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[–] GutterTrash 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
Literally every survival horror that tried to rip of Day Z. Oh wait! You said released... and not trapped in limbo.
[–] Jourdy288 0 points 9 points 9 points (+9|-0) ago
I'm thinking about the games that tried cashing in on the MOBA rush- one in particular that stands out to me is Infinite Crisis, a DC themed MOBA that was decent- nothing amazing, but pretty fun and really worth playing if you were a big DC Comics fan. It was shut down shortly after leaving beta.
The trouble with making a MOBA is that most people who would play one already are playing one - and are heavily invested in their own game.
[–] Phxx 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
For me it was WH40k: eternal crusade. I was active on the forums and paid to get early access played about 20-30 hours and just stopped.
Keep in mind this is still early alpha and it is a pretty fun game, think spacemarine but open world. I will probably play again once it actually releases but atm I've lost all interest
[–] Apathy 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
Back in the day there were TONS of online games using flash. You'd get all kinds of weird online games from fads, most of which have been ripped off and are now apps in apples/androids appstore. I don't know about any direct ones to cash on a fad, but I know plenty of ones that were free due to a fad, and were ripped off to cash on their popularity.
[–] SomeoneOnTheInternet 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
Brings back memories of newgrounds...
[–] sakuramboo 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
Strife from S2 Games. They already had a MOBA, HoN but they wanted something more casual and less complex. By the time they made Strife, Dota 2 and LoL already have their users and those new to MOBA's are either picking one of those two or quitting MOBA's.
It's not that the fad was over, but the honeymoon phase of the new genre is over. They already have their player base.
S2 fucked up so bad with HoN though. All that shitting on customers. Early Access heroes. HoN could have been great, but they fucked up from very start. Should have gone F2P from very beginning instead of buy to play. Which contributed to LoL becoming big. Management was shit too. I heard that Maliken was horrible with his staff too.
[–] Codewow ago
DayZ, still not released, but the zombie fad is fading.