zomgbbqftw
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I feel bad for Insomniac. I don't think Sony will take them back either.
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FUSE delayed [Up: Confirmed - Releasing April-June 2013]
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I wish this game never existed.
Sorry, IG. I love the Ratchet & Clank series, but this really looks so bland, generic and... boring? Such a change compared to R&C
I just want a worthy AciT sequel.
I completely agree.
I don't have anything against them being independent, but that their first multiplatform game is just a generic shooter like this is sad to see as a longtime Insomniac Games fan.
batman2million
Member
Agreed. First they complain that there aren't enough new IPs. A new IP comes out, "drep drep so generic drep drep"
IG has had a great track record of game, regardless of their sales.
Give them some credit.
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Deleted member 80556
Unconfirmed Member
Can you tell us if the game's been delayed? I am still interested in it.
Wait for an official press release. He won't say anything before that. He was probably commenting on all the "lol this game is going to suck anyway" joke posts in the thread anyway, not the acuracy of the thread title.
They've released 3 exclusive games for Sony since announcing they're going third party and Sony never owned them anyway. They still have a good relationship.
People want good new IPs, not shitty generic ones that are exactly the same as everything else out there in everything but name.
Pity two of them were crap
AgentChris
Member
Generic Dudebro Dual Pack: Fuse & Army of Two.
paradise_circus
Member
It seems that ig had some bad luck the past years. i hoipe they don't end like bizarre
Probably amazed so many Gaffers are lining up to shit all over Insomniac, despite their great track record, when they haven't done much wrong.
Which is a shame, but not unexpected, sadly.
ShockingAlberto
Member
It doesn't even stand out enough to get an official delay notice.
Danny Dudekisser
I paid good money for this Dynex!
So we're just not allowed to say a new IP looks generic, regardless of whether or not it looks generic?
What do you want from us?
Yeah, it's sad. I'm a fan and want them to stick around for a while.
velociraptor
Junior Member
I like Insomniac. I really do.
I will never forget the memories of completing Sypro 1, 2 and 3 (which was incredible).
Then we had the Ratchet and Clank series on the PS2. I owned all of them except the first, and I loved them to bits.
Resistance wasn't bad, though I don't think it would be wise to release R4. They should can the series.
FUSE however looks so disappointing. There is nothing which sets it apart from other shooters. I feel they made an awful decision by changing the art style.
But I fear for their future. I feel the industry has changed so much. No one buys games such as 'Fuse' anymore. It's either FIFA/Madden/Call Of Duty/Battlefield/Halo/Gears and that is pretty much it.
I will never forget the memories of completing Sypro 1, 2 and 3 (which was incredible).
Then we had the Ratchet and Clank series on the PS2. I owned all of them except the first, and I loved them to bits.
Resistance wasn't bad, though I don't think it would be wise to release R4. They should can the series.
FUSE however looks so disappointing. There is nothing which sets it apart from other shooters. I feel they made an awful decision by changing the art style.
But I fear for their future. I feel the industry has changed so much. No one buys games such as 'Fuse' anymore. It's either FIFA/Madden/Call Of Duty/Battlefield/Halo/Gears and that is pretty much it.
I think what people want from a new IP is really something other than a military shooter.
Not gonna post a snarky remark because this game bombing (whether that's in March or whenever its new release date is) will be bad news for Insomniac (and its staff), and that's a bad thing no matter what you think of the game.
To be positive about this: I hope that however long this game is delayed for, the extra time it's getting can go towards it looking less bland. I fear it's past that point now, but hey, one can dream.
To be positive about this: I hope that however long this game is delayed for, the extra time it's getting can go towards it looking less bland. I fear it's past that point now, but hey, one can dream.
dragonelite
Member
Only big thing they did was go generic and focus groups.
I would bet that if they kept the E3 trailer style and the gameplay they have now.
Everybody would be pissed off it got delayed because that style made the game not look like a run of the mill game.
Diablo Rosso
Member
Well they showed a game which had a cartoon-like style with camp humour. After a long absence, show the game again but take away both those aspects and leave what looks to be a generic shooter. They deserve all the shit they get. It is sad because Insomniac have made good games but like with Resistance 2, they listened to the wrong crowd.
BruiserBear
Banned
I've got to say, the wave of negativity about this game seems suspiciously strong to me.
Do I think FUSE looks great? No, not really.
But I also don't think it looks bad, so the overwhelming negativity just comes off as rather odd. Is this what happens when a developer that was once exclusive decides to go multiplatform?
Do I think FUSE looks great? No, not really.
But I also don't think it looks bad, so the overwhelming negativity just comes off as rather odd. Is this what happens when a developer that was once exclusive decides to go multiplatform?
Hero of Legend
Member
They delayed it to add the blue.
Not every new IP gets focus tested to death and comes out unrecognizable and lacking character from that to the point in which it just resembles every other boring shooter out there. They don't seem to be giving us any credit as people who liked their previous games when changing & marketing this and other recent games (hello Outernauts), so why should we?
It has nothing to do with our perception of their sales (no one wants a CoD out of them), but in fact is looks as if they are the ones desperate for some.
Herp derp.
ShockingAlberto
Member
I feel like, as a human being capable of rational and nuanced thought, I can hope for one thing and be disappointed by factors or quality of it.
I like ice cream! I do not like all ice cream. When I hope for ice cream, I hope for kinds of ice cream I like.
I enjoy time with friends. I would not enjoy time with friends where we are being mugged. This does not mean I do not enjoy any time with friends.
If you want to boil down "new IPs are good" so that literally any new IP, regardless of any other descriptor, must be accepted without question lest everyone be labeled a hypocrite, that's your prerogative. But keep that grade-school logic at the kid's table, okay?
No, it's what happens when a developer changes a game from "Wow that looks pretty good" to "ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz"
pharmboy044
Member
Don't take this thread too seriously.
NullPointer
Member
FUSE actually looks like it has co-op mechanics, unlike that other game. I've watched all the Army of Two trailers and the only co-op I saw was opening a friggin' door.
So you are saying that all the 70 or so negative posters are mega Sony fanboys ? Uh, yeah...
It's not that they hate on things, it's that their just jerks, plain and simple, lol. Gamers, by far, make up the worst communities. NeoGAF is among the "best" but you have to sift through pages of adolescent trash.
I played the game, it was really enjoyable, and the busiest game at EA's New Years Eve press event.
Edit: What's most interesting is that it is the exact same people time after time in these threads. You'd think if they weren't interested and hated it that much they'd just shut the hell up and go play something or post in a thread for a game they actually "cared" about. Nope.
Always-honest
Banned
I have to say that the latest media looked very nice. Seems like a great co-op game.
The artwork however..... Yeah, well, okay..
The artwork however..... Yeah, well, okay..
It may look more generic than thier R&C look, or look of the first teaser, but the gunplay looks to be very un-generic. Focus groups are always a part of big budget game development, focus groups are designed to get a wide spread thought on a target group. Gaf is a very small community really and not the target audience (though there is obviously overlap)
I love the original art style to, but thats never going to happen now and Gaf needs to get over that and focus on the fact that Insomniac actually tend to make really fun games and that Fuse will probably be great to play, and graphics or style aren't everything.
It will be interesting to see if people change there tune when they get to play it.
I don't think they deserve the shit they are getting, they have made mistakes sure but nothing has been a failure.
What crowd exactly do you think they were listening to for R2? It has its flaws, but I think that comes down to over ambious development, the co-op in that game was some of the best I've ever played, and the same guy behind it is working on Fuse. Given it's a co-op game I have high hopes for Fuse being a blast to play.
The reaction here is depressing. I mean, I for one haven't played it, but the previews look fun. The FUSE ability could be fun, and the fact that it is almost class-based with skills for each character and weapon upgrades. Plus the gibbing looked tasty.
Have most of us played a demo or beta or something?
Have most of us played a demo or beta or something?
Opus Angelorum
Member
Wasn't this rumoured to have slipped to April 30th?
GuitarAtomik
Member
Even if they did nothing else to it, this would be for the best. It would have been slaughtered in its original release month.
What's going on? When is it being pushed to?
ubersticky
Member
Bring back Overstrike
Bring back Spyro.
lazer_bean
Member
Guevara
Member
(Today, 10:20 PM)
i dont mind about FUSE, i dont plan on buying it.
it surprises that it gets delayed so near its original release date (if it was march)
It's what happens when a developer compromises their vision for a game and turns it into a generic looking shooter.
No, it's the perfect storm. End of a generation, people (here at least) sick and tired of military shooters and a beloved studio perceived as selling its soul (even if that's not true) to chase the same market so many others failed to capture. The "selling their soul" part is a reference to the sudden visual change.
A Sentient Keyboard
Member
I agree that everybody is just a little too keen to shit on FUSE.
Cerebral Assassin
Member
Destiny threads don't look like this, perhaps it has more to do with the game(or its marketing).
