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There Can Be Only One! [Highlander game]
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An immortal warrior travels throughout the ages, seeking others like him with which to do epic battle, defeat only coming through savage beheadings giving the victor his fallen foe's power -- how has this not produced more Highlander video games? It may not be the most popular license with the kids these days, but Eidos sees the potential, and they're banking on it with a Highlander video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Games for Windows.
Written by David Abramowitz, writer and show runner for the Highlander television series, the Highlander video game will follow a new main character: Owen MacLeod. Born in Gaul over 2000 years ago, Owen discovers he's an Immortal when he's sent to the gladiatorial arena in Pompeii, and, what do you know, realizes he can't be killed. The game eventually takes Owen to a futuristic New York, where he contends with an unusually powerful Immortal hunting him down.
"For the first time, Highlander comes to fans in a new medium that allows players to dive into the Immortal universe," said Peter Davis, co-founder of Davis-Panzer Productions (which holds the Highlander license). "The interactive experience permits players to gain a completely different perspective of the mythos, and experience the powers and advantages of immortality through the eyes of a MacLeod."
Being an Immortal, The Highlander game will allow players to utilize some unusual combat techniques -- Owen will be able to impale himself with an enemy's weapon to disarm them, fall from great heights to escape pursuit, and use his body as a conduit for electricity. Players will also battle other Immortals, and defeating them will grant you their powers, boosting your Quickening techniques.
The Highlander game will use the Unreal Engine 3, and is set for release this fall.
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...you just blew my mind...
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On the other, every other bit of Highlander material has been such a giant clusterfuck, I don't think I can get excited about this at all. After The Source I have doubts that anything Highlander related can ever be good again.
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I'm sure its that way around.
With a name like "MacLeod" I doubt there will be much original thought. MacLeod is really just saying "McCloud" with a southern draw.
[Edit] Yes, I've since found out that the original character's name is spelled MacLeod. But I don't hide my mistakes, I learn from them, the original post stands
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This sentence is so backwards it hurts.
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What's the problem?
*Goes and looks up info on the highlander*
Well I'll be damned O_o, I'd never actually seen the main character's name spelled, and I've never heard it enunciated correctly (even on the show Everyone said McCloud).
That's actually even more disappointing than I thought. They couldn't even be bothered to think of a new last name for their completely new character.
You are an immortal and you can't Fucking die. It's going to be no challenge at all because what's going to kill you? I don't think every enemy in the game will be going to take your head. and if you take any damage you will heal up pretty quick. the only time you might stand a chance of dieing will be the boss fights. I have a really strong feeling that there is no way for this to work proper.
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I've always assumed that McCloud is the correct pronunciation, the same way "McLean" is prounounced like "McClane".
Oh, huh. It's in the dictionary, I guess.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/macleod
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, been a while since I was 'in' to highlander so I could be way off here, but the Movie MacLeod is different from the TV MacLeod anyway. It's explained early on in the TV series that they are also distant cousins...distant to the tune of a few hundred years I think, basically they both originate from the same Scottish clan. Not sure, but I think they even included something about immortality running in the family. So this will make the third MacLeod.
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So, none of the Highlanders have actualy been from the Clan?
Ahh, forgot that little tid-bit.
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I know for certain Duncan wasn't "There was an episode about how his family told him he was brought there by a strange woman and they took him in" Dunno about Connor for sure (I vaguely remember in the highlander movie his mother was not his real mother but can't say) , maybe the show was going to do a "he's the son of connor" vibe but never actually went through with it, since their own mythos says once an immortal "dies" they can't have children.
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As for thinking that the main character's inability to be killed would somehow prevent it from making a good game, well...
That really didn't stop Planescape: Torment, now did it?
Hopefully the story will be up to par. They have a rich background universe to draw ideas from.
I really hope this doesn't suck!
I somehow doubt this game will be anything like that, therefore it will probably suck.
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We'll see I guess
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According to the TV series, all immortals are foundlings. An immortal has never been "born" to a mother. Nobody really knows where they come from.
Ruined. You fucking ruined it.
When I heard about this game I looked up Highlander on the net and discovered that somehow, even though I used to be a rabid fan, and am very much in tune with weird shit from the internet, somehow there was another Highlander movie that I had never heard of. It stars the tv cast even! I'm curious if the merging of a Highlander sequel and a Sci-fi original movie (both things that tend to be awful) will cancel each other out or create a perfect storm of awfulness.
I have to find out. Pray for me.
Hahaha. Forget mass production...THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
As far as this game goes, based on the trailer, it looks like you'll start in a Rome level, move on to a viking level, wander over to a Japanese level and end in New York.
Hopefully it's not just a retarded ass beatem/slashem up, but I highly doubt it. I usually end up liking something Highlander despite its quality. The TV series and all of the sequels to the original movie sucked. I did enjoy the Highlander cartoon as a kid.
Well it doesn't stop any games, really... They could play it where if you get say, shot to death, then you just wake up in a morgue. The immortal mechanic is a perfect way to explain multiple lives.
But if you loose your head, your character is deleted. ;-)
Also, it would be nice if this gets tied into the TV storyline with the Watchers and whatnot referenced.