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."

Comments

It's no surprise...

[tom8658]

...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.

Re:It's no surprise...

[AKAImBatman]

By that logic, Richard Dean Anderson hasn't left either. I didn't say that the character died, I just said that they aren't an integral part of the show anymore.

IMHO, that's a good thing. People in real life tend to get promoted, transferred, and otherwise moved around. While we can use Movie Magic to delay such changes (e.g. Riker turns down command, SG1 is the only successful team, "Admiral" Kirk gets demoted, etc.), you can only delay it for so long before the plot goes stale. The constant cycling of SG-1 characters (save for Jonas Quinn, that just didn't work) keeps the Stargate Universe alive and fresh. If Jack was still leading every team into a mission, we (the fans) would have to start wondering:

a) Who he pissed off to keep getting passed over for promotion; or
b) Why a general is leading a single team into the field?

Of course, it would have been cool if RDA had been tasked for a role as, say, a tactical assault coordinator (i.e. As a general he leads multiple teams into major battles), but he (IRL) really wanted a bit of distance from the show schedule.

Besides, you have to keep things somewhat realistic or the U.S. Armed Forces may stop officially endorsing the show. I mean, what other show has featured not just one, but TWO Chiefs of Staff of the USAF as actors on the show? (True story. The episodes were "Prodigy" and "Lost City" which featured Michael E. Ryan and John P. Jumper respectively.) :-)

Stargate Adventure

[bcolflesh]

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.

SG1

[rilian4]

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.

Dear copyright holders:

[merlin_jim]

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.