History Sandbox / AcclaimedFlopWickCheck

# Trivia.{{Psychonauts}} - AcclaimedFlop: This game is considered to be one of the best on the original UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}. The sales sadly don't reflect this. According to the ''Psychonauts'' 2015 documentary however, the sales were not as bad as others claimed it was. Tim Schafer said everyone said it sold 100,000 when it sold 400,000. Things would also turn around when Double Fine's deal with the publisher Majesco expired, enabling the studio to release a slightly UpdatedRerelease through digital platforms such as Platform/{{Steam}}. According to Double Fine, opening up for digital sales increased the sales numbers with about 1.2 million, making the game into what be described as a bit of a (very) late blooming SleeperHit, and it actually ended up turning enough of a profit to partially fund the sequel. '''8.8 on Metacritic'''

# Trivia.{{Kansas}} - AcclaimedFlop: 1988's ''In the Spirit of Things'' was the follow up to their 1986 "comeback" album ''Power'', but it was met with poor commercial reception.[[note]]Although the song "Stand Beside Me" was an MTV and rock radio hit.[[/note]] This is mainly due to the fact that their record label at the time (MCA Records) dropped support for many of the classic rock acts on the label for the latest pop stars at the time like ''Tiffany''. However, many fans and the band themselves consider it to be one of their strongest post-70s work. '''AllMusic gives a 3/5, Rolling Stone gives a 1/5'''

# Trivia.{{Psychonauts}} - AcclaimedFlop: This game is considered to be one of the best on the original UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}. The sales sadly don't reflect this. According to the ''Psychonauts'' 2015 documentary however, the sales were not as bad as others claimed it was. Tim Schafer said everyone said it sold 100,000 when it sold 400,000. Things would also turn around when Double Fine's deal with the publisher Majesco expired, enabling the studio to release a slightly UpdatedRerelease through digital platforms such as UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. According to Double Fine, opening up for digital sales increased the sales numbers with about 1.2 million, making the game into what be described as a bit of a (very) late blooming SleeperHit, and it actually ended up turning enough of a profit to partially fund the sequel. '''8.8 on Metacritic'''

# Trivia.{{Blur}} - AcclaimedFlop: Received decent ratings, in the eight-to-nine range, but despite this failed to sell, to the point that the developers, after their next game, ''VideoGame/BloodStone'', were shut down by the parent company Activision. '''81% (PC and Xbox 360) and 82% (PS3) scores on Metacritic'''

# Trivia.Destiny2 - AcclaimedFlop: ''Forsaken'' has been widely praised by critics and fans alike, but still fell short of Activision's sales predictions. This is partly due to the fact that it's a paid DLC like ''Destiny''[='=]s ''The Taken King'', and one that comes on top of the initial game that had a poor first year debut. Overall, a lot of players weren't willing to repeat ''Destiny''[='=]s tumultuous life cycle with ''Destiny 2''. '''Rated 82% (PS4), 84% (PC), and 86% (XBOX One) on Metacritic'''

# ScrewedByTheNetwork.VideoGames - A lesser example is ''VideoGame/Titanfall2'', which EA decided needed to be released at the same time as ''VideoGame/CallOfDutyInfiniteWarfare'' and their own ''VideoGame/Battlefield1''. Needless to say, despite the high reviews, the game was an AcclaimedFlop. Some suggest that EA did this out of fear that ''Battlefield 1'' would bomb due to [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI its unconventional setting]] and attempted to hedge their bets, only for their plan to backfire. The fact that EA has stated that they will support the Titanfall series in spite of this - the exact opposite reaction they've ever had to such a situation before - suggests this wasn't an intentional case of this trope. '''8.6 (PC), 8.9 (PS4), and 8.7 (Xbox One) on Metacritic'''

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# Trivia.TailConcerto - AcclaimedFlop: It didn't sell very well in Japan and while it was released in France and United States, the low sales resulted in it having a limited release, hence why it's worth quite a lot of money. Infamously, a Bandai Namco producer used the game's lack of financial success as an excuse to not finance ''Tail Concerto 2'' or any other ''Little Tail Bronx'' project, them straight up telling Hiroshi that "they weren't going to make a sequel to a game that didn't sell. '''8.1/10 on Metacritic'''

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# Trivia.Hitman2
# Trivia.{{Bulletstorm}}
# Trivia.MarioAndLuigiPaperJam
# ShowBusiness
# Trivia.LesMiserables1998

# Trivia.TailConcerto - AcclaimedFlop: It didn't sell very well in Japan and while it was released in France and United States, the low sales resulted in it having a limited release, hence why it's worth quite a lot of money. Infamously, a Bandai Namco producer used the game's lack of financial success as an excuse to not finance ''Tail Concerto 2'' or any other ''Little Tail Bronx'' project, them straight up telling Hiroshi that "they weren't going to make a sequel to a game that didn't sell. '''No ratings info at all, couldn't find anything myself'''

# HollywoodHypeMachine.ExamplesOnTheFence
# Trivia.MegaManArchieComics
# Creator.MartinScorsese
# Trivia.TheGreatAceAttorney
# Trivia.WhereTheWildThingsAre

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# Trivia.GrimFandango
# Trivia.ShootThePianoPlayer
# Trivia.Bound1996
# Trivia.GuardiansOfTheGalaxy2021
# Trivia.LoveAndMonsters

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# Trivia.TailConcerto - AcclaimedFlop: It didn't sell very well in Japan and while it was released in France and United States, the low sales resulted in it having a limited release, hence why it's worth quite a lot of money. Infamously, a Bandai Namco producer used the game's lack of financial success as an excuse to not finance ''Tail Concerto 2'' or any other ''Little Tail Bronx'' project, them straight up telling Hiroshi that "they weren't going to make a sequel to a game that didn't sell. '''No ratings info at all, couldn't find anything myself'''

# Trivia.HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie
# Trivia.ArmyOfDarkness
# ScrewedByTheNetwork.{{Music}}
# Trivia.{{Kansas}}
# Trivia.HarveyDanger

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# Trivia.{{Crysis}} - AcclaimedFlop: Every game in the series was critically acclaimed, especially the first. But due mostly to a combination of rampant piracy, the niche audience of the original,[[note]]Not only just PC players, but just PC players with high-end machines.[[/note]] and misaimed marketing, the series as a whole [[https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-11-12-ditching-far-cry-piracy-gameplay-and-just-about-breaking-even-crytek-on-the-ups-and-downs-of-the-crysis-series barely broke even]] for Crytek. '''Only Crysis 1 is acclaimed enough, and I'm not seeing evidence it flopped'''

# Trivia.PuyoPuyoFever2
# GenreKiller.LiveActionTV
# AndTheFandomRejoiced.FireEmblem
# Trivia.{{Gorillaz}}
# ContinuityPorn.MarvelUniverse

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# HonestTrailers.TropesAToD - AcclaimedFlop: [[invoked]] The Honest Trailer for ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption'' laments that, despite the movie's many great qualities, it bombed in theaters because it ran at the same time as ''Film/{{Speed}}''.

# Trivia.{{Crysis}}
# Trivia.ThatThingYouDo
# Trivia.AlmostFamous
# Trivia.CitizenKane
# Sequelitis.LiveActionFilms

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# Quotes.{{Dredd}}
# YMMV.{{Akira}}
# SmallReferencePools.{{Music}}
# Trivia.{{Psychonauts}}
# ScrewedByTheNetwork.VideoGames

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# AudienceAlienatingPremise
# YMMV.Dune2021
# Trivia.{{ECW}}
# Trivia.TailConcerto
# Trivia.TheLimey

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# Creator.GeorgeMiller - AcclaimedFlop: Since 2015, although Miller's Live-Action movies (''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'', ''Film/ThreeThousandYearsOfLonging'') flopped at the box office, still received acclaim from critics. '''Max Max has a 97%/86% on RT and lost at least $20M so it counts, 3K has a 71%/73% on RT so it doesn't count.

# Creator.GeorgeMiller
# HonestTrailers.TropesAToD
# Trivia.{{Duma}}
# Trivia.{{Blur}}
# Series.TheChair2014

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# UndeadHorseTrope: ''Film/StarTrekNemesis'', and the massive success of the 11th film, ''Film/StarTrek2009''. Though some joke that the UsefulNotes/TurnOfTheMillennium actually ''reversed'' the curse, given the lukewarm reception to the 12th film, ''Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness'', and the critical ([[AcclaimedFlop if not commercial]]) success of the 13th film, ''Film/StarTrekBeyond''. Others try to list the AffectionateParody ''Film/GalaxyQuest'' as part of the lineup to keep the pattern consistent. In regards to other media, this trope still persists depending on the franchise. '''Beyond has 86% critical and 80% audience scores on RT'''

# Trivia.GeenaDavis - CareerResurrection: Attempted with ''Series/CommanderInChief''. Despite great reviews, [[AcclaimedFlop it was a ratings dud]] and was prematurely cancelled. While time will tell if she can officially achieve this trope, she does still work in both film and TV (focusing on productions that have juicy and/or unusual roles for women) while her advocacy work for female performers and creatives in general continues apace. '''Commander In Chief has an 82% critic score and no audience score on RT'''

# YMMV.FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight - {{Misblamed}}: Many fans blamed ''Shadow Dragon'' for nearly "killing the series", claiming its lackluster reception was the result. In fact, it was ''VideoGame/FireEmblemRadiantDawn'' that actually put the series in its dire position, as the game was ''far'' more expensive and ambitious than ''Shadow Dragon'' and [[AcclaimedFlop also sold very poorly]] (being a Wii title up against ''VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy'' did it no favors). ''Shadow Dragon'' going back to the handhelds, being a remake with a popular established cast, and generally having a much smaller scope and scale than ''Radiant Dawn'' were because ''Radiant Dawn'' failed so badly that they had to significantly reduce the size of the ''Fire Emblem'' team. And far from doing poorly, ''Shadow Dragon'' was actually a modest success, albeit not enough of one to ensure its own sequel saw an international release--but that was less due to being a failure and more to the DS being a rather old system at the time. '''Radiant Dawn has a 78% score on Metacritic'''

# Trivia.TangledTheSeries
# Trivia.Destiny2

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# UndeadHorseTrope
# Trivia.GeenaDavis
# YMMV.FireEmblemShadowDragonAndTheBladeOfLight