such, but seriously who do they work for, how are they gathering their information, and more importantly, who is seeking them out to get their opinions?! I want that job.
Nobody even had a chance to decide between it and Bayonetta because the only thing we heard about was Bayonetta..
2. Who are these "Analysts" I keep reading about?! They seem to make a living making all sorts of claims and such, but seriously who do they work for, how are they gathering their information, and more importantly, who is seeking them out to get their opinions?! I want that job.
Thalking about biased oppinions the only time i heard about this game was because Yahtzee made the review... and then i have just heard about it twice
its weird how publicity campaigns can work... or if you are THQ dont do one and hope someone notices
its weird how publicity campaigns can work... or if you are THQ dont do one and hope someone notices
It seems that the marketing campaign may have been a little targetted. Sky One was practically running on ads in the UK and Ireland for the weeks leading up to the release of the game. Though that may say more for what Sky charge and are capable of doing to get the game out there then about the ad campaign in generalCD-R said:
I saw dozens of TV commercials for it. There was a huge display for it at the local Gamestop. There were banner ads on several of the webcomics I frequent. Guess it must've been localized to the U.S.
On the other hand, I didn't see a single Bayonetta ad until after the game was released. Very odd.
On the other hand, I didn't see a single Bayonetta ad until after the game was released. Very odd.
I live in the US and I only heard small glimpses here and there when previews would pop up on various sites. It really didn't seemed to be pushed hard at all.
That said, this is one the best games I've played in a long time and would have been a top contender for my favorite game of 2009 if it had been released a couple weeks earlier.
Unoriginal gameplay mechanics aside, what they "borrowed" is executed well and in the end I had a ton of fun with the game. I can't remember the last game I played 6 hours straight and still wanted to keep playing.
This seems to be a very dividing game though. It just bugs me when people knock it without even playing the damn thing like they have some sort of horrible bias.
That said, this is one the best games I've played in a long time and would have been a top contender for my favorite game of 2009 if it had been released a couple weeks earlier.
Unoriginal gameplay mechanics aside, what they "borrowed" is executed well and in the end I had a ton of fun with the game. I can't remember the last game I played 6 hours straight and still wanted to keep playing.
This seems to be a very dividing game though. It just bugs me when people knock it without even playing the damn thing like they have some sort of horrible bias.
I saw quite a few commercials for this game, and I went and bought it. Although it was a short game I feel it was worth the 60 dollars I shelled out. I didnt think it was a complete God of War clone and the story was pretty solid. This guy sounds like a total douche to me.
I agree completely with you Johnny, this is one of the few games I actually felt like playing over on the hardest difficulty. Also trying to get every extra thing in it done. Hell even after that I still went around and slaughtered demons for fun.Johnny Danger said:
Hehe hehe the topics first word starts with anal hehe hehe.
Beavis and Butthead aside, i thought it was a sure investment seeing as it's supposedly a GoW/zelda hybrid with WoW graphics-style. I thought games like that, who just copied popular games we're made cause they we're bound for succes.
Beavis and Butthead aside, i thought it was a sure investment seeing as it's supposedly a GoW/zelda hybrid with WoW graphics-style. I thought games like that, who just copied popular games we're made cause they we're bound for succes.
I didn't see a single TV advert or indeed any adverts at all for this game. Not a great loss, apparently.CD-R said:
Even though this subject has been beaten to death, I was pretty interested after I heard it got great reviews. I saw the box art however and went "right.....Todd McFarlene is on performance enhancers" It just looked generic and a bit silly, I could not get past the feel of the box art.
When I actually read the review which gave it 10/10 I was really put off by the fact it was copying other games that are renowned for being unoriginal. It just felt like I'd seen it a million times and probably like a lot of people I was looking at my bank account and the release list thinking "Hmmm, AVP, Bioshock 2 Mass Effect 2....nah, I might get it when it goes down" I'd never judge a game by it's cover or theme but there are too many Gothic brawlfests out I'm not bothered trying to pick one.
When I actually read the review which gave it 10/10 I was really put off by the fact it was copying other games that are renowned for being unoriginal. It just felt like I'd seen it a million times and probably like a lot of people I was looking at my bank account and the release list thinking "Hmmm, AVP, Bioshock 2 Mass Effect 2....nah, I might get it when it goes down" I'd never judge a game by it's cover or theme but there are too many Gothic brawlfests out I'm not bothered trying to pick one.
