Bethesda should pursue the Knights of the Old Republic Franc : V - Skyrim

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:07 pm

Adventurers like you should consider joining the http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/%5Bcensored%5D-wailer College.

Haha! I actually had to go to that site to figure out what the censored word was. Awkward....

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:36 pm

Millions asking for it means millions of dollars-it is that simple.

Snakes on a Plane, your argument is invalid.

But seriously, it's not that simple. It costs nothing to declare your support for a game/movie online. Whether these people will actually pay cashy money for it is another story.

I just can't see KotoR/Star Wars being a good match for Bethesda's "great open world/shallow characters/shallow character interactions/shallow story" style. Those games have always seemed to be about character and story. Why would you ever think that Beth could do a good job with them?

But then again, the same could be said about the Fallout series and Bethesda. Some oldies might complain, but FO3 and FNV turned out pretty well imo.

That said, I'd rather see Obsidian take another crack at it. Those guys are awesome.

Why would Bioware sell it? How would they benefit? You really don't understand how companies work. That kind of stuff just doesn't happen, they'd be better off keeping it and NEVER using it than letting someone else benefit from it.

Don't know specifically about KOTOR, but it does happen. The most obvious example here is Fallout.

WoW ended the Warcraft franchise as it defined the genre in a way it's parent games never did. Warcraft 3 was never going to be hailed as the single greatest RTS of all time.

I don't know, it may not have reached the heights of WoW, but Warcraft III is still pretty influential. I know a bunch of people who still play WC3 regularly, and these aren't hardcoe gamers either. Go into any cybercafe and three-quarters of them will be playing WC3 (specifically, DotA). And for me personally I'm still comparing any small-scale fantasy RTS to WC3.

» Sat Jun 23, 2012 12:20 am

I don't know, it may not have reached the heights of WoW, but Warcraft III is still pretty influential. I know a bunch of people who still play WC3 regularly, and these aren't hardcoe gamers either. Go into any cybercafe and three-quarters of them will be playing WC3 (specifically, DotA). And for me personally I'm still comparing any small-scale fantasy RTS to WC3.

Fantasy RTS is a sub-genre that is niche enough to not concern the mighty Blizzard, Warcaft 3 is/was popular, but not the unprecedented popularity of WoW, kind of the same concept as to why Bethesda isn 't going to make a new Wheres Wally game any time soon but less of a drastic comparison.

But then again, the same could be said about the Fallout series and Bethesda. Some oldies might complain, but FO3 and FNV turned out pretty well imo.

The company making that shut down though, Bioware is still lurching around.

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 9:39 am

I'm sorry OP, but you have no idea what you're talking about. You start talking about how it would do fiscally, as if you have some clue about business, then suggest Bethesda hire Ridley Scott to write the thing?

» Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:22 pm

Fantasy RTS is a sub-genre that is niche enough to not concern the mighty Blizzard, Warcaft 3 is/was popular, but not the unprecedented popularity of WoW, kind of the same concept as to why Bethesda isn 't going to make a new Wheres Wally game any time soon but less of a drastic comparison.

It was more a reply to the latter part of your post, the part about being the greatest RTS of all time. I think Warcraft III is a decent contender for that title.