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[Gaiff]

This game has flop written all over it. They probably want to just ship it to recover whatever budget they spent but this game will be a disaster almost without a doubt. What's funny is that we all know it's doomed to fail and I can't recall the last time a AAA game was such a guaranteed failure. Well, there was Redfall but it's more AA I believe.

Still, I don't think anyone, including Rocksteady, has any faith in this game. It's so blatant that it will fall flat on its face both critically and commercially.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

Final Fantasy 16

 

[dottme]

Anthem. It feels exactly the same.

 

[MiguelItUp]

Anthem. It feels exactly the same.

Yeah definitely feels like an Anthem situation to me. I think a runner-up title would maybe be Avengers? Or Gotham Knights?

 

[Games of Today]

It makes no sense to me why any company would make any DC IP into a game other than Batman when ever single DC movie flops harder then the one before it.

 

[LordCBH]

Redfall
Anthem

 

[Represent.]

GTA6

 

[Dazraell]

Avengers, Anthem and Redfall comes to mind

 

[M.W.]

Starfield

 

[Bkdk]

At some point they just have to cut their losses. Sometimes publishers might choose to cancel projects like these outright as they think the reputation damage is not worth it, but since their publisher is mainly in movie biz, they don't mind the hit in reputation and would rather make a few bucks from it, makes sense for them.

 

[Chuck Berry]

10 years down the fuckin drain

brb reinstalling Arkham Knight

 

[Holammer]

Other games sent out to die at least had a veneer of potential, to push a few copies before the audience got wise.

 

[Thick Thighs Save Lives]

GTA6

Final Fantasy 16

 

[Hemingwayoffbase]

Suicide Squad… sent out to die.

 

[TheUsual]

Suicide Squad… sent out to die.

The meta we've all been waiting for.

 

[havoc00]

Anthem
Titanfall 2
Skull and Bones
Avengers

 

[Roufianos]

Sending it out to die when they delayed it a year to improve it?

I mean, it looks dog shit, but I don't think that term applies.

 

[YuLY]

There are actually alot of AAA games that flop but theres a quietness about them. As I understand it, both Alan Wake 2 and Avatar: Frontiers of Far Cry were flops.

I expect Hellblade 2 to be the next flop.

I will never understand who thought this Suicide Squad idea was good, like not even talking about just games....we had 2 movies...1 flopped, then they tried again with a semi-reboot, like...why...

 

[adamsapple]

GTA6

Cocaine is a hell of a drug.

 

[Stare-Bear]

Redfall, Crackdown 3, Guardians of the Galaxy (which is actually a fun game)

 

[BennyBlanco]

 

[Crew511A]

I guess the first year of Halo MCC. They had to have known that wasn't going to fly.

 

[Stuart360]

I dont really see how Anthem was sent out to die. It had a ton of hype and promotion, a Niel Blomkamp (sp?) directed extended live action launch trailer, and the game supposedly sold 2mil copies in its first week.

 

[IDKFA]

Anthem
Titanfall 2
Skull and Bones
Avengers

Titanfall 2 is a little different to the others on that list. Nobody thought I'd be shite. In fact, it's probably one of the best single player FPS campaigns ever made (although too short) and the multiplayer was sublime.

It was however, set up to fail as it was released in-between COD and a new Battlefield game and for that reason didn't hit sales expectations. If they had held off until early 2017 it would have been a success.

 

[havoc00]

Titanfall 2 is a little different to the others on that list. Nobody thought I'd be shite. In fact, it's probably one of the best single player FPS campaigns ever made (although too short) and the multiplayer was sublime.

It was however, set up to fail as it was released in-between COD and a new Battlefield game and for that reason didn't hit sales expectations. If they had held off until early 2017 it would have been a success.

yea the release date was a death sentence.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

 

[Last Hearth]

I don't know why they keep trying to make suicide squad a thing. Both movie flopped, now this game is going to flop. Maybe figure out that Suicide Square is not an ip with any widespread appeal?

 

[IDKFA]

I don't know why they keep trying to make suicide squad a thing. Both movie flopped, now this game is going to flop. Maybe figure out that Suicide Square is not an ip with any widespread appeal?

When they started this the Suicide Squad were popular. Now now they're not, but it's been in development for so long that they're stuck with them.

Personally, I've never been a fan of the Squad. A man with a boomerang and a mad woman with a baseball bat take on Superman, the Flash and Wonder Woman? I know this is a fantasy with superheroes, but that's just a nonsense scenario to me. There is only so far I can suspend my disbelief.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I don't know why they keep trying to make suicide squad a thing. Both movie flopped, now this game is going to flop. Maybe figure out that Suicide Square is not an ip with any widespread appeal?

As far as I can tell if it doesn't say "Batman" or "Superman" nobody's all that interested in DC stuff.

 

[Wildebeest]

It isn't really AAA if it doesn't have a huge marketing push.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

Personally, I've never been a fan of the Squad. A man with a boomerang and a mad woman with a baseball bat take on Superman, the Flash and Wonder Woman? I know this is a fantasy with superheroes, but that's just a nonsense scenario to me. There is only so far I can suspend my disbelief.

A flying man with lazers for eyes: fine.

Someone attacking someone with a baseball bat? Come on, get real.

 

[Last Hearth]

When they started this the Suicide Squad were popular. Now now they're not, but it's been in development for so long that they're stuck with them.

Personally, I've never been a fan of the Squad. A man with a boomerang and a mad woman with a baseball bat take on Superman, the Flash and Wonder Woman? I know this is a fantasy with superheroes, but that's just a nonsense scenario to me. There is only so far I can suspend my disbelief.

They were never *that* popular, they were popular with a vocal niche.
And nobody actually wants to be the suicide squad, not in the way they want to be Superman or Batman. So even those interested in them were just interested in a intriguing side show kind of way. Very few wanted them to be protagonists in the movie or play as them in a game.

 

[touchfuzzy]

A flying man with lazers for eyes: fine.

Someone attacking someone with a baseball bat? Come on, get real.

I think he's saying someone with a baseball bat attacking a flying man with lasers for eyes, and being successful, is the dumb unbelievable part.

 

[Dacvak]

The thing that irritates me the most about Suicide Squad is that the executives who made the decision to produce this game will be just fine, while the actual game devs are gonna suffer huge layoffs. What a bummer.

 

[Stuart360]

I don't know why they keep trying to make suicide squad a thing. Both movie flopped, now this game is going to flop. Maybe figure out that Suicide Square is not an ip with any widespread appeal?

Actually the first movie was a massive hit surprisingly, which is the reason they want to make it a thing i'd guess.

 

[Mossybrew]

I dont really see how Anthem was sent out to die. It had a ton of hype and promotion, a Niel Blomkamp (sp?) directed extended live action launch trailer, and the game supposedly sold 2mil copies in its first week.

Yeah I don't think anyone was anticipating what a flop it would be, it wasn't until a couple weeks in that the backlash started in full force when everyone playing realized "uh, this is it?"

 

[xrnzaaas]

Skull and Bones will be the same big disaster. People literally wanted another Black Flag with more focus on being a pirate and less on being an assassin, not a multiplayer game with many missing or half-assed mechanics.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I think he's saying someone with a baseball bat attacking a flying man with lasers for eyes, and being successful, is the dumb unbelievable part.

The big winky smily I put on there was to express that I understood what he was saying, but thought there was an element of humour to it when you stood back and thought about it, but thank you for trying to explain it to me.

 

[FullMetalx117]

Weirdly, I'm getting Arkham Asylum vibes...which btw didn't have the best early impressions either. But then it went on to become the greatest superhero game ever made.

 

[dottme]

I start seeing some of the videos. This game is already dead. It looks so bad.

Edit. Also let me correct myself. Anthem looks great compare to this.

 

[OneBigPuss]

Weirdly, I'm getting Arkham Asylum vibes...which btw didn't have the best early impressions either. But then it went on to become the greatest superhero game ever made.

Arkham Asylum? What are you smoking? It was a surprise hit and every preview was hyping it up and everyone was waiting for the game. It's the opposite of the SSKTJL situation.

 

[FullMetalx117]

Arkham Asylum? What are you smoking? It was a surprise hit and every preview was hyping it up and everyone was waiting for the game. It's the opposite of the SSKTJL situation.

That's what I'm saying it was a surprise hit. Initially it did not look too exciting, kind of bland. But you're right, everything leading up to release, such as demo, showed we were in for something great. That is indeed dissimilar from this game.

 

[nowhat]

Titanfall 2

It at least tried, even if it wasn't successful? Quite enjoyed the campaign, and I'm not into FPS's in general.

 

[Windom Earle]

Rocksteady story is a tragedy. From nobody to top tier back to nobody.

 

[IDKFA]

A flying man with lazers for eyes: fine.

Someone attacking someone with a baseball bat? Come on, get real.

I get it's a fantasy setting. Superman can fly, bench press the weight of the earth, has heat vision etc. He's practically a God. I'm cool with that in a fantasy setting.

However, should I then just accept that a skinny, insane women with a baseball bat is match for Superman, Flash, Wonder Woman etc?

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I get it's a fantasy setting. Superman can fly, bench press the weight of the earth, has heat vision etc. He's practically a God. I'm cool with that in a fantasy setting.

However, should I then just accept that a skinny, insane women with a baseball bat is match for Superman, Flash, Wonder Woman etc?

Sorry, I had intended the big winking smiley to express that I understood your point, but that I thought there was a bit of humour in standing back and thinking about which "rules" you're prepared to break from one setting to another. You're the second person to not realise what I was doing though, so perhaps I need to take a long hard look at my use of emojis.

 

[Salty Popsicle]

Knack 2

 

[Nydius]

I feel like people will be asking this question about Skull & Bones here very soon as well.

 

[The Cockatrice]

10 years down the fuckin drain

brb reinstalling Arkham Knight

Ill prolly replay the trilogy as well. Theres some good texture mods on Nexus.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Ill prolly replay the trilogy as well. Theres some good texture mods on Nexus.

All versions just got the Pattinson suit added. Such blue balls fuckery. Where’s my performance upgrade.