http://pc.ign.com/articles/496/496351p1.html?fromint=1

I am so sick of LEC's bull****. Here's the carrot...now here's the stick, THWACK! Rinse, repeat. Blah.

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Cantina Cloud | BCF | The Massassian 1 & 2 | Gonkmeg
Corrupting the kiddies since '97

"After careful evaluation of current market place realities and underlying economic considerations, we've decided that this was not the appropriate time to launch a graphic adventure on the PC."


You can't blame them. It's true. No one buys adventure games these days. I know I wouldn't buy it if it came out..

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Have a good one,
Freelancer

[This message has been edited by Freelancer (edited March 03, 2004).]

Then they shouldn't have announced it in the first place and gotten people's hopes up. It's not like the adventure game market is any different -now- than it was a year ago...it's been an underappreciated genre for ages now.

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Cantina Cloud | BCF | The Massassian 1 & 2 | Gonkmeg
Corrupting the kiddies since '97

You're right.. It may be true, but they should have realized it before they started developing the game.

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Have a good one,
Freelancer

Nobody buys adventure games... possibly because there are no good ones out there!?

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EvilMagic.net: Brian's Web Log

Also, did you see the guy's name who wrote that article? Steve Butts. I'm not kidding, go look at the site.

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EvilMagic.net: Brian's Web Log

Yes there are, just nobody's ever heard of them! The NeverhoOd is a classic!

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Do you have stairs in your house?

****!
This one was actually shaping up to look promising in my eyes. Oh well... back to shoveling out wonky Star Wars licenses to third-party developers for Lucasarts.

The Mix n' Mojo crew have something to say

No...no...NO...

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I have a signature.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!



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We are all dying to live, yet living to die...

HMMMMM Damn!

Now I bet that they decide not to do Monkey Island 5 now as well!

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The Darkside? I've Been there. Do your Worst

****

**** **** ****

**** YOU, LUCASARTS

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"LC Tusken: the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot"
NMGOH || Jack Chick preaches it

So they cancelled because nobody would buy it, but you said it was bad of them to get peoples' hopes up.

If their hopes were up, then obviously people were going to buy it. Dumbass LEC.

Looks like everyone who was looking forward to this game by LucasArts was:





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Fear is here, where's the beer?

Bah, I had the trailer for this game too... I would've bought it.

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The Mega-ZZTer's Gaming Haven!

Bot Pack JO | Let's Roll JK | Bespin JA | Patch Enforcer JK/Mots | Pac-Man JK

ok time to go on a killing spree... and this time i mean it

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wang is within all

This is ridiculous.. they did everything RIGHT for a change (brought in Steve Purcell, brought in the original voice actors, had great graphics going) and they still mess it up. They even had an amazing and hilarious script/plot, according to the guy who was at the voice recording sessions a few months ago. The thread over at Shacknews has more posts than even the Battlefield:Vietnam "gone gold" announcement, and Shackers are fanatics about BFV.

Just because there are no adventure games out there right now doesn't mean a great one won't sell.. there are a ridiculous amount of gamers who were waiting for this, and I know casual gamers would love to be introduced to Sam and Max. I sincerely hope LucasArts goes out of business..

Edit: Also, why are they canceling the game now? It was set for a Spring 2004 release, which meant sometime in the next 3 months.. they've already invested plenty of time and money, why not try to get back the initial investment?

[This message has been edited by Jipe (edited March 03, 2004).]

Oh well.

I'm so happy about this news. Now that Lucasarts isn't busy making crappy games about their old, successful franchises they can focus more on making games based on Gungans.

First Full Throttle II, now this??? *sigh*...

*Checks calendar*

Aww, I was hoping it was april 1st

*Sigh* Are lucasarts out to simply annoy and dissapoint now?

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WARNING: THIS POST MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF PEANUT!!!
---@%

*Smacks Jon'C upside the head with a tuna and walks away*

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If you have ever had the urge to gouge your eye out with a rusty spoon, then THIS is the movie for you!

Good. Less time and money on adventure games means more chances of an FPS. We haven't had one of those in ages.

maybe we should get a petition going... or we could all drive to their offices and threaten them with baseball bats

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wang is within all

I live few a couple hours away from their offices...

It's ok. At least we still get to play Full Throttle 2!!!


*cries his own, private tears*

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MadQuack on Military school: Pro's: I get to shoot a gun. Con's: Everything else.
"I'm going to beat you until the laws of physics are violated!!" ! Maeve's Warcry

RIP -MaDaVentor-. You will be missed.

It's too bad petitions never do jack squat. Baseball bats sounds good, though. I would like to 'share my opinion' about several LEC games i wasted my money on and couldnt return because of that dumb opened CD policy.

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There are two asses in Massassi... and I'm one of them.
The Matrix Unplugged|The Valley of the Jedi Tower|Smaug's Lair

No one buys adventure games my *** ... Grim Fandango anyone? God dammit. What the ****. That **** is just stupid. They're just morons, is all. "We'll let horribly ****ty games out the door but GOD FORBID a game someone actually WANTS gets anywhere near release..."

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I'll admit to Reactor CTF, Duel Abyss, Duel Turbulent, Duel Dustball, and even the CCCP, but not Sky High! (my first, be kind!) Ok so maybe I will.

First full throttle, not this.. Its official, LEC needs to die

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Happy "Diseased" dud: You said I'd be like this guy. Boycotting everything..
Happy "Diseased" dud: ted kazcnisky. That's who it was.
Happy "Diseased" dud: Wait, That's the unibomer.
Happy "Diseased" dud: Wrong guy.

Grrrr... The first Sam & Max was probably my favorite point-click adventure game...

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Napalm is nature's toothpaste.

For those who didn't read all of the article, it also states that the Monkey Island series is also "hanging by a thread". So, in other words: doomed...

My sources came from The Force.net.

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I am a nobody, and nobody is perfect; therefore, I am perfect.

Everyday I beat my own previous record for number of consecutive days I've stayed alive.

[url="mailto:Bruintone@netscape.net"]mailto:Bruintone@netscape.net[/url]Bruintone@netscape.net</A>
Yahoo! Name : jedibruintone77

[This message has been edited by Snake-Eyes (edited March 03, 2004).]

Damn you LEC!!

Grow a ****ing clue.

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The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.

People don't buy quality games anymore.

*sigh*

just another brick in the wall...

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When you expect the pain - nothing left to ascertain
When you respect the lie - Deadly chasm open wide
---Circle of Dust "Chasm"

This sucks so much.

Well, time to play the original game.

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<landfish> FastGamerr > Satan

This is incorrect. Syberia and The Longest Journey come to mind of recent games.

Another now overlooked genre is turn-based strategy. If you're reading this, you must give Silent Storm a try. Otherwise you die of a horrible forum disease with which this post is infected.

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Or then not. --FastGamerr/Nikumubeki

The last part of this article caught my attention:



Do it.

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The Massassi-Map
There is no spoon.

I sent an angry letter, go me

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"Just remember -- No matter how bad things get, Northern Minnesota will always be there"
-- Garrison Keeler

yay for angry letters.

this was foolish of lucasarts. surely they realize that Sam and Max was one of their biggest standing fanbases? I mean, these are the same people who loved Monkey Island...

Foolish Humans, should have listened to me.

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Let not the one speak, for if he speaks, pissed shall i be, and much suffering shall follow...

I think the last human at LEC was fired last year.

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Cantina Cloud | BCF | The Massassian 1 & 2 | Gonkmeg
Corrupting the kiddies since '97

Well at least MORE Star Wars games are on the way!!!!!!!!!!

/stabs self in throat

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