lagamorph321 Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Hey all, From the game reviewers and gaming magazine editors I've talked to, it seems like lucasarts has been ultra hush hush about why the game was cancelled. It is notable that simon jeffery's who was really behind the project when it started in 2002 was replaced by Mike Nelson, the now infamous target of the fan's Ire. Anyone have more info? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 Small cocks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagamorph321 Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 I've talked some die hard fans that think it's just a market ploy, but I don't think that's the case. Clearly, management at lucasarts has issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail1 Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 they said it "wasn't the right time for an adventure game" that means they think it wouldnt make a lot of money THATS the reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushguy Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 See Adventure Gamers for the reason why they did it. The game got to the stage where they take it to the marketing machine, and the ignoramus running it said, "Hold it! This will never sell." and canned it. I have faith though that the game WILL come back. If we make enough noise, they'll listen, sit up, and realise, "Hey. People actually will buy this game." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagamorph321 Posted March 13, 2004 Author Share Posted March 13, 2004 Petition's up over 16000 and preorders are picking up some steam (15th ranked on Amazon.de's site from 6th this morning) due to a lot of german fans. If it's money they're worried about, I think all the responses will eventually have an effect. Then, I can get on with playing the game instead of trolling the boards looking for news about the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 They cancled it because they want to make as much damn money as possible it's like ken lay took over lucas arts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeChucks Pizza Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 if you make a statement you should always back it up, did lucasarts actually back up the whole "Its not the right time"thing with figures because to come to this decision surely they would have researched the interest and market for it before deciding that there wouldn't be a market? I'm not sure anyone know if they did release some kind of facts to go with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toenail1 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 kind of facts to go with it? the facts are that adventure games havent been doing that great lately, which is a BS excuse to cancel the game, that game was going to bring the adventure genre back to life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted March 14, 2004 Share Posted March 14, 2004 i feel they cancelled it because they don't give a damn and their run by assholes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimensio Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 If you feel that way, send 'em a letter (postal mail, not email) and tell them that they've given you this impression. I think that they did it because Mike Nelson is a bonehead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samnmax221 Posted March 15, 2004 Share Posted March 15, 2004 It's all star wars this Star Wars that Star wars on the friggen brain damnit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philocleon Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 No kidding. When will they stop milking the $tar war$ cash cow for what it's worth? I have a feeling they'll continue to fart out $tar war$ game after $tar war$ game after Episode III, but it'll probably trickle out eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lagamorph321 Posted March 17, 2004 Author Share Posted March 17, 2004 Well, it's just a fact of life that the Star Wars games are selling like crazy and great adventure games are receiving a lukewarm reception. Although, when was the last time an adventure game had generated as much buzz as Freelance Police? I read that the petition to save Obi-Wan (the really awful xbox title) had little more than 7000 sigs before lucasarts did an about face and rushed it onto the xbox. Oh the humanity! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_loser_ Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I suppose a dog and bunny crime-fighting duo does noud a bit lame... I can only assume whoever cancellend it hadn't played the original. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 It doesn't sound lame at all, especially if you bring up the fact that Max where's no pants. Sex sells. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsnow Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 it seems this might be the reason it was cancelled LUCASARTS TO DEPLOY MERCENARIES™ LONDON, U.K. – March 15, 2004 – LucasArts officially announced today that it will deploy Mercenaries, an open-ended third person combat-action game this fall for the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system and the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. Set in North Korea where a coup has plunged the troubled nation into chaos, an elite private military company has dispatched a lone mercenary to track down 52 fugitive members of the old hardliner regime --- before they can launch a nuclear attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeChucks Pizza Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 GRRR! Lucasarts just keep pissin' me off! They say that it isn't the right time well WHEN is the right time, there consumers won't just put down their starwars games and rush out to buy A Lucasarts adventure game pack. They won't know how it will go if they don't at least give more thought into it ask around and see how people find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canine_Shamus Posted March 17, 2004 Share Posted March 17, 2004 I say Lucas Arts should do some more market research to find out how many people still like adventure games. I think they'll be suprised that many people are looking for this type of game again, because everything is getting a little stale. The true test of market research would just be to release the sonofabitch and find out how well Sam and Max will actually do on the market. When a game is this anticipated, you can't go wrong. (well you can... *cough* enter the matrix) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cult_of_Frank Posted March 18, 2004 Share Posted March 18, 2004 The fact is that adventure games sell as well as they always have, if not better. It's just that now that there are so many people in the market for computer games (compared to the 'hayday of adventure gaming' in the early 90s), that the masses buy into FPS' and other action oriented games making it look more desirable for developers. In other words, a game released today would make as much money as it did then if not more, but compared to FPSes etc, it doesn't make much at all. So what? Does everything have to be about making the most possible money? What if restaurants only served steak and lobster? I am extremely disappointed in LucasArts for dropping this because they won't make 'enough' money. And Grim Fandango 2. And, damn it, where's my sequel to Day of the Tentacle?!?! End rant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBlink Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 What if they are waiting for competition? There are no charecters like Sam and Max in the gaming area and promoting a charecter is harder when there is no one to contrast them to. If Sam and Max and lets say, Demonic Lobster both had similar games coming out at the same time people would choose sides and debate which is better. That would provoke curiosity in people that normally would not talk about an adventure game. But whatever, I still think those MMrpgs are to blame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skinkie Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Let me just step in and say a sequal to Gram Fandago would be a horrible mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edlib Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 I gotta agree with Skinkie on that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimensio Posted March 19, 2004 Share Posted March 19, 2004 Originally posted by Skinkie Let me just step in and say a sequal to Gram Fandago would be a horrible mistake. Well, yeah. I don't know anyone who has heard of the first Gram Fandago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SyntheticGerbil Posted March 20, 2004 Share Posted March 20, 2004 No! That's using the wrong complete reasoning. And your icon is nasty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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