History Trivia / LawBreakers

* FollowTheLeader: While [=CliffyB=] attempted to avert this trope by telling everyone that they started development before they had even heard of Overwatch, there is no denying that popular sentiment very quickly formed the viewpoint that the game was an ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' clone, as they were both {{Hero Shooter}}s with a cast of unique characters that had special abilities and a LimitBreak that steadily charged over the course of the match. The failure of ''Lawbreakers'' then saw his studio rush out a battle royale game called ''Radical Heights'' which also flopped massively.
* StillbornFranchise: Cliff (in)famously said ''[=LawBreakers=]'' would be the next "billion-dollar franchise". The aggressive marketing was elitist and over the top, leading to low sales at launch. The player count only haemorrhaged from there, [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/lawbreakers/lawbreakers-player-count at one point sinking to a concurrent level of ten people playing it]] ''world wide''. The game died on arrival and flopped so hard that it [[CreatorKiller killed the developer studio who made it]]. Suffice to say, nothing will ever come from the ''[=LawBreakers=]'' franchise again.

* FollowTheLeader: While [=CliffyB=] attempted to avert this trope by telling everyone that they started development before they had even heard of Overwatch, there is no denying that popular sentiment very quickly formed the viewpoint that the game was an ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' clone, as they were both {{Hero Shooter}}s with a cast of unique characters that had special abilities and an [[LimitBreak Ultimate]]. The failure of ''Lawbreakers'' then saw his studio rush out a battle royale game called ''Radical Heights'' which also flopped massively.

* CreatorKiller: On May 14, 2018, citing the disastrous commercial performance of this game and ''Radical Heights'', [=CliffyB=] announced that Boss Key Productions was shutting down. While ''Heights'' was technically their last game, Bleszinski attributed ''Lawbreakers''' failure for killing the studio, as ''Radical Heights'' was created as a last-ditch effort to recoup their losses. [[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/11/17/cliff-bleszinski-says-hes-done-making-video-games Cliff later declared that he was done making video games altogether,]] ending a decades-long career in the industry.

* CreatorKiller: On May 14, 2018, citing the disastrous commercial performance of this game and ''Radical Heights'', [=CliffyB=] announced that Boss Key Productions was shutting down. While ''Heights'' was technically their last game, Bleszinski attributed ''Lawbreakers''' failure for killing the studio, as ''Radical Heights'' was created as a last-ditch effort to recoup the losses of their previous game.

* StillbornFranchise: Cliff (in)famously said ''[=LawBreakers=]'' would be the next "billion-dollar franchise". The aggressive marketing was elitist and over the top, leading to low sales at launch. The player count only haemorrhaged from there, [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/lawbreakers/lawbreakers-player-count at one point sinking to a concurrent level of ten people playing it]] ''world wide''. The game died on arrival and flopped so hard that it [[CreatorKiller killed the developer studio who made it]]. Suffice to say, nothing will ever come from the ''[=LawBreakers=]'' franchise again. [[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/11/17/cliff-bleszinski-says-hes-done-making-video-games Emphasized further when Cliff would later state that he was done making video games.]]

* FollowTheLeader: While [=CliffyB=] attempted to avert this trope by telling everyone that they started development before they had even heard of Overwatch, there is no denying that popular sentiment very quickly formed the viewpoint that the game was an ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' clone, as they were both {{Hero Shooter}}s with a cast of unique characters that had special abilities and an [[LimitBreak Ultimate]]. The failure of Lawbreakers then saw his studio rush out a Fortnite clone called Radical Heights which also flopped massively.

* CreatorKiller: On May 14, 2018, citing the disastrous commercial performance of this game and ''Radical Heights'', [=CliffyB=] announced that Boss Key Productions was shutting down. While ''Heights'' was technically their last game, Bleszinski attributed ''Lawbreakers'''s failure for killing the studio, as ''Radical Heights'' was created as a last-ditch effort to recoup the losses of their previous game.

* StillbornFranchise: Cliff (in)famously said ''[=LawBreakers=]'' would be the next "billion-dollar franchise". The aggressive marketing was elitist and over the top, leading to low sales were low at launch. The player count only haemorrhaged from there, [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/lawbreakers/lawbreakers-player-count at one point sinking to a concurrent level of ten people playing it]] ''world wide''. The game died on arrival and flopped so hard that it [[CreatorKiller killed the developer studio who made it]]. Suffice to say, nothing will ever come from the ''[=LawBreakers=]'' franchise again. [[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/11/17/cliff-bleszinski-says-hes-done-making-video-games Emphasized further when Cliff would later state that he was done making video games.]]

* StillbornFranchise: Cliff famously said ''[=LawBreakers=]'' would be the next "billion-dollar franchise". The aggressive marketing was elitist and over the top, leading to low sales were low at launch. The player count only haemorrhaged from there, [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/lawbreakers/lawbreakers-player-count at one point sinking to a concurrent level of ten people playing it]] ''world wide''. The game died on arrival and flopped so hard that it [[CreatorKiller killed the developer studio who made it]]. Suffice to say, nothing will ever come from the ''[=LawBreakers=]'' franchise again. [[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/11/17/cliff-bleszinski-says-hes-done-making-video-games Emphasized further when Cliff would later state that he was done making video games.]]

* FollowTheLeader: While [=CliffyB=] attempted to avert this trope by telling everyone that they started development before they had even heard of Overwatch, there is no denying that popular sentiment very quickly formed the viewpoint that the game was an ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' clone, as they were both {{Hero Shooter}}s with a cast of unique characters that had special abilities and an [[LimitBreak Ultimate]].

* AcclaimedFlop: ''Lawbreakers'' received a decently positive reception from critics (scoring a 76 metacritic score on PC and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4), but the players just wouldn't bite. Sales were low at launch, and the player count only haemorrhaged from there, [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/lawbreakers/lawbreakers-player-count at one point sinking to a concurrent level of ten people playing it]] ''world wide''.

* StillbornFranchise: Cliff famously said ''[=LawBreakers=]'' would be the next "billion-dollar franchise", only for it to die on arrival and flop an epic scale so hard that it [[CreatorKiller killed the developer studio who made it]]. It is unlikely that anything will come out of the ''[=LawBreakers=]'' franchise ever again. [[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/11/17/cliff-bleszinski-says-hes-done-making-video-games Emphasized further when Cliff would later state that he was done making video games.]]

* AcclaimedFlop: ''Lawbreakers'' received a decently positive reception from critics (scoring a 76 metacritic score on PC and PS4), but the players just wouldn't bite. Sales were low at launch, and the player count only haemorrhaged from there, [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/lawbreakers/lawbreakers-player-count at one point sinking to a concurrent level of ten people playing it]] ''world wide''.

* AcclaimedFlop: ''Lawbreakers'' received a positive reception from critics (scoring a 76 metacritic score on PC and PS4), but the players just wouldn't bite. Sales were low at launch, and the player count only haemorrhaged from there, [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/lawbreakers/lawbreakers-player-count at one point sinking to a concurrent level of ten people playing it]] ''world wide''.

* StillbornFranchise: Cliff famously said ''[=LawBreakers=]'' would be the next "billion-dollar franchise", only for it to die on arrival and flop an epic scale so hard that it [[CreatorKiller killed the developer studio who made it]], it's doubtful anything will come out of ''[=LawBreakers=]'' again. [[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/11/17/cliff-bleszinski-says-hes-done-making-video-games Emphasized further when Cliff would later state that he was done making video games.]]

* FollowTheLeader: There is no denying that ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' heavily influenced ''[=LawBreakers=]'', both being {{Hero Shooter}}s with a cast of unique characters that involve special abilities and an [[LimitBreak Ultimate]]. It was to the point that [=CliffyB=] had to emphasize the differences between the two games in interviews to dismiss the idea that it's an ''Overwatch'' clone.
* StillbornFranchise: Cliff famously said ''[=LawBreakers=]'' would be the next "billion-dollar franchise", but seeing as the how the game flopped on an epic scale so hard that it [[CreatorKiller killed the team who made it]], it's doubtful anything will come out of ''[=LawBreakers=]'' again. [[https://www.gameinformer.com/2018/11/17/cliff-bleszinski-says-hes-done-making-video-games Emphasized further when Cliff would later state that he was done making video games.]]

* AcclaimedFlop: ''Lawbreakers'' was met with a positive reception from critics, but the players just wouldn't bite. Sales were low at launch, and the player count only hemorrhaged from there, [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/lawbreakers/lawbreakers-player-count at one point sinking to a concurrent level of ten people playing it]] ''all across the world''.

* StillbornFranchise: Cliff famously said ''[=LawBreakers=]'' would be the next "billion-dollar franchise", but seeing as the how the game flopped on an epic scale so hard that it [[CreatorKiller killed the team who made it]], it's doubtful anything will come out of ''[=LawBreakers=]'' again.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: Meta example, but the game released against the wildly popular Overwatch with project lead Cliff Blezinski claiming that it ''would'' be a billion-dollar franchise. Considering that at one point the game's playerbase dropped to ''10 worldwide'' we can see just how suicidal that overconfidence was.

* NeverLiveItDown: [=CliffyB=] probably isn't going to be able to shake off his infamous claim that Lawbreakers will become a billion-dollar franchise anytime soon.

* CreatorKiller: On May 14, 2018, citing the disastrous commercial performance of this game and Radical Heights, [=CliffyB=] announced that Boss Key Productions was shutting down.

* CreatorKiller: On May 14, 2018, citing the game's disastrous commercial performance, CliffyB announced that Boss Key Productions was shutting down.

* AcclaimedFlop: ''Lawbreakers'' was met with a positive reception from critics, but the players just wouldn't bite. Sales were low at launch, and the player count only hemorrhaged from there, [[https://www.pcgamesn.com/lawbreakers/lawbreakers-player-count at one point sinking to to a concurrent level of ten people playing it]] ''all across the world''.

* FollowTheLeader: There is no denying that ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' heavily influenced ''[=LawBreakers=]'', both being {{Hero Shooter}}s with a cast of unique characters that involve special abilities and an [[LimitBreak Ultimate]]. It was to the point that [=CliffyB=] had to emphasize that difference between the two games in interviews to dismiss the idea that it's an ''Overwatch'' clone.