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XBOX360ATON! Ping Pong Pals (Rockstar) announced!

Kobold said:
you just don't want it to be true,


Confidence Man said:
Unless they're ruining a known and loved franchise...


Kobold said:
Because when you know who's making it and what they could have been spending time on instead, you will feel taken up the ass with a serrated shovel. :lol


a useless mario-clone / Final Fantasy killer with halo franchise made in RareSoft ?

damn... someone call Jack Bauer, bungie & Rare will be under attack !
 
Wow. I don't like this at all. I imagine something like Tecmo saying "Well, we were going to make Ninja Gaiden 2, but we decide to make Ninja Kids instead"
 
Mrbob said:
I predict IGN gets roasted after the unveiling on various forums.
Why? They got an exclusive, they need to hype it, even if the game is...not quite what people want (I think). The developer should be roasted for even thinking this shit up. :D

But I'm getting a little bit ahead of myself in my indignation, who knows it could be fun, but like I said...they could have been working on other stuff that people would actually have killed for.

And again, it's not guessable.
 
Kobold said:
Why? They got an exclusive, they need to hype it, even if the game is...not quite what people want (I think). The developer should be roasted for even thinking this shit up. :D

But I'm getting a little bit ahead of myself in my indignation, who knows it could be fun, but like I said...they could have been working on other stuff that people would actually have killed for.

So, this is not another chapter in a long-standing series. But a deviation from a successful franchise to introduce something quirky and not at all in character for said developer.

If it is an outlandish new IP, then guessing is pointless.
 
Mrbob said:
Heh, I figured as much.

I predict IGN gets roasted after the unveiling on various forums.


To be fair, IGN really isn't blowing this up. We are. All Doug has said so far is that it's a game that we wouldn't expect and he kind of hints that people's reactions to it would be pretty varied.
 
Hitler Stole My Potato said:
To be fair, IGN really isn't blowing this up. We are. All Doug has said so far is that it's a game that we wouldn't expect and he kind of hints that people's reactions to it would be pretty varied.

Thing is, the comments were made in such a way with the express intent of having this happen.
 
Lakitu said:
Rockstar doing a kiddy game for once :D :D

For some reason I'm thinking it's rockstar too.

Though I'm trying to think of devs specifically close to MS, which might be more likely. Maybe Itagaki is working on something crazy.
 
Kobold said:
like I said...they could have been working on other stuff that people would actually have killed for.


So its like when they did a lame RPG spinoff for Virtua Fighter with Cyber Generation?
 
Dr_Cogent said:
Thing is, the comments were made in such a way with the express intent of having this happen.

Probably. Throwing any kind of info like that into a gaming forum is like pouring gasoline on a fire but I honestly think that we're partially to blame as well. People's imaginations just get the better of them.
 
PjotrStroganov said:
So it's a franchise from a dev that is well known for it's awesome franchise. :lol

segatavis said:
If its non-guessable, that means its a brand new IP or subject. Stop guessing sequels and shit.

Goreomedy said:
If it is an outlandish new IP, then guessing is pointless.

These people are catching on. I gotta stop now though, only thing to do now is wait till IGN puts it up on their mainpage. Then you will know what I mean when you see it, and will not believe it. :lol

I'm signing off now, there isn't much more to say. Like the dude from IGN said. Mixed reactions, but I think overall, especially from GAF on the far negative side of the spectrum because I expect you all to know what they could have been doing instead. Gamers who don't know that might find it simply 'weird'. I also expect the token 'defender' guy to praise it for it's total bombshell unexpectedness which he will tell people is making the game gutsy, creative and original. It might very well be since it's so....unexpected, but if people don't want it that wont mean a lot.

Anyways, I'm really looking forward to the reactions on it's unveiling although I still wished it was something else.
 
Kobold said:
Because when you know who's making it and what they could have been spending time on instead, you will feel taken up the ass with a serrated shovel. :lol

Bungie? oh noes....
 
I was thinking that stupid pirate game from bungie....kobold said that was to obvious....so what other francise are we expecting that we won't get now....hmmm..
 
Once more: It's not guessable. Only someone who knows will be able to put the correct answer in this thread. All other guesses are by default wrong. (well it would have to be a totally freakish 'once in a universe-time' randomosity on an epic scale for it to be named by someone who is guessing anyways.)
 
Kobold said:
Once more: It's not guessable. Only someone who knows will be able to put the correct answer in this thread. All other guesses are by default wrong. (well it would have to be a totally freakish 'once in a universe-time' randomosity on an epic scale for it to be named by someone who is guessing anyways.)

I think people are just trying to guess the developer now, and which franchise they're abandoning in favor of this new IP.
 
Kobold said:
(well it would have to be a totally freakish 'once in a universe-time' randomosity on an epic scale for it to be named by someone who is guessing anyways.)

Care Bear MMORPG it is then.
 
I bet it's from

A) Factor 5 : some new stupid game based on star wars, but nothing to do with rogue squadron.

B) Team Ninja: some new stupid game, but nothing to do with Ninja Gaiden 2
 
Kobold did state earlier, that only one person had guessed the developer. In looking over the previous replies, that statement actually does narrow it down quite a bit.

The name that jumps out at me is Tim Schafer. A dark action game from Double Fine would certainly have me scratching my head.
 
Goreomedy said:
I think people are just trying to guess the developer now, and which franchise they're abandoning in favor of this new IP.
Oh alright. You guys aren't gonna get an answer on that though, not from me anyways. It hasn't got to do with abandonment though, it's just they spent time on this which they could've used on something else that will see the light of day in the future and far more people will actualy care for. Anywyas I'm too weirded out by this to let it lie, but I should. Really all has been said about it so far that can be said untill the unveiling.
 
Calidor said:
A) Factor 5 : some new stupid game based on star wars, but nothing to do with rogue squadron.

Sony has them pretty busy for the foreseeable future.

I don't think too many people would be very unhappy to see them do a SW game that isn't like Rogue Squadron, though. It might be positively refreshing for most.

I think the dev is either a MS dev, or a close third party that's supported Xbox with an exclusive franchise in the past.

Maybe Bioware. Or Team Ninja. They're the lines I'm thinking along now, but still can't totally shake Rockstar.
 
Kobold said:
just they spent time on this which they could've used on something else that will see the light of day in the future and far more people will actualy care for.

This is the key, I guessed Bizarre before but unless I misread things, I don't think their is like this huge clamoring for PGR4 (maybe there is who knows). It's cool, but I'm not sure it would be that dramatic to step away from PGR. This statement screams Rare to me (given people's (like me) desperation for a new BK or KI), but that's probably too obvious (EDIT: Rockstar is another obvious choice, given people's love for GTA)
 
Team Kojima presents:

SNAKES ON A PLANE: THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THE OFFICIAL MOVIE

Shows clip of cutscene:

*Samuel L. Jackson enters the cargo hold and sees snakes*

"Listen here snakes: I hope you die, and I hope you BURN IN HELL!!11!1one!"
 
Bungie, Rare, Rockstar (unlikely) or Kojima (unlikely as well).

But I don't actually care, so it's all good :p
 
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