Re: Bye Bye, Monolith

Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 I'll admit it: I never really was that excited about developer
Monolith's offerings. Famous for its "No One Lives Forever" and "FEAR"
franchises, I enjoyed some of their games but never really loved them.
They were interesting but flawed productions; something I'd play
between other, BETTER games. And ever since they were bought out by
Warner Brothers, their games lacked the spirit and originality that
made their earlier titles memorable.
 Still, they've a long legacy in PC gaming, and (despite being owned by
a mega-corp) still felt like a plucky B-tier developer of the sort
this industry needs a lot more of, so I'm sorry to see them go.
 Yup, big daddy Warner Brothers Games has decided to shut down the
studio.*
 Then again, it's not like Monolith has been especially prolific. It's
been EIGHT years since Monolith's last game ("Middle Earth: Shadow of
War"), which was a sequel that mostly used the same engine and assets
to its 2014 game.

Yeah,but..
Those Lord of the Rings games are so shiny you'd expect the staff would take a TEN yr. break in between.
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