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Re: To laugh or to cry
Posted By: AfroRyanDate: 2/21/06 11:09 a.m.

In Response To: Re: To laugh or to cry (Andrew Nagy (school))

: I would consider this a waste of ten years, which could be spent making games
: that *haven't* already been made. Like Duality, or a Marathon sequel
: trilogy.

Naaah...if the game was popular, then yeah, a remake would be a waste. However, very few people in the overall gaming populus have never played the Marathon Trilogy, let alone even heard of it. Not that I'm saying I WOULDN'T want a sequel; I do. It's just that I want SOMETHING new. And don't you say "scenerios."

: Not to mention that remaking the game would prove to a lot of people that the
: original was somehow deficient; that Bungie needed next-generation
: hardware to truly be able to bring their story to life, establish a
: variety of moods and atmospheres, and create an addictive gameplay
: experience.

I disagree...but I don't really know why. I just don't think the average gamer has even THOUGHT of that. Only a few Doom fanboys would see it as that, just to make Doom look better...but hey, whatever.

: Alternatively, I don't like the implication that developing a modern game
: (regardless of target platform) is such a long and expensive process that
: you can't possibly risk wasting it on anything but a tried-and-tested
: concept; in other words, a sequel, adaptation, or remake.

Sure, Sure, that makes sense.

: Agreed. Though it's easy to let that succumb to feature creep - I don't
: suppose it would be possible to let scenario authors get their works
: published on XBL alongside the trilogy, or to make Xbox versions of Forge
: and Anvil? Also, would there be legal issues with the GPL?

Good point.

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To laugh or to cryPurple Penguin 2/18/06 7:50 p.m.
     OMG! *NM*ukimalefu 2/18/06 9:01 p.m.
     Cru7el taunt :P *NM*kyjel 2/18/06 10:39 p.m.
     Re: To laugh or to crytreellama 2/19/06 4:22 a.m.
           wait wait wait I don't get itNicholai 2/19/06 4:36 p.m.
                 Re: wait wait wait I don't get itthermoplyae 2/19/06 5:11 p.m.
                       Re: wait wait wait I don't get itCallie21V 2/20/06 5:39 p.m.
                             *Injects Marathon intravenously* *NM*Me_43 2/20/06 5:42 p.m.
     Re: To laugh or to cry1337n00blar 2/19/06 9:19 p.m.
           Re: To laugh or to cryDave 2/19/06 11:08 p.m.
                 Re: To laugh or to cryAndrew Nagy (school) 2/20/06 5:01 a.m.
                       Re: To laugh or to cryCallie21V 2/20/06 5:36 p.m.
                             Re: To laugh or to cryAfroRyan 2/20/06 7:44 p.m.
                                   Re: To laugh or to crythermoplyae 2/21/06 8:11 a.m.
                                         Do I really even have to try?AfroRyan 2/21/06 11:13 a.m.
                                               Re: Do I really even have to try?thermoplyae 2/21/06 2:36 p.m.
                                                     Re: Do I really even have to try?wal*mart cart pusher 2/23/06 11:54 a.m.
                                                           Re: Do I really even have to try?Ender 2/23/06 1:22 p.m.
                                                           Re: Do I really even have to try?Andrew Nagy 2/23/06 4:31 p.m.
                                                           Re: Do I really even have to try?AfroRyan 2/24/06 6:40 a.m.
                                                                 Re: Do I really even have to try?Document 9/29/06 7:44 a.m.
                                                                       Re: Do I really even have to try?AfroRyan 9/30/06 9:38 a.m.
                                   Re: To laugh or to cryAndrew Nagy (school) 2/21/06 9:07 a.m.
                                         Re: To laugh or to cryAfroRyan 2/21/06 11:09 a.m.
                                               Re: To laugh or to cryEnder 2/21/06 11:44 a.m.
                                                     Re: To laugh or to cry1337n00blar 2/21/06 3:35 p.m.
                                                           Re: To laugh or to crythermoplyae 2/21/06 4:55 p.m.
                                                                 Re: To laugh or to cryAndrew Nagy 2/21/06 7:03 p.m.
                                                     Re: To laugh or to cryAfroRyan 2/21/06 7:38 p.m.
                                               Re: To laugh or to cryAndrew Nagy (school) 2/21/06 1:44 p.m.
                                                     Re: To laugh or to cryAndrew Nagy 2/6/08 6:19 p.m.

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