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Gaeth
Gaeth
13 years ago

I’m starting to feel a little AVGN about this. I’ve seen *fan made* Stargate games. Granted they were mods of other games, but they were good. Damn good. There’s no legitimate reason why it should be taking so long. Another thing, quit trying to make it an MMO, not to start out with.

JDeus01
JDeus01
13 years ago

lovely :-/

Eternal Density
Eternal Density
13 years ago

I’ve seen Iron Man but I’m just not getting the metaphor here.

Browncoat1984
Browncoat1984
13 years ago

I have absolutely no sympathy for Cheyenne Mountain or anyone involved in this and hope MGM decides to never ever let them go near the Stargate license again. I’m not getting the Iron Man reference either. Stargate Worlds was becoming the new Duke Nukem Forever, and unlike the (potentially) happy ending that that game is getting I doubt Worlds would have had a happy ending. We were promised a game and they didn’t deliver, I mean, they even featured the actual game in an episode of Stargate Universe! (the first episode). Failure #1 – giving the license to a bunch… Read more »

Duneknight
Duneknight
13 years ago

they shouldve released the MMO when they had the chance as Free2play and worked at it at the same time. or shouldve not cancelled Alliance. big mistake that was,

bellboy
bellboy
13 years ago

What the hell happened to “the Alliance”?
I knew it got canned but if they ever had a shot at making a successful Stargate game I think that was it.

Jim Hutto
13 years ago

Forgive the language Darren, but I am pissed. This is f***ing insane! I understand the MGM was just bought up and is in bankruptcy however wouldn’t it be wise to keep potential avenues of money coming in? Yeah I know that these games may not bring in as much as half life or some other big games. but doesn’t every penny count? I am starting to feel disenfranchised by how Stargate is treated and honestly it is making me wonder if Stargate (as a franchise) is even worth it.

Jim Hutto
13 years ago

The Ironman reference is from the second movie when he handed over control of his company.

ocdtrekkie
ocdtrekkie
13 years ago

No, it’s the first. In the FIRST one, Obadiah Stane pretty much took over Stark Industries and pushed Tony out using the board to file an injunction against him. Obadiah had all the resources of Stark’s company at his disposal for the entire movie.

<- Cross-franchise detail nerd.

bristwenty1
bristwenty1
13 years ago

i would just like to say as a player owner of the game this really sucks! i just cant belive its happening what a waste of money on developing thenlaunching the game only to shut it down less then a year before it was launched. yeah not fair

rsanchez1
rsanchez1
13 years ago

This is garbage. Plain garbage. The guy is nuts comparing himself to Iron Man.

archetype
archetype
13 years ago

It’s kind of sad that after January, Stargate: Resistance will become unplayable. It’s the only modern Stargate game that exists, but without online support it will just disappear.

By contrast, you can still go on eBay and get an old Genesis cartridge with the original Stargate game based on the movie. But with Resistance, it’ll be like it never even existed.

Evilslayer
Evilslayer
13 years ago

I think they should sell the license to Activision. While I don’t like what they’ve been doing with the CoD games lately, I think the black ops missions of the later games are perfect for a Stargate SG-1 game.

Also, they don’t discriminate against the Wii. They would release the game for all consoles, even if one of them is graphically inferior. Of course, if they started development now, the Wii’s successor will probably be out by the time the game is released…

Play It Grand
Play It Grand
13 years ago

I have to disagree with Browncoat1984. Having chatted with the developers its clear to me that they have the experience and dedication to the franchise to pull this off, and they made a really fun and amazing game. It will be a great loss to the fans and the franchise if we loose it. The failure of the game is due to MGM’s decision not to advertise it. We all heard about Worlds ages ago when it had those cool long ads on SyFy during new Stargate episodes. MGM put a lot of money into that ad and the game… Read more »

Evilslayer
Evilslayer
13 years ago

@ Play It Grand The problem is, they shouldn’t have started out making an MMO. I don’t care how skilled the developers are. No companies that survive beyond their first game starts with a major project of this magnitude. Even Nintendo started small.

Pecisk
Pecisk
13 years ago

I hope they find a way to keep Resistance going, as it looks pretty good and gives a good reputation to Stargate franchise.

This is quite sad story overall (people fighting in courts instead with bytes and code), but not very rare these days.

I hope MGM will find a good way to fulfill Stargate gaming license, as it has lot of potential, even now.

Pecisk
Pecisk
13 years ago

And I agree about MMO. First of all, it is not that way of MMO I want – there are too many out there and if you want, you have to create truly compeling product. We have seen screenshots, but it is not excatly what I would pay money for – I would go for more Elite like gameplay. Therefore world would be broader and more interesting.

Anyway, it is interesting that there is no mobile games for Stargate franchise! Mobile games is gold pit now. 2D shooters or simple designed questing would rock.

Aaron Meehan
13 years ago

@browncoat: Yo are way of he mark with failure #1: A lot of the developers where in the industry for a long time some worked for Blizzard on wow and others from EA etc.

Simply all your failure points are wrong. From going over it you seem to say that no start up company should attempt an mmo.

The failure wasn’t caused by the developers it was caused by Gary Whiting the former CEO of CME who ran CME into the ground.

knowles2
knowles2
13 years ago

I feel sorry for dark comet, it seem those shareholders an employees who all lost a lot of money working for CME have created a good game with plenty of potential to expand an are general good people trying to make a go of a bad situation an have succeeded. Hopefully this is a sign of MGM moving into to clean up the mess left by Whiting an CME. An then sign a direct licensing deal with Dark comic. If that is legal, I lost track of the legal issues in the article. But at least they are doing something… Read more »

SGU Online
SGU Online
13 years ago

To be honest, Stargate Resistance is not that great. I played a lot of games at my time and to be honest I hoped that Resistance will have more adventure and more customization. I had preordered the game 1 month before releasing though. I think that Stargate Worlds had better chances.

knowles2
knowles2
13 years ago

I agree with you that Stargate worlds had better chance to succeed with mass market penetration, An I think it was one of the most promising MMOs in production at one time, certainly one of the most original.

Billz
Billz
13 years ago

I hate that I preordered this game before release date. I bought it in the hopes that we may actually get a good stargate game. It was a waste of money, but I was determined to play it and make good use of my purchase. And now I read that it will be shut down completely next year, only makes me realise that IT WAS a waste of money! I’ve never felt so cheated, especially by a franchise that I have loved since 1994! Alliance is the only game that had any true potential, only for it to be canned… Read more »

redfox000
redfox000
13 years ago

For the sake of the stargate franchise lets hope Universe is not canceled within the next couple weeks (though I do not watch it) because that might be the death knell.

Play It Grand
Play It Grand
13 years ago

I admit, I had no previous experience with MMO’s before this game, and even less with third person shooters. Never the less I got the game the day it came out and loved it even when an Ashrak would kill me every 5 seconds. It has true authenticity with the franchise. I think that if it had been publicised properly the fandom’s desire for a game would have made it a huge success. And you can’t judge a game by screencaps. This game has been exciting graphically, and is a great deal of fun. It takes skill, strategy, and lots… Read more »

wganubis
wganubis
13 years ago

A number of years ago, when they were just starting out I went to their site and read some stuff they were planning, in particular their plan to follow the storyline of the show. That struck me as odd, as why would players want to play an MMO where the outcome was predetermined? Why be a Jaffa, get a huge player army together, storm stargate command, kill everyone there and the next day it doesn’t count because it didn’t happen in the show? So I went to the forums and asked why people would want to play the game if… Read more »

WTF_Replicator
WTF_Replicator
13 years ago

I really love SGR. I think it’s a REALLY cool game with a great community! I would have paid much more than 15€/20$ for the game. But it has to die…and the perfect SG-game is dead.

DutchCourage86
DutchCourage86
13 years ago

Was there anything to lose by extending the license? Well it was the 1 MMO game I was considering to play but I guess not. I think the game would be on the market sooner if I dropped psychology, picked up whatever studies I needed to create a game and then created the game all by myself. Epic fail.

DrHPMW
DrHPMW
13 years ago

As a player and fan of Stargate Resistance, I hope to dispel the hate many naysayers are directing at Dark Comet Games or SGR. Firstly, the devs have gone above and beyond to get this game developed and released. The game was playable, it was graphically and aesthetically up-to-date, and did justice to the Stargate franchise. Given the chance I think SGR could have developed into a hugely popular game. But thanks to GARY, aka. Lord Voldemort! We nolonger have a Stargate Game. Oh and the analogy Gary, it was pathetic. Who on Earth refers their plight to that of… Read more »

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jonah1956
jonah1956
13 years ago

I was going to buy the game soon, glad that I didn’t! :P

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