By Nick Pino
The most disappointing games of the decade
When Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune announced that he was creating a spiritual successor to the Blue Bomber that would again pit a young cyborg against a band of renegade robots and, most importantly, that he was going to crowdfund it, the internet lost its shit.
Inafune hit his Kickstarter goal of $900,000 four days after it launched. Within a month, he raised more than four times that amount – a little over $4 million. With the additional cash in hand, he promised additional characters, more levels and new versions of the game as more and more people donated to the campaign.
By the time it was done, over 34,000 gamers donated $20 to the game sight-unseen, while over 3,000 donated $99 for the game and its DLC.
Just like we had done before with so many disappointments in our lives, we all leapt on-board the hype train without any idea of where it was going.
That game finally came out last month on PS4, Xbox One and PC, and it was absolutely panned. While some outlets meekly praised the game for its interesting combo mechanics, most outlets did not, calling …read more
Source:: techradar.com – Gaming
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