Smith says his openness about the problems is due to "personal accountability." It's pretty obvious that publisher Midway just wanted the game out and maybe get some daft holiday shopper purchases, rather than hold off and do the title justice with a Spring '08 release -- like many publishers opted for this year. Remember Midway, don't ruin your name (more) by just pushing cow pies out the door -- go ask Atari how that ends.
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With games mediocre and generic games like this or like Cruis'n, they don't deserve to make a profit.
I guess they are putting all the eggs in the basket by publishing UT3.
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Regarding UT3.. I dont think is going to safe anyone. It might be big on the PC but I dont think is going to do that well on console. ITs no Halo....
UT3 for ps3 being developed to come out so close to the pc release will help it while the past UT's didnt have that luxury. I believe it will be a better MP game than Halo in all respects but at the same time its tough to compare any game to that juggernaut. Reviewers have said Halo adds nothing to the table yet still reviews it in the 9's. At the same time they been saying that with ut3 on the PC and its been scoring less.
The Ps3 needs to advertise this game big time, with reference to gears of war as to get the fence sitters that arent aware of the series while it was on the PC.
Considering taht it works on Unreal Engine 3 and even much much more polished Stranglehold on PS3 has problems with fluid animation? (vide ps3fanboy review)
I just wish some of these devs (like Epic) would wake up and realize that their PC fans are still the ones who buy and play these games the most.
You may be right about UT3 not taking off, but Unreal Championship and Unreal Tournmanet are completely different. Championship was 3rd person and had a strong focus on melee weapons. It played nothing like the UT series. I'm not sure Championship makes a good measuring stick for how UT3 will perform.
Unreal Championship was NOT (NOT NOT NOT) a third person shooter. It was, indeed, an FPS, and is exclusive to the Xbox.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/2944.html
Unreal Championship 2: The Liandri Conflict was also a first person shooter, but with the *OPTION* to go third person in a melee mode, complete with sword/lancer/staff/etc, and finishing combos.
The first played EXACTLY like UT, and the second one was the same deal, only with better graphics and this special mode, which I believe required "adrenaline" which drained as you used this feature.
Nice line.
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Better than a lot of the players in this game, thats for sure.
Because of this, when this game is 20-30 dollars in the bargain bin, I might pick it up now.
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As for the comments about Cruis'n, Fernando... yeah, yeah. Midway isn't one entity. It's several studios all producing different output. It is sadly more viable for Midway to release Cruis'n than to can it. After all - they're a business. Businesses make money. You are lucky enough to have free will to buy games which you think will keep you entertained. Worried about Cruis'n? Don't buy it. Simple.
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