RipTen's Krysti Pryde writes:
"It’s hard to truly capture the majesty and nostalgia of something as iconic as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and some may argue that the shine from the days of the original cartoon and Konami‘s Turtles In Time has been well worn off, but there is a new hope on the half-shelled horizon in the form of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of The Shadows."
Activision has pulled five games from digital storefronts, including a pair of Spider-Man games, a pair of TMNT games, and a Fast & Furious game.
Since it's not just Spider-man, it may not be a simple case of franchise rights moving to another publisher. Fast and the Furious and TMNT aren't owned by Marvel/ Disney.
Activision may simply be trying to push away from licensed franchise products
also the 2 worst ninja turtles games ever made, the recent nickelodeon games, atleast those had some of the charm of the tv series and old style tmnt games.
Spider man taking down because of the new one. These taken down because they are utter garbage.
Spider-man isn't being taken down because of the new one coming up. It's being taken down because just like TMNT and Fast & Furious, they are no longer willing to pay the digital licenses on most of their franchise products.
Remember that Darth Maul Star Wars game that was cancelled a few years back? Of course you do, you’re still able to remember the salty tears dripping down your cheek. Well you can wipe away any that still remain: it looks like we might see the ugly bugger get his starring role after all.
For those who dont know.This is the game he is talking about
https://youtu.be/oxlOoS4NmI...
Interesting that this was originally going to be a Wiiu game. Maybe its a demo for the NX?
They did say Next-Gen so...
Whatever platform its on, Hopefully the Demo turns into a full game.
Star Wars is the biggest waste of a license in video game history. It's churned out garbage since Kotor II. Where are the action/adventures, RPGs, FPS?!? So. Much. Potential. You don't have to travel the galaxy to tell a good story. Imagine playing a survivalist on Tatooine, Mad Max style, with Pod Racers etc. eugh I need it.
Yeah, those were great! Wasn't sure where they fit on the timeline. But everything after the Xbox/PS2 era has fairly lazy.
I'd kill for a next gen Pod Racer.
So, all of you people, not just you two posters, but also everyone who agreed with not a single disagree, all think The Force Unleashed was a garbage game made by lazy devs? WOW, I thought it was a great game, with top notch graphics and physicss for it's time. No gamebreakers (glitches), and just an all around great action adventure\platformer in general. And the way it implemented force powers was totally inventive and well thought out. Personally tthat game really made me feel like a total basass Jedi or Sith. The game had some great, challenging boss battles, and brought back something that was nearly dead in console games at the time, which I still miss to this day most of the time......cheat codes!
I just think SWTFU was an all around great game. Not to mention another reason I like it, is I bought the PS3 Ultimate Sith Edition, and that version only had 1 very limited printing, and is one of the only games last gen that was a genuine collectors item that actually went up in value. It sold for $40 new and the last time i saw a used one at gamestop it was marked for $69. It's lke the ps2 version of MvC2.
Bleh Force Unleashed was decent, but it was not Jedi Knight. It was one of the few titles that Lucasarts actually let finish though which is great. Quality wise it was not bad. It just left off some stuff from Jedi Knight that would have made the Force Unleashed series outstanding. Physics wise and gameplay wise Force Unleashed was not a bad game series.
Jedi Knight series is still the best Jedi game ever made so far. :)
TFU was a decent game. It had an ok story, great music and sound effects, and good gameplay. But it severely lacked challenge. With JK2 during bossfights I had to fight with my full attention or else the boss would wreck my shit.
I must've spent hundreds of hours playing splitscreen pod racer when I was younger. I wish they'd make another one. I'd love another Rogue Squadron to while their at it.
Lucasarts is to blame. They litterally had 30 ideas/games they did nothing but cancel, and throw away along the way.. KOTOR 3, FU 3, Jedi Knight Sequel, and others. That just sat there and never got pushed to completion. CEO of Lucasarts was a complete failure.
Then they got a new CEO that promised to deliver games, and 1313, and First Assault emerged, but both disappeared due to Disney acquisition.
EA is aiming to do right in some ways. They have a FPS/TPS Battlefront. Not exactly the same as old ones, but it could improve vastly. They also have an Action/Adventure title in the works at Visceral. Then well they have an RPG in the works at Bioware or so one believes. Who knows though.
@Larry L, I liked the Force Unleashed games too, great fun. Not up there with the Jedi Knight games though, they felt like proper Star Wars games.
Metal Arcade: Jason Bakker writes:
As a TMNT fan since childhood, I was in the minority of those who enjoyed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows when it released last August for PC and Xbox 360. PS3 players have been waiting an extremely long time for the PSN version to release with no real updates – so long, in fact, that many believed the game was cancelled. Booting up my PlayStation 3 review copy after all this time felt a bit surreal, but when the awesome menu screen popped up, with the Turtles in their iconic poses from the first issue of the comic book, I was amped up to play through it again. There are definitely some problems here — including a practically unplayable online mode — but overall the game nails the TMNT vibe and backs it up with fun combat.
the look of them is ugly but its getting better as i see more images.. I dont know why they made my boy Raphael a damn brute! Hes supposed to be agile & fast with good cqc.. Not a damn wrestler.. Oh well, ill have to see for myself when the game comes out..
One question tho, why does Leo have no pupils & the others do?