Man behind the mirror

ASSASSIN · Post by **ASSASSIN** » Fri Sep 24, 2004 9:24 pm

*hides bloody sword*
What old man O=)

The Darklord · Post by **The Darklord** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 1:48 am

The old man I killed last month on a cave.

ASSASSIN · Post by **ASSASSIN** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 10:23 am

Hey! Not taking away my frags! I got him! And right in the house!

The Darklord · Post by **The Darklord** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:45 pm

Ha-han...
Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 11:40 am

why is TAG never released on the PC anyway ??
i would love to play it a few times maybe

The Darklord · Post by **The Darklord** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 10:28 pm

What was it again...? Oh, right: because $0ny bought Surreal when TAG was beginning to be developed and made it a PSX2-only game? I dunno...

ASSASSIN · Post by **ASSASSIN** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 3:31 pm

Because $ony is a driven. B***h.

Arokhs Twin · Post by **Arokhs Twin** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 6:51 pm

Well Sony didn't actually buy Surreal; they bought Psygnosis who was the publisher of Drakan. The publisher owns the rights to a game, not the developer so when Psygnosis was absorbed into Sony, so too were all their games. Sometimes, developers make and publish their own games but Surreal was only a small company at the time and sold the Drakan concept to Psygnosis. Originally, the publisher was to be VIE instead but were dropped. If Surreal had stuck with them, maybe TAG would be a PC game by now...

As a matter of interest, Psygnosis had actually been a division of Sony since the release of the original playstation console but were completley absorbed by Sony in 2001. That was when they made the descision to no longer make PC games and as you know, the PC version of TAG was already in development then. Surreal had to 'obey' their 'masters' or face having the game pulled and given to another developer.

As a side note, Surreal has been bought by Midway this year as an exclusive in-house developer so bang goes any hopes of a Drakan3.

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 7:34 pm

drakan 3 i hope that is a going to be a pc game then

ASSASSIN · Post by **ASSASSIN** » Mon Sep 27, 2004 10:42 pm

If you read his hopes carefully, he says there won't be any Drakan3. Unless you count what we are making...

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 4:21 pm

you got me confused here mate

ASSASSIN · Post by **ASSASSIN** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 5:07 pm

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">As a side note, Surreal has been bought by Midway this year as an exclusive in-house developer so bang goes any hopes of a Drakan3.
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Hm, I thought that was pretty cleanly stating the current situation.

A bit more explainedly: $ony owns the Drakan rights. Surreal is at Midway now. So Surreal has no chance of picking up Drakan again. => no Drakan.

The Darklord · Post by **The Darklord** » Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:14 pm

Hooray, screwed again. It's the fate of the commmon Drakan player: by the developers (twice), by $0ny and my Midway. I think this will be the perfect time to return to my fishing skills...

Shiny · Post by **Shiny** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:26 pm

no drakan
crap
ok who is making drakan 3 on pc now ??

Arokhs Twin · Post by **Arokhs Twin** » Wed Sep 29, 2004 6:32 pm

No-one is making a Drakan3 and probably never will.