[Dilmah G]

Wait, why do you think that you'd do a better job at making a FS3, than Volition could?

I actually hope that the article is correct.

Who knows if those same people still work at V?

[ShadowGorrath]

Who cares. If they want to make a game then they can and they will, and you can't do a better job than them. This is not Derek Smart that you can stop. Besides, if you think they'd make a crap FS3, why would the storyline be better then? Though I think that it'd be a great game.

[Hellstryker]

I could care less how the story is. If it's good, we would consider it canon. If it was ****ty, we wouldn't. What I care about is the moddablity of the thing. And that they release the source at some point. FSO is getting old, guys. I've heard it said so many times before that it's damn near impossible to improve the graphics, and we don't even have shadows.   

[Dilmah G]

Yeah your right

I would absolutely love FS3 made by V

But still, who knows what V would do to it in this day and age. I personally wouldn't mind if they made it into some kind of immersive storyline/plot like Band of Brothers. But that just wouldn't be Freespace, I'd probably treat them differently. FS2 and Band of Brothers: Freespace

[Pred the Penguin]

I haven't seen games like FS in a long time.
If FS3 were ever to be made, it's team would have to be pretty set on it's goals and not suffer the usual BS games get devs get today.

[GTSVA]

Uhh...is it safe to talk about this?

[Titan]

Talking about FS3 is really in the context. (Don't quote me on on this) It's forbidden because it's usually in the context of someone whining that there isn't a FS3, or that HLP should get together and make it. If a game developer considers making FS3, it's taken seriously and is no longer taboo.

[Blue Lion]

Am I the only one who thinks this could just be talk of people who want to avoid getting fired?

Games? Yea we're working on dozens of games! Descent too! Busy busy busy!

[achtung]

I'm going to bet this is just some journalist making assumptions after browsing volition's site.  Nothing to see here.

[General Battuta]

Again, it's the QA department -- they're laid off as part of regular development cycles fairly often. I'm sure it indicates tighter economic times, but no one from the actual dev team is being let go.

A bunch of the former QA people were posting on Kotaku, and they had very good things to say about Volition. One also suggested that 'inside sources' had told him FS3 would never happen.

[Snail]

Hmm.

I used to think that another FS would be a bad idea. Now that the day is coming, I am not so sure.

[Ziame]

 Well, I don't want FS3... I'd like to have the storyline, yeah, but the whole new game? And what about the whole work in here? Just... being left?! That would be a shame.

[Snail]

Well, I don't want FS3... I'd like to have the storyline, yeah, but the whole new game? And what about the whole work in here? Just... being left?! That would be a shame.

I agree on that point

[Titan]

We could just blackmail V into modifying the source code so is just supports the new features, and is still compatible with all our mods...

[Snail]

I doubt anything of that sort would ever work.


We can just keep pestering them in to keeping it backwards compatible.

[IceFire]

Uhh...is it safe to talk about this?

In this case yes.

[Titan]

Though its the exact same discussion we've had countless times.

[Polpolion]

Is the story guy that did stuff for FS still at ? Was it Jason Scott?

[Hades]

Yes, he still is at Volition. In fact, many of the old Freespace devs are still there.

[GTSVA]

Well, I don't want FS3... I'd like to have the storyline, yeah, but the whole new game? And what about the whole work in here? Just... being left?! That would be a shame.

I agree on that point

Actually, I disagree. It would be nice to have a FS3 and STILL continue the work done here at HLP. (My opinion)



Are there any Freespace devs in the HLP forums?