Edge caught up with Peter Molyneux to talk about Milo And Kate, one of the principal games that Microsoft is using to demonstrate Project Natal, Xbox 360's forthcoming motion sensing controller. It might seem like magic, but it turns out that it's the devilish tricks behind the scenes that count behind this digital yet apparently sentient little boy.
There's all sorts of reasons games get scrapped, beyond just being 'not very good'. Developers can run out of money, take too long, or screw up their work so badly it's easier to walk away than fix it.
And sometimes you just get screwed over by the Soviets, as happened in the late '80s, when Atari manufactured 500,000 copies of Tetris, believing it owned the rights, but it turned out they'd been snatched from under its nose by arch rival Nintendo. The rest is history.
We should be careful what we wish for, of course – just ask anyone that bought Duke Nukem Forever, an embarrassing travesty exhumed from gaming's graveyard last year.
But if we had the money, power and influence, here's ten titles we'd love to have played.
For me there is only one game that comes to mind. A game that if it weren't cancelled, and the creator's of the series cared enough about it to actually put in some effort, could have had the potential to be mind blowingly stunning.
Monster Hunter 3.
Thanks Capcom.
With the RARE step forward Monster Hunter has ever taken, Capcom pushes it down a flight of stairs. So much wasted potential. Potential easily reached too since it's the rare game where all it needs is graphics. Graphics are the easy part for a developer. It's core gameplay should never be touched since it's been flawless since the start.
I wish *I* had the rights to the Monster Hunter franchise.....and not Capcom.
Every time I see that shoot out footage... I hurt inside.... it could have been spectacular.
Shenmue 3 . . .
We did get Deadly Premonition though. Sort of scratched that action-adventure itch.
The idea of a Shenmue 3 technically isn't dead, most people know it's just damn unlikely.
Deadly Premonition was garbage and not even close to Shenmue. The only Shenmue substitute around right now are the Yakuza games.
Shenmue 3 will forever stay at the top of the list until it's released.
Also Shenmue Online, that could of been cool ;)
My two games were True Fantasy Live Online and BC for the original Xbox. Those games sounded amazing.
GI - Gary Carr, creative director at UK development studio Lionhead, has revealed that while the team are still frustrated by the cancellation of Milo & Kate, the tech lives on in Fable: The Journey.
EuroGamer - Lionhead's Project Milo helped launch Microsoft's vision of Kinect to the world at E3 2009. Interact believably with a human AI using only gestures and voice!
Is there any image of Kate yet? I want to see how she looks like, because honestly, Milo looks like a girl with short hair...
Edit: Never mind, Kate is his dog. Pity...
i can see what natal can be used for other then casual games. for the westerners i can see a version of point and click adventure games being redone for it in full interavtivitey. as for the asian market mainly japan i see dating sims. however it would be fun to see how that goes. imagine walking in on some one hitting on their tv or foundling air to represent boobs. lol
Who is this pedophile ? Hey -MoOoKS- that your father ?
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i can see what natal can be used for other then casual games. for the westerners i can see a version of point and click adventure games being redone for it in full interavtivitey. as for the asian market mainly japan i see dating sims. however it would be fun to see how that goes. imagine walking in on some one hitting on their tv or foundling air to represent boobs. lol
Project Natal will completely destroy Sony & the Ps3rd.
Microsoft will lead the gaming industry into the next gen of gaming with Project Natal.