Analyst Says Darksiders Was A Disappointment for THQ

[Crunchy English]

THQ will be fine. Trust me. Dawn of War has an expansion coming up, expansions are usually pretty good money. Plus I expect good things from Metro 2033. If you haven't taken a look at that game yet, give it a look.

 

[jubosu]

I saw these advertisements every so often
It may just be me but i care more about things that are going to be EPIC
case and point Mass Effect 2
Similar release time THQ epic phlail

 

[Loop Stricken]

RE: Advertising, at least in the UK.

Sky ONe was running those ads for at least two hours a day and...

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 general

Damnable ninjas!

Anyway, those ads are still going.

 

[Rusty Bucket]

Doesn't come as a surprise to me. The game looks laughably awkward at best, and terribly lame at second best. Seriously, a God of War clone with the most vapid sort of character you can imagine?

I honestly don't care if Metacritic has an 83 for it, there's nothing about that game that looks worth $60 to me. I think reviewers need to stop handing out 7s and 8s to every single game just because it would hurt some developer's feelings if they got a more harsh and realistic score, but that's just me.

Seriously? Did you just say this? You haven't even played it and you're saying that reviewers rated it too highly? Did you actually think about this?

 

[Enigmers]

Doesn't come as a surprise to me. The game looks laughably awkward at best, and terribly lame at second best. Seriously, a God of War clone with the most vapid sort of character you can imagine?

I honestly don't care if Metacritic has an 83 for it, there's nothing about that game that looks worth $60 to me. I think reviewers need to stop handing out 7s and 8s to every single game just because it would hurt some developer's feelings if they got a more harsh and realistic score, but that's just me.

Seriously? Did you just say this? You haven't even played it and you're saying that reviewers rated it too highly? Did you actually think about this?

Well, he read somewhere online that it's a God of War clone, that's enough right? right?

 

[ItsAPaul]

Maybe companies shouldn't release bad games if they want to see sales.

 

[literallyanythingelse]

Well, if there were, I'm guessing I missed them. Can't have been many.

No my point was the BBC doesn't run ads - that's why we pay a TV license.
The more you know...

 

[Johnny Danger]

Sooo, this analyst can suck it, Darksiders sequel announced:
http://ps3.ign.com/articles/106/1066369p1.html

 

[Pimppeter2]

I think were missing the important part.

Darksiders was a disappointment for pimppeter2

 

[sln333]

Man, it got discounted 2 weeks after release. How well did they think it would do? It's one of the weaker titles out so far this year. Yahtzee's countless agonizing descriptions of the main character's look are enough to show the game can't be that great.

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.

I'll form my own thoughts on the game once I rent it and power play it in a day.

I understand that we shouldn't take his reviews for granted, but you can't say that this is good character design:

 

[ma55ter_fett]

Man, it got discounted 2 weeks after release. How well did they think it would do? It's one of the weaker titles out so far this year. Yahtzee's countless agonizing descriptions of the main character's look are enough to show the game can't be that great.

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.

I'll form my own thoughts on the game once I rent it and power play it in a day.

I understand that we shouldn't take his reviews for granted, but you can't say that this is good character design:

Looks cool enough to me, I wouldn't pick a fight with him at least.

 

[Ezra Rainstein]

Greenwald is an idiot. Darksiders has sold over 1 million units worldwide, moving more units than its initial release date competitor, Bayonetta.

 

[BlindMessiah94]

That's what they get for hiring one of the worst artists in the comic industry.