Fortunately (or perhaps unfortunately, depending on your perspective) it isn't as bad as all that. It's fair to say that Rollercoaster Tycoon World was similarly expected to step out of its tiny car, trip over its oversized shoes and somehow hang itself on the high-wire, causing the big-top to collapse, the elephants to escape, and the lion to seize this golden opportunity to eat its tamer. In the centre of the ring is a lousy clown who remains entertaining purely because the audience gets to throw pies at him. Recent abominations such as Alone in the Dark: Illumination and the bizarre survivalist reboot of Asteroids haven't simply been bad, but so explosively atrocious that the games transform into a circus of mockery and ridicule. Atari's reputation as a gaming label is now so far down the pan that virtually every release is met with a mixture of resigned inevitability and something akin to a macabre glee.
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