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supo
02/09/09

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Hey look! Port Dalhousie!
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jandlecack
02/09/09

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This generation, Silicon Knights has as much influence or prestige as Free Radical and Factor 5.

None.
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Komrade Kayce
02/09/09

@Jandlecack:

Cmon now. They managed to put Too Average out even after it was in development hell for ten years.
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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
02/09/09

@Jandlecack: I think that's really short-sighted and reactionary. One game... not even a bad game... well that's how gamers are expected to react. Regardless, SK's still in business and has even hired someone... can't really put them on the same plain as those other two developers other than to make the contrast that SK was the only company (of the three) to make a game that bombed and still survive.
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jandlecack
02/09/09

@okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under): Well as you said it still bombed and I don't care if the company shuts doors or not, they're still off the radar for 80% of people, just like Guerilla was before the KZ2 reviews had their say.

To put it in simple terms, if Silicon Knights's next game, or Free Radical's or Factor 5's for that matter, if there is one, has to be a mindblowing killer app. Else it will just be more of a disaster than their previous bomb, because they can't count on any hype or anticipation.
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jandlecack
02/09/09

@Jandlecack: -if
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Madeira
02/09/09

@Jandlecack: I seem to remember a dust-up about the reviews for TH, Kevin Pereira and Adam Sessler even made their own soapbox vids in TH's defense. I don't remember that kind of thing happening for Lair or Haze.

TH is a very cool game, one of the most memorable games of this gen for me when I really think about it.
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jandlecack
02/09/09

@Madeira: laughingelfman.jpg
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Fnor
02/09/09

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Magic is nice, but now Minsc is in charge! SWORDS FOR EVERYONE!
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Komrade Kayce
02/09/09

@Fnor:

Boo?!?!?!? WHERE ARE YOU MY SPACE HAMSTER?!?!?
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