Why, Pandemic?

[forgottengames]

Why is it that nearly every single game in Pandemic's portfolio turned out to be either a minor success or a dud? Their first two games, BZ2 and DR2, didn't do so well either. Their last game, The Saboteur, didn't even help them go out in style.

[Ded10c]

The industry doesn't like good games. I mean hell, look at CoD.

[forgottengames]

CoD is not a good game, I concur. However, just because we think they're good games doesn't obligate everyone to agree with us.

[forgottengames]

I would appreciate GSH's input on this. He probably knows the most.

[Nielk1]

I can tell you what GSH will probably say. The games were not very good. They were buggy as heck and every game was made using a different engine. Development teams were broken-up after every project and no sort of normalcy or reuse was ever established.

[Axeminister]

I like "The Sabatuer". Reminds me of "No one lives Forever". Good stuff.

[Ded10c]

CoD is not a good game, I concur. However, just because we think they're good games doesn't obligate everyone to agree with us.

Doesn't make everyone else any less wrong.

[VSMIT]

SW:Battlefront 1/2 were pretty good games for what they were.

[forgottengames]

Well, what could Pandemic have done to prevent or delay its fate?

[Zenophas]

Well, what could Pandemic have done to prevent or delay its fate?

Build a space helicopter.

[forgottengames]

So you're telling me that Pandemic was hell in a handbasket. It was a runt among game companies.

[Zenophas]

So you're telling me that Pandemic was hell in a handbasket. It was a runt among game companies.

What I'm telling you is that you need to build a space helicopter.

[forgottengames]

In that case you need to build an anti-pedophilia machine.

[Ded10c]

Pandemic was done for the moment EA bought it.

[Psychedelic Rhino]

Now that I've seen (and experienced) the production modus operandi of BZ1.5, I'm curious if that was learned and/or the culture of the original group that evolved into Pandemic?