Disney Closes LucasArts
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I don't understand the logic, I really don't. Everywhere I read of people begging for the next Kotor, or the next Battlefront, or even another Star Wars flight simulator.
Disney wouldn't know what to do with all the money they would make from people like me flinging cash at them for the next Monkey Island.
If they take the time to research on the net how popular these games would be, they would see it instantly. Why the hell did they then close Lucasarts? I'm genuinely upset at this. What the hell is wrong with some people?
What is this?!
Disney wouldn't know what to do with all the money they would make from people like me flinging cash at them for the next Monkey Island.
If they take the time to research on the net how popular these games would be, they would see it instantly. Why the hell did they then close Lucasarts? I'm genuinely upset at this. What the hell is wrong with some people?
What is this?!
"LucasArts, a studio that was once among the top developers in the business"
Yep loved those fun and engaging adventure games but then they decided to rape Star Wars and eventually fell to the dark side
I'm surprised at how disconnected from their fans these people are. Seriously people would worship you if you announced KOTOR3, new Jedi Academy, Battlefront, Monkey Island or Grim Fandango but noooooooo.....
Yep loved those fun and engaging adventure games but then they decided to rape Star Wars and eventually fell to the dark side
I'm surprised at how disconnected from their fans these people are. Seriously people would worship you if you announced KOTOR3, new Jedi Academy, Battlefront, Monkey Island or Grim Fandango but noooooooo.....
Cameron Everett said:
They didn't make a lot of stuff that was licensed to other studios. I doubt they had no say whatsoever over those games though.
And in the end, if you're going to stick your name on something, you are responsible for that something.
While this is sad I can't say I'm not really surprised. Lucas Arts really lost their A game a long time ago and I guess at this point they were considered a liability. While I'm sad that those people lost their jobs and that 1313 has been cancelled, but I like to keep hope that Disney will be smart and will sell off the IPs to other companies. Maybe Tim Schafer can finally get Grim Fandango back.
Fate hates Battlefront 3 and games popular in the 90's and early 2000's. Why do you think that almost every reboot of a 10+ year old franchise completely abandons the things that made the original popular in the first place?Slyaap said:
Disney, if ever there was a shred of humanity in you or these twisted creatures of yours, it's dead now. You're at war with gaming itself. You are enemies of the internet... your Empire is doomed.
...Okay, okay, considering the state LucasArts has been in for the past decade or so, it's not as bad as all that. But I never wanted it to die. I wanted it to go back to being a game developer rather than a vampire dedicated to draining what little vital fluids remain in Star Wars's vegetative corpse because it'd forgotten how else to live. The Disney acquisition had me hopeful that it might finally see this day, if only because there was officially no more chance of that left under Lucas's management, but alas, it was not to be.
...Okay, okay, considering the state LucasArts has been in for the past decade or so, it's not as bad as all that. But I never wanted it to die. I wanted it to go back to being a game developer rather than a vampire dedicated to draining what little vital fluids remain in Star Wars's vegetative corpse because it'd forgotten how else to live. The Disney acquisition had me hopeful that it might finally see this day, if only because there was officially no more chance of that left under Lucas's management, but alas, it was not to be.
I could cry. Everything Disney has done with the star wars name since they bought it has only upset me. We should do a kickstarter to buy star wars from disney....
Man, there was a point early on when I only cared about Star Wars videogames - Jedi Outcast, Rogue Leader, Bounty Hunter, etc. Those really were the glory days (for me anyway, I wasn't around for the adventure game stuff), but alas.
Yeah but there was that stuff about a shooter called First Assault, and if that did well they'd go ahead with Battlefront 3 (I don't understand the logic there myself, I thought they should've just called it Battlefront 3 since the gameplay was the same) but that's scrapped along with 1313 apparently.MrPeanut said:
If I had to guess, they'll just farm those titles out... eventually. Disney is retaining all the rights to those titles so they could easily just get another developer to make it, one with a better recent track record.Slyaap said:
Before that happens though, I'm afraid to say I think the next games we'll see from these franchises will be cheap tie in games for the new star wars movies.
There goes another historic game studio. Tis a shame.
To be fair, I'm not gonna miss the current iteration of LucasArts much, seeing as how they haven't put out an in-house game that was good in ages. But I still must mourn their passing, because they gave us some real classics. Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, and of course, TIE Fighter. I wouldn't be a gamer if it wasn't for that masterpiece. It defined my childhood, and I owe them a lot for that.
And so, to the honorable creators of TIE Fighter, I bid you adieu. Thanks for the memories.
To be fair, I'm not gonna miss the current iteration of LucasArts much, seeing as how they haven't put out an in-house game that was good in ages. But I still must mourn their passing, because they gave us some real classics. Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Grim Fandango, Full Throttle, and of course, TIE Fighter. I wouldn't be a gamer if it wasn't for that masterpiece. It defined my childhood, and I owe them a lot for that.
And so, to the honorable creators of TIE Fighter, I bid you adieu. Thanks for the memories.
I'm feeling 50/50 on it. On the one hand Lucas Arts and I had so many fond memories together. They still had a few bits of talent to pop out as well (in my opinion) they just needed the right direction and I really feel bad for all of the displaced employees. At the same time I also know that developing in house is usually a risk. As a publisher you can have someone else develop games for your IPs and then when they suck you can blame the developer, just look at EA pushing all the blame on Maxis (or rather forcing Maxis to take it). So financially this might be the right move for them.
I will continue to withhold my judgement about this acquisition until I see some products of it.
I will continue to withhold my judgement about this acquisition until I see some products of it.
While this is true, it wouldn't be the first time that The Escapist put a thread post on hold to take the source and write up a news article about it. There's been multiple cases where a forum post won't be approved until a few minutes after they take the source and write an article.FamoFunk said:
OT: I... I can't believe we lost them... all the podracing, starship piloting, potentially great rated-M star wars game making goodness that was LucasArts [except for that Kinect thing, obviously].
(Edit): Part of me is glad that other studios can finally begin developing games in the StarWars universe, as this means pet projects won't get in the way of redeveloping sequels to old classics. I just hope Disney isn't trying to drag StarWars into the realm of "family-friendly" in order to simply sell more merchandise.