Video games are in a sad state if an average score of 73 is bad whilst an average score of 80 is good.
THQ Hammered by Sub-Par Homefront Scores
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I'm loving the game, actually. But the whole "the campaign is 5 hours if you're really good" thing was a load of shit. I died probably 4-6 times each level, and was looking for the newspapers and still managed to beat it in about 3 hours. Multiplayer is pretty awesome...
Which one was that? I haven't seen them pass the 6 hour mark since CoD2...Traun said:
Apparently we went from the 1-100 scale, to the 50-100 scale and now we use the 70-100 scale. Sooner or later reviews are going to split like stock in a good company, otherwise we are going to be using the 97-100 scale come 2015.GiantRaven said:
This game was released today, as in within the last 24 hours. It is a bit too soon to judge the game based on review scores alone, if at all. At the end of the day the game's development staff, publisher, and stockholders don't care what X wrote in the review of the game in publication Y.
A game's success comes down to one thing, two words: units sold.
Not what numeral between one and ten it earned from someone who thinks they know everything about playing games. Money is what counts.
Granted, I haven't played the game and it may possibly be a piece of crap.
Do I plan on buying it? No.
Do I plan on renting it? Maybe.
So, yeah, the game's failure is primarily the marketing department's fault.
A game's success comes down to one thing, two words: units sold.
Not what numeral between one and ten it earned from someone who thinks they know everything about playing games. Money is what counts.
Granted, I haven't played the game and it may possibly be a piece of crap.
Do I plan on buying it? No.
Do I plan on renting it? Maybe.
So, yeah, the game's failure is primarily the marketing department's fault.
MP reminds me of Battlefield kinda, so I might like it. But the whole "It sucks because of a 5 hours campaign" is so stupid since all the CoD games are about that and I think the MP sucks, since everyone just runs around like it's Unreal tourny.Assassin Xaero said:
Kaos' future was in their own hands. They KNEW the game wasn't brilliant when it shipped. They hoped that THQ media peeps could sell it for more than it is, which failed.
Feel no sorrow for these peeps.
BTW: I havent bought Any newer COD because of the weak SP. 5 hours of gameplay? And I have to pay $50 for it? Bullshit.
Feel no sorrow for these peeps.
BTW: I havent bought Any newer COD because of the weak SP. 5 hours of gameplay? And I have to pay $50 for it? Bullshit.
The last 4 CoD games have been rather different from each other. 3, if you take out WaW.Baresark said:
Those actually are complained about.
You're...you're joking, right? I heard kvetching over Black Ops up until last month. Mostly people saying it was "generic" without actually specifying.
No, you are bitter, and it's either coloring your interpretation of the criticisms leveled against the CoD series, or you somehow managed to avoid them entirely.
How could they have done better? Any ideas?Bretty said:
It's marketing's job to do that for every game anyway.
Remember that analogy about water with no hydrogen I used upthread? That's CoD without the multiplayer. If you don't think it's worth it with both, sure. But don't strawman.
I don't think its a double standard. COD doesn't go around flaunting that it has an awesome storyline.. that it will rock your world. COD knows that its now mostly an online FPS these days and it plays to that angle only. It sells itself just no more then what it expects us to get out of it.Baresark said:
Homefront on the other hand.. over sold its worth. When it starting going on and on and on about its awesomely plausible futuristic storyline by the writer of Red Dawn was, unintentionally or not, they literally promised a worthy long campaign. What we got was 5-7 hours of "a brutal shock-value neo-con mental masturbatory snuff film"... er campaign.
So they [Kaos] starting talking shit like they could "hang" with the big boys.. so everybody shouldn't act shocked when they get scored as such for coming up short.
If it really is this subpar, that's a shame...the multiplayer videos I've seen are quite interesting and seem to have more dynamic gameplay than MW2.
relic is based in British Colombia, same place as EA Head quarters, so if relic loses thq, ea will snatch them up... or... the programmers will have to work for ea... or open a d&d & magic the gathering store (happened in my town)Soviet Heavy said:
but i see this as good news, same as medal of honor, in some weeks the used games section will have another game that is not worth 60 but is a golden addition to my collection at 20$
the multiplayer is suppose to be good + 32 players online
so all in all, good.
Is this really a surprise. Homefronts gameplay trailer revealed it to be yet another COD clone. Just like COD, it has a shit campaign. But it doesnt have CODs massive fan base, hence no sales.....