Zero Punctuation - Velvet Assassin

This week, Zero Punctuation reviews Velvet Assassin.
Abel_Priscsays...

Pretty funny review.

But yeah, the game is a complete mess. Even the highlighting functions are still broken in some way or another. Play the game long enough, and you'll realize that there really isn't much about this game that actually works.

ForgedRealitysays...

Last line was gold.

Why is it 90% of PC games are shit lately? What ever happened to the golden age of PC gaming when PC games came out and they weren't completely full to the brim with dipshitery? Oh, what? That was before consoles became popular? Well that explains it.

moodoniasays...

I keep reading stuff by developers and industry types banging on about how the PC is the most important platform for games these days.

Which begs the question, why are so many PC versions unfinished rush efforts that need to be patched at some point in the future? I'm bitter.

Morganthsays...

>> ^moodonia:

Which begs the question, why are so many PC versions unfinished rush efforts that need to be patched at some point in the future? I'm bitter.


Competition. Very few developers make games for every console system so if you can do well on your one or two systems, you've made profit. However, since there are so many developers for PC games it becomes very difficult to receive recognition and for smaller developers, it just isn't worth the extra costs in development or marketing.

Once a game is developed it costs them ten cents to print another CD and stick it in a box. This is good in that it lowers the barriers to entry into the market (you don't have to pay Nintendo for cartridges to put your game on like you did with the original NES licensing contract, among other things). It's bad in that the market is easily over-saturated.

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