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Ever love an old game so much....

by Frederick · in Game Design and Creative Issues · 08/07/2001 (12:38 pm) · 104 replies

... that you would look into trying to build a sequel?

Despite the fact that you could never hope to land a proper liscence to use the story material (and thus, never get paid... or worse)

Some old friends keep moaning about a long past mech game and its lack of updates.
Ive got half a mind to try and do something about it, but the other half says the first half has lost its sanity :p

Bleh, Im just rambling now.

Anyone got opinions?
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#102
05/09/2007 (1:22 am)
Wow! This thread has been revived for over three years! Goes to show that 'remakes' are a popular topic.

Just for the heck of it, I'm gonna jump on this bandwagon with my own esoteric list of games I'd love to see sequels or remakes of:

Master of Orion 3 (Not the butchered crap that Rantz guy tossed out, but a real successor to MOO2)

Alien Legacy (Sure, it was simplistic base-design, but the story and clue hunting kept me going back time and again, not to mention the almost super-science tech tree)

Operation Overkill II (An old BBS doorgame of post-apocalyptic wasteland survival and competition! I'd give my right kidney to see this game live again!)

Outpost 2 (Something about the colony building, population management, and tech research made this game FUN for me. Plus the idea of pre-fab construction kits for buildings is just such a cool concept for a game)

Battlezone (An FPS-like game with elements of RTS? Rock on!)

X-Com (More bandwagon, and wish to whatever Game Design Gods that listen that X-Com Alliance hadn't been canned)

System Shock 2 (Creepy, fun, and open ended gameplay! What more could you want? I still get chills recalling SHODAN's erratic voices)

Well, that's all I can scoop off the top of my brain at 1am. I *know* there's more old games out there I would love to see a face-lift on.

Incidentally, I personally know the person who owns the rights to Operation Overkill II. If anyone remembers that door game fondly, and has a harebrained idea about doing a project... Hit me up and I'll put ya in contact with the author. Heheh

Later!
#103
05/09/2007 (3:44 pm)
A new River City Ransom might be nice; I already mentioned a new Rampart Xbox 360 Arcade sequel would be perfect for 4 player.

I like SEGA, so I would like to see a new: Shinning the Holy Ark, Shinning Force 4, Dragon Force, and watch
Mr. Bones II kick some Guitar hehaw but.
#104
05/10/2007 (6:36 pm)
If I could 'magically' get the rights and materials to make a sequel for any game? I'd make a Sonic game that didn't suck bawls like all the recent ones.

I'd also go for a Crash Bandicoot game, and a good Spyro the Dragon [the recent ones, though I haven't played, don't look so hot] Dino Crisis would be a fun one, too
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