Comments on: Hocking: Amount of studios able to deliver CoD4-level linear shooters will “diminish rapidly”

By: rainer

rainer — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:52:14 +0000

Well its certainly going to be a toss up as to who gets squeezed out of the market Farcry2, Left4dead, Resistance 2, Gears of War 2. Not everyone can afford more than one of those & they are all launching pretty close to each other.

I’d wager the crowded release dates are why EA moved Dead Space forward.

By: scuz

scuz — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:38:38 +0000

because of the price of development rising rapidly due to the extremely competitive and overly expensive console market.

nothing else.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:53:55 +0000

Yeah yeah boys. Keep living the dream.
Tiger Walts got it right.

By: reask

reask — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:25:10 +0000

The first one done nothing for me.

I gave up halfway through.

The controls were terrible imo.

By: Tiger Walts

Tiger Walts — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:19:40 +0000

These forums still need seeding with information by the developers otherwise there would be nothing to talk about.

No PR at grass roots means no grass roots support.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:18:34 +0000

Just another FPS for me… and right now I’m meh on the whole genre.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:09:27 +0000

But the pre-GTA forumite activity was huge, even before the campaigns started.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:04:55 +0000

What’s that got to do with anything?

The PR indeed, but word of mouth and ‘word of mouse’ is what gets real sales going.

Although admittedly a huge Ad campaign will always do the trick. Ala Halo 3.

By: Tonka

Tonka — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:01:15 +0000

It sounds as if someone has overestimated forumites and underestimated the power of PR.

Take a quick glance at the tagbox to the right. PR generated those massive GTAIV tags.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:59:35 +0000

I think it’s going to get Resistanced/Gearsed to death.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:56:47 +0000

I think everyone has it on the outskirts of their radar.

Maybe becuase of the name, and the fact it’s a sequel. Maybe it’s overshadowed by other notable FPS/shooter releases, but it’s certainly the best looking and imaginative FPS/shooter this year.

I will commit to that.

And I am not just trying be less of a hard ass on games, this oen genuinely does it for me.

Hoping it’s a sleeper hit.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:53:13 +0000

I wasn’t really talking about media campaigns, more forumite froth. There’s plenty of talking about many of the forthcoming Christmas biggies, but I’m not seeing many people talking about this and it’s almost out. Which leads me to believe that most people don’t really care.

For example, the ‘official’ EG thread is pretty sparsely populated.

By: Tiger Walts

Tiger Walts — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:46:49 +0000

I think it’s genre-fatigue, Crysis wasn’t too long ago and we have Stalker : Clear Sky to occupy the sandbox FPS needs.

Expect a bit of a media push closer to the launch, there’s not point starting your campaign too soon as it could get forgotten about amongst the promotion of all those Winter releases

By: deanimate

deanimate — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:45:44 +0000

…errrr…far cry 2 and buzz are giving each other blow jobs me old son. maybe not as full on as fallout 3 where the recipient loses their reproductive organ but nonetheless i would say the hype is there.

want proof?
hoorays Far Cry 2 for the w1ns!!! :D ONE!1
admittedly that sounds sarcastic but its not meant to be.

By: Syrok

Syrok — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:45:02 +0000

Apart from the shooting and killing I really like Far Cry 2. Based from what I’ve seen in the trailers.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:40:52 +0000

Is there any kind of buzz around Far Cry 2? I’m not feeling anything from the forums. I smell… tank. And I don’t mean an armoured car.