Manwe on 9/12/2015 at 20:46
Quote Posted by Starker
Yes, you can license it -- give permission to use it for a project or some period of time, depending on the agreement.
Don't Square Enix have a program specifically for that purpose? I think it's mostly used to license their old shitty IPs that have close to no value. I guess the best we can hope for is for them to run the franchise into the ground, so the IP loses its value and joins the program.
Renault on 9/12/2015 at 22:37
I think EM botched Thief4 so badly that it hurt their overall credibility, partially undoing the clout they attained from DXHR and in a way it could potentially affect their other products/games in the future. I bet they'd jump at the chance to have someone else take a crack at Thief, and divert all the negative publicity and attention away from them.
terrannova on 9/12/2015 at 23:43
Quote Posted by ShadowXOR
I think the two closest things we've had to a new System Shock were the original Dead Space and Alien Isolation. I hope they don't hire Ken Levine, BioShock was such a disappointment.
mmm Dead Space 1 was pretty grand, and quite disturbing. I read a rumor a while ago that it may have even started as a System Shock 3 at one point.
BioShock 1 was okay and definitely the strength of its series, but I prefer the world of System Shock & Deus Ex over exaggerated comic relief and strange humor. (Big daddies, little sisters? come on...)
Alien Isolation: Fantastic, and I want more! :)
GodzillaX8 on 10/12/2015 at 00:24
Quote Posted by ShadowXOR
I hope they don't hire Ken Levine, BioShock was such a disappointment.
I wouldn't call it a disappointment. Sure, it wasn't as great as System Shock 2, but it was still better than 95% of other shooters on the market in that timeframe.
But if it's any consolation: (
https://www.facebook.com/ken.levine.9/posts/10207059680029356?pnref=story)
ShadowXOR on 10/12/2015 at 00:46
The problem is he billed it as a spiritual successor to System Shock. If he'd never have said that I would have been much happier. When I played through it a second time knowing what it was, I enjoyed it a lot more. They just dumbed it down too much to compare it to System Shock in my opinion.
ZylonBane on 10/12/2015 at 01:11
Quote Posted by GodzillaX8
I wouldn't call it a disappointment.
Of course YOU wouldn't. But it totally was. It was a massive disappointment.
GodzillaX8 on 10/12/2015 at 02:54
Quote Posted by ZylonBane
Of course YOU wouldn't. But it totally was. It was a massive disappointment.
Oh yeah, that's why I never come to these forums anymore. People like you are here. Thanks for reminding me. See you later.
Vae on 10/12/2015 at 08:22
Hasta la vista, baby.
Quote:
SYSTEM SHOCK 3 - It's happening!
Welcome, yet expected news...:thumb:
One can only pray it meets the standards of the series.
TannisRoot on 10/12/2015 at 19:38
The front page should definitely be updated with this excellent news!
Nameless Voice on 11/12/2015 at 01:41
Quote Posted by GodzillaX8
I wouldn't call it a disappointment. Sure, it wasn't as great as System Shock 2, but it was still better than 95% of other shooters on the market in that timeframe.
What was actually good about it in comparison to the other <s>games</s> shooters in the timeframe?
The uninspired weapons?
The useless plasmids?
The bullet sponge enemies with incredible precision?
The balance based on huge amounts of resources with arbitrary hard caps?
The RPG elements that could be freely swapped, making all choices meaningless?
The interface so bad that I could write a 2,500-word article on the subject?
This in the same year as S.T.A.L.K.E.R., too.