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Off-Topic Discussion => Gaming Discussion => Topic started by: headdie on February 27, 2013, 05:24:45 am
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as the title says
http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/02/27/thqs-remaining-properties-to-be-auctioned-in-april-homeworld-and-darksiders-up-for-grabs/
Lot 1: Red Faction
Red Faction
Red Faction Armageddon
Red Faction 2
Red Faction: Guerrilla
Lot 2: Homeworld
Homeworld
Homeworld 2
Lot 3: MX
MX Alive
MX vs ATV Untamed
MX Superfly featuring Ricky Carmichael
MX vs. ATV Alive Tournament
MX Unleashed
MX vs. ATV Unleashed
MX vs ATV Reflex
MX vs. ATV: On The Edge
Lot 4: Darksiders
Darksiders
Darksiders 2
Lot 5: Other Owned Software
All Star Cheer Squad
Elements of Destruction
All Star Cheer Squad 2
Fantastic Pets
All Star Karate
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Baja: Edge of Control
Full Spectrum Warrior 1
Full Spectrum Warrior 2: Ten Hammers
Battle of the Bands
Beat City
Juiced
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
Big Beach Sports
Big Beach Sports 2
Lock’s Quest: Construction Combat
Big Family Games
Neighborhood Games
Crawler
Pax Imperia
de Blob
de Blob 2
Stuntman: Ignition
Summoner
Summoner 2
Deadly Creatures
Deep Six
Terranium
Destroy All Humans!
Destroy All Humans! 2
Destroy All Humans! Big Willy Unleashed
Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon
The Outfit
Titan Quest
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
uDraw
Dood’s Big Adventure
World of Zoo
Drawn to Life
Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter
Lot 6: Licensed Software
Costume Quest
Stacking
Scripps Spelling Bee (Scripps)
Daniel X (SueJack)
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of Osborne House
Deepak Chopra’s Leela (Curious Holdings)
Fancy Nancy: Tea Party Time! (Harper Collins)
Supreme Commander
Supreme Commander Forged Alliance
Jeopardy
Jeopardy 2
The Biggest Loser
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Truth or Lies
Let’s Ride Best of Breed
Vampire Legends: Power of Three (dtp)
Marvel Super Hero Squad: Comic Combat
Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet
Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet 2
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune 2
World of Zoo
Nancy Drew: The Hidden Staircase
Worms 2
Worms Battle Islands
Worms Open Warfare
Worms: A Space Oddity
Worms: Open Warfare 2 (Team 17)
Nexuiz
Paws & Claws Marine Rescue
Paws & Claws Pampered Pets Resort 3D
PurrPals 2
Rio
You Don’t Know Jack (Jellyvision)
Rocket Riot
Screwjumper (Frozen Codebase)
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So basically Volition is once again forbidden to develop one of its own creations. Aren't they tired of that BS?**
And I do wonder what happens to Homeworld now.... I guess mostly nothing, although a complete new HW game with new game mechanics and in new formats (like say a new UI based on the iPad), would be exciting, although there's little reason then to use the Homeworld's IP and not a brand new one.
e: ** Funny, the wikipedia page says they are doing SR4 and it will be published by their new publisher... I guess they learned from their past grievances.
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God I hope someone buys All Star Cheer Squad.. err i mean Homeworld :nervous:
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So basically Volition is once again forbidden to develop one of its own creations. Aren't they tired of that BS?**
The thing is, Volition's status as a THQ subsidiary meant that everything they produced automatically became property of THQ. Technically, they could have split out the SR IP from the Volition package, but as the two are rather linked at the moment, that would have been a bad idea. It's not a thing of learning or not learning about something, it was an industry-standard deal they made (IP license rights vs development funding).
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Not grieving for RF IP not going to :v:, the series had one gem (RF:G) despite all the nice ideas put into it (Geomod and the Nanoforge in RF:A) - it's one of those IPs that really should rest in peace...
I really hope that Homeworld goes to responsible publisher which would ... like put HW/HW2 on GoG
a complete new HW game with new game mechanics and in new formats (like say a new UI based on the iPad), would be exciting
Why not make a HW kinect game?[/sarcasm]
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Not grieving for RF IP not going to :v:, the series had one gem (RF:G) despite all the nice ideas put into it (Geomod and the Nanoforge in RF:A) - it's one of those IPs that really should rest in peace...
I really hope that Homeworld goes to responsible publisher which would ... like put HW/HW2 on GoG
a complete new HW game with new game mechanics and in new formats (like say a new UI based on the iPad), would be exciting
Why not make a HW kinect game?[/sarcasm]
Something like Home World, and tbh most strat games, with very little modification would translate well to a touch screen format, indeed it also brings in interesting ideas such as being able to perform two actions at once using dual touch technologies, indeed I think its would be the best "hardcore" gaming genre to translate to such technologies, the problem with things like high portability iDevices and their clones is that they are just not geared up tech wise to deliver such games with the kind of graphical fidelity with the freedom to act seen in traditional RTS
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That Kinect thing would actually be kind of awesome. A giant 40 inch tv screen in front of you and with handwaving gestures you'd command entire battlefleets... man that's so awesome. Someone would enter the room and there you were, ordering "Group 1, battle formation delta, aggressive tactics!", and your fighters rogering you in a marvellous blue setting of dancing fireballs and disco-like beams.
It would even be good for your shape!
e: Aw **** now I want this stuff badly! :lol:
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Yes, just like the Steel Battallion Kinecvt thing looked and sounded awesome, but was actually complete and utter crap....
I'm just gonna channel Mattthegeek here and say that that would be a bad idea.
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That Kinect thing would actually be kind of awesome. A giant 40 inch tv screen in front of you and with handwaving gestures you'd command entire battlefleets... man that's so awesome. Someone would enter the room and there you were, ordering "Group 1, battle formation delta, aggressive tactics!", and your fighters rogering you in a marvellous blue setting of dancing fireballs and disco-like beams.
It would even be good for your shape!
e: Aw **** now I want this stuff badly! :lol:
yeah, that WOULD be cool. too bad kinect can't actually do that.
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Something like Home World, and tbh most strat games, with very little modification would translate well to a touch screen format, indeed it also brings in interesting ideas such as being able to perform two actions at once using dual touch technologies
Talking about a RTS with a two dimensional envoirment, like SC, SuCom and to some extend SoSE, I would concede this point to you...
However talking about a full 3D envoirment, like HW or Nexus, already it proves to be a chore to control with mouse and keyboard as you really have to control an envoriment along X,Y,Z-axis while even with a mouse you are chained to an input device that only allows two dimensional control - same goes for a touchscreen...
(not saying that I didn't enjoy HW, HW:C or HW2 but still controlling these games was more chore than fun - on the other hand it made them very rewarding to master :) )
That Kinect thing would actually be kind of awesome. A giant 40 inch tv screen in front of you and with handwaving gestures you'd command entire battlefleets... man that's so awesome. Someone would enter the room and there you were, ordering "Group 1, battle formation delta, aggressive tactics!", and your fighters rogering you in a marvellous blue setting of dancing fireballs and disco-like beams.
This sounds to Star Trek for me too enjoy as battle space control
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Now, having a new Homeworld that makes use of Occulus Rift, THAT would be awesome.
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Yes, just like the Steel Battallion Kinecvt thing looked and sounded awesome, but was actually complete and utter crap....
I'm just gonna channel Mattthegeek here and say that that would be a bad idea.
It's not fair to condemn a brilliant concept because of still immature and awful execution being done today. Remember, the XBox "720" is going to come up this year, and perhaps with it a new improved Kinect. I'm not exactly optimistic about it, but I'm patient (my bank account forces me to be so). Perhaps the third or fourth generation will get it just right. (Perhaps not!)
However, consider that Mass Effect 3's sound commands were actually quite responsive and precise.
Now, having a new Homeworld that makes use of Occulus Rift, THAT would be awesome.
Jesus Christ, are you the anti-me or smth? :lol:
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That Kinect thing would actually be kind of awesome. A giant 40 inch tv screen in front of you and with handwaving gestures you'd command entire battlefleets... man that's so awesome. Someone would enter the room and there you were, ordering "Group 1, battle formation delta, aggressive tactics!", and your fighters rogering you in a marvellous blue setting of dancing fireballs and disco-like beams.
It would even be good for your shape!
e: Aw **** now I want this stuff badly! :lol:
yeah, that WOULD be cool. too bad kinect can't actually do that.
What part of it is "impossible" for kinect to do? Perhaps it will have its too-annoying quirks (as The_E mentioned in his infamous example) that will render the game just unbearable. But it is conceptually possible to design it today.
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The thing is, recognizing human movement accurately enough so that you can play a real-time strategy title is hard. It may be that the next generation of kinects can handle this with much less latency and higher accuracy, making my point somewhat moot, but I would like to see that first :P
Now, voice commands can work quite well, that's basically old tech (although I for one would feel silly shouting commands at the screen, but I guess that's just me).
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't be epic^ness to see a girld with a voice similar to S'Jet doing it.
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"i am minroity report, irl" - me talking to my xbox pal, milo
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minroity report can kiss my REDACTED
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I'd like another homeworld or supreme commander game, but not with either touch or motion controls :-/ What is wrong with people these days? If I am playing RTS, I expect command-console like GUI, even more in a sci-fi theme. Using new tech "because we can even though it has no real purpose" is wrong way of thinking xD Voice is great idea tho :)
Also i'd love to have a worms game with the customizing ability of worms 2 again. You could have set everything in that game, even stuff like angle at which the clusters are gonna come out. It was perfect.
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"Because we can" is the only necessary purpose :D
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I'd like another homeworld or supreme commander game, but not with either touch or motion controls :-/ What is wrong with people these days? If I am playing RTS, I expect command-console like GUI, even more in a sci-fi theme. Using new tech "because we can even though it has no real purpose" is wrong way of thinking xD Voice is great idea tho :)
Also i'd love to have a worms game with the customizing ability of worms 2 again. You could have set everything in that game, even stuff like angle at which the clusters are gonna come out. It was perfect.
why would we need to get rid of the established stratergy UI because it's on a touch screen?
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How did this thread become "let's list all the worst input/output devices and see how we can adapt them to games".
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Kin you move the wii out, Matth? :D
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Ah, well this answers my old question at least: "Did the Red Faction and Homeworld IPs transfer along with the sale of their developers?" So that's a "no".
We can still hope that Sega will buy HW and Koch will buy RF to keep them with their respective devs.
Also, RE: Homeworld Kinect. I would play that if only for the ability to do this:
"Battlegroup 1, fire at will!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tBM2ZfncoU&feature=youtu.be&t=1m51s
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I wonder if the Geomod tech itself is for sale, or whether that's included as the RF IP...
Because honestly, if I was a company, I'd want to get my hands on that **** and start using it in ALL of my games
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I'd like another homeworld or supreme commander game, but not with either touch or motion controls :-/ What is wrong with people these days? If I am playing RTS, I expect command-console like GUI, even more in a sci-fi theme. Using new tech "because we can even though it has no real purpose" is wrong way of thinking xD Voice is great idea tho :)
Also i'd love to have a worms game with the customizing ability of worms 2 again. You could have set everything in that game, even stuff like angle at which the clusters are gonna come out. It was perfect.
why would we need to get rid of the established stratergy UI because it's on a touch screen?
Have you played a strategy game on a touch screen?
Good old Battle of Wesnoth on a tablet is kinda neat and feels much more natural than mouse/kb actually.
And now I hear the windows version of Civ V supports touch controls as well :)