Rare Producer On Conker, Kameo, Ghoulies

Posted by simoniker on Friday October 3, 2003 @01:39PM from the excuses-scmexcuses dept.

Thanks to C+VG for their interview with Rare's producer at Microsoft, Ken Lobb, getting in-depth about the developer's Xbox-exclusive titles following its acquisition by Microsoft last year. As for Conker: Live And Uncut, it's suggested that: "To all intents and purposes, when we showed Conker at E3 that was a prototype", and that much more work is being done on the game. Kameo:Elements Of Power's perceived delays are also discussed, eliciting the comment: "We thought there was some chance that either Kameo or Conker might make it this year, but we knew it was pretty low", and the near-Gold Grabbed By The Ghoulies is pegged as misunderstood after its E3 showing, with Lobb suggesting "...you really need to play the game for a while" to appreciate it. Finally, Perfect Dark Zero is "just too early" to discuss.

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Are the games ever going to come out? by hibiki_r · 2003-10-03 14:08 · Score: 3, Insightful

Rare is known to use Duke Nukem Forever-like development schedules. It's the main reason it got them in trouble with Nintendo in the first place. It's been a year since they've been working on the XBox, and they've already pushed Kameo back to 2004. Are they ever going to release anything worthwhile?

I don't know about you guys, but I'm not sure MS made a good deal buying Rare. With their best developers gone, are we going to see anything good from them? I sure hope so, but I'm less and less confident every month.