[akenbosch]

the space-sim genre isnt the most profitable, you see.

[TrashMan]

I don't want an FS3 to be honest.

*rolls a barrel of tar and lights a torch*
BURN THE HERETIC!

[akenbosch]

trashman, this is HLP. we do things differently here.


BEAM THE HERETIC!

 

[Gamma_Draconis]

Wow, this is kinda like one of my fantasy where I become filthy rich and buy the FS rights and then let Volition make FS3. But that is a fantasy, you shouldn't do it. As much as I would love it if some multimillionaire bought FS, C&C, and all those great series back to their original developers, I can't stand and let someone ruin their future over a game. So unless your Bill Gates, use that money for yourself.

[akenbosch]

bah...bill gates would have them put it on the xbox.

[Flipside]

You probably could buy the Rights with that kind of money Corvette, but that's about it, you'd have a set of IP sitting around and no funds to do anything else with it. As for V writing it, if they could do that, considering they currently have the last say on the Rights, why would they sell them in the first place?

It's an idea that's knocked around a few times, but for it to be done properly, it needs not just financial power, but marketting power as well.

[akenbosch]

besides, we'd have to make a whole new engine, or make the game non-comercial. theres a huge loss of profits on the second one. and if we use the same engine and remove the freeware liscense, millions of people will be unknowingly breaking the law simply by having SCP builds.

[ShivanSpS]

I will be only agree of making a FS3 only if a co-developed project betren V, THQ and SCP staff... what is a drean...

But yet, i have no idea if V will whants to make a FS3... is nearly not sence, this genere is altmost dead.

The only way that a FS3 may call the atention if is a multiple genere game, what is really very hard and expensive to make, we dont to even think how hard will be to keep the current FS2 combat style.

Whit multi-genere game i mean, "FS2 combat in space", "FPS like BF series in the ground", also include the posibility of "aboard a ship", and posibility of open game play in both space and ground like "X3"... and, well a very good multiplayer whit a few diferent modes...

That will be perfect, but very hard, very long, and very expensive to make... but yet, a only space sim game, today, it dont have a market and to finish it, a movie or series.

But finally, about the rights, i agree whit the others, dont use that money for something that may no one will whant to do anything whit it...

[Snail]

The only way that a FS3 may call the atention if is a multiple genere game, what is really very hard and expensive to make, we dont to even think how hard will be to keep the current FS2 combat style.

It wouldn't be FS at all that way IMHO.

[ShivanSpS]

The only way that a FS3 may call the atention if is a multiple genere game, what is really very hard and expensive to make, we dont to even think how hard will be to keep the current FS2 combat style.

It wouldn't be FS at all that way IMHO.

As long as the FS2 space combat physics, style and a "military mission based campaing" is still posible (or a mode), it will be FS, but only whit a lot more other posibilitys. Is hard, but no imposible.

What is imposible is to ever see a "good in all" game like that, this is just my drean.

[Hippo]

Snail, drop the drama. You were not banned nor had your normal membership access reduced in any way on SG.

[Snail]

Snail, drop the drama. You were not banned nor had your normal membership access reduced in any way on SG.

Strange... Taking to PMs...

[S-99]

You've seen it all. So don't do it again... But since we're here anyways:

1. Bosch would be friends with shivans.
2. Errr...partially related. Language is the most common.
3. Well while Earth and Mars are at war (INF), the second fleet jumps in.

And then this happens when the EA gets formed.

Can't believe my last topic got locked. Someone took it the wrong way? Yes i photoshopped in, i knew it'd be a good joke.

Too bad fs3 isn't coming out. Fs2 had tons of cliffhangers which fs1 did not. Fs1 was fairly easy to figure out, the node to sol got destroyed, so terrans can't get back to earth, and the ravaged vasudans must recover. Fs2 had the whole bosch shivan involvement which is a great story, so is all the sathani. A whole bunch of unanswered questions to very grim ended games. I would assume it obvious that bosch does become friends with the shivans since he already accomplished that in fs2. All the sathani, whether or not bosch influenced that or not, unanswered. The question of whether fs3 is going to have a working node to sol is yes (otherwise knossoses would have no meaning in fs2). Fs3 would most likely take place when the terran sol knossos is first activated, it'd make fs3 suck in sort of a way if you weren't part of that in the game or see it happen, as opposed to reading about the sol knossos in fs3 tech room documents. Re-opening capella and seeing where the knossos network beyond gamma draconis takes you is a real big thing i'd want to see the most.

The knossos network in fs2 is usually something that's forgotten about and not elaborated on enough. In fs2 you encounter 3 knossoses, you know there's a lot more, and that is yet again one of the unanswered cliff hangers of fs2. Also seeing where the knossos network takes you, will also take you to bosche's involvement with the shivans, and learn more of the shivans mysteries as you get deeper into the knossos network. I'm saying this is what i know fs3 would have pretty much.

[Game_Master64]

I don't even need a new story, the fine folks around here do a good enough job at that. I just want an upgraded, less tempermental engine, no offence intended to the SCP team, there doin a great job to.

[Unknown Target]

If all you want is an upgraded engine, learn to code and improve the SCP

[Game_Master64]

If all you want is an upgraded engine, learn to code and improve the SCP

to much work, otherwise, i'd be glad to. what language does it use any way?

[Unknown Target]

C/C+ IIRC. Check the SCP forum.

[Polpolion]

If all you want is an upgraded engine, learn to code and improve the SCP

One day... one day


*goes to read Kernighan and Rithcie

[IceFire]

If I where to buy the rights to the Freespace series then go to THQ and Volition to make an FS3 and fully fund the making of Freespace 3. do you think THQ and Volition would do that for me?

Also if I where to do that what would you want in FS3

things I would want
1. What the hell happened to Bosh?
2. The Ancients are they still around and what way are they related to the Vasudans?
3. do Terrans get back to Earth and what happened to Earth after all this time?

This would be tricky...very tricky I think.  Nobody really knows at this point what level Interplay is functioning at.  They have basically become defunct...I think they still have a website and an e-mail address but theres nothing going on that I've heard about in a very long time.  They may have already sold the rights...Volition last we heard was doing reasonably well and the guys there are very proud of FreeSpace.  It wouldn't surprise me if they already owned the rights but I really don't know.

So hypothetically...if you managed to buy the rights...and then tried to get FreeSpace 3 made you'd have to deal with THQ and Volition...probably more with THQ.  I'm not sure if THQ is really interested in the genre as you can well imagine that publisher funds what they think they can make money on.  If we were to see a FreeSpace in the future and it came from THQ/Volition then you can bet it will be either console focused or at least with intention to release on consoles as well.  Not everyone will like that.  We still don't know how a space sim would do in the modern market as there hasn't been a big one in a very long time.

My suggestion to you is if you have that much money...invest wisely elsewhere...maybe one day you can buy THQ

[Polpolion]

I don't know about any of you, but if Freespace 3 came out, I would buy it and play it regardless of who made it or how good it would be.