Interplay Planning Descent 4?

Darkside Heartless · Post by **Darkside Heartless** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 8:44 am

There is definitly market potential, not only would essentially every D1-3 player buy it, I know several people who though D3 was cool but too old to bother with.
That and if they properly market D4, it may actually be as popular as the battlefield games.

snoopy · Post by **snoopy** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:42 am

Dude!! Kyouryuu- you liked Rebel Trucker: Cajun Blood Money too!?!?!?! I bought like 10 copies it was sooooo good!!! I can't wait for Rebel Trucker 2: Redneck Blood Money to come out!!!

Yeah, I already gots descent 4, I dunno what kinda stuff you are all smokin. (BTW, maybe they should release d3 1.5 b/f they make d5, eh?)

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 1:46 pm

Sol/Kyouryuu: Parallax is currently engaged in a lawsuit led by BioWare against Interplay. Their refusal to give Orbital the go-ahead on the Descent 4 project was due in part to their legal preparation for the lawsuit.

I think it's a bit too late to count on Interplay to make these sequels it speaks of.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 1:47 pm

DC: source?

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 1:52 pm

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/baldursg ... 13738.html -- From September 2001. Google for "bioware parallax interplay lawsuit" for corroboration.

I'm not sure if the litigation is still ongoing, but I haven't been able to find anything pertaining to a resolution, so I'd assume the case is still working its way through the system.

Mobius · Post by **Mobius** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 2:25 pm

I *STILL* believe in fairies!

Tyranny · Post by **Tyranny** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 3:00 pm

Thats because you are one

Kyouryuu · Post by **Kyouryuu** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:38 pm

Of the people who recognize Descent that I've talked to, few were aware there was actually a third Descent.

Top Gun · Post by **Top Gun** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:50 pm

Kyouryuu wrote:Of the people who recognize Descent that I've talked to, few were aware there was actually a third Descent.

Thank you, Interplay's wonderful advertising

.

pipsqueak10 · Post by **pipsqueak10** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:22 pm

Kyouryuu wrote:Of the people who recognize Descent that I've talked to, few were aware there was actually a third Descent.

You actually know people other than us who know about Descent!

Gooberman · Post by **Gooberman** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:24 pm

Most gammers in the 20+ range know about descent. There was a time when doom2 and Descent1 completely held the market. Almost every gammer I knew had both.

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:41 pm

yeah if i walk around here on campus (ohio state) pretty much the average student with a computer knew of descent 1 or 2.

they see descent 3 and their like wtf is that!?/

[DWL]Punk · Post by **[DWL]Punk** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 7:41 pm

yeah.. and im not going to start getting excited till i see some news from the developers or atleast some artwork.

battlfield 2 has just been announced.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 8:16 pm

Flip, that's about the only way they could pull off D4 for the PS2

DCrazy · Post by **DCrazy** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 9:03 pm

Unless the game were merely in the Descent "universe" and not a true sequel.

Warlock · Post by **Warlock** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 10:05 pm

i think there prity much pulling cards out of there ass to save them selfs

Krom · Post by **Krom** » Sat Apr 17, 2004 11:24 pm

Gooberman wrote:Most gammers in the 20+ range know about descent. There was a time when doom2 and Descent1 completely held the market. Almost every gammer I knew had both.

Actually, most gamers who were playing around 1994-1996 would probably know about D1 and D2.

Sage · Post by **Sage** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:56 am

I was in the Team Sportscasting Network IRC Chat just before a CoD game they where going to be shoutcasting, and they where playing music and talking to CoD developers and they played music from Descent II and I was all like "DESCENT MUSIC! YEAAS!!!" and this guy said "Descent 3 was awesome!" and I was like.... someone actually knows of it?

Santrix · Post by **Santrix** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 12:10 pm

I don't like console gaming myself.

Richard Cranium · Post by **Richard Cranium** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 12:59 pm

If they, or who ever, finally make it or patch the current I'll get it and try it. D3 is still the best game out for high-speed action. I just wish I could play better.