Comments on: Gearbox lays-off in Hell’s Highway’s wake, Pitchford admits “internal strategy” shift

By: OrphanageExplosion

OrphanageExplosion — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 10:38:00 +0000

I just found it to be boring and tedious.

By: Alpha Male Stu

Alpha Male Stu — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:13:44 +0000

Because WW2 fatigue has obviously held COD5 back so much!

By: morriss

morriss — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:55:12 +0000

Rainer’s pretty much bang on.

By: rainer

rainer — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:44:04 +0000

A couple of things buried it;
1) WW2 fatigue/backlash
2) It’s a strategic shooter not a straight FPS
3) Got decent reviews but little marketing push/hype which allowed 1) to fester.

So the game was quickly forgotten about, its a shame for Gearbox as this sort of thing can kill independent devs, fingers crossed Aliens: Colonial Marines and Borderlands come through otherwise their goose is cooked.

By: sickpuppysoftware

sickpuppysoftware — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:41:51 +0000

Sadly I think that was the problem. A lot of people thought “that looks ok” rather than “OMG WTF teh reel next gen!!!!!!11!!1!”

By: morriss

morriss — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:23:39 +0000

I thought the game was ‘ok’ for what it was, not exactly my thing, but it wasn’t too bad.