Game Failures Q&As
by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 26, 2006 3:31am PDTThe latest Escapist magazine is up, and as part of the Against the Gods issue, there are interviews with John Romero and Raph Koster about things that went right and wrong for them. There's also an interview about the failure of The Sims Online and an article on the short, happy life of Infocom.
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I wonder what went wrong there? Maybe the playerbase of the Sims (seems to me that many girls and women play the game) didn't like the somewhat competetive nature of the online game? (Even if it was in undertones. Some guy's mansion could be much larger and better than yours, and thus you lose)
Maybe I should read the article...
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"Anachronox, which was eventually released in 2001 to poor reviews and lackluster sales."
Metascore: 77
Gamerankings: 79
Poor reviews my ass. I love that frickin' game!
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