AWESOME RUMOR: New Silicon Knights project too crappy even for Sega

[Howard Alan Treesong]

http://kotaku.com/5084864/rumor-sega-drops-silicon-knights-unannounced-game

The newest issue of EGM, the one with Watchmen's Rorschach on the cover, contains a rumor that the unannounced game that Eternal Darkness and Too Human developer Silicon Knights is prepping for Sega may have to find a new home. The title is said to be looking for a new publisher but doesn't expound upon the reasoning for the alleged change.

We were told by Sega reps back in June to expect the unveiling of the Silicon Knights project "in the coming months" after a video, incorrectly identified to be that project, was leaked from market research firm Intellisponse.

We've contacted Sega reps to get confirmation on the rumored change in plans.

What a shame!

[y2kev]

awesome

[Crushed]

Sega dropped Silicon Knights' game, but picked up The Conduit.

Let me repeat that.


Sega dropped Silicon Knights' game, but picked up The Conduit.

What a shame!

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

I almost feel sorry for Dyack

Eternal Darkness was overrated and Twin Snakes got a free pass because it was the first console Metal Gear on a Nintendo system since the NES.  He just let himself fall into the hype and believed that he was anything other than a C list developer.

Now he no longer has the fawning adulation of Nintendo fans and reality is treating him poorly.

[duckman2000]

wait... that's a good thing right? aren't people excited about that game?

People?

I almost feel sorry for Dyack

Eternal Darkness was overrated and Twin Snakes got a free pass because it was the first console Metal Gear on a Nintendo system since the NES.  He just let himself fall into the hype and believed that he was anything other than a C list developer.

Now he no longer has the fawning adulation of Nintendo fans and reality is treating him poorly.

Not even Matt could save him this time.   :'(

[Cormacaroni]

wait... that's a good thing right? aren't people excited about that game?

go on, click on the video.

[duckman2000]

Dyack should've picked Sony for his project.  They seem to be funding a lot of over budget crap that sell poorly plus, as an added bonus, Sony fans are the new Nintendo fans so they would have had his back.

Er, Sony fans aren't the ones that buy, and like, anything and everything. He was absolutely in the right bed for Too Human.

[duckman2000]

Jesus christ that conduit game

Nintendo fans are never allowed to hype anything ever again.

No possession of dog food = no buy

Man, that was the golden age of trolling

[Joe Molotov]

Dyack should've picked Sony for his project.  They seem to be funding a lot of over budget crap that sell poorly plus, as an added bonus, Sony fans are the new Nintendo fans so they would have had his back.

Too Human could have been the new Uncharted.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

Didn't he burn bridges with Sony?  And Nintendo?  And Microsoft?

[duckman2000]

God damn it you blaspheming shitholes, don't taint DX like that. 

[The Sceneman]

Conduit looks amazing, fuck the haters

and leper duckman

[cool breeze]

Conduit looks like a mess visually, but admittedly what they're doing with the controls and weapons is somewhat interesting.  I don't know if that will make it a good game in the end since from the videos the enemies seem boring to fight.  The weapons are pretty cool despite the horrible design of them.  That shoots two shots and can be spun by spinning the Wii remote is a cool idea.

But in no way does it deserve the amount of gushing it has gotten from Wii fans. Then again very few wii games warrant any type of hype, and this is certainly better than most of the other games out there that are getting attention.  Dead Rising Wii has followers? come on now

[Greatness Gone]

I'm totally willing to play it. Too Human was pretty fun because it was like getting my nipples torn off virtually.

[The Sceneman]

yeah Nintendo fans are the saddest bunch. Theres that AusGAF thread, at GAF, where poor aussie ninfag VOOK seems to think that If youre a PAL gamer you get raped by "5 months later and double the price". That is only true for Nintendo products. Majority of 360 and PS3 software is released simulataneously worldwide. I might have to go into that thread and tell him that. The only notable exception is Namco Bandai stuff which Atari published in PAL, 6 months after  :'( still waiting for Vesperia

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Eternal Darkness was pretty fun.

[Phoenix Dark]

the Too Human trilogy will never be finished? 

[cool breeze]

How did Too Human end? someone spoil it

[Phoenix Dark]

How did Too Human end? someone spoil it

The Old Gods toast their victory over evil but are interrupted by a knock on the door - which then explodes to review the 12 disciples plus Jesus decked in an exoskeleton battlesuit.

old gods vs new gods

[Greatness Gone]

How did Too Human end? someone spoil it

Baldur, the main character, kills Hel. Loki, who Baldur should've been after, escapes beforehand and awakens a snow giant or something to kill all the gods or whatever with. Cliffhanger ending.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

Thanks for not spoiling it fuckbag

spoiler (click to show/hide)

[close]

[cool breeze]

That's the ending? big deal.  That could be covered with a fanfic or some shit.  Shenmue 2 has a better cliffhanger ending. 

[Greatness Gone]

the story and loot were the best parts of Too Human. Just give me varied environments and no death animations and I'm good to go, dyack

[cool breeze]

Why can't sega bankroll Shenmue 3 and then cancel it?  O god that would be glorious.

At this point I'm so into Shenmue that I would want that to happen if only for the script to be written up and published somehow after the actual 'game' went under.

I actually have a list next to my bed of things I won't do before I die, so I shouldn't attempt them.  Only two things are on that list:

1) Go to Jupiter
2) Find out if Ryo would ever get revenge on Lan Di

[MrAngryFace]

After their one good game (Valkyria) they're probably nervous about any new project

[demi]

Isn't this old? I swear I heard it already.

[Van Cruncheon]

if i get rich i am having yu suzuki killed, buying the rights to the shenmue name, and then suing anyone who even MENTIONS the series in passing

[cool breeze]

I'll get rich before you, buy a country, have your crash on my country, then by law have your name changed to Ryo Lan Di Shenmue. 

[tiesto]

I'll get rich before you, buy a country, have your crash on my country, then by law have your name changed to Ryo Lan Di Shenmue. 

And force him to work as a forklift operator...

[Eel O'Brian]

if i get rich i'm hiring a bunch of dwarves to reenact the star wars christmas special in my living room

that has nothing to do with games, but as long as we're wishing for shit

[ManaByte]

I heard the hero of the game was a He-Man-like character named Denis and his arch enemy was a skinny kid named Tyler.

It was kind of like a next gen Adventures of Willy Beamish, only with dual analog combat.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

If I was rich, I'd pay off Hostess to refuse selling any of its products to Dyack.  I understand that will be a lot of money but I just have to keep my expenses low enough.

[TVC15]

This isn't a rumor.  I've known about this for at least 2 months. One of my friends is an associate of the Sega contact that SK was working with.  I know what the game was, too.

[Phoenix Dark]

This isn't a rumor.  I've known about this for at least 2 months. One of my friends is an associate of the Sega contact that SK was working with.  I know what the game was, too.

Vectorman 3?

[y2kev]

This isn't a rumor.  I've known about this for at least 2 months. One of my friends is an associate of the Sega contact that SK was working with.  I know what the game was, too.

owned 

sk really is done

i thought the game might have been a classic sega ip but i guess not

[Howard Alan Treesong]

This isn't a rumor.  I've known about this for at least 2 months. One of my friends is an associate of the Sega contact that SK was working with.  I know what the game was, too.

yeah, the game was kind of an open industry secret
another open secret: IT SUCK

[TVC15]

This isn't a rumor.  I've known about this for at least 2 months. One of my friends is an associate of the Sega contact that SK was working with.  I know what the game was, too.

yeah, the game was kind of an open industry secret
another open secret: IT SUCK

From what I heard, it was never even shown to anyone, either, so it must have been really early, which is weird because it had apparently been in dev for somewhere between 1 and 2 years.

[y2kev]

dyack said in march 07 on egm live that everyone in the industry loved it and told them they were doing something revolutionary

isnt this company expanding? how do they have any money

[duckman2000]

dyack said in march 07 on egm live that everyone in the industry loved it and told them they were doing something revolutionary

A bit like the revolutionary combat system in Too Human, then? Is he absolutely certain they didn't say "revolting?"

[Oblivion]

This isn't a rumor.  I've known about this for at least 2 months. One of my friends is an associate of the Sega contact that SK was working with.  I know what the game was, too.

yeah, the game was kind of an open industry secret
another open secret: IT SUCK

From what I heard, it was never even shown to anyone, either, so it must have been really early, which is weird because it had apparently been in dev for somewhere between 1 and 2 years.

1 or 2 years? Sounds about right for an SK game.