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by jshaner » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:11 pm
Planet Descent wrote: ( Interplay updated their website
1:12 PM PST | Descent IV | Do_Checkor
The original publisher of Descent, "Interplay" updated their website after a long time again, providing some kind of teaser which is insinuating another sequel of Descent. Check it out yourself!
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It is about time.....
http://www.interplay.com/
Look for the little blue and life-giving orb on the left!
View the comments here:
http://www.planetdescent.com/asp/forum_ ... picid=8931
Please post all thoughts on this!
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by Aus-RED-5 » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:47 pm
uhhhh... this is what this
thread is about.
...and it was noticed back on March 12th.
So you're a
little late.
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by Dakatsu » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:50 pm
EDIT: IBTL, since the image before is being lame...
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by DarkHorse » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:00 pm
I could draw a shield orb in five minutes. It doesn't mean I have the funding to make a Descent game.
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by Money! » Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:12 pm
Who would pick the third option? This is the descent BB
Birdseye wrote: It's never over
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by Dakatsu » Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:43 pm
Money! wrote: Who would pick the third option? This is the descent BB
I hear people ★■◆● about how Descent sucks here, so what the hell, right?
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by Behemoth » Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:54 pm
Descent sucks
for being such an addictive game.
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by Money! » Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:59 pm
you heard wrong?
lol i didnt know that, who does that? i got a bone to pick
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by Sirius » Fri Apr 04, 2008 12:53 am
There are people (myself included, and proud of it!) here who will complain about particular titles within the Descent series, but usually not the series as a whole or they wouldn't be here.
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by jshaner » Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:22 pm
Aus-RED-5 wrote: uhhhh... this is what this
thread is about.
...and it was noticed back on March 12th.
So you're a
little late.
arrg....i need to update myself more often...thanks though.
Why don't we start a petition or something to show them how many people would like a Descent sequel more than anything else that might come first?
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by Foil » Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:55 pm
jshaner wrote: Why don't we start a petition or something to show them how many people would like a Descent sequel more than anything else that might come first?
Because it's highly unlikely that, given their apparent financial situation,
anything will "come first". Personally, I doubt we'll ever hear of any new Interplay games at all.
The fact that they put up an image on a website without any actual content says a lot.
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by DarkHorse » Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:08 pm
Online petitions are always meaningless, particularly in this case. The best news you can hope for is someone buying the Descent IP, but it's simply not in the same league as Fallout. I'd be surprised if many developers even remember it.
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by dissent » Fri Apr 04, 2008 4:31 pm
Foil wrote: The fact that they put up an image on a website without any actual content says a lot.
LOL, no kidding. Are they thinking "soon" on a geological time scale???????
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by Top Wop » Fri Apr 04, 2008 7:37 pm
Can you say \"repost\"?
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by jshaner » Sat Apr 05, 2008 12:48 pm
Why doesn't somebody email one of the Interplay employees and see if they have any info to give out?
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by Duper » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:16 pm
Probably most of us old timers here Know that Interplay and former Parallax are at a legal impasse with Descent with each party holding critical parts of the franchise.
Notice there is no image of Descent on that front page? All their old titles are there, but not Descent.
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by Krom » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:33 pm
Duper wrote: Notice there is no image of Descent on that front page? All their old titles are there, but not Descent.
Except that big shield orb on the top left...
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by Duper » Sat Apr 05, 2008 8:10 pm
oh...
that
lmao.. I totally missed that! (obviously) I saw it as part of the MDK (?) image.
It's not exactly what I would have considered as a shield orb other that it being round and blue.
oops!
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by Top Wop » Sat Apr 05, 2008 10:49 pm
Duper wrote: It's not exactly what I would have considered as a shield orb other that it being round and blue.
Have you EVER played descent?
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by Duper » Sun Apr 06, 2008 1:28 am
I've not seen a orb that looks like that. That and I've seen that character put against the moon background.
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by Dakatsu » Sun Apr 06, 2008 2:45 am
Duper wrote: I've not seen a orb that looks like that.
"I did not have sexual relations with that woman."
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by The Lion » Sun Apr 06, 2008 5:41 am
Are you suggesting that Clinton had sex with \"that woman\" but didn't realize it?
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by CDN_Merlin » Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:52 am
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by Duper » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:27 am
probably because I still think of shield orbs in D1/D2 fashion. Never cared for the D3 orb, so basically I've not noticed it.
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My \"busy Icon\" for my mouse pointer is an animated shield orb!
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by TOR_LordRaven » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:29 am
Duper wrote: probably because I still think of shield orbs in D1/D2 fashion. Never cared for the D3 orb, so basically I've not noticed it.
Yeah, that makes sence. I feel the same way actually
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by Foil » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:02 am
If it's true, then
wow .
I honestly didn't expect to see that at all. I didn't think we'd ever hear anything serious from Interplay again.
According to the article, they got nearly $6 million from the sale and investments related to their plans for the Fallout franchise, and have stated plans for sequels to some of their popular games:
The article wrote: At the same time, the company will leverage its portfolio of gaming properties by creating sequels to some of its most successful games, including Earthworm Jim, Dark Alliance, Descent , and MDK.
I hope it's true, and not just the same ol' hype we've heard in the past.
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by TOR_LordRaven » Wed Apr 09, 2008 10:29 am
just an FYI... Interplay Stock is currently at just under 6 Cents per Share.
Now might be a good time to invest
Throw $50 or $100 at it, get a bunch of stock and sit on it for 2 or 3 years.
EA is over $50
Activision is around $27
and THQ is around $22
Buying Shares at 6 cents per, and maybe in three years being worth say, $5 - $10. Nice return!
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by ccb056 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 11:39 am
TOR_LordRaven wrote:
Buying Shares at 6 cents per, and maybe in three years being worth say, $5 - $10. Nice return!
or domain names
http://www.descent4.org/
I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on disk somewhere.
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by Sirius » Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:23 pm
Alternatively, in three years they could well be worth $0.
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by Top Wop » Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:56 pm
TOR_LordRaven wrote: just an FYI... Interplay Stock is currently at just under 6 Cents per Share.
Now might be a good time to invest
Throw $50 or $100 at it, get a bunch of stock and sit on it for 2 or 3 years.
EA is over $50
Activision is around $27
and THQ is around $22
Buying Shares at 6 cents per, and maybe in three years being worth say, $5 - $10. Nice return!
You just gave me an idea on where to put my spare change. Now im hoping that Interplay does come back and strong.
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by d3jake » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:20 pm
Foil wrote: If it's true, then wow .
Agreed. It would be very suprising to see Interplay climb out of the ashes that have been scattered by the four winds.
Then again, it could just be our pessimistic (realistic) view of things that is making the higher-ups in Interplay want to make a game, then again, that isn't enough within itself to get funding to flow.
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by Foil » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:41 pm
Nice... did you just now throw that together, ccb?
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by ccb056 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:43 pm
lol, today.
I've had the domain name for a while.
Trying to find some old D4 concept art Volition had released years ago, not going so well
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by Trackball » Wed Apr 09, 2008 5:06 pm
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by ccb056 » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:40 pm
Wonderful Trackball, thanks
Anyone have any more?
I haven't lost my mind, it's backed up on disk somewhere.
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by Duper » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:26 pm
A D4 wall texture. Found on Volition's site when they were throwing us a bone.
A D4 water texture. Same as above.
Not D4, but pretty cool lookin none the less.
Parked and hood up.
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by Aggressor Prime » Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:18 pm
If D4 comes to the market, hopefully it can fight Crysis. Two top of the line visual games would be an awesome PC game war.
Concerning stock:
If all supporters of Interplay games put $10 into their stock, then the stock would rise like crazy considering Interplay would have even more certain means to come back as a real player. You invest $10 today, and when D4 comes out, you have $3000 for a gaming rig that can run it.