Hitman: Contracts could gave a sharp feeling of gaming
industry decay if you played in PC-exclusive Hitman: Codename 47. It was
needful to learn a way in Lee Hong’s basement for making all tasks in the first
game about bald hired killer. In Contracts, in this redesigned level underground
placements had a straight way. IO Interactive couldn’t allow to use huge
locations and didn’t tangle players. Offensive was a fusion of two Rotterdam
missions in little one. I couldn’t complete a second level in Hitman: Codename
47 for half-year, because it was in hard to kill all sailors and more harder
find and defuse a plutonium bomb in a large ship. Hitman: Contracts never had
these and any hurdles in playthrough. Looking today, my critics is meaningless
in a view of nowadays degradation and then were a lot of interesting games from
a broad quantity of studios and companies with having of art. Now, bunch of big
corporations where developers without individuality are benchmarking working
ideas. Almost all professional and capable to make a high-class game independent
studios are sharing same values. I particularly controversial on EA’s program
EA Originals and Take-Two Interactive’s Private Division – a giving possibility
for independent studios without ten millions by large evil companies. If budget
of EA Originals doesn’t create a huge risk due a little scale, games of Private
Division follows to modern lifebar standards as The Outer Worlds and
Disintegration or in cases of Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey and Kerbal Space
Program series yet are once again explain that games haven’t unbelievable cost.
In last years, a lot of news about stepping down of meaningful man from large
company after long years of working. If leaving of Patrick Soderlund from EA in
2018 connected with falling stance of Redwood corporation, other cases usually
due art pressure. The year 2019 had a high quantity of news about developers,
which every pf them with a polite reason left a big company. Meaningful were in
Bethesda as one of them was Tim Willits, who from ID Software (worked from 1995.)
relocated in Saber Interactive and in ActivisionBlizzard two founders of
Blizzard Entertainment (studio appeared in 1991.) Michael Morhaime and Frank
Pearce didn’t even stayed in advisory roles and absolutely gone from the own
company. From myself, these studios didn’t develop good after nineties. However,
if in modern industry find a game from art, a creator not to so might in nowadays
reality for me. I can’t compare 2018 with any year. It was the worst ever in
industry. I didn’t find a game, which at least could give a reason for like,
but destructive was in there, it became a year when lifebar games established.
Easy and profitable with opportunity of constant Internet connection even in
the poorest countries of the world for developers to earn on doing a long
standing in a game RPG elements and didn’t make damage system. Shot to the head
and pushed a shell from a rocket launcher only reduces enemy’s line. 2017 was
an inception for stance. In 2018 it became a model for single-player and
multiplayer games. Was the year 2000 when was released Soldier of Fortune – a
game is associating with multiple damage system. Somewhere performance doesn’t
compares with reality and has some trash, but it was astonishingly success for
computer games. Modern industry continues to move backward is returning to
arcade games of 80s with these lifebars. Some video game series transferred
there as Wolfenstein, Gears of War, Need for Speed and everything from Ubisoft
(Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, Watch Dogs, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon and
long-awaiting Beyond Good & Evil 2.). Lifebar changes are giving profit in
sales, earning records in series and awards are choosing them for nominating
and winning. It prolongs a phenomenon. I suspect The Witcher 3 made a significant
achievement for this.
Meaningful studio buying had a one in the Europe.
Warhorse Studios was acquired for 42,8 million euros by Deep Silver. Lucky launched
franchise Kingdom Come: Deliverance disappointed me in the first game. I have a
hope that in nearest years willn’t devotion only to this and I’ll see new
projects from the creator of Mafia, because joining (which was voluntary.) to
huge European publisher can give this possibility. I’m not in good opinion to budget
finance politics of Deep Silver and THQ Nordic (as whole company they renamed
in Embracer Group in September.) and how they defamed names of great games by
that, but company is going bigger and in this year Deep Silver opened office in
Poland, which aims on spread of games on the Eastern Europe, and THQ Nordic did
it in Japan for extension in this country. Maybe, extension (Embracer Group repeated
impression in massive purchases.) will give more refined games, but I’m not so
optimistic.
I was writing more than once on want more European
studios and I’m glad that is realizing. Among of them I have interest. Swedish
company Toadman Interactive, which acquired some small developers in 2019:
Antimatter Games, Petrol Advertising (for 18 million dollars.), Tangentix Ltd
(for 64,5 thousand dollars.) and Sold Out (for almost 20,7 million dollars.). I
hope that Toadman Interactive (who is controlling development of anticipating
IGI: Origins – that’s why is so important.) willn’t create a disgust name for
themselves. Extending French Anuman Interactive opened office in Japan for
regional distribution and partnership with local developers (I don’t like the
last thing.). In the name of the business, the company rebranded itself in the
call of their division Microids. Raphael Colantonio left him founded Arkane
Studios in 2017 when it then became one of Bethesda’s divisions. Since then he
and another Arkane’s veteran Julien Roby opened Wolfeye Studios and announced
Weird West on passive the Game Awards. Will it lifebar game or not, but a company
reminds Westwood Studios, which staff after closure by Electronic Arts opened
Petroglyph Games and gone from interests. Just a suggestion.
I was awaiting in news about definitive financial
demise of Telltale Games, but American holding company LCG Entertainment bought
all juridical staff and restored studio to where returned some key developers.
From stance of businessman I wouldn’t buy a computer game company and proceed
their politics, which brought to collapse. It is going to do a new owner. For
saving changes are needful, but I still keep to wish in studio closing.
Almost whole year Starbreeze Studios was pushing
efforts to slow a sliding to bankruptcy. They were selling publishing rights
and fire personal (somewhere 25 per cent.). A share in 91.82% of Indian studio
Dhruva Interactive bought Rockstar Games for 7.9 million dollars. Saving from
financial crush (at least for some time.) was in split on two companies:
Starbreeze Studios AB and Starbreeze Publishing AB.
Didn’t better for Electronic Arts in the most part of 2019.
Anthem included to their fails. Release became a devastation in sells, critics
and multiple of technical troubles in the game, what is more usual for company
is keeping association with plague. Surprise release of free-to-play Apex
Legends fixed their reputation and market stance. Game still gives a good
revenue, but not enough for normalization. In the last day of March, EA reduces
four per cent (around 350 people.) of staff by closing offices connected in
marketing and publishing spheres in Japan and Muscovy Empire. In the second
half of year, company released standard line of sports game, where did usual –
changed a number. Licenses continue to bring high sells for FIFA and Madden NFL
keeps, what are financial best of survived. NHL despite on low request still
exists. Lost in rivalry to NBA 2K a cursed NBA Live not at first time the
company cancelled a game. Money influx was in the end of year in releases of
lifebar games: Need for Speed Heat and Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order.
I throw away what is standard now and part of
commercial. 2019 is return to when games were great. With nineties basics it
has superiority on modern industry. Thrilled till release Ion Fury, which was
created on great Build engine, is excellent in full version. I wasn’t like the
staging of the last level, but is important, that I wouldn’t put game near with
Blood, Shadow Warrior and Duke Nukem 3D. Ion Fury didn’t give a chemistry of
all components. Developers couldn’t commit an explosion. Wasn’t so impressed,
but I didn’t like much when was scandal with homosexual jokes, where worst was
in gamemakers, who tried to please two absolutely opposite sides: save one
not-rude joke, delete the dirty one and make charity in ten thousands income for
this minor type community. Support any of them was wrong. Ion Fury is alone
vintage in 2019, but the year had a little bit better game harvest in comparisons
are beginning from 2016. Spectacular, but not perfect Sniper: Ghost Warrior
Contracts. Finally, improving through the years in craft CI Games could make a following
achievement in development to pleasant game and, in inclusion, they’re first
who did it in sniping. Before were filled the industry poignant one big
open-world map and corridors. In the fourth part of series, the studio did
right to huge levels with a choice of where to go, what to complete and in what
way. I’m having a return wish to this game. Some details still need for enhance
to well, but it’s a playable game. I didn’t find a project without strong flaw.
A drop of critics to physics in Trials Rising from RedLynx and Ubisoft Kiev is
a satisfaction game harmed by innovations. Rival riders were in own thoughts (I
had no idea how to implicate.), but they didn’t present, because it’s imitation
of artificial intelligence. Appeared money earning can spend only on decoration
of bike and it’s rider, what isn’t of kind of need.
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