Which game series had the worst anniversary celebration? - eviltoast

Rockstar didn’t even acknowledge GTA IV’s tenth anniversary. Only by removing several songs from its radio stations.

Sega celebrate the 15th anniversary of Sonic by releasing Sonic 06.

  • andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Not the engine, as they sold it a lot previously, but Fortnite. UT2017 was abandoned because it performed worse than some mode to a side-project that gained a surprisingly wild traction. I don’t hate FN, but that’s the thing that kicked off chair from under this hanged franchise.

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      7 months ago

      And to think that Unreal Tournament was once used as the benchmark of what the engine could do. It’s in the name.

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        7 months ago

        Watching the OUTSTANDING screenshots in retro youtuber’s video of some HYPERREALISTIC MODELS AND EFFECTS from the first games is so much fun. But yeah, they were top of their league at that time and melted not one but many PC components.