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Rumor: LucasArts New Civil War Shooter

SXGlory — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:45:21 MDT

Wait for the Canadian & Mexican expansions.

SXGlory

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Arugala — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 15:29:23 MDT

West Coast FTW!!!!

Arugala

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TubbyJG — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 13:47:49 MDT

Lucas Arts has given us quality in the past(Mercenaries, Battlefront) so hopefully they don't screw this original and interesting backstory up. They should totally exploit online multiplayer, like in Battlefront and Battlefield.

TubbyJG

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oon2ooo — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 10:52:21 MDT

"thankfully sans hip-hop soundtrack"

What?? Can't you imagine an Augustus "Cole Train" Cole type character putting someone down and screaming: "Thats why I f*cked your b*tch you fat mother f*cker."

p.s. Tupac FTW!!

oon2ooo

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Runna — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:59:22 MDT

Sweet get to work damn it... I want to see 3d excution of concept art then i'll get excited.

Runna

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chronubis — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 09:22:50 MDT

@Zod-like: Go play Battlefield 2142?

chronubis

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spate — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:52:32 MDT

Any idea if they'll have conservation of mass in this game? That's all we need is another game where you can blow stuff up and gee, that grenade was really just a hunk of antimatter, 'cause all that dirt is just completely gone..

spate

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jchasse — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 07:05:47 MDT

WHOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Gonna bag me some Hippies!

jchasse

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Atheist Jew — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:13:40 MDT

I think a PC version god-damn well better be in the works.

Atheist Jew

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GeneralZod — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:58:13 MDT

I gave up caring about anything LucasArts were doing a long time ago. O how the mighty have fallen.

GeneralZod

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FlapjacksAreTasty — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 01:46:09 MDT

@Zod-like:

sigh... once again a non-American whines about the story in a fictional game-related fairytale created by Americans.

Make your own game and leave the Americans out entirely! That will show those self-important Yanks.

Actually, being friends with many Americans, I'm sure they wouldn't give a toss.

There's at least one thing you can learn from them.

FlapjacksAreTasty

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BryT — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:16:42 MDT

Too bad. We already have more than enough futuristic shooters, but I would gladly play a shooter set during the historical Civil War. I don't care how long it takes to reload those old guns, there's ways to make the concept interesting and fun without sacrificing too much realism.

BryT

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hellboy997 — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:47:52 MDT

@Zod-like:

the rest of the world is no fun to fight. they whine when they get blowed up

hellboy997

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mentalboy11 — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:42:21 MDT

but but but.... what about hawaii? wait! i know! we are the west coast's nuclear missile base and the east coast cant hit us~!

mentalboy11

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Spartan1308™ — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 21:07:37 MDT

That last game I posted about also came out for PS2 and PC. Apparently the guys who made Advent Rising are also making a future American civil war game.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/action/empire/index.html?q...

Spartan1308™

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Spartan1308™ — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:53:49 MDT

@silkysm00th: It came out for the 360. It didn't get very good reviews.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox360/strategy/historychannelciv...

Spartan1308™

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JohnnyHundo — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:52:02 MDT

@PaulSoth: Hell yeah - I was hoping Worms XBLA would fill my wanton lust for Scorched Earth - but alas - it was not the same. A 3D reimagining of Scorched Earth this is.

See what I did there? Yoda? Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda.

I'll stop now.

JohnnyHundo

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TBA — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:10:54 MDT

I'm too disillusioned with LucasArts to care. I'm still out 50 bucks for a buggy patchless StarWars Battlefront 1. LucasArts has yet to respond to my emails.

TBA

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Michael McWhertor — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:35:46 MDT

@Camperton: Gah! Good point! Noted, but not edited. :)

@Roguestriker: That's a good question. I dunno! But I'll be a player divided, as I love both coasts.

Michael McWhertor

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Roguestriker — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:26:16 MDT

Which side is which?

And West Coast FTW!

Roguestriker

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Camperton — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:02:05 MDT

* nerd alert!

It's 'long time ago' not a 'long, long time ago'.

Camperton

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silkysm00th — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:52:42 MDT

@beukema: Seroiusly .. someone else on this planet earth played Outlaws??!! that was possibly my favorite game when i was the tender age of .. what .. 13.. 14? don't even remember now.
Never played the civil war level .. i can only imagine that it rocked as hard as the rest of that game.

Anyways.. I am a little upset that it is America's historical Civil War ... that would be brutal on current systems... Someone mentioned there was a Civil war game in the works... any info on that? would love to read up..

silkysm00th

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TastyAnkles — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:48:43 MDT

It looks like there is a cropped out logo in the bottom left corner by the gun that isn't lucasarts. A long yellow horizontal swish?

TastyAnkles

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Parsifal — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:45:54 MDT

@Tybee: Dude, don't even joke. With such classics as the Stormtrooper chorus line, the Sam & Max cave in "Dark Forces", the X-Wing and Tie-Fighter in "Secret Weapons Over Normandy" and other little surprises in a long history of Easter Eggs *insert pointless link to archive page with only the story its linked from here* there's a decent chance it'll end up somewhere in there. And if not, there's always DLC.
@noneother: "Republic Commando" was tons of fun, here's hoping for a sequal.

@crazyspoonhead: Or "Republic Commando":P

@McWhertor: That's a pretty sweet looking Icon:)

Parsifal

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Wii-Tard — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:39:10 MDT

@criminallyinane: Dued, it's all about Iowa and Omaha! the East and West Coasts are nothing but necropolises waiting to be swallowed by the sea!

Kidding. Don't kill me.

This games shaping up to be pretty cool looking; hopefully it won't bomb.

Wii-Tard

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ArmyofJuan — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:29:37 MDT

Now do i side with my birthplace of San Diego California or where i currently live in the Hampton Roads area of VA?

ArmyofJuan

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Paul Soth — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:19:33 MDT

The weapons almost sound like Scorched Earth. God, those dirt bombs always caused hell.

Paul Soth

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Kazuomi-dono — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:03:28 MDT

Sound like it's got potential. At least it's not another me too shooter based on WWII.

Kazuomi-dono

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PlayerX — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:44:56 MDT

Be funny if there was a third party in the game, like in Dune II. Those crazy Canadians, sittin' up there... just PLOTTING. We'll paste you with snowballs, then hide in our igloos.

PlayerX

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criminallyinane — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:41:52 MDT

"In a nation separated by a midwestern wasteland"

So it'll be just like it is today?

criminallyinane

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Michael McWhertor — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:25:54 MDT

@Jawajoey: There are various sources at work here. It took some investigation to sort out the details.

@beukema: Someone else is already doing that. :)

Michael McWhertor

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crazyspoonhead — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:22:44 MDT

Machines vs. Clones? Sounds like Total Annihilation (and Earth 2140 for that matter, for anyone who remembers that one) to me.

crazyspoonhead

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beukema — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:18:58 MDT

It's too bad that they aren't doing an American Civil War shooter. That would, after all, be pretty original. The only particular antecedents I can think of are certain bits of TimeSplitters and one add-on level from Lucasarts' own Outlaws. It's virgin territory, people -- exploit it!

beukema

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RiceBandit — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:14:03 MDT

This sounds really cool-- hopefully they'll beusing that physics engine they were showing off earlier this year (with the Artoo tossing)!

RiceBandit

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REUYL — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:13:28 MDT

EAST SIDE- REPReSENT!1

REUYL

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noneother — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:13:25 MDT

@kikuchiyo: ah, well, bust.

i had a good time with Republic Commando though, i guess, except for the shitty ending and repetetive gameplay.

noneother

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Spartan1308™ — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:12:43 MDT

Sounds pretty cool. The one thing I don't get is why have the option of first or third person. You could do that in Battlefront 2, but you can't really use first person if others are using third. It's like handicapping yourself.

Spartan1308™

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kikuchiyo — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:08:32 MDT

@noneother:

TIE Fighter (and X-Wing and X-Wing Alliance) were back when Totally Games developed the space-sim games and LA published them.

LucasArts hasn't really put out a good game in a longtime (longer if you disregard a lot of the point and click adventures).

kikuchiyo

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noneother — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:06:57 MDT

Red vs. Blue states! that's great

lucasarts is so hit or miss with their stuff that i wish them the best with this.

tie fighter was the shit.

noneother

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icepick314 — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:06:32 MDT

East Coast ROXORZ!!

icepick314

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Tybee — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:06:21 MDT

But will it have a Hoth level?

Tybee

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KotakuOtaku — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:02:35 MDT

West Coast FTW!

KotakuOtaku

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Zod-like — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:02:30 MDT

So yet again America = All humanity. *Sigh*

Although it is nice to see Lucasarts branching out like they said they would.

Zod-like

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exkon — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 16:02:02 MDT

Concept art caught my eye. With the new "Force" game coming out, it'll be interesting to see what directions they take their game engine.

exkon

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rickyyo — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:57:49 MDT

I like how you said it was the newest original shooter when most shooters are the same in nature. Hopefully this has alterable terran like you mentioned.

rickyyo

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NotoriousJnX — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:56:33 MDT

Dang! I was looking forward to choosing the side of General Lee or General Grant and dual-wielding muskets, stuff like that.

NotoriousJnX

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3inst3in — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:53:48 MDT

so is this going to be like an MMO type thingy, or a Quake Wars/Battlefield type thingy, or a single player thingy?

3inst3in

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raison — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:50:28 MDT

so like Red Faction only you can blow up everything? I loved Red Faction but i hated how it was limited in what you could be blown up. Was still fun as hell to play that glass house training thing and build tunnels and stuff.

raison

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RevDenton — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:50:06 MDT

You had me at "nano". Sounds like something I'd play.

RevDenton

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Krytha — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:49:00 MDT

HUuUUUUUUUUh!! DO WANT!

Krytha

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Jawajoey — Fri, 06 Apr 2007 15:46:56 MDT

Awesome sounding, but what's the source?

Jawajoey