Eurogamer said:

ccording to Square-Enix, Tomb Raider had a disappointing launch. Tomb Raider sold 3.4 million copes in its first month. These two sentences don't belong in the same universe, never mind the same paragraph. In light of this and other complications that saw the company post a $138 million loss for the year, it's currently planning a review of itself. Much like Deus Ex: Human Revolution, presumably this will read "Good gameplay, really dumb bosses."

Unfortunately, the madness behind this thinking isn't unusual. Sales disappointments can be valid, like with EA's Syndicate reboot, but increasingly they're feeling like an attempt to avoid facing the inevitable - that games are simply too expensive to make for the number of copies they're likely to sell. It's why popular publishers and developers alike are perpetually on the edge of bankruptcy, why almost nobody not working out of their own spare room can afford to take real creative risks any more, and why the next-generation's even higher development costs should be a looming shadow of doom rather than a beacon of hope for all but a lucky few. Everyone wants to have the next GTA or Assassin's Creed 3 or Call of Duty, but the simple fact is that most can't. Their sales are outliers, not sane targets.

Far too many others though are staring up from the bottom of one of those holes E.T. kept falling in before the great video game crash of '83 and praying to the gods of PS4 and Xbox Whatever to fix everything.

Alpha Omega Sin blasting Square for blaming Eidos games on their misfortune.....this guy just speaks truth. I need to start a band with him:

edgecrusher said:

Alpha Omega Sin blasting Square for blaming Eidos games on their misfortune.....this guy just speaks truth. I need to start a band with him:

That dude has a podcast with a guy named Razor Fist. That is amazing.

Foolz said:

Spec Ops...when does it get good? Almost halfway through, and it's getting progressively worse (starting level was mediocre). Maybe it's just because I'm playing on suicide, which appears to refer to the literal actions of the AI? Well, it's not just that. That helicopter thing is genuinely one of the worst things I've played through. What. the. fuck. Also took the vaguely subversive music and turned it into self-parody as well. It's also a horrible (slight exaggeration) PC port.

Hmmm. Suicide eh? Probably not the best way to judge a game there old chap. Pip Pip!

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"Well, whether it's Fire Emblem or Advance Wars, we never want to put an end to any series we're involved with. We always want to make games that provide a lot of fun to gamers, so if we have the chance, we'd certainly like to make another [Advance Wars] title."

Pretty vague, but it would be natural to think that is what Intelligent Systems is working on.  As much as us type of people enjoy Advance Wars do they sell well?  Or is it a SMGalaxy type thing?

Well, only me and Leo have finished it I think. So that's a 50% response rate. Actually GME finished it too.

Keep playing and stop being such a negative nelly.

All I am saying is playing a game on the first go on a difficulty other than that which is suggested by the developer may cause you to find the game in a different light.

I see what you are saying though, if the game is that different on a higher level, maybe don;t expose that option until it has been beaten on the suggested level.

Even so, it's an odd complaint, it's like complaining that using a higher gear on a bicycle going up hills sucks (when there are other gears readily available).

(if you want to discuss it deeper go to the thread for it so we can find it again later).

That is bizarre. I found Ai to be consistent.  Not consistently great, but consistent throughout.

Also something positive: the part where you get separated from your squaddies for a moment was great. Not just because I was free of them () but also because the fight by myself was intense enough that their arrival was actually something of a relief. Was a nice change of pace. The contrast between the desert and the opulent interiors is cool, too.

GodModeEnabled said:

The gameplay is mediocre at best (and that's all it will ever be) but the experience of the game makes it worth the playthrough. Try to stick it through to the end, especially since you are halfway done.

and +1 for finishing it.

GG and Leo, how far are you in Luigi's Mansion 2?  I'm in the mining area....so good.  This game continues to amaze me with its cleverness.