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Expected E3 Titles For Konami/LucasArts

Posted by Zonk on Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:52 AM
from the here's-hoping dept.
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Next Gen has two more articles featuring titles they're hoping to see from Konami and LucasArts. From the latter article: "Indiana Jones - Talk about secretive - LucasArts has not breathed a word of Indiana Jones to the press since last year's E3. Even then, that announcement was pretty bereft of the typical content you'd expect, without a video, a screenshot, or even a plot point to get the mind racing at the possibilities. Basically, all we know about Indiana Jones as a game coming into E3 2006 is that Indiana Jones will be in it, and that he will probably wear a hat."
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  • Hat? (Score:2, Interesting)

    by Zardus (464755)
    If the hat is stolen by a floating baddie, will Indiana Jones slowly lose health?

  • Wishing upon a star... (Score:3, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 28 2006, @11:27AM (#15221778)
    All I want is Knights of the Old Republic III...with a good plot...and a decent ending, perhaps with some closure.
    • Maybe part of the problem is in your definition of sequel. Half-Life -> Half-Life 2 was a sequel with some enhancements to the experience. Super Mario Brothers -> Super Mario World was not a sequel. It was the same genre but that hardly counts as it being a sequel. Otherwise, Life and Monopoly are the same thing because they are both board games in the same genre.

      With that said, LucasArts could very well make a really good Indiana Jones game that is in the same genre but is still innovative. Bu

      • You make some good points, and I'll admit that I should have thought more about it before I submitted that comment!

        You mentioned that many new genres sprung up in the 90s, and is it a coincidence that technology seems to have made leaps and bounds in that same period of time? Probably not. So, maybe the main source of the argument that there isn't enough innovation in the games industry is that new technology cannot keep up with demand for innovation. As more technology is available to the general public an
      • I don't see what you're saying about "the same genre."
        The old Indiana Jones games by Lucasarts were all adventure games (with a little bit
        of action put in.) The later games were all 3rd person action games.
        I think that anyone with a little bit of imagination and the will can make a game
        that is unique, fun and has fresh ideas.

        I don't know about today's Lucasarts, but the Lucasarts of the past had quite a knack for innovation even in the waning genre of adventure games. People like Tim Schafer contin
        • I might be using the term genre a little loosely. After all, given enough abstraction, even War and Peace could be made to seem the same basic story as the Andy Griffith Show.

          ...innovation even in the waning genre...

          This is mostly what I was referring to. Here you say they have innovation within the same genre. I agree. It is completely possible to be innovative in a genre/niche/field/etc. But the guy I was replying to orignally seemed to be saying that because a company was coming out with a "seq

  • Where the hell is the Revolution light saber game? (Score:5, Interesting)

    by AuMatar (183847) on Friday April 28 2006, @12:04PM (#15222052)
    Doesn't Lucas realize he's sitting on a god damn gold mine?
  • If ever there were a game that should be made for the Wii, it's Indiana Jones.

    I mean, c'mon--prehensile bullwhip!

  • Well I hope at least the enemies won't have walkie talkies instead of weapons...
  • Indiana Jones - Talk about secretive - LucasArts has not breathed a word of Indiana Jones to the press since last year's E3.

    Really? [ign.com]
  • While I'm still not interested in buying a PSP.. mostly because of its emphasis on PSX remakes I've already played to death.. I have to tip my hat to Konami for reviving the original Silent Hill. They're doing very well with this franchise and I applaud them. I enjoyed the movie despite the fact they changed a few names and had the mother take the lead role, but overall it stayed amazingly faithful to the game's story and even mimicked many scenes from the game, right down to the camera angles and of co
  • Stairs....why did it have to be stairs?

  • X-WING Please for the love of god (Score:4, Interesting)

    by popo (107611) on Friday April 28 2006, @04:28PM (#15224034) Homepage

    There hasn't been a space sim anywhere close to the original Totally Games releases. (Special emphasis on the word "sim")

    Bring back X-Wing! (Set of course in the timeframe of the original trilogy. Right between Empire and Return would suit us all just fine!

  • hmm kindof funny that I hear about this on fark.com but from what I've heard this game is going to be sweet. (http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/702/702389p1.htm l ) Right on the IGN website too lol. If this actually pans out I think it could be one of the greatest games of all times easily. Just imagine hitting someone and watching them fall back realisticly and not only fall down but respond to their environment while falling down and possibly even catching themselves all in a natural manner. Anyhow here'

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