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Cliff 'CliffyB' Bleszinski Seemingly Retires from Game Development
- Thread starter Saty
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He gets called out by an apparent former employee for that not being true.
Hardly a surprise. Cliff and his team spend years making an awesome game, only for it to release to weekly updates and forum posts virtually cheering it's low player count, and videos like crowbcat's making fun of his personal life.
Dude has said some dumb shit, no doubt, but, the reaction to Lawbreakers was fucked up. I'd jump ship if the same happened to me.
Dude has said some dumb shit, no doubt, but, the reaction to Lawbreakers was fucked up. I'd jump ship if the same happened to me.
What's reasonable about wanting money back for a game you "supported", and complaining about "wasting" the money on the developer's incomes instead?
lol, people are entitled for expecting an online game to not die so soon after release?
Because the servers were taken down and the game is unplayable?
Like he did great at Epic. I wish he'd consider just going back to them or working at the Coalition
I don't think they're anything alike. If Cliff's last project and company wasnt a catastrophic failure he'd still be ignoring people like this guy and making games.
Do devs can make any trash game and fans should praise and paid for it?
He created a failure fans can't be blamed for that.
Buyer beware I guess?
Just because the game sold like shit doesn't mean the people who did buy it should get refunds.
Meanwhile in that tweet chain, just below someone said they only got help weeks in advance, not months. Nice lie cliffy.
Hes not fit to make games sadly. This entire thing feels like Phil Fish again except Phil hasent made anything else.
Hes not fit to make games sadly. This entire thing feels like Phil Fish again except Phil hasent made anything else.
damn son.
Imagine being the troll that forced Cliffy B into retirement
/shrug
Imagine being the troll that forced Cliffy B into retirement
/shrug
Make anotehr game Cliffy, just stay away from social media
It was brought in all wrong. It was a ftp game that then went to pay? What do you think would have happened if it started ftp? It probably wouldn't have been as bad. The game was a pr disaster and was not high profile enoigh to overcome it. By the time it did go ftp br was already a thing and they did not have time to course correct. Cliffy's attitude toward the core community wasn't a big deal before, but now in the age of Twitter's, YouTube's , and twitches the community influencers who were needed to get the game off the ground had already checked out.
Outside of Japan at least (Kojima, Miyamoto, Miyzaki, Sakurai, Nomura etc,)
I don't blame him at all. I'm sure what his tastes and interests are about video games are definitively not what are the big-time successes in the game industry now + the intensity of the business and pressures both internal, external; in all matters.
I'd love to see what his actual thoughts about something like Fortnite, and various trends across the industry, are.
I'd love to see what his actual thoughts about something like Fortnite, and various trends across the industry, are.
It has nothing to do with it selling like shit. The product they paid money for literally cannot be used any longer as the servers shut down.
Wanting the thing you bought to continue to be useable less than a year and a half out isn't being entitled.
Loved his energy. He was a part of some classics and it's a shame it ended the way it did. Have a good life Cliffy and I wish you success with whatever is next.
I bought a product... the servers goes down.
I'm 100% sure I will ask refund.
The game was shut down long before it should have and it's not the buyers fault they didn't deliver on their product.
I'm just heartbroken that Radical Heights' servers shut down so soon after the closure. That game was some of the most fun I've had this year. It deserved better than it got.
Honestly, It's not really his fault that Lawbreakers failed and it's absurd to think that he should refund everyone out of his own pocket just because nobody stuck around to play it. The game wasn't really awful by any means, some projects just don't find an audience or end up misjudging people appetite for that specific idea.
It's really sad to see an industry veteran like him leave, I hope he eventually comes back one day after taking some time out, or at least finds some success in some other area he's interested in.
It's really sad to see an industry veteran like him leave, I hope he eventually comes back one day after taking some time out, or at least finds some success in some other area he's interested in.
The dude gets a lot of hate but I can't help feel for him with this. His response was fair and just.
I hope one day he comes back fresh with new ideas and a bit of success.
I hope one day he comes back fresh with new ideas and a bit of success.
Depends how rich you are. If you're super flush and can afford wasting a ton of money chasing more... go for it. If his nestegg has dwindled, but still enough to live a good life... no sense jeopardizing that chasing a lottery ticket.
The odds of hitting in this market is incredibly slim.
Somebody had that recent thread about making your dream game if someone gave you 100 million dollars. I'd pocket as much of that cash as I could (salary for me and friends and family), cause even if you hired the best, odds are it would still be a bomb and tank. This market is brutal and only embraces the mega-hits.
Considering Cliffy claims he's paid for his closed studio's co-workers medical expenses and etc., you're saying then that was the wrong decision, and that money should have been prioritized to refund poor gamers? Where do you expect the money to come from?
Like, that's over the line. Not reasonable.