[Aspa]

I've spent several hours reading all kinds of FS3 speculation on all kinds of forums, and while there's a lot of speculation, I'm missing some hard facts.

The facts, as far as I know at the moment, are:

No one has heard anything from Interplay about freespace.

No one has heard anything from Volition about freespace.

Derek Smart has stated an interest in aquiring the freespace licence.

Does anyone have more info about the first two facts?

I heard a game company were interested in maybe aquiring the licence. Anyone have cold hard facts about this one?

[jdjtcagle]

yeah, a rumor suggested that Egosoft of X2 was interested

AFAIK, Nobody has been able to contact anybody yet

He's wants the license but not sure yet if he can get it

[an0n]

Is Interplay even contactable?

Last I heard there was just one outsourced guy in India, answering phones and telling debt collectors the CEO was in a meeting.

Oh and that guy with the rats......

[MatthewPapa]

X2 was a pretty cool game. I believe Egosoft would do an OK job with FS though I know we would all rather have V. I would say the chances of someone developing a FS3 would be pretty high in the next 4 years.

[Carl]

another cold hard fact:

Volition said that is FS3 was going to be developed, they would be first choice.

[an0n]

Care to re-grammar that?

Volition said EgoSoft would be the first choice or that Volition would be the first choice?

[jdjtcagle]

We sooooooo.... got to get that lisence so we can hand it over to Volition

[an0n]

Uh......no.

We SOOO have to get the license so we can let Volition make FS3.

Look what happened the last time Volition had the rights.

[jdjtcagle]

Ummm... sorry....
I MEANT what Anon said

[SadisticSid]

X2 was a pretty shocking game (I played it when it first came out, and eeeeeeeugh) laden with bugs and just generally not fun. The recent patches have tidied it up, apparently, though it took the better part of a year for Egosoft to release them. Having said that their track record is not nearly as bad as Smart's - the first X game was pretty good. V, of course, would be anyone's first choice.

[jdjtcagle]

Because personally, wouldn't you want the original writers of Fs1 and 2 to tell you what happened?

[Flipside]

I enjoyed X2 thoroughly, possibly a little too close to X-Tensions in some ways, with added Bump mapping etc, but then I enjoy the SCP as well, and that's just Freespace 2 with added Shine mapping etc

Egosoft also have an entire forum where the moderators help modders with questions on altering aspects of the X universe. They also supplied a patch with gave you a high level of moddability in-game.

Whether you approve of the game itself or not, I certainly admire their approach.

[übermetroid]

Originally posted by jdjtcagle
Because personally, wouldn't you want the original writers of Fs1 and 2 to tell you what happened?

Well there is a problem there...  They dont know what is going to happen.  The story after was not written.

[aldo_14]

I read a rumour somewhere on Blues News (the vast thread, not the site itself) that Totally Games (XWing) were interested.

[Flipside]

Finally, Ubermetoid, someone who thinks the same thing as me.

I'm of the opinion the whole 'Symptom of something bigger' was pre-drumming up of sales for FS3 if and when it happened. I don't think anyone really 'knew' what was going on, it just seemed to be rolling along in a nice atmospheric way, so they kept to the idea

A game isn't like a film, you never count on being able to develop a sequel. However, open-endings work everywhere And can still leave options if needed.

Personally, I doubt [V] actually had any idea of where the story was going from there, possibly some of the FS2 developers drafted up some quick ideas in case the chance would come around, but I doubt anything was ever set in stone

[karajorma]

WildWolf stated on the VWBB that he knew enough of the plotline for FS3 to state that none of the mod campaigns were going in the same direction.

That implies either ignorance of the campaigns or that enough of the storyline was sketched out that he has an idea where it is going and knows that none of the major mods are going the same way.

Feel free to take your pick as to which is correct but he sounded sure enough to me that I believe him

EDIT : VWBB NOT VBB

[an0n]

I'm gonna take a stab in the dark and say it's not the Shivans who're the bad guys, but the Ancients.

[Taristin]

FS3 is from Sol's P.O.V.

[magatsu1]

Freespace never had much of a story anyway, in my opinion.

[Flipside]

I'm going to say the Shivans used to deliver Space Crack Pizza, but ate too much of their own stock.