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Gaming's would-be innovators

15 ambitious failures that tried to change the world

Words: Tom Goulter, GamesRadar US
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Bullwinkle  - 2 months 10 days ago 
Great article, but you forgot one major offender: Jurassic Park - Tresspasser. It promised immersive controls to give an unprecedented feeling of being in the game. It delivered floaty arms and unprecedented boob angles.
jackthemenace  - 2 months 10 days ago 
Oh come on people, Fable was AWESOME! admittedly, i havent bought fable II yet, but i will. soon.

Spirits within was rpetty damn crap, i watched it for about 2 hours and the ending was such a rip off.

I used to like blinx though, but only when i was about 8. SIX FREAKIN' YEARS AGO.
IHateMakingUserIDs  - 2 months 10 days ago 
Stupid Spore! I was all jacked about ti for 3 missed deadlines and once i get it...it was kinda ok until the space level. Every time i went to visit another planet some douche-y alines would attack a planet i had, so i had to go back and fight them, then try to go back to the planet i was going to explore only to be attacked again. I tried to squash the invading annoying scum only to realize i wasn't able to attack large gassy looking planets....then they attacked me again....then spore collected dust.
435  - 2 months 10 days ago 
I still do like State of Emergency, despite all it's flaws. There was something very cathartic about kicking the ever loving holy hell out people in a mall after working 10 hours in holiday retail.
GamerTagsSuck  - 2 months 10 days ago 
Enter the Matrix really wasn't a hprrible game. 6/10. No worse.
DirkSteele1  - 2 months 10 days ago 
It can not be denied that Peter Molyneux is a great game developer and has been responsible for some fantastic games (Populous and Black & White for example), but he needs to learn the following....Peter repeat after me

"Under promise and over deliver"
(not the other way around).
secretsearcher  - 2 months 10 days ago 
I have Blinx lol :D. I never cared enough, though, to play past the first level. And I also have Spore, but I stopped at the tribal stage. By that time the game had lost my interest. So yeah, those two definitely fit the bill here.
DrDack  - 2 months 10 days ago 
I friggin' loved The Great Giana Sisters! For me, the fact that it was such a blatant ripoff gave it an air of really wanting to be popular that I somehow found adorable.

...maybe I'm over thinking things...
Spybreak8  - 2 months 10 days ago 
Ok, if you ever bought these games out of hype and have been burned, raise your hands. hmm, oh, wow, that's a lot. lol Good article
Spybreak8  - 2 months 10 days ago 
Oh yea almost forgot, I actually got Blinx free with the original Xbox, wow what a deal! > <
Embolado  - 2 months 9 days ago 
Is Ramero holding an Ngage? If so best pic of the article.
Tomsta666  - 2 months 9 days ago 
I dont care what you say Internet, Enter the Matrix was a damn fun game.
Coolbeans69  - 2 months 9 days ago 
Ummm Fable was a kickass game! U guys gave it a 9/10! What the hell? And as for blinx fuck blinx up the ass. My friend showed me it a couple times and urged me to buy it but it sucked too much
oryandymackie  - 2 months 8 days ago 
Am I the only one who actually LIKES QTEs? Yes, they're a cliche, but due to the amount of boring cutscenes it makes a change and a challenge, doesn't it?
oryandymackie  - 2 months 8 days ago 
Oh, and I agree with Tomsta666.
FETALJUICE  - 2 months 8 days ago 
I hate to admit this but I ACTUALLY enjoyed Enter the Matrix despite its buggy gameplay. I even finished it. lol
super0sonic  - 2 months 8 days ago 
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within was a great movie and i am glad i own it on DVD along with the great live action mario movie. And no i am not jokeing.
CH3BURASHKA  - 2 months 7 days ago 
I bought Advent Rising off Steam after hearing the main theme off of the VGL album, and was really disappointed. The only problem is that the ending is incredibly awesome and sparks so many questions that I'm aching for a sequel because I know AR2 will be so much better, but since it won't be made, I guess it can't be better.
MacGyver1138  - 2 months 6 days ago 
I really like Fable. That may partially be because I hadn't really heard much of Molyneux's hype about it, and just liked it for what it was, rather than what it was supposed to be.
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