As was foretold, we've added advertisements to the forums! If you have questions, or if you encounter any bugs, please visit this thread: https://forums.penny-arcade.com/discussion/240191/forum-advertisement-faq-and-reports-thread/
Options
Activision resurrects the SIERRA Brand...?
C2B
SwitzerlandRegistered User regular
SwitzerlandRegistered User regular
Posts
Probable scenario: Soulless mobile games hocked by propping up Sierra's stuffed corpse.
Old PA forum lookalike style for the new forums | My ko-fi donation thing.
they took the Sierra name
and created their own digital platform with it
Activisions Origin?
A remake of Lords of the Realm II with better graphics would be amazing
The Free Man shall rise.
PSN/Steam/NNID: SyphonBlue | BNet: SyphonBlue#1126
Activision is a very copy-friendly environment... and I don't think the model they plan to copy is the free to play one.
I think what they are looking at is the runaway success of Telltale games, Broken Age, Monkey Island, Grim Fandango... and they have an entire back catalog of stories and games that just need a modern coat of paint and possibly some episodic hooks so they can get in on this revival of the adventure game.
edit: so I expect "King's Quest" on the market for 4.99, with some arbitrary stopping points cooked in so they can have you buy the next chapter once it is ready, ala TWD. That's my guess.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
...Y'know, in fairness, some of the old point and click games would - if ported with care - work really damn well on mobile platforms. Like, I don't see why my beloved King's Quest VI couldn't run just like old times on a smartphone.
Just.
Just don't fuck it up with bad 3D modeling, plz. Just stick with the sprites.
No, if they do this those sprites are going away.
They may redraw them instead of going 3D... but they can't sell these games on nostalgia alone, and those sprites?
They didn't age so well.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
90% of the characters in the game aren't even relevent anymore in his Midkemia universe, but who cares. I wants it.
Steam: TheArcadeBear
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
But plz
No more things like the Turtles in Time 'HD' remake (oh God why) or the Flashback 'HD' remake (oh GOD WHYYYYYY).
EDIT: Also, i can think of several scenes on the Isle of Wonder that just flat-out wouldn't work in 3D, because of the way the artist(s) play with perspective for comedic effect.
It has to be painted.
Wait...remake isn't the right word.
Re-do.
What an awful way to end the series after the (albeit buggy) masterpiece that was Quest for Glory IV.
Midkemia was dead to me the moment Gorath died.
Steam ID: 76561198021298113
Origin ID: SR71C_Blackbird
Could be Kotick is noticing that game companies that are releasing fewer, bigger games are getting slammed by shareholders during quarters with no releases, and this could be a way to prop up the schedules.
While we're on the subject, Kotick nearly got fired a while back.
I know nothing about trademark law.
Pretty sure (in the US at least) all you have to do to renew is to file paperwork. Nintendo renewed their trademark on Eternal Darkness in 2011 I think, and nothing came of it.
They're teasing something at Gamescom if you go to the website (lower left after watching the video), so they're announcing something shortly.
I bet they thought we'd never notice. Surely /this/ one won't turn out to be a horrible undead monstrosity, they thought.
1. A Commodore VIC-20 in the early 1980's.
2. Leisure Suit Larry when I was, oh, about 7 years old (which probably explains a lot :P )
I would love to return to the old games again. Sierra games were gaming for me in the late 80's/early 90's. That, and Wing Commander.
I am curious as to what this means for Leisure Suit Larry, since Al Lowe already remade the original again. I wonder if this new Sierra would have any rights to the series at all.
Nothing at all as Codemasters purchased the license in 2009. Codemasters then lent the license to Replay.
That doesn't matter anymore though after the ceo of replay turned out to be a terrible human being and al lowe left the company less than a year ago.
Jollo for ranged carry that throws juggling pins at things.
COME FORTH, AMATERASU! - Switch Friend Code SW-5465-2458-5696 - Twitch
Well, "Atari" is making a comeback, even though it has nothing to do with anyone involved in, well, anything people would remember about Atari other than the IPs.
They're banking on brand power.
Admittedly, that game probably doesn't withstand the test of time...but looking at some of the screenshots here gives me a bit of nostalgia.
My Backloggery
Truthfully the games themselves don't hold up so well either
Eh, depends on the game. Kings Quest VI is still pretty good.
Also IMO, I prefer sprites (lots of charm). High Quality sprites are pretty costly though so its understandable if they don't do them. Handdrawn backgrounds are still the best though and are still done at times. (Should be done more as well)
And of course animations were pretty great.
*Insert any sprite based fighting game*
I mean, I loved them as a kid.
But they were bullshit.
Leisure Suit Larry was a bit better about not heartlessly screwing over the player. Except for 2.
So I'd like all those old Sierra adventure games be remade, but I don't really want faithful remakes.
Kings Quest VI I said. Had way less dead ends than the rest. (Apart from being a really amazing game)
Also check these out
http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/games.html
KQV was the big offender on the dead end front. They all had issues, but V was the one that required you to hold onto a pie for three hours to solve a bullshit puzzle that would otherwise cause your death.
I don't know if I want this. Two Guys From Andromeda are doing SpaceVenture, Roberta Williams is retired, the Coles are making Hero-U, Jim Walls is trying to get funding for Precinct... Activision has all the licenses, but none of the people. It's a very Ship of Theseus problem, and I don't think I trust them enough to treat the games properly.
My Backloggery