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Sam and Max Revival?

Posted by Zonk on from the another-beautiful-story dept.

Though we've mentioned the possibility before, the rumour is again circulating that Sam and Max may ride again. Adventure Gamers has the story in the form of an interview with the owner of the studio supposedly angling for the franchise. From the article: Q: Rumor has it that Bad Brain is attempting to acquire the rights to Sam & Max: Freelance Police. What can you say about that? A: No comment (I signed an NDA). All I can say is: yes, we are talking to LucasArts about a game that might involve animals, but that's all folks!"

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  1. LucasArts... by adderofaspyre · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is it just me or has Lucas stopped making cool stuff some time ago? Why don't they make games like DOTT anymore? and I don't mean sequels.

    1. Re:LucasArts... by radimvice · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Why don't they make games like DOTT anymore? and I don't mean sequels.

      Day of the Tentacle was a sequel to Maniac Mansion.

    2. Re:LucasArts... by dave+sanderman · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Why don't they make games like DOTT anymore?
      aside from the obvious reason (they don't sell enough copies to justify the investment), there are other issues that come into play. really i think the primary one is brand dilution; if lucasarts wants to be seen as a top-tier publisher, they can't release anything less than top-tier titles. and no matter how fun, funny, beautiful, or otherwise wonderful they could possibly be, 2-d point-and-click adventure games will never be marquee titles any more.

    3. Re:LucasArts... by bob65 · · Score: 2, Insightful
      Because they think stapling the Star Wars license on an already established genre in a piss-poor game is innovative.

      No they don't. They think it's more profitable. And as far as I can tell, it probably is - don't as me why, because the target market obviously doesn't include me.

    4. Re:LucasArts... by MemoryDragon · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Its as much dying as BSD... last year sort of was a golden year for adventure games with more releases than in the last few years combined...

  2. LSL Travesty by chigun · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I hope they don't turn it into a 3d pseudo-adventure piece of cow-flop that is riddled with repetitive mini-games.

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