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Is this the fastest video game death of all time? Not even Lawbreakers died this fast.

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[–] [email protected] 87 points 1 week ago (15 children)

When God of War was popular, they wanted a God of War of their own.

When Call of Duty was popular, they wanted a Call of Duty of their own.

When Overwatch was popular, they wanted a Overwatch of their own.

When Fortnite was popular, everyone wants their own Fortnite.

Rinse and repeat.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

It’s not like any game is completely original anyways. They all take inspiration from games that come before, some more than others.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

While that is true, the issue is that they are trend chasing for a quick cash grab and put in next to no effort to make the game good or listen to consumers saying that this isn't what we want.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I mean aren’t those just issues that any business venture has to deal with? I don’t think the game type matters per se. It’s more a problem of poor business decision making. I don’t think there’s anything fundamentally wrong with chasing trends and they certainly had the right budget. $100m+ is hardly chump change but taking 8 years really put them quite behind.

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