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07-12-2011, 04:39 AM
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The Old Man
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Another franchise ruined by Ubisoft
What a disaster for the BIA series, why not give this new title a new identity/branding all together, see what I'm blabbing about here
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07-12-2011, 04:43 AM
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Boobmeister
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It looks like fun, but I do agree, should've been a new title instead of a BiA game.
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07-12-2011, 08:51 AM
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Ocean Warrior
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You're kidding me right?
No really where is the punchline?... How can you go from this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa6E2414sYY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcxec6nE6s0 To that? What the hell is wrong with Ubisoft and fudging up classic titles.... 
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07-12-2011, 08:59 AM
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Seasoned Skipper
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Ridiculous...
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07-12-2011, 09:16 AM
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Midshipman
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Looks like someone has been watching too much Inglourious Basterds...
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07-12-2011, 09:17 AM
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Boobmeister
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07-13-2011, 12:54 AM
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Frogman
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Wow. WTF. Never really played the BIA games but what the F...
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07-14-2011, 10:38 PM
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Frogman
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Location: Muncie, IN
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Don't get me wrong. The occasional "dumb" game is fun. Saints Row 2, Just Cause 2, (arguably) the Battlefield series are all "Dumb" games that I seriously enjoy. But to do this to a franchise grounded in tactical control, deep storytelling, and marginally historical narrative just feels wrong.
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07-15-2011, 12:42 AM
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Zipperhead
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I agree I did mean to say that "mass market" games are bad some of my favorites like Fallout 3/New Vegas fall into that category.It is just a shame that the gaming companies are so interested in making a buck that rush games though development like they often do that really hurts more complex games that tend to require more thinking as you play.I read some place(Steam forums maybe) this person was saying how the current gaming industry is somewhat in a similar situation as just before the big video game crash of the early 80's.They shelling out so many games and cutting so many corners the same thing might happen again.
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07-15-2011, 06:38 AM
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SUBSIM Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese.
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With digital distribution nowadays, I don't think it will crash like it did then. What I do see happening at some point is more and more people abandoning the current big companies as new ones become more succesfull.
What you see nowadays, and has been growing for years on PC, is a shift to indie games. Minecraft is a good example, selling well over a million copies before even making it out of alpha and without any marketing marketing campaign backing it. It really illustrates how the "PC gaming isn't profitable" argument is a load of BS. People play games because they are fun. Companies make games because they make money. It's just not compatible; just imagine how much cheaper or how much more content a CoD game could be/have if they didn't sink hundreds of millions into advertising. Imho there's just something inherently wrong when you spend more money on marketing than actually developing a game.
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07-15-2011, 06:53 AM
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Bilge Rat
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@arclight u got the point.
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