Dreamatrix Game Studios
Dreamatrix Game Studios, also known as Provox Games, is a Croatian computer game developer and a subsidiary of Pro vox d.o.o. (Pro vox Ltd.) Based in Zagreb, Croatia, the studio is led by Dino Potrebica. Dreamatrix developed the ill-fated Legends of Dawn and Space Force: Rogue Universe.[1]
Critical reception
Legends of Dawn (2013)
Shortly after release on 27th June 2013., Legends of Dawn received exclusively negative reviews from critics and gamers alike. The score of 29/100[2] on Metacritic, places it in the 200 worst games ever made across all platforms. As of October 20 of 2014., it is, critically, the 139th worst game of all time out of almost 14,200 entries.[3] It was included in IGN's round-up of worst reviewed games of 2013,[4] with the description: "Legends Of Dawn isn’t just bad, it’s an embarrassment to its developers and @steam_games for selling it."[5] CD-Action gave it 10/100 stating: "An apology is in order to everyone who fell for the promises on Kickstarter and paid for this ruin of a game." LEVEL commented in their review: "A crappy system, technologically speaking it's an unfinished, irritating, and every now and then arrogant action RPG, with flaws as merits, demonstrating how to not make a game.", giving it 20/100.[6].
While most games have a following regardless of the way it was received by critics, users have, too, expressed an enormous disdain for the game on the rating system of the Steam distribution platform[7], with only 12% of 140 reviews expressing positive feedback. As the game was finished with financing gathered through a crowd-sourcing project on Kickstarter[8], both critics and gamers expressed concerns whether the Kickstarter was merely an attempt by the developer to cover the costs of a failed project. As the critics deemed the game an embarrassment to the developer and a complete failure with no redeeming qualities, the question stands where did the $21,536 of surplus financing go, which is almost twice the original amount requested. As IGN has included it in their worst-reviewed games of 2013 listing[9], Legends of Dawn will remain a cornerstone of the discussion that Steam requires proper curating and developer accountability on Kickstarter.
Space Force: Rogue Universe (2007)
Space Force: Rogue Universe has been received with predominantly mixed reviews, giving it an average score of 62/100[10] on Metacritic. IGN gave it a mediocre rating of 51/100, citing poor lasting appeal, abysmal storyline, excessive difficulty and bad gameplay mechanics which prevent it from being a better game.[11]. Other publications have offered similar reasoning, with the exception of Gamespot which gave it a 75/100 primarily because it ventures into the space simulation genre most other developers abandoned.
References
- ^ http://www.dreamatrix.net/site/index.php/games.html
- ^ "Legends of Dawn (29/100) on Metacritic".
- ^ "Metacritic's list of worst games of all time".
- ^ "Round-up of worst-reviewed games of 2013".
- ^ "Legends of Dawn IGN Review".
- ^ "Summary of Legends of Dawn critic reviews on Metacritic".
- ^ http://store.steampowered.com/app/234980/#app_reviews_hash
- ^ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/522716131/legends-of-dawn
- ^ "Round-up of worst-reviewed games of 2013".
- ^ http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/spaceforce-rogue-universe
- ^ http://www.ign.com/articles/2007/07/18/space-force-rogue-universe-review