Calax Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 The issue THQ has is that their past few iterations of some of their better franchises have SUCKED. Red Faction Armageddon for example failed, as did homefront (rather spectacularly) Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Armageddon was good. Edit: THQ refutes the rumor. http://kotaku.com/5876348/thq-says-it-has-...its-2014-lineup "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orogun01 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 The issue THQ has is that their past few iterations of some of their better franchises have SUCKED. Red Faction Armageddon for example failed, as did homefront (rather spectacularly) But they came back off it with Saints Row:The Third which has done more than well. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 SR3 didn't do well enough though. U-draw is the catalyst for their current problem but their primary problem is that while every other large publisher has one or more cash cow WOW/ COD/ BF/ Sims/ GTA/ AssCreed/ Madden that will reliably supply them with periodic Large Wodges of Dosh THQ's successes aren't large enough to recover from problems or build up margin for error. 2k and Ubisoft would be in the same boat (even more really, neither of them are in great shape as it is) if they didn't have GTA or AssCreed. Some of THQ's ideas have been a bit... harebrained too. They planned a Red Faction TV show, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 THQ's BIGGEST stuff has been Saints Row for money. But having that solitary bet of guaranteed income compared to the piles of drivel that they release or bet badly on is probably putting a dent in their bottom line. Look at their STEAM catalogue. It's Saints Row, Relic (Warhammer/Company of Heroes) and a few of the niche war-sim games. Metro and Homefront are there, sure, but Metro was never expected to be big, and Homefront was a rather dedicated failure. All in all, they develop either schlock (been digging through their various online databases... a LOT of movie tie ins), or rather niche games. The broadest appeal game has to be Saint's Row, and that's so over the top that you might no be able to get a parent to buy it in favor of GTA IV. I can see them having to restructure, and maybe being bought out... but I'm not sure. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Neither Sony nor Microsoft have plans to announce Next-Gen consoles at E3 2012. Makes sense, at least for Sony. They have yet to recoup their losses for their expensive toay. MS on the other hand just had the tape out of their processor in December 2011, meaning the hardware is pretty much finalised in 2012. Then somewhere in 2013, they're gonna Blitz-announce the Xbox Next (with Sony having her pants down) and release the console a couple months later in conjunction with a Blitz-marketing campaign, and having some big launch games ready at that time. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bos_hybrid Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I hope Volition and Relic get bought. If the rumors are true. I still want Freespace and Homeworld 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 I still want Freespace and Homeworld 3. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Giantbomb's Review/Criticism article part 2 Also included, a youtube video of Adam Sessler's rant against Metacritic from GDC 09. Never heard of it before. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 What's wrong with scoring in percentage? Either way, the music of XCOM. Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 What's wrong with scoring in percentage? Because nobody knows what the heck it means. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 ? 100% = 10/10. At least the percentage gives a more subtle range. What's so difficult about that to grasp? Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 ? 100% = 10/10. At least the percentage gives a more subtle range. What's so difficult about that to grasp? Because the distinctions in the subtle range are too subtle for anyone to actually understand. What does the difference between a 72 score and 73 score actually mean? Yes, one is better, but how was that slight distinction actually achieved and recognized? "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entrerix Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 (edited) maybe by comparing it to other games that scored a 72 and 73 in the past? i agree that it would have lots of minor inconsistencies. i think the best scale is 1-10, in .25 increments. lots of games imo deserve 6.75-9.25, but very few deserve a 9.5 or higher edit: obviously this scale still ends up with a 7.5 being "average" (like grades in school), which makes one question why bother including a 1-5, maybe you don't and just say FAIL if a game scores below a 6? Edited January 16, 2012 by entrerix Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurlshort Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 The problem here is you are dealing with a completely subjective scale. When I give a student 73% on a test, it is very clear where they lost points. Even on something like an essay, we have rubrics that make it very clear where points were lost. Games just don't have that. Maybe it would be possible to create a standardized rubric for the media and games. You would need a different one for each genre, and reviewers would need to be trained in how to recognize all the criteria. I guess it could work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoraptor Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 Some do try and do metriced reviews, scores out of ten for a range of different categories like sound graphics etc. It doesn't really work all that well though, not least because the problems with game reviews goes a lot deeper than just the scoring system, extending to short deadlines, being beholden almost entirely to the people you are reviewing and, frankly, a lot of reviewers being simply dreadful at reviewing. It's also fundamentally subjective in everything except narrow technical aspects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmp10 Posted January 16, 2012 Share Posted January 16, 2012 All game reviewers should in theory rate at least graphics objectively. In practice they just decide on the overall score and then write made-up nonsense in all the categories that were supposed to be the 'objective' basis for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
entrerix Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 if i remember right from back in the day: gamepro magazine didn't give an overall score, they gave just the scores for graphics, sound, gameplay, and "fun factor" their competition on the other hand, EGM, just gave a single score, but they had a score from not just ONE reviewer, but 3-4 PER game. of course, that was back when games were much shorter usually (snes, genesis etc) and came out far less often Killing is kind of like playin' a basketball game. I am there. and the other player is there. and it's just the two of us. and I put the other player's body in my van. and I am the winner. - Nice Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkreku Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'm just happy Stalker 2 is still being developed. You can keep your other crappy news!! Swedes, go to: Spel2, for the latest game reviews in swedish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sorophx Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 they're looking for investors now, it's probably not actually being developed Walsingham said: I was struggling to understand ths until I noticed you are from Finland. And having been educated solely by mkreku in this respect I am convinced that Finland essentially IS the wh40k universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Protoss confirmed to be in XCOM: EU "My Life for Aiur!" Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgoth Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Rockstar's Table Tennis 2 for Next-Gen consoles confirmed Rain makes everything better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tale Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 From October 2011 http://www.g4tv.com/videos/55954/sesslers-...-i-hate-numbers I know there's been a small amount of discussion on rating system as a result of the linked Giantbomb articles. It seems Adam Sessler really really hates numbers. "Everytime I have to come up with one of those numbers, just imagine a little piece of me dying." I give the rant 4.7 stars. "Show me a man who "plays fair" and I'll show you a very talented cheater." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calax Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 When I watched the show, his personal editorials for that and the series were actually the most honest part of that network I'd seen. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Protoss confirmed to be in XCOM: EU "My Life for Aiur!" That poor alien. Can you imagine a cross body block with those blades? "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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