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Oh I know he knows, NoFace :)
I was just wondering why they were left out, though it makes perfect sence - not railing on your post, I was just wondering. Goodshow.
On Turbine: If Middle Earth Online is like AC on Darktide then sign me up. If it's like AC2 - then I'm sure it'll be nice to look at -_o
Without MS breathing down their backs, the potential for greatness is high. Although they get Tolkien-ites to tell them how things must be instead... but I don't think it'll be as bad. They shouldn't impede on the actual game design at least.
Well... I want to be able to kill dudes when I want, wherever I want. Damn near every Online RPG is too weak to allow some decent PVP. We'll see how well they do. It's already shown that for some reason people want to be able to get Married in a fantasy world than they would kill people. What a bunch of sickos.
Great thread. I did not know that Access was behind Crime Wave, one of my favorite Saturn sleeper hits.
Dungeon Seige was done by MS wasn't it? I thought that it was pretty neat.
MS's console division is pretty decent. PGR racing and Rallisport are really great, HALO and Brute Force are pretty decent as well. It's sad to see Rare stink up their console division though.
I had totally forgotten that Rare made Cobra Triangle. That was a great game. In fact, next to Battletoads, it was probably Rare's best NES effort.
I really enjoyed SFA. Great exploration and character in the game. I'm glad to see Perfect Dark gets all the nah-saying it deserved. I thought the concept, the stupid alien issues and everything needed to be rethought. How about making a good FPS LIKE Goldeneye was, and not worry about the story so much.
Rare was never good with story.
Sorry Jeremy. I meant the PC Crime Wave. The Saturn one is a different game made by a different developer.
xS, Microsoft did publish Dungeon Siege. I don't think they own the developer Gas Powered Games.
Nice thread, as usual. Rare made Pin Bot for the NES? Heh, I used to play that game a lot, despite not really liking it. I must agree with the Banjo supporters though, I didn't play Tooie despite owning it breifly, but I really did like the original a lot. Not as good as Mario 64, but still very good. And about Oni, don't judge the game based on the PS2 version, the PS2 rev is absolutely terrible. The PC version, though not fantastic, is much, much better.
Also, are you planning to add Ensemble's history anytime, Neo? I don't know if they have much of one, but I'd be more interested in hearing their story than Access' or Rare's.
Andy, I don't have much to say on Ensemble's history since I'm not into their games. Ensemble was founded in 1995 by Tony Goodman and Bruce Shelley. Shelley is known for his work at Microprose. He made Civilization with Sid Meier. From there they made the Ages of Empires/Mythology series. They also made the Star Wars Galactic Battleground series for Lucasarts.