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Stargate SG-1 Game Finally Canceled
After a long and troubled history, the Stargate videogame has finally been canceled by developer Perception. The company itself is in trouble, according to the Gamasutra report. From the article: "According to the same source, the game has now been terminated for all formats and the development team 'let go'. Any decision as to whether to proceed with the game, which had apparently reached the Alpha stage of completion and has built up a sizeable fan community, will now presumably rest at least partially with license holders MGM. No official comment had been received from Perception as of press time."
...with the series on the decline (i.e., most of the original cast is gone) and the orignal storyline finished, I wonder if Stargate will last past the ninth or tenth season.
The fan-made game Stargate Adventure is available here:
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=5309
Some rough English translations and a bit short, but it held my attention.
When will people understand that game developers are just underpaid contractors? They change companies with every project.
3 of the original 4 SG1 team members are still on the show. It's already lasted past the 9th season seeing as how the current season is season 10. Is the show in decline? Yeah. Is it ready to call it quits? Not yet.
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10th season has already been confirmed and is in production. Gateworld Season 10. Also, the entire original cast is still there with the exception of Richard Dean Anderson. Sam and Daniel were gone for about 2 episodes at the beginning of S9.
I was really looking forward to that game too. They could make a real fun game out of Stargate and this one was looking good from the previews. Hopefully someone will scoop them up and finish the project.
I really enjoyed the series. But you know, killing the main bad guy several times, killing other bad guys and on and on... it's good but the last straw was the casting. Geez!
That said, it would be pretty fun to create a game around the series. Creating a FPS with problem solving and interaction... when was the last time we saw a game like that? The Jedi Knight games is all I can think of. I would expect a little more of such a game centered around SG-1 though. Part America's Army, maybe a little bit HALO, some problem/mystery solving. All the elements of a good gaming experience for both the individual or the network... well those that I appreciate the most anyway.
It's really a waste for that not to come out.
Companies making games are usually doing it for the money. When a game doesn't seem profitable, drop it. Fans, on the other hand, don't care about the money but instead about the subject itself. There is till a Half-Life mod being made, shouldn't be too bad. Stargate: The Last Stand
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Don S. Davis (Gen. Hammond) is also gone.
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I'm sure there's little to no chance of that happening, but wouldn't it be cool if they decided to release the incomplete game as an OSS project?
Or more accurately, the Slashdot crowd will develop it, we'll play it.
Anyone who watched the show sufficiently should have developed the MacGyver foo to make their own game with some aluminum foil and the needle of a compass.
Whatever you want to say about the quality of the show the last few seaons,
you can only applaud JoWood when they said they're weren't going to publish this as just another lousy liscense game. We see time and again it's easy to put out a bad game with a good liscense and sell it effectively to the fans regardless of how the game plays. (See basically any movie tie in game as reference).
It's a shame, I think a game with the Stargate liscense could have some potential; but no game is better than a very bad game as far as I'm concerned.
I guess it's a good thing that the Stargate: Atlantis video game is already released. I just want to know how they managed to not only have the game ready in time for the show, but managed to do it 20 years in advance! Man, those IMagic guys must have great management! ;-)
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Make it. Please. MMORPG-style (maybe FPS)... the show even has some nice mechanics that can translate directly into good gameplay mechanics - for intance the way that the gate's controller can deny entry to their world by continually dialing out. The stargate in general makes a great gameplay mechanic by seperating the universe into discrete atomic units that are easily managed.
You can even mirror the shows' plotline - several distinct races with shifting alliances try to carve out a safe place in their world.
Hell, even include Go'auld recruitment - when a player gets infected their character gets a massive boost in stats, can raise an army of (loyal or disloyal) soldiers, access to advanced technology, and a new reward system to encourage them to throw old loyalties aside and become the brutal dictator inside.
Unpopulated worlds get their own dungeons teeming with artifacts. For either single play or squad play with lots of fun puzzles. Some dungeons should have an immovable artifact of great power - get the artifact, it should be easy to get control of the gate and set yourself up a little empire. Or, if you're part of a clan, take the world for your clan and get promoted...
I would play. And I've avoided MMORPG succesfully for a decade. But I would still play.
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If there's ever to be a Stargate SG-1 game, I'd love to see something akin to the old X-Com games. A really good turn based tactile combat game mixed with a bit of R&D, finding/capturing offworld equipment and information, discovering new addresses, choosing which worlds to explore, etc.
The aforementioned SG-1 game looks like just another FPS game. How dreadfully boring.
"Make it. Please. MMORPG-style (maybe FPS)... the show even has some nice mechanics that can translate directly into good gameplay mechanics"
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Heh. Grab up the source code for Celestia and Quake 3 Arena and make your own SG-1 type FPS/MMORPG
It seems like a really good idea, but sadly, I lack the skills, knowledge and motivation to do it myself
I think the series would make for an excellent take as a RTS game. It has everything needed for a game of this type. Multiple races, an expansive universe (take planets on a gate by gate basis). Vehicles and soldier classes are already part of the series. Could be pretty cool.
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Perhaps this will allow for fan mods to be opened up again?
I know there were a few SG mods in development for HL2, etc.. but they were shut down with the SG-1 game being produced. What I don't know is any of the legal stuff involved with a fan mod besides the legal rights to the idea. Anyone know what's involved in greater detail?
I was planning to make an off topic quip about Duke Nukem forever and tie it into this game being cancelled. Something like "At least these guys have got the balls to tell their investors the game is cancelled, unlike 3D Realms!" But then I realised that DNF jokes are just not funny anymore.
Please sign the petition at http://www.petitiononline.com/SGTA/petition.html.
It only takes a minute of your time and it's definately worth a shot to try and persuade the people who decided to cancel it.
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I stopped by that site, and looked at the logo...
What is it? It looks like two ships from Asteroids going at it.
I was at a hotel in San Jose and just happen to see Don Davis. I asked him what is it like to see himself on TV. He said he sees all the mistakes and cannot watch the show objectively. I also asked him what is it like to act in front of a blank (blue or green) screen as the special effects are added later. Don said they have to do the same thing over and over but make the acting appear spontaneous.
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PS: the star I really want to meet in person is Gina Lollobrigida!
The original regular cast members were Don S. Davis (Gen. Hammond), RDA (Jack), Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, and Christopher Judge. True, O'neill and Hammond are no longer series regulars...however, RDA did appear in episodes 1 and 3 of season 9 as a guest star, and his character is still very much alive in the Stargate universe. Davis appeared in episodes 10 and 11 of this season, and his character is also very much alive, he will probably be making future appearances. Amanda Tapping was not present in the first 5 episodes of season 9, but that was not because she left the series...the actress was merely on maternity leave, and she returned to the series starting episode 6. She's been in every episode since then. Michael Shanks was gone for most of season 6 (though he did make a few guest appearances and also provided the voice for Thor). He returned as a regular in the first episode of season 7 and has been with the series since then. Christopher Judge has never left, he's been in every episode AFAIK. So we still have 3 of the original 5 regular cast members, frequent guest appearances by 1, and infrequent guest apperances by the last...I'd hardly call that "most of the original cast is gone". I think Stargate will be fine...it's definitely going into season 10, and the chances for a season 11 are very good. And just because the Goa'uld empire has been wiped out does not mean they're all gone. They aren't the threat they once were, but they are still very much around. Baal in particular, he was the main antagonist in one of the season 9 episodes.
To quite a comment from a producer(i think)
"Who says we haven't met them already"
The interprtation is we have seen them but they have not been refered to as the 4th race.
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I also thought that the one Goa'uld that was 'helping' them against the Orai was an interesting take on what might happen to some 'lesser gods' once the empire fell.
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I second that motion. SG-1 actually would make a good X-Com type game. Fighting turn based, and exploration more of a role playing interface based like star control 3 had. Great idea to parent.
It was pretty far along when it was shut down, because the rights to make the game had been sold.
If this game is as far along as eveybody says it was, it might still have a chance. I would porbably still get it, even if it wasn't really good. I would just love to fire one of them staff-weapons...
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