Which old game is going to get raped next?

[ricolikesrice]

well i wont be suprised if the new mechwarrior game turns out to be a corridor shooter in mechs. 8-9 scripted missions with a playtime totalling 4 hours, add another 2 hours of fully voiced (by famous people) cutscenes making the epic, grim story an immersive, cinematic masterpiece.

you ll occasionaly be able to swap weapons though, so the spirit of mechwarrior is of course still alive and kicking and the game will be hyped and praised for its great customization options which will be further enhanced by DLC where you can buy cool clan and innersphere logos + paintjobs.

 

[MetalCraze]

My bet is on Wing Commander.

It was raped in 97 sorry

 

[Joghurt]

I'm pretty sure EA is gonna make a new Ultima game at some point. I'm not saying it's gonna be soon, but it's gonna happen at some point because Ultima was a pretty huge IP back then.

 

[Nickless]

Likewise, Baldur's Gate has already been defiled...

 

[JudasIscariot]

Proof of necrophilia/raep. Best size I could find because the site is so shitty that its damn links don't work to the larger images...

Does this count as raep?

 

[denizsi]

I have that^ game. I've bought it boxed in a sort of a pc world convention in 1997 and only because it was somehow dirt cheap and had the name Wizardry on it. It's a poor adventure spin off with minor RPG elements, so not significant enough to constitute RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE RAPE!

 

[Unkillable Cat]

SCO's talk about Thief FM's

While it's true that several Thief Fan Missions manage to surpass the original missions found in the Thief games, the truth is that the list is far shorter than people think. Looking at the list SCO provided, for example, I would dismiss somewhere between half of it to 2/3ds of it.

It's also heavily influenced by sycophants who'll happily ignore major design flaws in favour of making FM designers feel good about their work, no matter how bad(ly flawed) it is. For a good example of this, check out a recently released FM, King's Story. Not even the beta-testers could complete it without consulting the author for clues.

If I were to name some good FM's, I would name:

Ominous Bequest
The Seven Sisters
Deceptive Perception (both parts)
Saturio Returns Home
The Tower
Disorientation
Thieves Highway
Undead Reckoning
The Burrick's Head Inn
A Night In Rocksbourg series (3 of them so far, 4th in production)
The CoSaS missions (Gathering At The Inn and Mission X)

SCO also mentioned Rose Cottage. While it looks gorgeous and has a lot of things going for it, gameplay is not one of them. It's nothing more than a creepy keyhunt (and cardhunt) and you have no real weapons to deal with what few enemies you encounter. It's no Shalebridge Cradle, but it's one of the few FM's that gets somewhat close to it.

 

[MetalCraze]

There was the time when rape was cool

 

[Lyesmith]

No.

oh wai-

 

[Haba]

It's not rape if the game actually improves :<

 

[Destroid]

There was the time when rape was cool

This isn't rape, this is love.

 

[Destroid]

And KKKthulhu easily trumped us all:

For some reason this came to mind when I saw that picture:

 

[Lingwe]

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/63318

The shooter named simply 'XCOM' is being made for PC and Xbox 360, though no release date is yet known. While many fans of the turn-based tactical series are upset about it becoming an FPS, 2K assures that "the Canberra, Australia arm of 2K Marin" will "true to the roots of the franchise" as they "re-imagine and expand the rich lore."

That some horrendous copy editing they have there.

'2K assures that "the Canberra'
'will "true to the roots'

Oh and yeah sure. How exactly do you 'remain true to the roots of the franchise' while simulatenously 're-imagining the lore' while turning a tactical game into an FPS?

I mean even Fallout 3 was at least an RPG*, the things they changed were the combat and camera. But changing it from a tactical game to a shooter? I mean...is there a special word for when a game is raped twice by two seperate companies almost 10 years apart?

*Bethesda version

 

[SCO]

...
Ominous Bequest

Is the sequel bad? I've been out of thief, and now am testing some wine patches with a dev to see if it can be made to work in my card.

 

[Sceptic]

Technically, Ultima shot itself before it could get raped. Any rape that has occurred since is really just necrophilia.

I'd argue it had already shot itself with Ultima 8. 9 just buried the poor mutilated corpse. You could see it as rape anyway if you consider that the big decline of Ultima started the minute EA bought them off. Black Gate was EA-free and was superb. Serpent Isle started before the buyout so had great elements but was missing half the end game due to EA rushing it. Then U8 was EA from the start and a decline all the way through.

http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=14803

durr hurr

M&M was raped long, long ago. Crusaders was probably the frst rape, followed by the HOMM4 expansions, MM9, and then the new world Ubisoft created for it with the fucking pointless references to "please the fans".

 

[Joghurt]

M&M was raped long, long ago. Crusaders was probably the frst rape, followed by the HOMM4 expansions, MM9, and then the new world Ubisoft created for it with the fucking pointless references to "please the fans".

Don't forget the Legends of Counter-Strike and Magic. Never played it but people say it's beyond terrible. Anyone tried it ?

 

[Burning Bridges]

I'd argue it had already shot itself with Ultima 8. 9 just buried the poor mutilated corpse. You could see it as rape anyway if you consider that the big decline of Ultima started the minute EA bought them off. Black Gate was EA-free and was superb. Serpent Isle started before the buyout so had great elements but was missing half the end game due to EA rushing it. Then U8 was EA from the start and a decline all the way through.

Thanks, I had always wondered what happened between 7 and 8. So Origin was sold to EA you say? Unbelievable that in 1994 they had some of the best games of all time (Ultima Underworld 1+2, Ultima VII + Serpent Isle) and two years later and onwards they released nothing but crap upon crap.

 

[Black Sun]

Don't forget Fallout 3 is getting raped soon.... fucking Vegas

 

[Sceptic]

Thanks, I had always wondered what happened between 7 and 8. So Origin was sold to EA you say? Unbelievable that in 1994 they had some of the best games of all time (Ultima Underworld 1+2, Ultima VII + Serpent Isle) and two years later and onwards they released nothing but crap upon crap.

The games you listed were all pre-1994 actually. U7 and UW1 are 1992, UW2 and SI are 1993. The buyout happened at the end of 1992, so all good 1992 games were already released and all 1993 games were already underway. They still managed to release some fantastic games even after the buyout (WC3-4) but you could definitely see the hand of EA in there as early as 1994. And it only got worse from there.

Don't forget the Legends of Counter-Strike and Magic. Never played it but people say it's beyond terrible. Anyone tried it ?

Never tried it but never heard anything good about it either. By that point I was no longer willing to touch any M&M game that didn't involve JVC, and towards the end of NWC I was't even willing to do that anymore.

 

[Phelot]

Thanks, I had always wondered what happened between 7 and 8. So Origin was sold to EA you say? Unbelievable that in 1994 they had some of the best games of all time (Ultima Underworld 1+2, Ultima VII + Serpent Isle) and two years later and onwards they released nothing but crap upon crap.

The games you listed were all pre-1994 actually. U7 and UW1 are 1992, UW2 and SI are 1993. The buyout happened at the end of 1992, so all good 1992 games were already released and all 1993 games were already underway. They still managed to release some fantastic games even after the buyout (WC3-4) but you could definitely see the hand of EA in there as early as 1994. And it only got worse from there.

Though it is tough to say if Origin would have survived for long anyway. They were apparently notoriously slow in developing games, always near the edge of bankruptcy, and not to mention EA doing their dirty tactics to undermine their competition. It seems the only reason Origin survived on its own for so long was due to their games being so great though I don't think they sold very well at the time.

U8 reeked of EA meddling, though I still found it enjoyable if it's not looked at as being an Ultima game. Perhaps more of an Ultima "nightmare" I felt alone playing the game, it was gloomy and no one likes the avatar. It was quite the shock after playing in Brittania for so long (though I suppose SI was also a shock)

I liked the cemetery and general gothic dark feel of it.

 

[Burning Bridges]

true dat, it was 1992, 1993 that I played these games.

then more 94, 95-ish I can remember very well how a friend and me were playing U8 for the first (and as it turned out last) time (which we had been looking forward to immensely), and I can hardly remember a bigger

moment in my entire gaming life.

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

Straightforward question. Next-gen developers have made it their mission to rape every single great game of the past by creating XTREME re-imaginings. Which one will be next?

why isn't Wasteland on this list?

 

[Joghurt]

Straightforward question. Next-gen developers have made it their mission to rape every single great game of the past by creating XTREME re-imaginings. Which one will be next?

why isn't Wasteland on this list?

I remember reading somewhere that someone is already working on it...

Found something

While on June 21, 2007, Brian Fargo said, "I am indeed looking into bringing back the game that spawned the Fallout series. Stay tuned...." in an interview with fan site Duck and Cover[2], no new official Wasteland 2 information has surfaced since then. In March 2009 it was announced that Fallout creator Jason Anderson will work at InXile as a creative director on a new role playing game which might be Wasteland 2.

 

[Black]

Wait, X-Com had rich lore?

 

[TwinkieGorilla]

I remember reading somewhere that someone is already working on it...

Found something

are you willfully missing the point of my statement?