>In November 2018, famed designer Cliff Bleszinski swore off making games forever: In response to a LawBreakers player who was unhappy about not receiving a refund after Bleszinski's studio, Boss Key Productions, went out of business. "This kinda shit is another reason I am NEVER making another game," he said at the time.
>The post begins with a rumination on Boss Key's downfall, which Bleszinski attributed to multiple "cascading issues," including "lackluster" marketing of LawBreakers from publisher Nexon, putting the game on PlayStation 4 instead of Xbox One, too many showcase events with not enough to actually show, and flip-flopping between conventional pricing and free-to-play models.
>He also repeated a complaint from earlier this year, saying that putting his "personal politics front and center certainly didn't help," and said that he initially wanted to start with a straightforward arena shooter like Quake 3 or Unreal Tournament, 'but everyone in the studio was so obsessed with MOBAs at the time I had to throw my hands up and say 'go for it, this might add some cool depth.'"
>The Facebook post also touches on Radical Heights, the free-to-play battle royale that Boss Key hustled out after LawBreakers' failure. Bleszinski said the game "had a ton of promise," but there wasn't enough time to differentiate it from other battle royale games on the market.
>"I am finding myself actually having a slight itch to scratch to maybe poke around and see about making a little game. I have some ideas kicking around, so we'll see," he wrote. "I've found myself madly in love with smaller games these days, and the success of Fall Guys and Among Us give me hope that not everything needs to be insane AAA that requires crazy crunch that ruins families and mental health on a 100m budget."
he better add some inclusive bathrooms, I cant even imagine playing lawbreakers without them being in the game.
Eli Jenkins
imagine this being your legacy >the money is right there on the table, all you have to do is to take it what was peak concurrent lawbreakers players again? A month or two in and they couldnt fill a single random game if I remember correctly
He already hinted that he wanted to come back several times. >Guys remember I made video games? >Gears was pretty fun right? >I love being retired >I miss making video games lime I used to do, but being retired is fun >Guys don't forget im retired >I'd love to make video games again but im retired remember silly! Xd >Oh man just thinking about when I used to make video games, before I was retired
Now were getting a very public "hint" that he wants to make games again.
What hes doing is testing the water to see if any fucker would ever employ him again after the billion dollar disaster that was lawbreakers. I get the impression that the retirement was suggested to him. He really has his head up his own ass. He thought everyone would be crying over him retiring.
Ethan Brown
I wonder what devloper is going to line up to give him money hell blow on some awful idea.
Justin Cruz
>a 'little game' Does that mean it will be about his dick.
Carson Wilson
No way lawbreakers cost a billion dollars to make
Logan Martinez
>here is my ideas for a small indie game guys >among us but badass and shitty marketing >fall guys but badass and shitty marketing >spelunky 2 but badass and shitty marketing >CLIFF YOU FUCKING GENIOUS YOU DID IT AGAIN
Ryder Sanchez
>Got fucked for chasing trends >time to make a small game >now trying to make the next Fall Guys or Among Us
Lincoln Brown
It was few days in, not a month or two.
Chase Hall
What's wrong with these people? Why would this be a future that they want? There is zero reason why you would want women to share the same bathroom as men unless you hated women or wanted to perv on them. No one wants this. These people take something that no one wants, that hurts either everyone or women/children and then they attack you if you disagree. If you don't want men in the same bathroom as little girls you must be an evil right wing male. What brain disease is it?
It's clear that the guy is a mega-narcissist, and can't handle that he's not in the spotlight anymore. He's probably got enough money that he could ride off into the sunset, and not have to worry about finances for the rest of his, his children's and his children's children's lives, and he's still fucking miserable because nobody's paying attention to him anymore.
Nathaniel Watson
>game bombs >IM DONE IM OUT! I HATE GAMERS >okay fine i'm back... fast forward >game bombs again >IM DONE IM OUT! I HATE GAMERS >okay fine im back...
Cameron Williams
at this point i think this dude is straight bi polar didnt he a few months ago when he was writing that book said hes out of the industry for ever? and now he wants in again? , this fucking dude need meds either you are in or out for ever this industry
Alexander Barnes
lmao, this guy can't make up his mind
Austin Martinez
>He will never relive the pre Gears of War 3 glory days
So I can watch little girls peeing? Is this the definition of progress?
Oliver Taylor
>I have some ideas kicking around, so we'll see," he wrote. "I've found myself madly in love with smaller games these days, and the success of Fall Guys and Among Us give me hope that not everything needs to be insane AAA that requires crazy crunch that ruins families and mental health on a 100m budget. Is he gonna try to do a Fall Guys/Among Us type MP game? Did he learn nothing last time? Is Cliffy only a trend chaser with no original ideas of his own?
What he meant was Cliffy wanted to make it a billion dollar ip and failed miserably
Justin Rivera
can't wait for cliff bazinga's twin stick roguelite werewolf game
Lincoln Wilson
kek
Matthew Diaz
Ooof, still forcing conformity to the idea that gender/sex is a binary rather than a socially constructed spectrum? Shame on him.
Jason Foster
the only upside to fortnite ripping off pubg and becoming the biggest thing since sex with women is cliffyb leaving epic mid fortnite development to destroy a publisher's bag of money on lolbreakers
Benjamin Martinez
>and the success of Fall Guys and Among Us give me hope that not everything needs to be insane AAA that requires crazy crunch that ruins families and mental health on a 100m budget. lol how does someone who spent as much time in the industry as he did remain so incredibly stupid while maintaining an out of control massive ego? I bet he really thinks he's just gonna come back and slap together a small budget game that'll make it huge just because a few out of countless similar games have managed to do it.
Did he leave epic or was he pushed? I remember MS treated him like a rockstar up to gears launch
Kevin Bailey
It's pretty obvious he was going to come back. He needs the attention. It's like those rock bands saying they're doing a final tour before announcing a followup.
James Thompson
Reminder that they sold a physical copy of Lawbreakers through LRG, so people paid out the ass and the game being online only means they have nothing but expensive coasters now
Isaiah Campbell
Test
Andrew James
>They just cut him off It was the most based thing I've ever seen
Jaxson Parker
yes
Nolan Sullivan
Ahahahaha Holy shit that's good
Ethan Howard
I remember when we used to make fun of Gears here
Juan Miller
yfw it's 60 dollar multiplayer only bullshit
Jacob Long
I mean compared to all the other garbage he's made recently a turd from 10 years ago is still better than a turd covered botched abortion from 2 years ago
Elijah Wilson
he should just shut up and beg to get a position back in the coalition for gears development seeing as how it's the only thing he's had success with.
Brandon Phillips
so, who will be the idiot who will give money to this retard to make some chasing trend game?
Henry Cooper
Fucking ouch lmao
Landon Clark
If he's got the urge to do that, then fucking do it already. Don't be an attention-seeking little whore mailing out press releases about it. The fuck's wrong with this guy?
