Space Marines Rumored for Next Call of Duty

[Scars Unseen]

This would be a great opportunity to make a sci-fi shooter that delves into political commentary that would be unaccepted in a modern setting. Kind of like the BSG remake did. I would absolutely buy this game if they did that.

Unfortunately, this is Activision, and they wouldn't know depth if you tied them to an anchor. But let's try just in case. Kotick goes first.

 

[JaymesFogarty]

So you're making fucking Halo now? Brilliant, for a second there I thought the game's industry had run out of ideas COMPLETELY

Luckily, we've still got valve, and a few indie developers left! But for how long, I wonder...

Nah I was referring to the big companies with games that sport the latest tech. To me only Valve and Rockstar are the BIGGEST names that push the envelope when it comes to making lengthy, meaty games with great visuals and awesome gameplay to boot alongside a great story. Indies are all we have to come up with some new and clever gameplay ideas so those guys won't go anywhere. ESPECIALLY on the PC. But unfortunately, my favorite genre is FPS. And now it's inundated with samey Call of Duty military shooters or samey Halo-esque space marine soldiers. Honestly, that's why I'm looking forward to Duke Nukem Forever = a misogynistic action hero killing waves of perverted aliens...that's practically Shakespeare compared to this CoD/Halo shit

I know what you mean; but the market oversaturation is understandable. FPS's are brilliant, dynamic games, that can innovate just as much if not more than any other genre. Larger developments, however, require a lot of return, and it's a lot easier to simply spam the same old games knowing they'd sell, then spend millions on something great that no one would buy. Have you tried Bioshock yet? That's definitely a game that breaks the formula.

BioShock is that rare game that bucks the status quo when it comes to video game development. It had an awesome story with incredibly solid and unique gameplay. While I wasn't crazy over the sequel (since the publisher just pretty much hired somebody to copy/paste the original), I am VERY excited for BioShock Infinite since it's being made by the guys who actually worked on the original and it's taking us to a brand new world.

And I do get that shooters need to see a return so they can't take too many risks. But come on, the formula of shoot, aim, reload, and cover is set in solid stone. You can take that formula and take into a brand new locale that ISN'T space, WW2, or modern war. I'm not even asking for something crazy like BioShock. But I would like to see FPS go to areas that people have barely done well before like fantasy, old west (Call of Juarez was whatever), or hell even a cops and robbers game. Time travelling is another good idea, but I'm still waiting on a sequel to TimeSplitters.

If you're interested in that much location variation, have you considered Assassins's Creed and it's sequel yet? They both tackle time periods almost completely untouched by other games.

Haha, you're pretty much knocking off every game I've played . I am very much love traveling to new locations in games. I suppose I'm a big fan of escapism, and there's really no better way of doing that videogames, film, and books. Stories that have "realism" to it don't excite me as something I'm unfamiliar with. Which is why I was so attracted to the Assassin Creed games, BioShock, Brutal Legend (despite its strategy flaws), and the Fallout games

Funny how I have played and loved these games as well. Are you contemplating getting Enslaved? I'm still unsure on it.

 

[Cogwheel]

Not that I've ever played a CoD game in my life, but I'd like a fantasy FPS. Bows, legitimate melee, selection of spells and whatnot. Have yet to see one, would very much like to.

 

[wolf92]

Because there totally aren't enough games with space marines yet.

Of of course not. There need to be at least about billion more

 

[Tom Phoenix]

Considering how overused the whole "space marine" thing is, developing a Call of Duty in space would be a surefire way to kill the series.

 

[qbanknight]

Haha, you're pretty much knocking off every game I've played . I am very much love traveling to new locations in games. I suppose I'm a big fan of escapism, and there's really no better way of doing that videogames, film, and books. Stories that have "realism" to it don't excite me as something I'm unfamiliar with. Which is why I was so attracted to the Assassin Creed games, BioShock, Brutal Legend (despite its strategy flaws), and the Fallout games

Funny how I have played and loved these games as well. Are you contemplating getting Enslaved? I'm still unsure on it.

I'm thinking about just renting it since I heard I can knock the story out in a few play sessions. It still looks like a lot of fun and there characters at least seem pretty interesting, so I'll give it a shot

 

[JonnWood]

Didn't the new one come out yesterday? It's just a series of cash ins' at this point isn't it?

The first sentence here is what came to mind when I saw this. Black Ops has just been released and some people are already thinking abut the next CoD game? Can't people just sit still for one moment?

No, unfortunately. People complained about MW2 being a rehash, and Treyarch went to great lengths to make sure BO was varied and interesting. There's only so much they can do with the Cold War, and the format of BO is going to be difficult to repeat, for several reasons. As long as they do a good job, I wouldn't be averse to the idea of a space CoD.

This reminds me of that space Zelda rumor from a while back. Which would be awesome.

Considering how overused the whole "space marine" thing is, developing a Call of Duty in space would be a surefire way to kill the series.

Vanquish sold like hotcakes. Reach sold like hotcakes. As long as it's executed well, people don't really care if it's unoriginal.

 

[ReaperzXIII]

If they are doing this then the enemies must be 15 feet tall aliens from the Omega System with a name with 18 constanants that can only be spoken through the screams of babies, with guns bigger than your leg.

This is the only way I will accept, this I already own Halo, adding iron sights and noobtubes isn't much of an improvement

 

[vivalahelvig]

I just had a super original idea i think!
They should make a game where you are a....common civilian...caught in a warzone....having to fight off the bad guys....while not being killed by the good guys....and eventually win a large battle....and is giving the Civies' Medal of Honor! I shall call it...Civilian Chivalry!
Copyright 2010, Vivalahelvig productions c. 1990-?

 

[Ninonybox_v1legacy]

im enjoying this news because now the cod fanboys can't talk shit about our "stupid space marines" in halo.

 

[BrightDeathFriend]

LIKE!!

 

[gl1koz3]

What possibly new can they introduce?

For a space-game be new now, it should be friggen out of this world. Contents of DVD require manual decryption. The setup even allows you to kill or save all innocents before opening it. As soon as you open it, you're sucked into the computer, and the game is about saving the galaxy to install the game, after which a plot twist awaits, where you actually install the game, and it turns out it wasn't even half of it.

Okay, sleep awaits now.

 

[V8 Ninja]

Okay, I've gotta give Activision credit, they've found a way to make a generic game EVEN MORE GENERIC. My hats and eternal hatred are off to you, Acty. You truly deserve it.

 

[subject_87]

...Aaaaand Activision has hit the Unoriginality Singularity Point, a hypothetical phenomena from which no interesting, fresh or new concepts can escape.

 

[Mcface]

You are all forgetting the big thing.
Infinity Ward will be making it.

So it's going to suck regardless of time period.

Isn't Infinity Ward dead? As in, permanently taken out of commission? I thought now they were Respawn?

the skeleton crew still named IW is making it.

 

[Atmos Duality]

Hmmph. Why not actually make a decent Space Marines game rather than copying Halo or AVP again.

Better still, bring back Tribes. That might actually be worth a damn.
And I know Activision owns that IP since they inherited the Sierra franchises (unless they sold it, there was rumor of a Tribes MMO floating around).

 

[spectrenihlus]

Space Marines? What an original idea. How come no one else thought of it before. Oh wait...

Name all the space marine FPS that came out in the last year.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_marine#Games

and that's only for the space marines that operate mostly in space and in a SERIES. not counting the independent games like shattered horizon or the future soldier like gears of war. Since Flash games and indie games outnumber the console market and cant be tracked, the space marine games could be in the hundreds.

Compared to the fantasy knight type games and ww2 games, that list is a drop in the ocean of games.

 

[helldragonX]

If these "Space Marines" have shields I'm gonna be pissed...