Squeenix to Take Over Eidos Tomorrow

[Knight Templar]

Hitman + RPGs = win?

It could work...Turn-based stealth gaming...it has potential...

No it doesn't.

Where has it been seen before? No one would have expected Puzzle Quest to be good, either.
Give me a turn-based stealth game that sucked and I'll concede defeat.

Its a contradiction of terms. Stealth is high tension, turn based low tension. If an enemy see's me, being able to dart away while they can't move is against the whole point. Similarly, being unable to move while they're moving closer is wrong too.

Then there's Hitman, which is all about blending in with your surroundings rather than finding cover. It requires precise timing.

Or guns.


Anyway I hope this brings life to Deus Ex 3, they did say they were working on that didn't they?

 

[Doug]

What's shit joined with shit?

Meta-shit?

Well, they did manage to put out (I'm guessing by sheer fluke) a handful of good games - Anachronox and Deus Ex spring to mind - although they managed to muck up Deus Ex 2, and never finished the story of Anachronox. Blood cliffhanger ending (imagine the ending to Halo 2, but Halo 3 never got made).

 

[Rigs83]

Great now British games will insanely long cut scenes too.

 

[RagnorakTres]

I like it. Anything that brings us closer to more Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy is a good thing in my opinion. And Tomb Raider could get even more interesting, if they play it right.

The question is now, will Square get stupid and demand command of all projects? If they do, this could get very sour, very fast. They aren't as good at Tomb Raider as Eidos is, though, equally, Eidos isn't as good at Kingdom Hearts as Square is.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Hitman + RPGs = win?

It could work...Turn-based stealth gaming...it has potential...

No it doesn't.

Where has it been seen before? No one would have expected Puzzle Quest to be good, either.
Give me a turn-based stealth game that sucked and I'll concede defeat.

Its a contradiction of terms. Stealth is high tension, turn based low tension. If an enemy see's me, being able to dart away while they can't move is against the whole point. Similarly, being unable to move while they're moving closer is wrong too.

Then there's Hitman, which is all about blending in with your surroundings rather than finding cover. It requires precise timing.

i suppose, but it could be the next choclate of peanut butter. After all, stealth is about planning, as are many turn based RPG battle systems. But Square isn't likely to use the Hitman license for anything in particular. I wanna see them to actually release Just Cause 2. The first one was decent fun despite its share of problems and the second one was supposed to be out by now, hopefully solving the problems.

 

[I III II X4]

What I wanna know is, how are we going to pronounce this newly formed alliance?

Squeeni-o-dos?

 

[Flying-Emu]

What I wanna know is, how are we going to pronounce this newly formed alliance?

Squeeni-o-dos?

Eidos, a division of Square Enix. This isn't a merger, this is Eidos being taken over.

Well we can still enjoy ourselves.

I kind of like Eisqueedos.

 

[Leorex]

NOOOOoooooOOoOOoOOOOoooooOOOoO, Eidos Almost had a good game once.

 

[I III II X4]

What I wanna know is, how are we going to pronounce this newly formed alliance?

Squeeni-o-dos?

Eidos, a division of Square Enix. This isn't a merger, this is Eidos being taken over.

Ohh...that, I didn't know.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Well, at this point, is it done now? Its the next day, after all, 9:10 EST.
Besides, Square will likely let the devs at Eidos do their own thing. I quite liked the demo for the newest Tomb Raider. Didn't like Blood Money, but then again, I've never really enjoyed the Hitman games.

 

[Valiance]

I now have the utmost confidence in Deus Ex 3.

And I can't wait to see the Hitman world in KH3.

 

[Doug]

NOOOOoooooOOoOOoOOOOoooooOOOoO, Eidos Almost had a good game once.

"Almost"? You show proper respect in front of Blood money, lest shoot you with fireworks and feed you to the sharks.

*horse whips Leorex* And Deus Ex .... Deus Ex 2, feel free to harpoon.

EDIT: And they published Anachronox, which is a good thing.