well JMS and David Drake are both very open about how much they detest their relationship with a "Computer company they can't name due to legal reasons" which took their intellectual property, and did nothing with it, and will not allow anyone else to do anything with it, despite the fact that the company only exists now as a holding company."
so was it Drake with "Battlestations" & "Hammer's Slammers" wargame sims
or
JMS with B5 starfury sim
or
someone else's fans.
Whose fans did Seirra **** the worst?
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Whose fans did Seirra **** the worst?
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When Into the Fire was cancelled, a fan-made project began...Stofsk wrote:Sierra won't let go of B5? That's completely retarded. And JMS can't do anything about it? So we'll never see a Starfury sim. Well fuck that.
As for IP, they probably paid a pretty penny for it so they'll want to recoup their investment.
No, but their heyday is long past (IMHO, coinciding when the Williams sold the company).I thought Sierra was finished anyway.
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does that mean no more games caeser 3 style??
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You just have to wonder how much of what type of drugs they are smoking on there
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Damn, kinda sucks they discontinued QFG. Granted the story was pretty much over, but now it's pretty hard to find a copy of them, aside from used. Which is a pain in the ass. They didn't even keep any support stuff anywhere on their site.
Same with Space Quest. Yes, they're old, but still great.
Same with Space Quest. Yes, they're old, but still great.
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If you happen to be both a B5 and a Space Quest fan it's like the sierra execs are taking turns.weemadando wrote:We Babylon 5 fans have been reamed horribly, but to be honest I think those who have been most comprehensively fucked are fans of any of the "Quest" games, be it Police, Space or ...for Glory.
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Quest fan...B5 fan...Alien Legacy fan...
Meh. Bloody dialated, here.
Meh. Bloody dialated, here.
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Yes, but again, this was when Sierra was own by the Williams' family and were comitted to making good games internally (and with wholly-owned subsidiaries).weemadando wrote:We Babylon 5 fans have been reamed horribly, but to be honest I think those who have been most comprehensively fucked are fans of any of the "Quest" games, be it Police, Space or ...for Glory.
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let's not forget king's quest while we're at it....weemadando wrote:We Babylon 5 fans have been reamed horribly, but to be honest I think those who have been most comprehensively fucked are fans of any of the "Quest" games, be it Police, Space or ...for Glory.
I mean, going through all that stuff just to get the girl, and that annoyingly heavy crown....
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Police Quest? Remember it sort of, but not really... Sounds cool though. Any info?
And I wish there was some product support still with those games (GOD DAMN YOU ERROR 52, GOD DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!!). Granted there are some "quick fixes" you can apply, but a real patch would've been nice (having to use MoSlo to play the damn game just so I can get an all important Ritual was really out of the way).
And I wish there was some product support still with those games (GOD DAMN YOU ERROR 52, GOD DAMN YOU TO HELL!!!!). Granted there are some "quick fixes" you can apply, but a real patch would've been nice (having to use MoSlo to play the damn game just so I can get an all important Ritual was really out of the way).
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Police Quest was very good, it was a graphic adventure written by a cop, and was last seen being turned into a wanna be tom clancy FPS in Police Quest: SWAT.....
*retches*
how about Phantasmagoria horror + p0rn in a graphic adventure...
*retches*
how about Phantasmagoria horror + p0rn in a graphic adventure...
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Companies in general will always hold dearly onto IP and never let it go unless they have to.phongn wrote:As for IP, they probably paid a pretty penny for it so they'll want to recoup their investment.Stofsk wrote:Sierra won't let go of B5? That's completely retarded. And JMS can't do anything about it? So we'll never see a Starfury sim. Well fuck that.
Case in point: Atari (Infogrames) inherited the IP to Total Annihilation when they bought up GT Interactive, and reportedly wanted several million dollars for it as recently as a couple of years ago... for a game made in 1997 which would need to be completely remade in order to approach anything near that level of value.
I really think this is less a "could make money for us" line of thought as it is a "hey we can tell our suckers/stockholders that we have all this IP worth so many millions of dollars and look really good to them!", with perhaps a little "screw everyone else in the business as much as we can" thrown in.