Buy Sierra IPs!
As some of you may know, Activision is not selling Sierra the company, but selling Sierra's IPs. This means ALL of Sierra's classic adventure games
such as King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Police Quest, Conquests, and Phantasmagoria, will be up for grabs, along with Sierra's classic Action and RPG games.
Speaking to a friend of mine who is an industry insider, I can tell you that Activision is willing to sell any and/or all of the franchises separately or together, depending on what any potential buyer wants, and that the price range would be anywhere in the range of $90,000 to 1 million, possibly lower, depending on which franchise we're talking about.
I'm certain Tell Tale could probably afford at least some of these classic franchises, and I'd honestly and truly (as a fan of adventure games) rather see them in the hands of a good company like Tell Tale than in the hands of a company like EA, who will either do Jack Schitt with these games or try to transform them into action shooters which have no continuity with the original games.
So, if any Tell Tale Execs are listening or reading this, please consider buying these awesome IPs. It'd be worth it for you, and the best thing to happen to adventure gaming in quite some time. At least negotiate with Vivendi about it!
such as King's Quest, Space Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Police Quest, Conquests, and Phantasmagoria, will be up for grabs, along with Sierra's classic Action and RPG games.
Speaking to a friend of mine who is an industry insider, I can tell you that Activision is willing to sell any and/or all of the franchises separately or together, depending on what any potential buyer wants, and that the price range would be anywhere in the range of $90,000 to 1 million, possibly lower, depending on which franchise we're talking about.
I'm certain Tell Tale could probably afford at least some of these classic franchises, and I'd honestly and truly (as a fan of adventure games) rather see them in the hands of a good company like Tell Tale than in the hands of a company like EA, who will either do Jack Schitt with these games or try to transform them into action shooters which have no continuity with the original games.
So, if any Tell Tale Execs are listening or reading this, please consider buying these awesome IPs. It'd be worth it for you, and the best thing to happen to adventure gaming in quite some time. At least negotiate with Vivendi about it!
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Shivers 2 was so amazingly full of win. The first one ain't bad either.
I'd still rather see a new Phantasmagoria, though.
I'd rather see new stuff from Telltale instead of some "..." Quest game.
But imagine what Telltale could do with some of these series....
Leisure Suit Larry might be a little too raunchy and Kings Quest was never that exciting to begin with.
Quest for Glory would be cool but I think the idea of mixing RPG elements with adventure games might seem a little too complicated for new players these days.
Police Quest.. well, could be cool but they're not very funny games. But hey, Telltale has made CSI games so they've shown they're not all about humorous games.
Phantasmagoria... bad idea
Gabriel Knight would be awesome but again, I have trouble seeing that made with the technology they're currently creating games with.. the GK games need really atmospheric settings and I think the engine they're currently using for games is best suited for cartoony looking games. They'd also have to get Jane Jensen on board.
Yeah, but who knows what would have happened if Telltale hadn't been around to want the license? Sure, by all accounts Steve Purcell was amenable to doing a Sam & Max game project even after Freelance Police, but that doesn't mean there was a horde of companies pounding his door down or something. The webcomic wasn't completely unrelated to Telltale's resurrection of the characters, and neither were the releases of the animated series nor the Surfin' the Highwar reprint. Not to make the duo's comeback sound accidental, but it certainly wasn't a given, either. Just about every aspect of Sam & Max's resurgence has stemmed from Telltale making the new games.
That's why they should use poorly acted FMV
(Seriously though, I really do miss FMV adventures. They have a certain Z-Movie charm to them that can't be replicated with animation)
It could be done wacky. They could have a straight man, who is slightly off with his view on humanity, paired with a crazy sidekick who has a taste for mindless chaos and destruction. They could go around solving wacky crimes together.
nah... it'd never work...
*cough rhymes with "tram & flax" cough*
I think they were going back to the graphic adventure style gameplay, but don't hold me to that.
Sometime in the future we can get another KQ game but not now... not when there is so much else to do...