If our classic Sierra/Lucasarts games were made today...

TandyLion · Fri 06/02/2009 04:49:02

I've been a lurker here for some time, but I've been visiting the forums and AGS site for many years. I was recently thinking about the type of game play that existed back in the early 90's, and how that type of game play may be perceived today. Now don't get me wrong, we're all here because we enjoy classic pixel perfect adventure games, but what if our favorite games were released in 2009.

What would a modern Quest for Glory look like? High res 3D Antwerp?
How would good ol' Lucasarts alter a linear (but fantastic) game like Loom?
Or, how would they bring to life the text based Wishbringer?

Rather than hash over every game, I'd like to hear a few people discuss their favorite classics, and what they could imagine a 2009 edition of it would be like. Enhancements, voicetracks, all that nonsense.

I think it would be an amusing topic. My example is below.

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One of my choices:
GAME:
Legend of Kyrandia

ADDITIONS:
Perhaps additional Magic Stone powers, a World Map, and a lot more detailed back story on the World of Kyrandia.

Yes, my suggestions are lame, but it was just to give an example. If this topic dies, oh well. But maybe some people will have some fun with it.

Thanks for reading.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Fri 06/02/2009 06:16:26

The sad thing is that the expectations of people have gotten so ridiculous that old games released today would be far from blockbuster material. Sierra games in particular, if they were just coming out, would be seen as medieval torture devices for killing the player repeatedly and having difficult to ridiculous puzzles. We live in a time where the gaming medium is focused more on visual than mental satisfaction, unfortunately, and I don't think an upgrade to 3d would be enough to make these games sell like they once did.

Babar · Fri 06/02/2009 06:20:47

It is an interesting question....aside from improvements in graphics (3D), what advancements have been made in Video Games in the past few years? I suppose more memory allows for a more advanced AI (but do any recent games really take advantage of this?).

A larger gameworld would probably be possible, too, but I'd be worried about the 'genericness' of all the areas and levels (as opposed to the uniqueness and different atmosphere in each and every screen/area of Kyrandia, for example).

Nostradamus · Fri 06/02/2009 06:35:24

"If a classic Sierra\Lucasarts games were made today..."

Sounds like the ultimate MAGS topic to me... hey february winner whoever that may be.. use it please!

zabnat · Fri 06/02/2009 06:59:25

Well, if LucasArts would make Loom today, I'm pretty sure Bobbin would be a Padawan and the Elders would be Jedi Masters. The game would be consoletype action adventure.

monkey0506 · Fri 06/02/2009 07:10:56

Interestingly enough zabnat, LA did do a remake of The Secret of Monkey Islandâ,,¢. They stayed very true to the original storyline. It was kept very low-key and never officially released, but you can read more about the project here.

ManicMatt · Fri 06/02/2009 22:47:52

Well, I imagine Broken Sword would become 3D and have crate pushing puzzles and boring ledge climbing sections in it, and he'd ditch the lovely Nico in favour of some bitch.

Jakerpot · Fri 06/02/2009 23:21:32

Hey! You can see this for real with the new Sam & Max! Its 3D.
I dont played it yet.

InCreator · Fri 06/02/2009 23:46:31

I Leisure Suit Larry was made today, it would look cartoony with cell-shaded boobs, have no real sex in it and felt like a stupid piece of kiddie trash.
Oh wait--

Jakerpot · Sat 07/02/2009 01:11:02

A new lesuire suit larry (box something) is beign made right now.

Play_Pretend · Sat 07/02/2009 04:51:13

Dear gods I hated LSL: Summa Cum Laude...it wasn't even an adventure game, just a marketing trick using a popular character to sell you a bunch of mini-games you have to play over and over and over.

JRock · Sat 07/02/2009 05:23:45

I personally want to see Uninvited tranformed to 3D. They did it with Shadowgate, why not Uninvited? I'd pay to see how it would turn out cuz Uninvited is one of my favs of all time. Probly never gonna happen but good concept though.

Snake · Sat 07/02/2009 17:59:29

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Fri 06/02/2009 07:10:56
Interestingly enough zabnat, LA did do a remake of The Secret of Monkey Islandâ,,¢. They stayed very true to the original storyline. It was kept very low-key and never officially released, but you can read more about the project here.

I can't seem to find it, the only interesting thing I see is the new Indie game.

miguel · Sat 07/02/2009 19:26:20

I also could not find that remake, Monkey!
But then I thought it was a joke that I wasn't getting it's meaning and didn't care.

monkey0506 · Sat 07/02/2009 20:04:18

Hmm...now I can't seem to find the page on it either. That's strange. It wasn't anything you could find directly on their homepage...but the link I had for it seems to not be working....

Spoiler

I intentionally linked to the page for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was the joke. Wannabe pirate, wannabe Jedi...same difference!

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Snake · Sat 07/02/2009 20:51:32

Quote from: monkey_05_06 on Sat 07/02/2009 20:04:18
Spoiler
I intentionally linked to the page for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. That was the joke. Wannabe pirate, wannabe Jedi...same difference!
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lol!

BASTARD!

Ghost · Sat 07/02/2009 21:35:08

Now call me hyper-optimistic, but especially text adventures could easily be made today. There is no graphic aspect, and the writing of several Infocom games was outstanding, so there is no "aging of graphics"/graphics comparison. You could just wrap it up in a nice middle-to-low standard game engine (the one they used for Zanzarah comes to mind).

And they were complex enough in their own rights too, so hey, Wishbringer 2009?
Easy! Easy!! You hear me?? EASY!

Spoiler

The hardest part would be to fit the glowing plastic stone into a jewel case.

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SoSheSaid · Sun 08/02/2009 22:40:11

Quote from: Strange Visitor on Sat 07/02/2009 04:51:13
Dear gods I hated LSL: Summa Cum Laude...it wasn't even an adventure game, just a marketing trick using a popular character to sell you a bunch of mini-games you have to play over and over and over.

Agreed, it was more then horrible, almost insulting even! The sad part is I know many a male, that loved the newish LSL game. Memories............

miguel · Mon 09/02/2009 00:34:46

Jedi? Pirate? Er...
Ahh!!!!

miguel finally gets the joke and giggles

Myazuid · Tue 10/02/2009 00:20:04

lol miguel, don't be too hard on yourself! The 'joke' was a difficult one to get haha

If our classic Sierra/Lucasarts games were made today...

Ghost