Babylon’s Fall was by far one of the worst games of this year, despite all the future plans for the live-service game, it fell short in every respect. Not even a year into the game, Platinum Games decided to pull the plug on the game and put it out of its misery. Now the developers of the failed action RPG, namely the CEO of Platinum Games, has come out apologizing to fans.
Atsushi Inaba told VGC:
“Any disappointment that we might have caused for our fan base is something we feel extremely sorry about, the fact that we led our dedicated fans to feel that way as a developer. Providing any sentiment other than enjoyment and fun in our creations to players is something that we’re not very happy about at all as a developer.”
Why Did Babylon’s Fall Fail?
Platinum Games has always been amazing at making combat-heavy action games, with huge successes like Nier Automata and Bayonetta under their belt. But Babylon’s Fall was far from the studio’s best work, with the levels uninteresting, the gameplay repetitive, and the loot-chasing aspect borderline insulting, the tedious game had nothing going for it, including its muddy visual style.
The game launched and fell flat on its proverbial face, with a player base as vast as Kratos’ hairline, it’s not surprising the game failed. Square Enix promised time and again that the project would not be abandoned, yet it announced the game’s death only a few months later. Reports said that GameStop was actually giving away Babylon’s Fall discs for free to some customers even though the online servers will be going offline in February 2023, rather than throwing them away.
Inaba continued:
“In terms of any concrete reasons or the process that led to this conclusion of the title, you’d have to go ahead and ask Square Enix about the details, unfortunately.”
Inaba suggested that he was not happy and could not speak out earlier on the problems with the game. He also said that Platinum Games having full control over all aspects of Babylon’s Fall wouldn’t have changed its outcome.
The Future of Platinum Games
But, to the dismay of many hack-and-slash fans, Platinum Games has no intention of giving up, and will make more live service titles. “There’s a lot that we learned from this experience, and it’s not changed our future plans or outlook moving forward regarding doing live service games at all,” he said. Let’s hope the studio’s next endeavors bear more fruit.
