Your selfishness will be the end of them.

It's sold over a million units, pleasing THQ, the publisher and beating (at least some) analysts' expectations of ~500k-650k.

 

Even if that wasn't the case, RF:G had pretty much the best possible conditions to sell as much as it was going to. If it hadn't sold, you'd have to look at faults with the game itself or the marketing.

 

 

Fair enough. I have no real knowledge of the game in any way.

 

 

And a delay could just as easily be the end of them too.

Edited September 1, 200916 yr by alanschu

The PC version(of Red Faction: Guerrilla) will come out September 15th.

 

EDIT: Obviously it's too late to delay it now.

Edited September 1, 200916 yr by Purkake

PC version of Alpha Protocol in September? Sweet. I'm getting it for PC then, but I won't promise not to crack the DRM if it's SecuROM or worse.

Edited September 1, 200916 yr by WILL THE ALMIGHTY

PC version is out a month before the console version?

PC version of Red Faction: Guerrilla, sorry for the confusion.

Oh.

 

Damn ye.

It's sold over a million units, pleasing THQ, the publisher and beating (at least some) analysts' expectations of ~500k-650k.

Probably ship to figures. Sell through is around 860k (540k 360, 320k PS3), if only a mid budget game that should be profitable.

Damn gaming websites making sensational titles. As long as THQ is "pleased" with the sales, it's probably a success.

Maybe Yahtzee will review it and like it. That would be incredible, and almost impossible.

I'm sure he'll rip it apart, he only really likes Portal, Silent Hill 2, Sands of Time, Dizzy and like 2 other blurry games

Maybe if AP has awesome characters enough, or has really good writing, it'll impress him.

 

Zero Punctuation is a powerful marketing tool.

I wouldn't count on Yahtzee to have good taste. Sometimes it occurs by chance, but as often as not it doesn't.

I wouldn't count on Yahtzee to have good taste. Sometimes it occurs by chance, but as often as not it doesn't.

 

ZP is not about having taste, it's about being funny while truthfully bringing out the bad parts in games.

And he does it well for third person action games, shooters, and other various stuff. But as far as RPG's go he's clueless.

I wouldn't count on Yahtzee to have good taste. Sometimes it occurs by chance, but as often as not it doesn't.

 

ZP is not about having taste, it's about being funny while truthfully bringing out the bad parts in games.

 

Exactly, which is why I wouldn't count on Yahtzee having taste.

Zero Punctuation is not really an accurate reflection of his tastes.

 

Also, not liking a particular genre doesn't mean you lack taste.

Notice I said "Yahtzee," not his actual name. Yahtzee is the persona he puts forth in ZP; I don't particularly care what he's like as a person.

I think that's just his general nickname.

 

ZP is just ZP.

Obs should delay it until June/July 2010.

Unless you have some huge IP, those months are pretty much dead.

Obs should delay it until June/July 2010.

Unless you have some huge IP, those months are pretty much dead.

 

Which is why even a relatively unknown game like Red Faction: Guerrilla managed to exceed expectations and keep people talking about it for a whole month.

And he does it well for third person action games, shooters, and other various stuff. But as far as RPG's go he's clueless.

 

He was spot on for Oblivion.

 

But then that's not really an RPG.

I think the think is, with comedy , it is much easier to be funny by tearing something apart and pointing out its flaws, than it is to be funny describing how good something it is.

 

So naturally ZP's are mostly going to be negative.

 

That being said, I personally find myself agreeing with many of Croshaws / Yahtzee's points.

 

I think AP looks great and I'm looking forward to the game more than anything coming up -- but even still, I think Ben Croshaw would have a field day with AP. Just due to the fact of the cliche-ridden spy-theme going on (which I also like, but ya, the spy thriller genre is built on cliches that are easy to spoof; Austin Powers anyone?)

They should have done an NOLF/Austin Powers-style spy RPG instead and made billions.

 

Now I'm sad

Well AP has Kill Bill like characters, it's good enough for me!

 

 

 

Oh snap, you made me miss NOLF2 and I don't own this game anymore Cate Archer is like one of the best video game heroines next to Lara Croft and Jill Valentine.

Edited September 2, 200916 yr by PoziomyPion