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Yeah they had their ups and downs and they were prepared to risk a lot, which was why I liked them (and still do).
Shadowman and the Turok series were/are, on the whole, both excellent fun in my opinion. Legends of Wrestling was a shocking development and really showed the downturn in the companies standards (at least the N64 WWF games were good fun for a short while, and would have been for longer had THQ/AKI not perfected the ultimate wrestling engine).
Iggy's Wrecking Balls was a bold release (remember for the N64 it was supposed to be $1m to release a game. It was a good idea but unfortunately the mutliplayer battle was a little flawed (if anyone pressed a key after the time ran out you skipped the screen telling you eho'd actually won! and everyone was always frantically mashing away in the dying seconds!)
Even the first South Park game was pretty good in multiplayer and great fun over the christmas period. Then they bought into extreme sports and tried to take on THQ, EA and Activision in an already crowded market, this was a pretty dumb move by all accounts.
Forsaken was another bold move, which unfortunately failed to the surprise of many a reviewer (no licence y'see that's why Acclaim's been churning out the shoddy licences ever since). Acclaim might be in better shape if people generally bought decent original games, which Acclaim still TRY to release now (see Gladiator), instead of crappy licence fests, which accalim have now really gone for.
Extreme G is another fantastic Acclaim creation, this appears to have gone wrong too (I was very excited about it until I found it was only single player, then I left it on the shelf).
My most recent Acclaim purchase has been Gladiator for the Xbox. This is back to acclaims routes in that it involves fighting, blood gore and also a damn fine fighting system with an interesting storyline to boot (yeah it reminds me of how Mortal Kombat used to be seen except this plays like the MK adventure everyone always wanted an MK adventure to play like with 'zelda-style' lock on, various weapons, special attacks, quick switching from one enemy back to another and plenty more besides.
oh yes...
BURNOUT - Need I say more?
If Acclaim really do go I shall miss Turok, Shadowman, Extreme G and the maverick original side that gave us Igy's Wrecking Balls, Forsaken, some of Burnout, Armorines (compared favourably to Half-Life by my friend who was a Half-Life fanatic at the time and so very surprised to see armorines on the '64!) and Gladiator.
I won't miss Legends of Wrestling (not unless this new one REALLY lives up to the hype), Revolt (though I know a load of you loved it, I'm not an arcade racer nut I guess) or the shoddy extreme sports titles.
What Acclaim probably should do is release their more original games cheaply on the PC then convert them to console if there's enough interest/cash to be made from them.
In the days of the N64 Acclaim and Nintendo needed each other desperately, Acclaim needed the sales and Nintendo's system needed some more adult titles on it. Both companies made an uneasy alliance which benefitted both although in retrospect it seems like a strange pairing indeed.
So to recap: Forsaken, Turok, ShadowMan, Gladiator, Armorines and Extreme G. These games and licences I will miss.
Always liked it when Acclaim forged their own way and won, shame they've tried to be like EA and gone very mediocre overall
hopefully all is not lost. :(
Shadowman and the Turok series were/are, on the whole, both excellent fun in my opinion. Legends of Wrestling was a shocking development and really showed the downturn in the companies standards (at least the N64 WWF games were good fun for a short while, and would have been for longer had THQ/AKI not perfected the ultimate wrestling engine).
Iggy's Wrecking Balls was a bold release (remember for the N64 it was supposed to be $1m to release a game. It was a good idea but unfortunately the mutliplayer battle was a little flawed (if anyone pressed a key after the time ran out you skipped the screen telling you eho'd actually won! and everyone was always frantically mashing away in the dying seconds!)
Even the first South Park game was pretty good in multiplayer and great fun over the christmas period. Then they bought into extreme sports and tried to take on THQ, EA and Activision in an already crowded market, this was a pretty dumb move by all accounts.
Forsaken was another bold move, which unfortunately failed to the surprise of many a reviewer (no licence y'see that's why Acclaim's been churning out the shoddy licences ever since). Acclaim might be in better shape if people generally bought decent original games, which Acclaim still TRY to release now (see Gladiator), instead of crappy licence fests, which accalim have now really gone for.
Extreme G is another fantastic Acclaim creation, this appears to have gone wrong too (I was very excited about it until I found it was only single player, then I left it on the shelf).
My most recent Acclaim purchase has been Gladiator for the Xbox. This is back to acclaims routes in that it involves fighting, blood gore and also a damn fine fighting system with an interesting storyline to boot (yeah it reminds me of how Mortal Kombat used to be seen except this plays like the MK adventure everyone always wanted an MK adventure to play like with 'zelda-style' lock on, various weapons, special attacks, quick switching from one enemy back to another and plenty more besides.
oh yes...
BURNOUT - Need I say more?
If Acclaim really do go I shall miss Turok, Shadowman, Extreme G and the maverick original side that gave us Igy's Wrecking Balls, Forsaken, some of Burnout, Armorines (compared favourably to Half-Life by my friend who was a Half-Life fanatic at the time and so very surprised to see armorines on the '64!) and Gladiator.
I won't miss Legends of Wrestling (not unless this new one REALLY lives up to the hype), Revolt (though I know a load of you loved it, I'm not an arcade racer nut I guess) or the shoddy extreme sports titles.
What Acclaim probably should do is release their more original games cheaply on the PC then convert them to console if there's enough interest/cash to be made from them.
In the days of the N64 Acclaim and Nintendo needed each other desperately, Acclaim needed the sales and Nintendo's system needed some more adult titles on it. Both companies made an uneasy alliance which benefitted both although in retrospect it seems like a strange pairing indeed.
So to recap: Forsaken, Turok, ShadowMan, Gladiator, Armorines and Extreme G. These games and licences I will miss.
Always liked it when Acclaim forged their own way and won, shame they've tried to be like EA and gone very mediocre overall
hopefully all is not lost. :(
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Turok 1 and 2 were okay.. Turok Evolution was just abysmal. It wasn't worth getting as one of SR's free gifts.
:'(
Hedfix wrote:
> Well everyone's getting excited about Juiced so perhaps Acclaim are on
> the road to recovery?
They can't recover. They can't earn money. They've filed for bankruptcy.
> Well everyone's getting excited about Juiced so perhaps Acclaim are on
> the road to recovery?
They can't recover. They can't earn money. They've filed for bankruptcy.
Were they based in yiewsly/west drayton, if so i go past the building everyday, it's a sad sight, all boarded up with black bags over the windows.
100 Bullets sounds good too.
Well everyone's getting excited about Juiced so perhaps Acclaim are on the road to recovery?
All I'll miss is the name.
The franchises will end up being developed by other parties now.
The franchises will end up being developed by other parties now.
I'm not bothered by the fact it's Acclaim that have gone. They hadn't published any really original games for year - but it's mildly worrying that we're getting closer to the point where there could be just one company publishing all third party games.
[URL]http://www.gamespot.com/news/2004/07/07/news_6102086.html[/URL]
No more Turok or MLB, from Acclaim anyway.
No more Turok or MLB, from Acclaim anyway.
Won't miss them, can't say i've played any of their games for ages.
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