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    Where Hellgate: London And Flagship Studios Went Horribly Wrong

    Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder

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    Image of Strangelove Strangelove
    03/26/09

    In reply to Where Hellgate: London And Flagship Studios Went Horribly Wrong
    I played Hellgate from launch for a month or two, and I'll tell you what went wrong: Horrible, crushing repetition (in the environments, the building blocks for the environments, and the enemies).


    What went right? The best loot system I've ever used.

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    Image of Valnen Valnen
    03/26/09

    In reply to Where Hellgate: London And Flagship Studios Went Horribly Wrong
    They betrayed Blizzard. Nobody does that and gets away with it.
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    Image of Chalkdust Chalkdust
    03/26/09

    @Valnen: Thanks for bringing the comedy to this post. :p
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    Image of Cykoe Cykoe
    03/26/09

    In reply to Where Hellgate: London And Flagship Studios Went Horribly Wrong
    I remember when they first made the announcement of the subscription system. That's what turned me and many of the people initially interested off from the game. The idea that you can be better off if you pay just didn't seem fair. I bet things would have turned out just a littttle better in there favor had they not done that.
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    Image of coalhalo coalhalo
    03/27/09

    @Cykoe:
    Agreed. That was the beginning of the end for most people. They shot themselves in the foot when they announced the subscription plan.


    When I first heard about Hellgate, the fact that it was being developed by members of the Diablo team was enough to make me want to get it. But by the time release day came, I no longer cared.

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    Image of mav180 mav180
    03/26/09

    In reply to Where Hellgate: London And Flagship Studios Went Horribly Wrong
    "There was no plan B. Everything was going to be a massive success."


    There's your problem. ALWAYS have a Plan B.

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    Image of UsernameOfTheDead UsernameOfTheDead
    03/26/09

    @mav180: This sounds like the PS3. A gauranteed, massive success turned into FAIL.
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    Image of Superlocke Superlocke
    03/26/09

    @UsernameOfTheDead: lmao. It may not be beating the 360 (or heaven forbid, the Wii) but it's only 7 million or so behind the 360.


    Not sure if sony is making money on it yet or not, but 20+ million units isn't what I'd consider a failure.

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    Image of Ariakkan Ariakkan
    03/26/09

    @Superlocke: < it is considering Wiit Fit sold almost 20 million. So for every Wii Fit there is one PS3, which is kind of lame for Sony imo
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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    03/26/09

    @Ariakkan:


    Or kinda lame for all those who bought the WiiFit and now sits in their closets.

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    Image of Jordan White Jordan White
    03/26/09

    @EnigmaNemesis: Or kind of lame for all those who bought the PS3 and now sits in their closets.
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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    03/27/09

    @Jordan White:


    It cant, it actually plays DVDs and Blu-Ray!


    /wink

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    Image of Jordan White Jordan White
    03/27/09

    @EnigmaNemesis: So does my DVD player and Blu-Ray = DVD with High Def, no need to upgrade, I just want the fucking film.


    /middle finger

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    Image of EnigmaNemesis EnigmaNemesis
    03/27/09

    @Jordan White:


    Wow, internet is serious biznez to you!


    QQ

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    Image of APStorm APStorm
    11/05/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    Gotta love the haters who discount all the Blizzard experience, or even the perfect position placement that keeps him where he should be, or the admissions of guilt...


    Personally, I've found something to like in everything he's touched, even if his latest creation had a few kinks that somebody else better work out.

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    Image of MercyEleusis MercyEleusis
    11/04/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    Welp, that's one more company to mark down on my "do not buy a game from them ever again" list. Talk about one of the worst decisions they could make. What's next, Radioactive Tuesdays?
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    Image of HitokiriX HitokiriX
    11/03/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    say goodbye to cryptic studios in a few years time the Roper show has come to town!
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    Image of bloog bloog
    11/03/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    Give Roper a break. He made all my favorite games.

    Including Hellgate.
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    Image of bigdaddygamebot bigdaddygamebot
    11/03/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    That just...that just doesn't bode well for Champions Online. I hope they're REAL selective regarding what they listen to...
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    Image of Xshinobi Xshinobi
    11/03/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    Awesome news. Good job Cryptic. Bill is one of the few gaming gods left.
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    Image of michaelmacmanus michaelmacmanus
    11/03/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    Roper was not single handedly responsible for the failures of Hellgate. The title could have been quite solid but was pushed out the door far too quickly by everyone's favorite punching bag EA.


    Roper has produced so much quality it feels myopic of all you people jumping on the hate bandwagon. I think this is a very positive pairing and personally am very excited to see what will happen. CoH is one of the few MMOs that was actually fun, and Roper brings a history of awesome with him. 11 - 1 is still a winning record and this man is largely responsible for the position Blizzard is in today.

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    Image of Xer0Ph0kus Xer0Ph0kus
    11/03/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    I'm not sure running a company into the ground is what I'd be looking for on a resume
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    Image of SeraphX2 SeraphX2
    11/03/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    I bet this company folds too.
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    Image of ca36gtp ca36gtp
    11/03/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    Oh FUCK!


    Dammit, I was looking forward to Star Trek Online as well. With Roper onboard, it's guaranteed to sink.


    Hell, he might even eat the servers.

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    Image of Ken Ken
    11/03/08

    In reply to Cryptic Hires Flagship Co-Founder
    It's sad the man who brought us Diablo 2 fell so far. I think the offices of Blizzard are a hotbed for that sort of creativity and possibly the lost that vision of a strong game versus being too ambitious when they left. There is a reason Blizzard doesn't make gigantic leaps unless they know it's a SURE thing, 100%... IE look at World of Warcraft... RTS gone MMORPG.
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