Okay, I'll draw a line between two on your lists Tom;
Activision and 3DO,
this pairing would get some better RPG-ness
into Activision, let's get away from the
puzzle games I can never solve damn it! Now I should
point out that I have not actually played any of the
games from the Might and Magic series, but I'll post
a follow-up if I like M&M6.
Speaking of RPG's, I loved Wizardry--The very
first one on an appleIIe when I was in Jr. High
School nearly twenty years ago, (ouch!)
and Dark Savant later on PC, I also liked Realms
of Arkania--Hope Might and Magic re-captures
some of the magic for me, haven't seen any
RPG's that looked good to me lately. I should
have prefaced this with the fact I don't
remember ever having played an Activision
RPG--are there any good ones which are not
puzzle games?
Next thought about why this could be a good pairing:
What is Activision's best real time strategy game?
Not the hybrid first-person like Battlezone (which
I loved the demo of/still shoppin for the P/PII he he)
but more like mprs's (mprsd right now) upcoming
Mechcommander, I have to say, Blizzard's Starcraft
is just not doing it for me, and maybe the masses
will tend to go for a simpler more intuitive game
like what Army Men looks like--I loved Sir Tech's
Jagged Alliance, it was simple to get into, but
engaging and addictive once you're in. There are
too many real time strategy games, and they all look
the same to me. I suspect they're too hard for the
less practiced gamers out there, and I wonder how
many new gamers this genre brings in. I think these
gaming companies should want to sell to the hard
core gamers by having the best titile in each
genre, but also build the franchise by adding
new gamers with simpler, more intuitive games.
Anyway that was my gaming merger thought of the
day, my other idea is not as thought out yet,
it would be a pairing of ATVI and MPRS to get
a lot of mech under one roof, and perhaps clear
up the flap over Civilization.
I don't have any background in business, so for
all I know pairing companies just to put all
the good products together and round out your
offerings might not be the way it is done, but
what the heck, it is fun to flip through one's
gaming mags and try to see how certain companies
might compliment the products of others.
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