[KanyeWest]

Hey ppl

I was just wondering..Blade Runner is the best action/adventure ive played and imo one of the best games ever. I liked everything about it; the setting, the graphics (which were PERFECT for that time), the dialogues, the characters, the multiple endings (giving it very high replay value), etc etc

But why havent there been any developers trying to improve this genre? All that has come out these last years are Myst rip offs and Cartoon adventures

Man i wish they made Blade Runner 2

[captain Nemo]

I'd say BR isn't action at all. You can finish the game without killing anybody.

[Phantom]

Yeah, Blade Runner is the perfect example of a detective adventure.

[Bobske]

Originally Posted by KanyeWest

Hey ppl

But why havent there been any developers trying to improve this genre? All that has come out these last years are Myst rip offs and Cartoon adventures

Man i wish they made Blade Runner 2

The problem with trying to improve a genre, IMHO, is this: when a developer comes up with something new that has the potential to be great 2 things can happen:

1) The public doesn't like it or doesn't care. The product is overlooked --> Years later somebody thinks the idea had great potential but at the time it didn't make enough money so it's a no go...

2) The public loves it! Millions of clones are made. Only a few games have potential. All other games are crap but make a lot of money fast. So more crappy games are being made... etc.

So I think the first thing happened... Ok this happens all the time but unlike in the good old days, EVERYTHING is about money. Remember Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire? Show me the money!

Nobody has shown Westwood the money...

[Fop]

They saw plenty of money after C&C

[bigjko]

I always felt Blade Runner was a big piece of crap. But that's just me.

[fov]

Welcome to the forum, KanyeWest!

[Leonard Shelby]

Originally Posted by KanyeWest

Hey ppl

I was just wondering..Blade Runner is the best action/adventure ive played

It s a pure adventure game not an action/adventure one

and imo one of the best games ever. I liked everything about it; the setting, the graphics (which were PERFECT for that time), the dialogues, the characters, the multiple endings (giving it very high replay value), etc etc

Best AG i ve ever played on PC for all those reasons and more .

Finally a game with a soul, characters u really care about and who (also) have a soul inside them .

But why havent there been any developers trying to improve this genre? All that has come out these last years are Myst rip offs and Cartoon adventures
Man i wish they made Blade Runner 2

Why ? Because it s not viable and Westwood Studios lost tons of money with this game .

They were planning doing more adventure games like that one and they ve changed their minds after seeing the poor sales BR got .

I Can t blame them

[Fop]

Originally Posted by bigjko

I always felt Blade Runner was a big piece of crap. But that's just me.

[Aj_]

I always felt Blade Runner was a big piece of crap. But that's just me.

I have to agree, I'm a big fan of the movie, even if you forget the technical problems, shortness, and flaws in the graphics, the game is fundamentally average.

[Fop]

I guess you could say that if you don't like adventure games

[Aj_]

I don't like adventure games? News to me.

[samIamsad]

I got stuck every time I gave it another try. Amazing that even hardcore adventure gamers don't disrespect it as being "NOT AN ADVENTURE GAME!!!!!!!1". With all the real-time stuff, guns and absence of badly designed inventory puzzles that game just *has* to suck. Big time.

[fov]

I just bought a used copy of this game yesterday.

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by samIamsad

I got stuck every time I gave it another try. Amazing that even hardcore adventure gamers don't disrespect it as being "NOT AN ADVENTURE GAME!!!!!!!1". With all the real-time stuff, guns and absence of badly designed inventory puzzles that game just *has* to suck. Big time.

It's just barely an adventure game, and it's not that good. The absence of any kind of puzzles doesn't help.

[samIamsad]

I knew it. The concept was damn hot, the excecution could've been more challenging. I don't know why I got stuck, but I'm sure it was just because I missed another tiny hotspot.

[Aj_]

There are about 5 different occasions where bugs stop progression until you trigger a reset, but apparantly resets only happen when you walk around a place 5 times, or talk to someone 10 times.

[insane_cobra]

Funny, I played the game start to finish at least 10 times and never ran into such a bug. Maybe it's just that you're not that good at adventure barely adventure games

[Aj_]

Being good at adventures dictates whether I run into documented bugs?

[Ninth]

Originally Posted by Aj_

There are about 5 different occasions where bugs stop progression until you trigger a reset, but apparantly resets only happen when you walk around a place 5 times, or talk to someone 10 times.

Oh, so it's a bug, I though I had reached a dead end, when I try to play it again a few years ago.