Sam & Max Sequel Canceled

Pluvius writes "A terse press release from LucasArts, the creator of classic adventure games such as Grim Fandango and the Monkey Island series, reveals that development on Sam & Max: Freelance Police, the planned sequel to Sam & Max Hit the Road, has stopped. Says LucasArts exec Mike Nelson, 'After careful evaluation of current market place realities and underlying economic considerations, we've decided that this was not the appropriate time to launch a graphic adventure on the PC.'" The International House Of Mojo fansite has some editorial comments [original URL] on this move, the second Sam & Max game cancellation in recent years, lamenting: "LucasArts has made a gigantic mistake."

Mike's a dead man

[kammat]

You just know Tom Servo and Crow are going to kick his ass for cancelling something actually funny.

Cynical me

[grub]

After careful evaluation of current market place realities and underlying economic considerations, we've decided that this was not the appropriate time to launch a graphic adventure on the PC.

Read: "George thinks he'll make enough money off of Episode III and the upcoming Star Wars DVD Set. We'll reconsider when he doesn't have pizza grease dribbling down his shirt."

and here I was.....

[michael path]

....looking forward to another inane copy protection scheme where I could play dress up with Sam and Max.

i don't think that was healthy for me at that age.

*kicks off high heels*

-m.

LucasArts Executive Says...

[rwiedower]

"Wait a minute...some kid on Slashdot said he and a bunch of his friends wanted to play this game! Who cares what our high-priced marketing team said...let's go ahead and develop the game!"

graphic adventure, you say?

[happyfrogcow]

not the appropriate time to launch a graphic adventure on the PC

Instead, we plan on releasing a text adventure game for the XBox to really confuse some folks. We're sure you'll love the instuction manual on how to type text using your game pad.

The silver lining here is...

[Feathers McGraw]

I'm looking forward to the Sam 'n' Max RPG, Freelance Police of the Old Republic.

Monkey Island was a GOOD GAME!

[DR SoB]

Here's a suggestion for Lucas:

Sam & Max Visit Monkey Island.

Now THERE'S a game I would buy!

My dream game would be Lucas & Sierra teaming up and releasing a new Kings Quest series. Hey, if banks can merge why not Video Game makers? (Oh wait, they are merging, just not the right talent I guess.)

Re:YOU ARE GODDAMN FUCKING RIGHT I AM!1!1!1

[Anonymous Coward]

rm -rf /panties
apt-get install finger

This is why Linux users are still virgins

Current market place realities

[Yokaze]

Um, yes. The current market is flooded with adventures.

> underlying economic considerations,

LucasArts is nearly broke and it costs a wagons full of money to develop a current adventure, featuring stunning 2D-graphics and top-of-the-edge anti-aliased text-to-screen synthesisation and multi-single-player no-network support.

And what will we get?

[Black Art]

They passed up doing a Sam and Max game, but they are willing to beat the Star Wars franchise into the ground?

Who do they think they are? Disney?

Not really cancelled...

[mark0]

The code written to date is being sold and folded into the Duke Nukem Forever.

"Where do you keep that gun, Max?"

"None of your damned business, Sam."

Re:You got to be kidding me

[S.Lemmon]

Oh quit your whining! Why, do have any idea how a project like this can drain resources away from critical first-person shooter development? My God, man - what if they had to lay-off one of the 8 member team working to come up with new marketable names for a rocket launcher!? :-)

Re:Where are...

[bonch]

It's called Duke Nukem...and it's taking Forever.

Re:You got to be kidding me

[Afrosheen]

Dude, we're talking Lucasarts here. They'd have to pull 2 guys off the hundred man Star Wars Whatever team to work on a sequel to the Sam and Max game.

Coming Soon: Star Wars Jedi Knight Armageddon Command and Conquer Delta Force!

We finally see...

[wan-fu]

that the wine [slashdot.org] has taken effect.

Re:It's not a computer-only world anymore.

[Afrosheen]

but I'm sure it would get tedious after a while.

Can you say Discworld? I knew you could.

God that game was a nightmare to control on the playstation.

Re:Mike's a dead man

[TomServo]

Eeep! Guess I'd better get to it, then! ;)

Re:You got to be kidding me

[b0r0din]

After careful evaluation of current market place realities and underlying economic considerations, we've decided that this was not the appropriate time to launch a graphic adventure on the PC.

"Instead, in theme with everything George Lucas has written since Empire Strikes Back, we've decided to launch a digitally-enhanced text-adventure game featuring that beloved of beloved characters, Jar Jar Binks."

You wake up, alive but disoriented. You are in a dark cave. Your torch flickers wildly.
>strangle self
You can't strangle yourself.
>axe self in the head
You don't have an axe.
>KILL SELF!!!!
You don't see a self.
>Fucking game
Kiss your mother with that mouth?
>burn meesa with torch
As you drop the torch on yourself in your comical, clumsy, stupid, moronic way that isn't particularly funny, it goes out on your flame retardant outfit. Darkness envelops you.
>ARGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I'm afraid I don't understand that.
>Get ye flask
You can't get ye flask.
>quit
Mwuhahahaha! You can't quit! Welcome to hell. You are Jar Jar. No, wait. You are eaten by a grue.