Sega and Gearbox Software have responded to the class action suit that was issued earlier this week by a consumer. You can read their comments on the subject below.
Gearbox Software: “Attempting to wring a class action lawsuit out of a demonstration is beyond meritless. We continue to support the game, and will defend the rights of entertainers to share their works-in-progress without fear of frivolous litigation.”
Sega: “SEGA cannot comment on specifics of ongoing litigation, but we are confident that the lawsuit is without merit and we will defend it vigorously.”
On a related note, the lawsuit has been assigned an Alternate Dispute Resolution.
Wait wait wait wait.
Dressing up as a bat and throwing bat shaped boomerangs at people at 3AM in the morning is considered sane nowadays?
Be right back, heading to the costume shop now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqyqqfWv9zo#ws
but wasnt it part of the suit that the way GBX & SEGA held reviews under blanket until
before the launch a point too?
I really dont know if that's illegal or not, or even true, just curious.
Borderland... first one constantly gets mentioned for its bad ending. To me, it was bit fun to meh.
And Borderland 2 has people complaining about save issue, and how developers outsource DLC to other developers.
Not to mention the franchise was born from scam.
Rest are at average below. I believe someone covered Gearbox's record. They are not worth keeping. I bet they will do the same for Homeworld IP.
This view goes back to when I practically shat my heart out when I saw they had COMPLETELY "revamped" the art design for Borderlands mid-development. And that was just so their game didn't look too much like ID softwares "RAGE". I do not care for the lazy cel-shaded direction they ultimately went with (just...awful texture work) though I concede it was a fun Co-op loot-a-thon. Funny enough, when I played RAGE i couldn't help but think that "hey, this is what Borderlands was SUPPOSED to look like. Awesome!".
Duke Nukem Forever speaks for itself, but it definitely sets the stage for the bullshit GBX decided to squeeze out for us in all the hype leading up to the Aliens release.
Oh, and IDK if this was ever posted here during release but here: http://www.reddit.com/r/LV426/comments/18ewf4/a_lot_of_you_are_rightfully_upset_at_the_final/
A real eye-opener, for sure.
GBX and Sega are right: it is meritless.
They played two f**king hours of the game live on IGN before release. The entire beginning of the game, exactly as it was in the final product, for everyone to see.
If that doesn't more than cover their ass, I don't know what does.
I'm glad this lawsuit is out there, if anything just to bring attention to this and make others think twice before deciding to follow practices like the ones used, but I don't really think it will get anywhere other than that. Gearbox can just say "we had some unexpected development problems, things changed, and we decided to show the final product before release."
Now if it gets deeper and probes the money paid to Gearbox for the game and how it was handled, that should add a lot of weight to the claims made by the group pursuing the suit.
Pursuit of the suit.. .. suiting, pursuits in suits. Um.
karma awaits, u will see
I found BL1 pretty underwhelming, I was hoping for a good story, there really wasn't one. When compared to a game like bioshock it just didn't stand up for me, I played through the whole thing with my flatmate and for a coop game it was passable, army of 2 40th day was much better in the coop department though.
Haven't played BL2, don't have as much time as I used to so will skip it out of spite for the massive fail on ACM.
Clearly different writers there than with A:CM.
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fixed
Trilobite tentacle rape.
Or
Predalien rape.
your pick.
If there's one thing time has shown us again and again, it's that these guys never learn.
Perfect
Oh how could we be so blind and fall for all his lies. At least Burke got what he deserved. What will pitchford get?
I hope they learn something from this. I really do.
I LOL'd. Good job.
Hah, well done.
Spoiler
But the final product isn't supposed to look inferior to the demos. Both Gameplay wise and graphically. And it was claimed to be in-game too what they showed off.
Muhahahahahahahahaha!!!
Perfect response.
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That spoiler tag is absolutely perfect. Everyone needs to click it.
lmao
Sorry, couldn't resist.
lol work in progress.
I think gear box forgot the part where it was advertised in the demo that it was made from 100% in game footage.
Spoiler
"If you believe that everything you're doing is the greatest thing ever all the time, it's absolutely not going to be the greatest thing ever."
-Jason Jones, Bungie
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"[Overly excited, blatantly lying, PR massaging bullshit]"
-Randy Pitchford, Gearbox
From what i remember Randy Pitchford said that "the demo is stage 2" at the E3 and also Mikey Newman at 2012 Comic Con event said that "the demo is the real thing".
For example go at 02:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUzgNT_Bp0I#
You can find many youtube videos from 2012 events or even A:CM trailers having short clips from the E3 demo.
Also i saw at gearbox forums that Sega and Gearbox respond for the sue
"Attempting to wring a class action lawsuit out of a demonstration is beyond meritless. We continue
to support the game, and will defend the rights of entertainers to share their works-in-progress without
fear of frivolous litigation."
SEGA:
"SEGA cannot comment on specifics of ongoing litigation, but we are confident that the lawsuit is
without merit and we will defend it vigorously."
And gearbox now say that this was just a demonstration... don't make me laugh.