I see, Mischief Makers it is!
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Denis Dyack is working "on an IP that's our most requested" for the next generation.
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I see, Mischief Makers it is!
Rodney McKay
Member
Are we finally going to get the sequel fans have been asking for?!
X-Men Destiny 2!!!
X-Men Destiny 2!!!
Shikamaru Ninja
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I can imagine that Dyack has been calling and e-mailing Kensuke Tanabe constantly trying to make this game happen. It really is the only game that has a shot of breaking Silicon Knights out of this downward spiral.
Guy LeDouche
Banned
Haha it's going to be terribad and he'll be just as much of a has-been as ever
Well, the most implausible thing it could be is if they're rebooting Too Human back to the original cyberpunk concept. It sounded like it was going to be a shameless Deus Ex ripoff, but that's surely better than what we ended up getting.
Ninja Scooter
Member
I can see Nintendo resurrecting ED, I just can't see them bringing in SK and working with them again to do it. Doesn't seem like their style when they can probably just find a small, upstart promising developer to do it. SK seems to have too much baggage at this point. It screams fanboy pipe dream to me.
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
I highly doubt they'd let Dyack teasing about it without their permission
No, it wouldn't. The only thing that would accomplish is to alienate those who did enjoy the loot system in Too Human. Everyone would hate it.
Although Nintendo own's the Eternal Darkness IP, its certainly been the most requested game by them in since the original's release. That would be the sensible option.
bloodyroarxx
Member
...wait how does this happen didn't SK fire all but 3 staffers? I know they cancelled plans for a second studio here in Hamilton.
They could be working with a few Silicon Knights employees, like Dyack and maybe some artists, to develop narrative, concepts and structure, while letting another team do the heavy lifting. Sort of like the relationship between 3D Realms and Human Head on Prey.
Nintendo money?
infinityBCRT
Member
Metal Gear Solid 25th anniversary remake is the only thing I'd care about.
It's not as easy as it sounds to find a promising upstart developer and make sure they are right for the game and have an interest in doing it. If Dyack approached them and made a good case I could see them letting him go forward, but then again I wonder what the cost of funding a game like this in HD would be. I don't see Iwata thinking a game like this could even break even.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
By Ulyaoth!!! I hope it's ED2
Shikamaru Ninja
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Doesn't Nintendo still own their minority stake in Silicon Knights?
Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
LoK would be an in-house reboot, so that's out.
I can't imagine there's much demand for a Too Human sequel, so that's out too.
Must be ED2.
Unless they somehow convinced Activision (and themselves) that a new X-Men game would be something a lot of people requested.
I can't imagine there's much demand for a Too Human sequel, so that's out too.
Must be ED2.
Unless they somehow convinced Activision (and themselves) that a new X-Men game would be something a lot of people requested.
SteveWinwood
Member
I honestly don't know if I want ED2 anymore if they're doing it.
That's really sad to say.
That's really sad to say.
As far as I know, yes.
Ignis Fatuus
Banned
Could be awesome. I thought a Fatal Frame would be neat with WiiU but this is just as good if they do it right.
This is actually not a bad thought.
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I guess the question would be who would end up doing the heavy lifting, and the only studio in Ontario that has the manpower to take something like that on would be Digital Extremes. I think everyone else is either mobile/downloadable or owned by one of the major publishers.
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"Dead" pixels on the screen at first. More appear and then begin to morph into some horrible image. That would be so sweet. Nintendo should hire me to make insanity effects!
Anasui Kishibe
Banned
around 290k in the US I think
SafeinSound
Member
Not getting excited until whatever it is, is announced.
Edit: or let down.
Edit: or let down.
SteveWinwood
Member
Also in the launch window for gc. Kinda skews things. And not in the right direction.
Most of the Too Human issues were wrapped up in all of the EPIC UE3 lawsuit stuff and the fact Dyack appeared and flamed GAF. With more time and polish, Too Human could ahve been pretty awesome. The drop from 4 to 2 player co-op did suck but anyone that played co-op knew it was actually a good laugh.
I personally hope we get a sequel, since I invested a load of time into the first game and I thought the story was pretty unique. Plus the loot whoring was amazing.
They are probably working on ED2 though.
I personally hope we get a sequel, since I invested a load of time into the first game and I thought the story was pretty unique. Plus the loot whoring was amazing.
They are probably working on ED2 though.
Ninja Scooter
Member
it came out like 8 months after launch. It also had a ton of hype though as a "mature Nintendo!" game that elevated it's stature higher than it probably would nowadays. Don't know how much that would fly these days.
Nintendo did have a big hand in the first game, but they have a big hand in nearly all of their "second party" titles. I can't imagine why they'd leave them to their own devices.
SteveWinwood
Member
Exactly.
Sgt.Pepper
Banned
Hmmm
Robot Pants
Member
Awesome! Can't wait for Eternal Darkness 2
Little bit of useless trivia about ED when it released in NZ. The distributors were so worried that gamers would think all the insanity effects were actually bugs in the game that they typed up an explanation on a slip of paper and put them inside each new copy of Eternal Darkness. It was shoddily typed up and the paper was crookedly cut you could almost compare it to the style of a ransom note. :lol
Pictures or scans? This is oddly interesting
I know this is out of the blue and implausible but what were the last hints about what Retro is doing? I think they were "working on a project everyone wants them to do". While we were thinking of particular franchises maybe it's more a genre thing: third person action adventure like Raven Blade (and what many people wanted Metroid to be).
I almost mistook the below for ED:
http://www.unseen64.net/wp-content/gallery/raven-blade/ravenbladebeta03.jpg
http://www.unseen64.net/wp-content/gallery/raven-blade/blade01.jpg
Retro has proven to be quite technically proficient and great at resurrecting dormant franchises. So, given that ED is SK's brainchild but Retro has the development chops, a Retro/SK collaboration on ED2 could be pretty awesome. So in a thread filled with hopes and dreams, that's my wishful contribution. But I'd feel pretty godly if it turned out to be so.
I almost mistook the below for ED:
http://www.unseen64.net/wp-content/gallery/raven-blade/ravenbladebeta03.jpg
http://www.unseen64.net/wp-content/gallery/raven-blade/blade01.jpg
Retro has proven to be quite technically proficient and great at resurrecting dormant franchises. So, given that ED is SK's brainchild but Retro has the development chops, a Retro/SK collaboration on ED2 could be pretty awesome. So in a thread filled with hopes and dreams, that's my wishful contribution. But I'd feel pretty godly if it turned out to be so.
ThatObviousUser
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Why wouldn't they be? Eternal Darkness is entirely their IP, they know SK hasn't made a good game since and as such SK has a lot less bargaining power when it comes to creative control.