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[WCCFTech] Saber Interactive Approached Sony About Making the Multiplayer Component of Days Gone
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Good. Not every game needs multiplayer and I think it will be better for it not to include it. Plus if it didn't turn out well I'm sure Sony didn't want a poor MP dragging the image of the game down if the single player turns out good.
So basically:
"Do you need help making the multiplayer?"
"No. Hell no. Hell no biatch."
I think the other way around. It won't do bad critically (I think ~80 meta sounds right), but the sales should be quite surprising for some. There have been very few AAA zombie games this gen. Days Gone has that market for the taking.
Ah man, fkn Sony. Why are they so damn shook of touching multiplayer.
The worst thing is they've even shown they have the capability to make really excellent multiplayer experiences in some of their other franchises.
The worst thing is they've even shown they have the capability to make really excellent multiplayer experiences in some of their other franchises.
I say that's for the better.
If you are counting the Vita games which includes Killzone Mercenary then no. If not then hell no because Resistance 3 is one of the best FPS along with from last generation hands down.
... I kinda liked Inversion. The plot in that one certainly went places. I'd actually want a sequel.
Saber makes games that are the definition of mediocrity, so hiring them would be wasted money. Unless you were really hoping for a mediocre MP part to go with the mediocre SP.
Good. How can you ask for work on something that doesn't exist? Seems desperate, but maybe these pitches happen all the time and we just don't know about them.
How would this even work? Would they be using the assets and work already created for the main game by Bend? I can't see them just making some Frankenstein's Monster between the two very different games and having it work at all. Not to mention I can't imagine Bend would be cool with outside developers just inserting themselves after the fact and right out of the blue.
Saber Interactive made Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn, which has been described by critics as "homophobic, sexist and racist".
Stay the fuck away.
Stay the fuck away.
True story.
Even though I hate the look of the main protagonist, I'm all in because this is a story heavy AAA zombie game.
I see it slotting in the mid 70s and being a flop sales wise. Nobody seems to care about the game, and even Sony seems to be cooling on it.
I've seen this sentiment SOOO many times lately. Ratchet Reboot, Horizon, God of War, Spider-Man. Eventually someone has to be right, they can't all beat records.
You are arguing in bad faith. There is an order of magnitude difference in the marketing pushes for those games(minus Ratchet which was sent to die) vs Days Gone. I don't see how anyone could argue otherwise.
Saber's work on the Halo series is respected. They were also the studio behind Halo Online. Plus their new game, World War Z, shows great promise.
Ewwwww.
I remember the last time something like that happened, we got Tomb Raider 2013 and a really bad MP experience done by another studio that was completely disjointed from the main campaign and it really added nothing. I could see that have being the same for Saber Interactive x Days Gone. Either it's there and it's good or it's not there at all. I'll take the latter.
I remember the last time something like that happened, we got Tomb Raider 2013 and a really bad MP experience done by another studio that was completely disjointed from the main campaign and it really added nothing. I could see that have being the same for Saber Interactive x Days Gone. Either it's there and it's good or it's not there at all. I'll take the latter.
The marketing will ramp up as it gets closer to launch.
And nah, Days Gone will hit at a more "casual" market that likes these type of zombie games.
Edit - Ratchet and Clank was Insomniac's most successful game before Spider-Man released btw.
I think it may land in the 70s, but just taking a quick glance at the game's metrics tells me it's going to sell very well.
The publisher whose bread and butter has been single players games this gen.
By "metrics" do you mean numbers that you've pulled from your hind quarters?
If I recall correctly, there wasn't much marketing around Horizon Zero Dawn at around this time in the year before it released, and people were actually being really negative and skeptical about the depth and overall quality of the game, main character, story etc. Days Gone isn't out until April (2 additional months than HZD). So you're right, and Sony has plenty of time to build up its marketing just like they did with HZD.
Someone who made the right call.
Yeah the MCC sure is remembered fondly, World War Z might "show great promise" but I choose to judge them for what they have released not just screenshots of yet released games.