Epic Announces Closure of Impossible Studios, 'Infinity Blade: Dungeons' Put on Hold

[Fatalbert]

Originally Posted by antonis

But that's the most sad thing of the story: Infinity Blade Dungeons was a dungeon crawler of diablo style, with free movement and actions, not in the style of the other IB games. It looked so promising and so different, that it would definitely be a huge success.

I don't like Diablo either... too much clicking and automation, and again a ridiculous theme. I generally don't like any game where more than half the screen is covered with neon glow effects throughout the game.

[Ezurn]

Epic fail

[Cougarcat]

Originally Posted by pmz

Has everything to do with the poor business model. They put an insane amount of time and money into the graphics of the game, and the gameplay was terrible. I mean absolutely awful. When I say "no replay value" what else do you imagine I mean? Eventually people stop spending money on expensive games that they know, by the title alone, will have no replay value.

Infinity blade is Epic Games' most profitable series ever, more so than gears of war. I agree with you that the gameplay isn't great, but that hasn't stopped its profitability.

[unibility]

Originally Posted by Ezurn

Epic fail

where's the negative vote when you need it?

[inscrewtable]

Originally Posted by Dustman

really? this is the most pretensious thing I've ever read. and I used to work at Starbucks.

Care to elablorate?

I can't fail to notice that like the previous poster whom you seem to agree with, you find it necessary to quote my entire post yet make no actual comment on it at all.

Quoting such a long post and making a single word critique gives the impression that you are an insecure fool, (note: I'm not saying you are a fool I am saying that your response makes it seem as though you are, thus giving you a chance to elaborate) especially as there has already been a complete quote with a different single word critique further upthread.

Or is your post meant to be a deliberate irony due to my final sentence?

[kingtj]

I say that often about major league sports too, but it doesn't seem to change anything.

Truth be told? I don't find Facebook "mind numbing" in the least. But maybe that's because I realize it actually matters who you "friend" on there, and what type of groups you seek out and join. There are plenty of intelligent Facebook users with relevant things to say and topics to discuss/debate. Some of my best friends use FB daily, but generally just pass along interesting links to articles on other web sites that they believe would interest the people they know well.

With its ability to create private groups, it's also actively used by quite a few blogs as the virtual meeting place for the blog's authors, editors and reviewers.

From day 1 (and yes, I was a first day buyer of the original iPad), I realized it was a fascinating tool with a lot of potential, but was also going to primarily serve as an ENTERTAINMENT device for most people. (Some of that includes reading, which some define as entertainment while others define as education.) But clearly, gaming is part of the appeal too -- and why not?

One of the things I like about iPad games is the relatively low price, as most console and PC/Mac games seem to set people back upwards of $50 each. Most iPad games are less involved or elegant too -- but a nice balance of "fun for the dollar" at the lower price-points. This was a title that took iPads to a level where the game was near parity with PC or Mac counterparts, or console fare -- so understandable people were excited about it.

Originally Posted by inscrewtable

It is strange seeing so much angst (maybe that's a bit strong) or concern over yet another brain dead time wasting life wasting game. Sure, we cannot, and indeed would not want to impose any sort of intellectual requirements on individuals but if anyone remembers the original iPad intro there were life affirming images of them being used as tools for knowledge that was formerly presented in such a way as to be virtually inaccessible to people without high levels of training.

If ones takes a step back from the world and looks at the brain deadening influence and reach of facebook and twitter it would seem that the world is heading in a direction of producing a general population of faceless twits.

Wake up and smell the coffee, then perhaps ruminate on the molecules that drift into the receptor neurones and how an electric potential is delivered to and rerouted to maybe thousands of synapses and somehow, some sort of "I" has a sensation of what this smell means. Or not. But at least one would hope that the possibility to do this is one of choice and not because people have become so dumbed down as to think this very post is just annoying or threatening.

/r

[oliversl]

Should Apple fund this kind of games? Yes!

[Rajani Isa]

Originally Posted by Fatalbert

What animated character?

Is your name supposed to be

Fat Albert

or

Fatal Bert?

Because Fat Albert is kinda famous.

They later based a live action film off it.

[twigman08]

hope this doesn't turn out to be a Duke Nukem Forever type of deal.

Didn't like the first two, but this one had so much potential in my mind with what they had planned for it.

[Fatalbert]

Originally Posted by Rajani Isa

Is your name supposed to be

Fat Albert

or

Fatal Bert?

Because Fat Albert is kinda famous.

They later based a live action film off it.

Fatal Bert. Fat Albert is a cool guy, though.

[locust76]

At least Fat Albert makes sense...

[phillipduran]

Originally Posted by sesnir

i guess, in the end, the project proved... Impossible.

yeeeaaaaaa!

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Originally Posted by Battlefield Fan

Wow the CEO or someone must be greedy. They charged a good penny when it comes to iOS games yet sold many many copies. Someone wasn't managing the money.

Or maybe the assigned studio wasn't performing well.

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Originally Posted by apolloa

Erm? The millions and millions of people that globally every year help drive the multi billion dollar industry that is worth more then the TV industry I guess?

True dat.

And, the same people who buy games whos single weekend sales beat summer blockbuster movies.

Someone got the wrong memo. I think the OP thinks that it's hip to say you're not a gamer.

[Dustman]

Originally Posted by inscrewtable

Care to elablorate?

I can't fail to notice that like the previous poster whom you seem to agree with, you find it necessary to quote my entire post yet make no actual comment on it at all.

Quoting such a long post and making a single word critique gives the impression that you are an insecure fool, (note: I'm not saying you are a fool I am saying that your response makes it seem as though you are, thus giving you a chance to elaborate) especially as there has already been a complete quote with a different single word critique further upthread.

Or is your post meant to be a deliberate irony due to my final sentence?

I'm not insecure. How you can attain that through what I wrote is beyond me. Perhaps having to be in a forum writing pretentious posts makes you the insecure one. Or the fact that you can not know anything about me whatsoever and conclude that I'm insecure through an unrelated forum post is really just a reflection of how you feel about yourself. Also, It's not just myself who called you out. You're impressing no one.