[The Rare Canceled Game Art Thread]
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IOnEI Falcon
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Haha, not quiet!
conkerhimself Christopher Seavor
@IOnEI_Falcon There's a half finished zombie version of her as well, if that gives you a clue.
So the bunny and the girl were in the same game...
conkerhimself Christopher Seavor
@IOnEI_Falcon There's a half finished zombie version of her as well, if that gives you a clue.
So the bunny and the girl were in the same game...
Diprosalic
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i loved rare back in the days. a couple of month ago i tried to replay all of their games and i have to say they didn't age good. the first dkc (and maybe the second one as well) is probably the only game i would still consider good.
IOnEI Falcon
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Quiet possibly...and even the creature in the last picture makes sense if the bunny was in the same zombie game. Pretty interesting!
Projectjustice
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Thats so sad, such an amazing fall from grace. It would be really nice if Nintendo brought them back from MS.
Hero of Legend
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Projectjustice said:
Unless all of the key folks come flocking back, it'd be worthless at this point. Just buy Banjo from MS for a mere fraction and you're gold IMO.
IOnEI Falcon
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Yeah, I saw that...it was mainly Sports stuff anyway but it was good to know they are alive and ticking.
The Hermit
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This thread is so sad...why you guys keep bumping it ?
walking fiend
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And they would make them make their games in Japanese so they can get away with not publishing them in US.
And even if DKC is the only Rare game I've played, this thread is sad. So many good things in the industry went to the abyss since 2000
IOnEI Falcon
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Really, you never played Goldeneye 007? Crazy!walking fiend said:And they would make them make their games in Japanese so they can get away with not publishing them in US.
And even if DKC is the only Rare game I've played, this thread is sad. So many good things in the industry went to the abyss since 2000
walking fiend
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I can't fathom playing fps using pads, it makes me feel really bad.IOnEI Falcon said:
anyway, I never owned the console. My gaming platforms were:
Atari 2600->pc->pc+genesis->pc->pc+ps2->wii->wii+ds->?
However, I've played the 007 Golden Eye on wii almost half-way through, but it seems i should stay clear of comparing it with the original from what I have understood. I don't like regenerating health.
walking fiend said:
I'm with ya there. Mouse, Wiimote/Move, or nothing at all. Pads suck ass for FPS.
You can turn regenerating health off through the difficulty level. (it makes it very tough, though!)
And yes, Goldeneye Wii is not comparable to the innovative(but poorly aged nowadays) Goldeneye N64, its single player campaign is one of the better campaigns across all platforms. Much better than your CoDs etc. Eurocom did a great job for the most part.
And with that statement it's sad to see what Rare's turned into. I wonder if "better days" can even possibly be ahead, what with the general decline of the UK's game industry this gen.
QueenOfThorns
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I doubt it. The latest mini-scribes had a very "Yes, we're still not making anything other than Kinect sports. Best leave now." tone.
Throwing rocks at those stupid enough to still believe. ;-;
The only way I can see it changing is if something major happens to microsoft, which isn't going to happen.
Throwing rocks at those stupid enough to still believe. ;-;
The only way I can see it changing is if something major happens to microsoft, which isn't going to happen.
IOnEI Falcon
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So Chris Tilston still works at Rare yeah? But he wasn't credited in KS as far as I can look up. I wonder what he is up to. Being the Lead Designer, Gameplay programmer and Project Lead at Rare is pretty big!
Koopakiller
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IOnEI Falcon said:
people still have hopes for rare? seriously? if this thread has taught us anything its that rare will never go back to their roots and whatever they're currently working on is surely not anything that any of us will want to play so lets just forget about rare and move onto something else
That's pretty big yes, that's why he's gone.IOnEI Falcon said:
Since Rare adds the rather convenient 'Rare family' to their credits you can assume that everyone not in the credits of Kinect Sports is no longer working at Rare. Except for a few guys doing contract and freelance work.
IOnEI Falcon said:
He's not at Rare anymore, he left during the 2009 reshuffle. Some guys just don't bother to update their LinkedIn profiles
You should be looking forward to what he's doing
New executive producer seeked at Rare: http://jobs.next-gen.biz/job/397/executive-producer/
Yay, more Kinect Sports coming.
?
That's actually needed. The prior executive producer's task was "destroying a world-class production team".
Brendan McNamara would be a great fit for that position.
Hero of Legend
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Shiggy said:He's not at Rare anymore, he left during the 2009 reshuffle. Some guys just don't bother to update their LinkedIn profiles
You should be looking forward to what he's doing
I've got the crazy feeling that Nintendo's somehow related, because why else would anyone be looking forward to what an ex-Rare person is doing really?
I'm probably totally wrong though.Hero of Legend said:I've got the crazy feeling that Nintendo's somehow related, because why else would anyone be looking forward to what an ex-Rare person is doing really?
I think some of the ex-Rare leads had enough of huge productions and huge teams...after PDZ and years without any release (I'm looking at the Conker and PD teams) they chose the 2D Boy way.
Some push for iPad apps (Nyamyam), whereas others work on stuff for other downloadable platforms.
I don't think Nintendo is involved in the Tilston production though, whatever and with whomever he might be working now.
Hero of Legend
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Shiggy said:
Hmm, bummer. BTW, any idea of any Rare staff in particular is with Nintendo anywhere? All I can recall... was a Keyboard Tapper from Banjo being at Retro during DKCR.
Ocean_Voyager
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Koopakiller said:
It's not about them going back to their roots, that's not happening any time soon. It's just that I believe that there's good stuff on the horizon that isn't Kinect Sports-related. They had three separate teams at one stage. While that set-up may have been halted during the re-shuffle I still think it would be foolish to assume that all the staff at Rare are only working on KS; there's bound to be other ideas being worked on and more games in the pipeline and it is this that I want to focus on and be positive about rather than declaring Rare to be dead. Another game was supposed to be shown at E3 but obviously at the last minute someone decided that they were still in a 'not ready to be shown' stage.
Please don't confuse me for a completely blinded fanboy though; I've always thought that making Rare do Kinect-only stuff is a complete waste. They'd be much better off being able to develop games that used a controller with Kinect supplementing that experience; it opens up so many more opportunities. Just think of a new Viva Pinata in this style, it would be amazing!
IOnEI Falcon
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The models for that game were gorgeous! Whose team was working on this?
IOnEI Falcon said:
Hard to follow. Some Kameo and PDZ staff, I would guess.
Here are more animations:
http://vimeo.com/22130225
Maxrunner said:
No, you shall not forget about the 2006-2008 years. We would've got twenty DK games, many casual titles, and see as many people leave (How do I come to that conclusion? Take a look at NST and Retro). Big publishers like to destroy game studios, that's their goal
Shiggy said:No, you shall not forget about the 2006-2008 years. We would've got twenty DK games, many casual titles, and see as many people leave (How do I come to that conclusion? Take a look at NST and Retro). Big publishers like to destroy game studios, that's their goal
Yeah, no I don't think the destruction would be as prolific as it has been.
Ben Talbot now works for Ubisoft. I believe he might now be becoming their new Online Marketing Manager!IOnEI Falcon
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So Rare posted a contract job for a Windows Mobile Developer...it could be as simple as getting avatars on there I guess.
ThisWreckage
Banned
What's hilarious to me is that Microsoft has access to all of these IPs and they haven't done squat with them. They gutted the company, refuse to use the IPs, and have talent working on avatars and Kinect games. I think it ranks as one of the worst acquisitions in gaming history and for all parties involved.
Lord_Byron28
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SM64 only required you to collect a little over half the stars available in the game and the only things you had to worry about collecting were stars, coins and red coins. Banjo Kazooie required you to collect closer to 75% of the collectables(Notes and Jiggies). Not even getting into collecting Mumbo tokens, Eggs, feathers, golden feathers, etc.Astrosanity said:
With that said it was tolerable in Banjo Kazooie, it was a tad bit excess but easily forgiveable in Banjo Kazooie. Rare took it to the max in latter games though.
IOnEI Falcon
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Yeah...Battletoads, Blast Corps, Perfect Dark, Conker, Killer Instinct, Kameo, Viva Pinata, It's Mr. Pants and Banjo...even Grabbed by the Ghoulies!ThisWreckage said:
A sensible request from a fan
http://rare.co.uk/blog/2011/07/22/mini-scribes-july-22-2011/#blog
http://rare.co.uk/blog/2011/07/22/mini-scribes-july-22-2011/#blog
Those franchises won't get guest roles even, Banjo was good enough for the Sonic Racing game but not for Sports.
Like most Nintendo fans in the UK, I always wanted to work at rares glorious studio!
Sad times.
Fuck you Microsoft, stick your Kinect up your ass!
How much did PDZ sell? Just as much as Sports I think! N64 Rare games sold just as much.
Such a cheap excuse.
"Our 3 million casual fans who have never heard of us mean more than the 10 million fans we probably have for our decent games"
Weak and pathetic.
Fuck you Rare.
Sad times.
Fuck you Microsoft, stick your Kinect up your ass!
How much did PDZ sell? Just as much as Sports I think! N64 Rare games sold just as much.
Such a cheap excuse.
"Our 3 million casual fans who have never heard of us mean more than the 10 million fans we probably have for our decent games"
Weak and pathetic.
Fuck you Rare.
MaddenNFL64
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Loved Rare. Nostalgic thinking of all the fun I had back in the day, up to the gamecube era. I really did like Starfox Adventures. It was a beautiful game.
Hell, I kinda even sorta liked Perfect Dark Zero.
Hell, I kinda even sorta liked Perfect Dark Zero.