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http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-07-the-7th-guest-3-is-currently-in-development-for-pc-mac-ios-and-android

The third game will return to Stauf Mansion and feature similar gameplay as the predecessors, it seems.

Some of the original Trilobyte developers from the first two games are on board.

Estimated time to completion is 12-18 months.

Kickstarter might be an option in the next month or two if Trilobyte can’t secure enough funding from partners.

In all honesty I have never finished The 7th Guest because I can’t get past the mini-game with the blobs in the microscope.

That said, it’s always fun to see new life breathed into a classic adventure series, so I’m excited that this is happening.

Hmm. With dozens of casual/HOG games based on the 7th Guest formula (haunted house + standalone logic puzzles + silly story + cheesy acting), I wonder if this is really necessary.

Kurufinwe - 06 March 2013 09:15 PM

Hmm. With dozens of casual/HOG games based on the 7th Guest formula (haunted house + standalone logic puzzles + silly story + cheesy acting), I wonder if this is really necessary.

I’ve not seen a casual/HOG game close to the quality of 7th Guest. And while the puzzles may have been standalone, the fact you were battling Stauf throughout all of them and they were of his creation made them more, shall we say… substantial. Unlike those in, say, Testament of Sherlock Holmes.

Is this the same game as The Collector?

Or are they starting from scratch?

Why do people always go elsewhere to learn things AG has already revealed months earlier? (Not picking on you, inm8#2—happens all the time.)

Note that Landeros refers to 7G3 as a prequel, by the way.

Anyway, not to throw cold water on anyone’s enthusiasm, but this isn’t really a confirmation of anything. They’re admitting they don’t have the money to make it, so until they find an investor or successfully crowd-fund it, it’s really just a hope.

The interesting thing will be how much they ask for on Kickstarter (which I expect is inevitable—who’s funding adventure games anymore?). From that same Landeros interview, he says this:

I just had a conversation with someone who wanted to work on 7th Guest 3, and I jokingly said, “If you have a million dollars, let’s do it.” Well, he took me seriously and said, “You don’t need a million dollars, it could be done much cheaper than that!” He kept arguing along those lines and I started getting irritated with the guy. I said, “You’re not hearing me. I don’t WANT to do it cheaply. I’m not going to do this if I can’t do it right. And that means a large budget. A million may or may not do. It’s a good place to start.”

Jackal - 07 March 2013 01:03 PM

who’s funding adventure games anymore?

That’s an interesting question. There are companies still doing it (—Nordic, Anuman, Focus, Daedalic/EuroVideo etc.—), but I agree that Kickstarter is effectively, and quickly, becoming a major publisher for this type of games.

On-topic: A million dollars would be a tough goal for any adventure game on kickstarter, and I doubt they’ll set that as their funding goal.

Jackal - 07 March 2013 01:03 PM

Why do people always go elsewhere to learn things AG has already revealed months earlier? (Not picking on you, inm8#2—happens all the time.)

Ah, I thought I remembered reading about this on AG. For some reason I didn’t make the connection that Rob mentioned this to you guys last fall.

FORGIVE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’d be interested to see what they do with it. I can see them getting a lot of money from nostalgic gamers, but I’m not sure how I’d go about updating the format. I’m not sure the puzzlebox formula has aged well.

7th Guest and 11th Hour were before my time, but I enjoyed Clandestiny when I was young, and I think the animated sequences still look lovely today.

So I snapped up 7th Guest and 11th Hour when they came out on gog.com, but I didn’t get on with them at all. 7th Guest crashed during a puzzle, and I’ve never felt inclined to revisit it or try the sequel.