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otisnoble
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Heard the news that Sierra Games is going to begin making games again. I don't mind if they re-do and repackage their old games for those who never played them but I sure hope this time they release some new games too. Would love to see another Space Quest or King's Quest, I might even play the old stuff if it comes out with new graphics.
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The King's Quest II remake, from what I understand, expanded significantly on the story. I can tell you it's awesome.
I know nostalgia is the big hook these days but TBH I dont think they could relive the magic of their early games in today's carebear environment. Maybe they could make tablet games or something and use the brand as a marketing tool. Good luck to them and I am interested to see what happens.
As to the games, I played several. I'd love for someone to overhaul/reboot Lighthouse: The Dark Being. Ultimately, the game had a weak ending, but it was really creepy at night with the lights out. I guess I fancy it because it was the first game I played on the first computer I built.
They also made RAMA, based on A.C. Clarke's works. The games puzzles, which often consisted of finding the means necessary to communicate with the various species encountered, were challenging, and made sense in context. One species communicated in color spectrum, for example, and used base 8 numbering. I've still not read Clarke's books on RAMA, but I did enjoy the game.
the only really good thing sierra studios was noted for was a collaboration with relic for a certain space building game, beyond that nothing else really stood out about them.
Been around since Dec 2010 on STO and bought LTS in Apr 2013 for STO.
So yah, Sierra never did anything...
what part of collaborated with relic did you not read? pop your eyes out and clean them first.
valve holds the license to hl, sierra has no further rights to it, doesnt matter what they started and with hl2 ep3 long since.... sank if you like. they could sell those rights but without something substantial to back up the amount needed to buy such a lucrative game title like that, get the right people, studios and such. it would be best assuming real to start small and work up the profile again before trying for something that major.
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I've read "Rendezvous with Rama" (1973) and thought it was okay. I liked "Rama II" (1989, I think) alot better. "Garden of Rama" (don't remember which year) was good too. But by the time I got to "Rama Revealed" (the last book, don't remember which year) I'd just about given up. I like Clarke's writing, but not a big fan of Gentry Lee's writing.
If only Troika property were up for grabs too... Vampire The Masquerade:Bloodlines follow-ups would be amazing.
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3 console generations on, and I'm still waiting for G-Police 3 and Colony Wars 4. :P
On the other hand, the Indie Game market is booming right now, so it's the perfect climate for a small company like Sierra trying to get back on its feet.
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If they would redo Red Baron and make an online PvP version, I'd be all over it.
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Wow, be more passive aggressive when you are caught out as blatantly wrong.
The guy replied in answer to your nonsensical post about sierra, 'only doing something with relic'. Which is clearly a pile of dog****. They did lots of stuff. Anyone who remembers, or has access to google can see that. No one is talking about who has the licenses to whatever, he was talking about the fact you made some flippant comment highlighting the fact you don't have a clue what you are talking about.
Including ****ing Half Life, an industry defining title in the video game world when it released, and the first real story driven and complex FPS adventure ever made, setting the benchmark for that entire genre for nearly a decade.
Oh yeah and lets not forget that game no one heard of, Team Fortress. Yeah no one heard of that game, that they also developed before Valve acquired the rights.
Yet all you could comment on was Homeworld? Was that when you started playing games or something?
As well as Half Life, Team Fortress and Homeworld, I also enjoyed Ground Control and the SWAT games.
When I Googled it to make sure my aging memory wasn't failing me, I see no mention of Sierra. I'm pretty sure they were gone by then.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life_(series)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Entertainment
Yeah i remember when youd grind on a game for 1-2 weeks before beating it and if you went non stop your still looked at 3-4 days no sleep red eye coffee express grind from hell.
Those were fun times before the point click I WIN!!!! games started rolling off the assembly lines .
Relic Entertainment was the developer for Homeworld and Homeworld 2 while Sierra Entertainment was the publisher. Valve Corporation was the developer for Half-life while Sierra was the publisher.
My first RPG game was Hero's Quest I and the Quest for Glory series had to be one of my favorite series of all time. They had to change the name of Hero's Quest to Quest for Glory due to a lawsuit. My favorite Quest for Glory game had to be Quest for Glory 4, but Quest for Glory is my second favorite due to the epicness of the missions like descending into Hades, fighting a dragon and the Hydra. Sierra was my favorite computer game company in the 90s.