Franchises In Need of A Comeback
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Chris Kemp takes a look at some wizened legends that were retired too early…
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Franchises In Need of A Comeback
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Chris Kemp takes a look at some wizened legends that were retired too early…
Freelancer and Delta Force are two games I'de like to see rebooted.
star control
transport tycoon
I agree with all the games mentioned in the article and the ones mentioned in this thread.
Another one is Master of Magic. I also want a new Ultima, even though there were tons of them. :)
HomeWorld
Descent
MDK
SIERRA Adventure Games Most Definite, but also the old Live Video Games e.g. the Tex Murphy Range (Under a Killing Moon)! Used to love those.... maybe I should buy it from GoG :) :)
Homeworld
Descent
Battlezone (1998 version)
Starlancer
Freespace
Have you heard of Cities in Motion?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jabberwocky
I want them to make another Caesar, Caesar V :D
No, but it sounds promising!Quote:
Originally Posted by czc
Mdk!!!!! :)
I would've loved to see more LucasArts™ quest titles like the old gems.
Day of the Tentacle
Monkey Island 1-3 (4 is not worth mentioning)
Freddie Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist
Sam & Max
Grim Fandango
and of course
the Star Wars Jedi Knight series
I disagree. IPs like Baldur’s Gate, MDK and all those should remain firmly where they are, in our nostalgia filled childhood. Why not make something new, why remake something thats been done before?
I want a reboot of the Pharaoh series :).
They should do remastering of old titles, not script / layout remaking.
This is a remake:
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Baldur's gate series don't need a comeback. Its on of the top sellers on GOG just the way it is and well do you really think there will be a market for this games these day's? My brother who never really played the older games found baldur's gate so hard at the first few battles he gave up.
I would not mind Remastering of the series that would be awesome.
Uhmm are we forgetting Dungeon Keeper? That would be awesome, I've still got my Baldurs gate discs somewhere must go digging them up. Perhaps I should also finish Monkey Island one again, 20 years is too long.
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Originally Posted by Voicy
I want heroes of might and magic get a reboot. A decent reboot with highly stylized 2d graphics. Drop the freaking 3d it looks shit for heroes.
Unreal needs hd remastering
Quake 1 needs hd remastering
Caesar needs hd remastering
Shadow warrior needs hd remastering
Redneck rampage needs ahd remastering
Prey needs a hd remastering.
I played duke3d with the hd mod and it was so much fun.
I don't agree on Prey seeing it's also only 5 years old and wasn't that great.
I loved prey. It was different.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lupus
That's exactly why they should make a comeback. Gamers are being milked on weak easy-ass games that offer little to no challenge - and the default reaction to any challenging game is to give up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crzwaco
As for my list -
Star Control - if only to replace the misfit that was Star Control III
Master of Orion - almost to the word the exact same reason as above - look how well the Civ franchise is still doing for itself.
UFO (XCOM) - No idea what it should be called anymore - but here they should focus on remastering the game and maybe expanding it a bit
Baldur's Gate - absolutely - they left lots of space when ending Baldur's Gate II - there's room for more story - the endless series of books based on the Forgotten Realms is enough testament to that.
Who is going to play it once they hear is so hard on normal hehe.Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowfox
Baldur's gate 2 Played it 9 times till the end and only once have I beaten the last guy. Strange how it works I want to see the ending again that's why playing it now again.
People who like a challenge? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Crzwaco
Took me a couple of tries to get past the final guy - but I managed it finally. If I remember correctly I finally beat him with overwhelming magic firepower (had 2 full mages, and 2 dual class mages in my party). Tactics be damned.
Oh .. and a ton of potions.
haha yeah remembered going to all the shops to buy most of the potions. I felt sad that my drow armor turned to dust :(Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowfox
the reason i chose the games i did.
Freespace: FS 2 ended in a open method which left space for a sequel.
Descent: descent 3 was cool but didn't capture the fun of 2
Starlancer: very fun space sim but the ending was open ended and the bs short version of it in Freelancer was crap...
Battlezone (1998 version): now this was a ground breaking game, it properly mixed RTS and FPS in a fun way, the 1999 pandemic sequel was crap and should not exist, sadly the ip is owned by activision :(
and honorable mention: Tachyon the Fringe: Novalogic's first and only foray into space sims was fun and looked great for the time, need another one
Yeah prey just ended. I want more.
I would love to see Homeworld 1 & 2 re made for sure! Or hell even a Homeworld 3.
Grim Fandango would be awesome oh and Discworld :)
g police
strike series aka nuclear strike & soviet strike
sega e-swat
shenmue
It puzzles me why day of the tentacle doesn`t receive the remake or telltale attention that monkey island is getting.
I'd possibly like to see Nightmare creatures redone.
Oh how can I forget g-police. How stunning it can be with todays tech.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dohc-WP
Hidden & Dangerous
Hell, I forgot about alot of the titles mentioned, Tachyon and Homeworld have so much to offer for current technology, not just in graphics but also gameplay.
The only game in existence that NEEDS to be brought back (note: not a want, or a lus, or a 'could be nice' but an actual NEED) is Planescape: Torment.
There's a game that would sell like hotcakes amongst today's mature gamers.
lol but mature gamers are rare.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lycanthrope
truth be told alot of games mentioned are shoe ins for a modern make over others not so much as that would ruin our memories of them
Planscape being number one on the list of should not be done
Oi! Don't you pull the, "It'll ruin it!" card on me. I'll klap you somma royally :mad:Quote:
Originally Posted by Tank
Planescape is a game that too many people have never even heard of. It's a beautiful, spectacular game that would be absolutely brilliant if it were brought back and into the 21st century. It's a work of art that shouldn't be left to rot because people are too afraid of taking a risk with it.
I'd say bring it back, remake it and if it's successful (wtf wouldn't it be?) expand on the universe. I would agree in the sense of leave Nameless' story alone, but don't kill the universe. It has so much life and potential to it. BRING IT BACK.
Exactly. I want to go to all the planes that they talk of.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lycanthrope
New games in the series yes, but not a reboot is what i meant sorry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lycanthrope
too many reboot's going around these days that ruin classic titles.
Well, what do you mean by "reboot?" If by "reboot" you mean "remake" then I'd disagree--look at how fantastic the Monkey Island SEs have been. All I'd want for Nameless' story is a remake of the original Planescape (keep the same voice-overs, would kill me if they were changed). After that, I'd love to see what they could do with the universe :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tank
Also, we have gems like Deus Ex 3, Duke Nukem, Thief 4 and Dungeon Siege III making a comeback, reboot FTW :D
reboot ala re-imaganining or total redo of everything including the characters.
that's what reboot means.
hd make over of most old titles would be awesome
:D :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Tank
Gotcha :)Quote:
that's what reboot means.
hd make over of most old titles would be awesome