Speedymanic
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EMBee99 said:
Doesn't help that they keep firing the FU team after they finish a game.
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What the hell happened to LucasArts and Star Wars games?
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Doesn't help that they keep firing the FU team after they finish a game.
JoshuaJSlone
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x Power Pad Death Stomp x
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I just don't understand the no show of Battlefront. I can't think of a bigger no brainer. It's like they don't want money!
If we're talking about Lucasarts, I'm still holding out for HD Remakes of these and a true sequel:
If we're talking about Lucasarts, I'm still holding out for HD Remakes of these and a true sequel:
Speedymanic
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Seda said:
1. Probably very limited appeal, would be great to see a revival via Live Arcade/PSN, but I can't see LA bothering.
2. Still bitter over BF3 being canned.
3. N64/Gamecube killed the series and Factor 5 moved on.
4. 'evolved' (and I use the term loosely) into Force Unleashed.
5. The Old Republic happened.
6. Hadn't even heard of these until you mentioned them.
petethepanda
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I'd love a Dark Forces reboot. Dark, gritty Star Wars shooter running on modern tech. This would rock.
I've given up hope on a new Tie Fighter. If we ever get one, it'll be an "arcadey" game like Rogue Squadron.
I've given up hope on a new Tie Fighter. If we ever get one, it'll be an "arcadey" game like Rogue Squadron.
kunonabi
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N64 era was great for SW games
Shadows of the Empire
Episode 1 pod racer
Rogue Squadron
Battle for Naboo
Just an awesome linup.
GC was solid too
Bounty Hunter
The Clone Wars(very underrated multiplayer game)
Rogue Leader
Rebel strike
Never cared for the Jedi Knight series but the X-Wing/Tie Fighter series was amazing.
I also wonder why they pissed away Battlefront. I loved Battlefront II and a proper xbox live/psn sequel would have been easy money.
Shadows of the Empire
Episode 1 pod racer
Rogue Squadron
Battle for Naboo
Just an awesome linup.
GC was solid too
Bounty Hunter
The Clone Wars(very underrated multiplayer game)
Rogue Leader
Rebel strike
Never cared for the Jedi Knight series but the X-Wing/Tie Fighter series was amazing.
I also wonder why they pissed away Battlefront. I loved Battlefront II and a proper xbox live/psn sequel would have been easy money.
POWERSPHERE
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I always think that an xwing game these days with the power of machines and online would be the greatest.
Oh and Wii U has a built in Vader scope. Juz sayin...
Oh and Wii U has a built in Vader scope. Juz sayin...
Miggytronz
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AlexSmash said:
FUCKING THIS! OMG
BigJonsson
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I'd love a new Tie Fighter, the original was so much fun
They should also remake Rebel Assault, the first CD-Rom game I ever played lol
They should also remake Rebel Assault, the first CD-Rom game I ever played lol
devilhunterx
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Kinyou said:
The first one sold well enough to get us the second....but nothing else since. =( I really want The Dig, Loom, the Indy games, Zak McKrakin, ect.
SmokedMeat
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I'd be happy with a perfect port Sega's Pod Racer arcade game on XBLA/PSN.
snoopeasystreet
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Clint "Far Cry 2" Hocking is going to save the force.
jump_button
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They Star War kinect? you not happy with that?
Rated-Rsuperstar
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At this point I'd be happy with HD ports of the older games, but even that may be asking too much.
Rodney McKay
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Yeah, I was a big Star Wars fan (KOTOR1 is still one of my favorite games) but I cannot get excited for it any more. Force Unleashed had potential (what if you were an INCREDIBLY powerful dark Jedi?!) but in the end it was just kinda bland.Salmonax said:
I really liked LEGO Star Wars 3, but that wasn't a LucasArts game. The only thing i want to play of there's are the older games I never got a chance to play (Tie Fighter, X-Wing, etc.). I would love a new rogue squadron or at least an HD remake/compilation of the best levels.
If the games are good I will play them, but the universe isn't enough to draw me in like it used to be. SWTOR just looks like a MMO with story stuff that can't keep my interest anymore.
petethepanda
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Still pissed we're getting Star Wars Kinect instead of a Move game in which you can actually, like, move around. Move-mote for 1:1 lightsabering, nav controller to move your character around... yes, this is something I want. Maybe not a full $60 game tho, probably a downloadable thing.
StalkerUKCG
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AlexSmash said:
This, for me its the one star wars game that could see in the current market. With Clone wars heavily focused on the military aspect of star wars something like RC2 could really excell. It even has a place in a multiplayer enviroment as a mix between Battlefield and Halo.
CrunchinJelly
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A Battlefront sequel is a multi-million seller waiting to happen and LucasArts are just sitting on it.
It's sad.
It's sad.
sixteen-bit
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I recall the Factor 5 ones being pretty good too.
BattleMonkey
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The company is just horribly managed. They missed out on so many opportunities this gen. Battlefront games were big hits and we are in the era of most popular MP shooters probably ever and they don't bother putting out a new one? They were being worked on apparently twice, maybe they were not coming out well, but still wtf
BrokenSymmetry
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Battlefront II was my favorite Xbox 1 Live multiplayer game (together with PGR2). Huge maps, vehicles, inclusion of bots (so even bad players could kill stuff), and the design of being able to play a "hero" for a short time was genius.
The Spoony Hou
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Back in the early 90s, I dreamed of a Star Wars adventure game. Fucking LucasArts never gave me one.
After the Monkey Island Remake, you'd better give up hope for anything decent (besides the music).x Power Pad Death Stomp x said:If we're talking about Lucasarts, I'm still holding out for HD Remakes of these and a true sequel:
Rated-Rsuperstar
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With shooters being all the rage, it's amazing they haven't attempted an Imperial Commando sequel. Put in a multiplayer mode with unlockable trooper armor and the game basically sells itself.
Osiris said:
Absolute nonsense. Star Wars is stronger as a brand than it ever has been before, and the vast majority of the major hit SW games are post-1999. Not nearly as many people hate the prequels as the angry internet nerd faction would like to believe.
The state of Star Wars videogames is due to mismanagement of and inside LucasArts itself, not anything to do with the strength of the Star Wars brand.
petethepanda
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The LeChuck's Revenge remake was much better than SoMI's remake. The art style actually looked kind of good.The Spoony Hou said:
At this point with both Schafer and Gilbert over at Double Fine I'd be far more interested in them doing something with old Lucasarts point 'n clicks than I would be in Lucasarts doing something themselves lol. TTG did okay with Sam 'n Max s3 and the last few episodes of Tales of Monkey Island but there is soooo much room for improvement.
Also, Star Wars.
MattKeil said:
Yes anyone that thinks the brand is dead is delusional.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20110618-17/star-wars-breaks-blu-ray-sales-records/
Best-selling catalog Blu-Ray disc of all time.. after only 1 week, and at an $85 price tag.
And even most of the shitty Star Wars games still generate sales that most publishers can only fantasize about.
Lavalamp1138
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I'd love a new Republic Commando game. Especially since that stupid cartoon series ruined the canon for the book series.
plagiarize
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nothing i said talked about sales or brand strength.
hell, i really enjoyed the Pod Racer game, but it USED to be the case that Star Wars games were amongst the best in their genres, and in many cases were pushing those genres forwards.
whether you liked Star Wars or not, seeing the name on a game in the nineties was pretty much a guarantee of quality, and it isn't anymore.
that's not to say there isn't still the odd good game here or there to carry the name, but the *overall quality* of the titles have undoubtedly suffered. it's the difference between 'good for a licensed game' and 'good for a game'.
what happened to the Lucasarts that tried to make each game the best in it's genre?
The Phantom Menace.
hell, i really enjoyed the Pod Racer game, but it USED to be the case that Star Wars games were amongst the best in their genres, and in many cases were pushing those genres forwards.
whether you liked Star Wars or not, seeing the name on a game in the nineties was pretty much a guarantee of quality, and it isn't anymore.
that's not to say there isn't still the odd good game here or there to carry the name, but the *overall quality* of the titles have undoubtedly suffered. it's the difference between 'good for a licensed game' and 'good for a game'.
what happened to the Lucasarts that tried to make each game the best in it's genre?
The Phantom Menace.
ScrabbleDude
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I would love a Rogue Squadron game set in the expanded universe. There's so many battles that have never been touched in a game and could at a lot of depth to the games.
I'd kill for a next gen Outlaws game... RDR was good, but not what I'd want from an Outlaws game (from what I played at least).
edit: And so this sticks exactly to the thread (I misread the title, thinking the op was talking about Lucas Arts games in general as well as their Star Wars games) the engine that is used in the Outlaws game could be used for another Jedi Knight game. There, stickin' to the topic at hand!
edit: And so this sticks exactly to the thread (I misread the title, thinking the op was talking about Lucas Arts games in general as well as their Star Wars games) the engine that is used in the Outlaws game could be used for another Jedi Knight game. There, stickin' to the topic at hand!
Rated-Rsuperstar
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ScrabbleDude said:
Some battles set in the New Jedi Order would make for some interesting encounters.
Warm Machine
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I'm going to go on record and say that if Lucasarts wants to do a remake of X-Wing I'll happily do it for them.
plagiarize said:
Haha, what? Yeah, Shadows of the Empire, Masters of Teras Kasi, Yoda Stories, Star Wars Chess, Star Wars: Rebellion, Rebel Assault, SW Trilogy Arcade, they really pushed forward and represent the pinnacles of their respective genres. The SNES games were playable but more in a "better than I expected from a licensed game" way.
I love SW Arcade and the X-Wing games, too, but gimme a break. Selective memory much?
I have a hard time agreeing in the face of the Battlefront games, KOTOR, Republic Commando, Jedi Outcast/Academy, and Rogue Leader. Just as many great SW games, surrounded by low quality ones that nobody bothers to remember. Your entire assertion is just rose-colored glasses for the '90s era.
Outside of point-and-click adventure games, that LucasArts never really existed, and The Phantom Menace most certainly did not kill that genre. LucasArts' serious troubles don't even really start in earnest until around the 2005 mark. Step away from the prequel rage and look at the timeline more objectively.