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Originally posted by defalcon
GodGames doesn't WANT to publish it cause they lost money on JJ2 Nadine. Project 3 can't do anything because EPic is being nasty with the rights. Epic has abandoned everything except Unreal because it's their big cash cow. DROP IT, we're not gonna get it. Arjan is working on stuff at LostBoys, Nick I dunno, Dean no longer has interest and doesn't like being pestered.
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Unreal2 had better be GOOD then. REALLY good. ANOTHER first person shooter? Even fans of the genre must be getting sick of them by now. And if that franchise/genre is all Epic has going for them, it doesn't say much about their company, because there are other companies also making FPS. It's not like they specialize in it or are much better at making them than other companies. Sierra makes them, ID makes them, and Duke Nukem Forever should blow all over FPS shooters away. People will see through the same ol, same ol games, and what will Epic have left? They'll be remembered as a company that used to be great, but no longer. So Unreal 2 better be the most amazing thing anything has ever seen, and it probably will just be cool and nothing more.
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It IS right for Epic to not give out the sourcecode because THEY HOLD THE RIGHTS TO THE GAME ENGINE AND GAME!!! Many companies no longer provide support for old games and no longer provide updates eg: Worms Armageddon doesn't work on XP, but Team 17 hasn't provided any patch. THey don't give away the license cause they DON'T WANT TO.
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I'm not talking about "right" being legal. I mean, it being morally RIGHT. To suck in gamers and then take the possibility of continuing the series is just plain mean. To keep the rights to yourself and not use them may be mean but also you're not making any money off it anymore. If this industry is all about money, than if someone wants to pay them a lot of money for the rights to a franchise that they don't care about anymore, than why not sell it?
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Most gamers like lots of violence at least the majority does, and that's what the publishers will support - Jazz will never be about violence and thus won't get support.
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Hmm, a bunny with a big gun, that's SO not violent. Okay maybe there isn't any blood or realistic weapons, but the gameplay is action based. Besides, there only being Jazz 1 and 2 (and variations of them), they are both 2D, no blood, and one was successful, one bombed. If Jazz 3 was 3D, more difficult, better advertised, made similar in someways to Fur Fighters (it was pretty violent for a cartoon game, it had a TEEN rating, enemies noticeably "died" rather than becoming small bits, and they could be decapitated and you could kick the head around) it would sell very well I think.
It's really silly to give up on a franchise that hasn't had much chance, and base it on how a game sold that was rather quickly put togther and needed a lot more work, and released as a 2D game in a time when people want 3D. If it was just about being a loyal "fangirl", I know it would be hopeless to ask for Jazz 3. But there are a lot of us really, and even people who have enjoyed Jazz before but aren't a member of these forums, PLUS I really know that if the sequel was done properly, it would be accepted by the masses and be popular. Look at how popular cute games are when done right: Spyro, Sonic, Mario, Pokemon... And it isn't all for kids, and we don't have a platform mascot for the PC except for Jazz, and they should make the franchise across more platforms as well. I think some companies focus on the wrong things when they think about what sells and what doesn't. Slap a game together quickly, don't advertise, and it doesn't matter if it's cute or violent - it won't sell.
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PLEASE, I'm getting tired of these threads, jsut drop the matter.
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Hmm, and yet you are so addicted to responding to them to tell me just how sick you are of them. It may be a LONG TIME from now, but if it should happen that a Jazz 3 or a new Jazz comes along, I'm going to make a signature just for you that say's "IN YOUR FACE DEFALCON!"
Until then, as long as I stay withen the right topics and don't flood other topics with posts about this matter, I will continue to make whatever topics I see fit. If a post like this comes around, you are not required by law to answer it. I don't know what your beef is with me and this matter. I have a freedom of speech, as do you. Besides, isn't it better that I ask questions or just talk to you guys about this BEFORE going to the companies? I sure don't want to make it guaranteed that we won't get more Jazz. I understand you are getting frustrated and impatient with me, as I am somewhat of a newbie here and full of positive optimism. But you don't have to agree with me, and you don't have to reply. I was just checking up on this topic, because it had somewhat of a ray of hope. Isn't that something you have to take advantage of when the opportunity arises?