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Platinum Games has certainly been on the rise for some time and will probably continue to do so. Why should not you? They have produced some of the most memorable action matches of the last decade, although compared to other developers with similar skills exist only for a relatively short time. After two smaller companies to Platinum Games had joined together in 2007, Sega brought them to the plan by publishing four of their games. Rucked world on the Wii, unendlich room on the DS as well as the criminal underestimated Bücken for the same platforms. At the time when these four games were in the wild, Platinum Games were quickly known for their outstanding action, dazzling special effects and extremely creative artistic designs.

This would lead to many other games in recent years. Metal Gear Rising: Revenge, Transformers: Devastation, and nier: Automata Above all, they were also great games for themselves and strengthened the call of the developer as one of the hottest action developers of the scene. However, since _nier: Automaten was a timed PlayStation 4 exclusive, Platinum also had large plans for an Xbox One exclusive; Brouped.

You may remember the incredibly cool-looking dragon game, but still fit to the game tone. Where nier: Automata was artistic, cerebral and emotional, _schuppen__ I wanted by a healthy mix of settings that was more suitable for the Xbox audience than the essential, nebulous nature of a game like _nier: Automaten. Although tailor-made for the Xbox audience, Brupped caught the attention of players of all kinds with its sophisticated graphics and the unique idea to throw massive dragons into the mixture of a modern third-person action game.

In addition to the typical platinum action players who would have for this game, it would also offer dragon fighting, flying, huge arenas and an interesting momentum between the main character and his gigantic dragon that would bring it to protect him everyone Character who dies would mean the safe death for the other. A bit like dragon heart.

With the pedigree of Platinum Games already established at this time well well well established, and schrouped The game looked extremely intense and should not only be a success, but also potentially serve as a system vendor, from which the Xbox One really could have benefited. But here we are with no schuppenbond. So, what went wrong here? Since everything was, as it was, and Microsoft was about to finally find something new and interesting for his console that was smoked by the competition, how could the game could not even make it? Shop shelves? What happened to hell? Brouped?

In 2014 was an interesting year in which the new consoles were already in the wilderness and the combat lines were drawn with the various exclusive and functions of Xbox One and PS4. One thing was clear, and that was that the Xbox One needed some killer games. The first schuppenbeld The trailer was only CG, but extremely fascinating and made in Microsoft for the most urgently needed positive response. Behind the scenes, however, there was a lot of stress and obvious misunderstandings between Microsoft and Platinum.

How do you see SCaleBounds in the second trailer, which demonstrated the gameplay, a lot is going on here. From the ground attacks of the main character about the dragon's mechanics to flying around in the air, this was certainly a lot to cope, and maybe even a little bit more than the team could.

Obviously, Platinum had proven his ability to develop various types of action games, but with all this, it was probably a much larger undertaking than they or Microsoft had expected. In addition, Platinum Games worked at several different projects at this time and may spread too thin. According to reports, Phil Spencer of Microsoft was not a fan of it, since he and others had the feeling of PLATINUM did not have priorities set Phuffed as much as they should have considered how much money Microsoft has paid them. This may seem like a cold, corporate view, but honestly it is pretty understandable from the view of Microsoft. If someone gives you money to make X and you seem to make y, z and w, then he does not have the right to be ticked out a bit?

Obviously, Microsoft has kept things in mind more closely than thought, and many of the top decision makers at Xbox had decided that the game would not fulfill the expectations set by the trailers. The cancellation of the project was ordered in 2017, as the game was already in development for several years, and to horrify the leagues of players who were enthusiastic to play it.

It's hard to tell exactly which party is guilty here, as Microsoft would claim that Platinum had driven around with the game and the budget of Microsoft did not use satisfactorily. Platinum would probably recover that development is never a straight line, and projects should be given a little room to expand and contracting so that the game can be completed according to its artistic vision.

Both perspectives are valid, although one thing is certain: a strict attitude like the one of Microsoft and the flowing, hectic development style of Platinum simply seem to be a good mix. Since the cooperation of Platinum with Sony and Nintendo is likely to do more with the functioning of Platinum, the philosophy of Microsoft may not be compatible, and nothing is to be suspended. It is only regrettable that we had to lose a great looking game like Phuffed for you to find out. Sometimes you have to cross a line to know where you are. This time, Platinum discovered where the lines of Microsoft were discovered, and Microsoft did not like it at all.

Maybe everything may not be lost. Rumors have wetted around Phuffel-bound For some time it has come to the Nintendo Switch, and after Platinum and Nintendo have worked successfully, it does not sound too far from an idea. However, SCaleBounds IP is still in the hands of another party; Microsoft. Who knows what you plan with it. It is completely in your right to give it someone else to do it. Maybe one of the studios she recently acquired, like Ninja Theory.

The former main producer of schuppenbeld, who has left Platinum after the cancellation of the game, has evaluated doubts that the rumor cited the same point for the IP property. So if it happens, it would be without the knowledge of most gaming insiders, what makes it impossible, but less power. Maybe we will see this unique IP return one day in any way, but now we just have to hurry and wait.

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