<![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> FAKE

freespeech

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> I was hoping Lego SW would actually be as cool as reviews said. But it's just an ungodly average 3-D platformer. I wish they would have just edited the cutscenes into short movies and released those separately. It was just more proof that LucasArts is lost :( I wanted to believe!

GhaleonUnlimited

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> During their SCUMM era, LucasArts made some original and very successful games. I remember there was a time I would buy almost every LucasArts and Bullfrog game! Obviously anything with a Star Wars label has built-in sales performance for them, but they shouldn't have abandoned the other great stuff. The Secret of Monkey Island 1&2 are beautiful, open, non-linear adventure games with more depth than anything then the ridiculously expensive (and pretty) Shenmue could deliver. If Sega could license out REZ to its old creator, why dont Lucasarts license Monkey Island back to Ron Gilbert!

Andronix

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> LucasArts to Anonymous Blogger:

"I find your lack of faith.... disturbing."

Tuor

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> "The Force unleashed" looks like shit so far, I'm telling you since your not going to ask me. Granted all anyone has seen is one tech demo after another which is pretty sad at this point.

Pornosaur

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> Wait ... I want everybody to close their eyes for a second and imagine ...

...

... imagine a Star Wars game done by some of the top 3rd party development teams out there. You know, the ones that make GREAT games and not mediocre games with great licences that we nostalgically continue to fall for over and over and over and over again ...

...

... now open your eyes and, upon realizing the horrible reality of the real world, feel free to weep bitterly while burying your face is your mommy's lap.

But remember, as Canderous Bogart once said, "We'll always have KoToR" ...

DARTH_TIGRIS

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> Gonads and strife.

Amazing-Steve

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> I don't think Lucas Arts has made a decent game in a while...

3 of my favorite Lucas Arts games were made by 3rd party devs...

KoTOR: bioware
Rogue Squadron (N64): Factor 5
Lego Star Wars (Complete Saga): Traveller's Tales

Force Unleashed certainly looks cool, but will it deliver? If not, it's at least doing something different, making physics and destruction a key part of gameplay. Even if it doesn't quite make a good game, then it opens the door for other developers to learn and improve on that type of gameplay...

Nside

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> @Kal1138: Technically the Winter quarter is just about to end, so they've got around three months to finish the game before Summer 2008. If the bugs the game has got are numerous or especially severe, that's not enough time to fix them all. Which means LucasArts will do one of two things: Irresponsibly release this highly anticipated game on the announced date knowing full well it's not ready, OR they'll do the right thing and delay the release until the game is satisfactory. From what I've been told the game's state is that of an early beta, and that's not good at all for three months left of QA to do.

Then again, this info I'm basing this on was heard from a friend of a friend who's working at LucasArts so I wouldn't exactly call it reliable.

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> @Atheist Jew: QA discovering bugs and glitches, isn't that to be expected?

Interestingly, LucasArts did not have high expectations for the first LEGO Star Wars and expected it to be nothing more than a fairly successful children's title rather than the family-friendly phenomenon it became. The demo kiosk of the game did not get too much traffic at Comic-Con '04, nevertheless, I knew they had something special on their hands after playing that demo.

Currently, there is an incubator program at the Lucas campuses where they are attempting to find an IP (singular) of a caliber on part with that of Indiana Jones and Star Wars.

mindscienceofthemind

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> How about Lucasarts makes a game about a wanna-be pirate who gets chased around by a zombie ghost pirate captain? Or maybe they should make a police-themed game starring a wisecracking dog and rabbit? Maybe they can make a game that centers around an obscure Mexican holiday.... *sigh* You know what, they should go make that game about a superhero Wookie after all. Lucasarts doesn't have any credibility anymore.

SwapMeet

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> I read the following in an article describing a meeting between George Lucas and Lucasarts last year. Made me laugh.

"The"Star Wars" creator went on for an hour discussing the importance of drama and two characters talking and emoting. Then the Lucasarts team tried to pitch him an idea starring a Wookiee warrior with superhero-like powers."

Please, somebody take the SW licence away from these clowns.

J-Fro

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> Wake me up when Lucasarts makes Gladius 2.

smitty1123

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> @tnx3: Yeah, it always seems like I'm defending Republic Commando. It was a flawed game, that's for sure, but damn I loved it.

mackincheese

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> If that is true, then I hope the people that wanted to rush the game out the door die. Painfully. Soon.

ErskinPig

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> All I can say is that Lucas Arts has sucked for the last 10 years, and that I agree with the staff member... Zed is shit, LA had a perfectly good engine that they killed. We want more SCUMM/GrimE games!

Anemone

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> The alleged staffer does say "It will be too bad that he will not be with LucasArts to reap the rewards of a job well done. The Force Unleashed will be a stellar success (aka won't suck) because of Jim Ward" in his rant.

That bodes well that even despite some of the game engine trouble the development team may have had, this game is going to be solid due to the extra time Ward had them put into it.

BattleBee

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> @Parsifal: Don't forget Bioware and KotOR.

On that note I should dig out my old xbox for some Republic Commando.

tnx3

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> It's too bad when you have to hear about things like this - moreso when they are only rumors and not even confirmed.

Neer'mo

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> @Sullyville: @J-Fro: I had a great time with both those games. Never got to finish "Jedi Academy" due to scratches a friend put on the disc but it was going okay. The story was ultra-predictable though.

I had lots of fun with SotE. Going from shooting to flying and back was cool and that first time you looped over the Star Destroyer in the Skyhook battle and saw your radar just light up with dozens of contacts was nuts. Sure a bunch of them turned out to be set pieces, but there was enough happening to make it a leap ahead anything up to that point.

Parsifal

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> Damn then for screwing over "Star Wars: Republic Comando"! *shakes fist*

Anyone who's bought their games in the past few years knows that the LucasArts Q&A department seems to be "taking the piss" as our more Britanicly inclined cohorts would say, and their "Customer Support" pretty much consists of "Oh, check the forums and see what your fellow gamers have come up with by way of fixes/workarounds. It's been bad for a while guys, and if Ward was involved in delaying things to make them better products then the situation is just going to get worse.

On the plus side, Atheist Jew is right, Traveler's Tales did a great job on "Lego Star Wars" and companies like Pandemic, Raven and Totally Games have done a good job with the licenses. Just need to watch out for cash-out licensing is all.

Parsifal

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> @Fyren: Shadows of the Empire got some bad press when it was released, but I absolutely loved that game. The deversity in the levels was one reason why. One stage it's third person, the next you're blowing up Ties in an asteroid field. Plus it had a great soundtrack for a cartridge title.

J-Fro

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> I loved Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast.
I have been waiting for a good successor.
LucasArts, don't fail me now.
You're my only hope.




Sullyville

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> @Atheist Jew: Soon? The game's release, is Summer. They could release it at the end of August. That's 5-6 months from now. They have a lot of time to fix bug and glitches, as you say.

Kal1138

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> Assassin's Creed doesn't suck. It sure could have been better though.

Oh, and methinks this doesn't bode well.

Livid

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> From what I've heard from friends of friends working at LucasArt's QA department, The Force Unleashed actually plays a hell of a lot worse than it looks in the flashy previews. That's not to suggest that the gameplay is bad, but the game itself is stricken with bugs and glitches and whatnot. Considering how the game is due out soon, this is bad.

I should also point out that handing over development of Star Wars games to 3rd parties is not necessarily a bad thing. Raven did a fantastic job with Jedi Outcast, Totally Games did a fantastic job with X-Wing VS. TIE Fighter, etc.

Atheist Jew

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> Besides pre mouse/key jedi force, anyone remember Shadows of empire for n64?, anyone?

What happen to the good ol lucas arts?. Maybe they should head back into adventure genre :/

Too much bickering, restructure and make me nostalgic for human eye icon.

Fyren

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> I just had a panicky moment where I started to envision The Force Unleashed turning out like Assassin's Creed: great engine, great things you can do, but sucks when put into practice. Anyone else get this feeling?

wilbot

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> @Ashurahori:
I'm with you on that one. I wonder if when Ward "left" Lucas appeared on a screen and said "You have failed me for the last time Admiral Ward" *Commence force choke*


Hypnotoad222

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> I'm sure that some of it is partly true, but it really doesn't matter. When I play the game that's the final verdict.

Yes, previous games do influence my purchase of the game. But how long will that last if the developer or series go to hell?

tnx3

]]> <![CDATA[Alleged LucasArts Staffer Gets Gossipy On Ward, ILM & More]]> PLEASE let Force Unleashed be good.

...PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE.

Ashurahori

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