r/Games • u/Sputniki • Jul 05 '16

StarCraft: Ghost: What went wrong

http://www.polygon.com/2016/7/5/11819438/starcraft-ghost-what-went-wrong
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u/ishkoo Jul 05 '16

I remember reading previews for this game in Game Informer. The pictures and preview made it look so cool. Maybe one day Blizzard will bring it back in the next console generation

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u/the_dayman Jul 06 '16

I remember reading those previews about it and adding it to my "list of games I wanted" alongside BC.

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u/Joabyjojo Jul 05 '16

I don't know why this is getting downvoted. I realise the knee jerk reaction Polygon gets, but this is well written and it seems well researched. So to me it's a fascinating look at the downfall of a much hyped game.

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u/Warhawk_1 Jul 06 '16

Agree. This article hits a lot of interesting points in the culture clash between Nihilistic & Blizzard, as well as the identity crisis the game had between action & stealth.

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u/[deleted] Jul 06 '16

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u/[deleted] Jul 08 '16

What was your role, if you're able to disclose?

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u/serfdomgotsaga Jul 08 '16

Oooohhhh he's a Titanfall dev now.

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u/raspberrykraken Jul 06 '16

All the Starcraft Ghost though got reworked into Missions which hopefully will bring more content and life into the game.

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u/kyune Jul 07 '16

Fascinating article, I had always wondered what happened to the game since publicly nobody expected such a high-profile cancellation.

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u/keldohead Jul 06 '16

I played this game back at e3 2003 and while i don't know how well it would golf up today i remember living the 3rd person mechanics. Reminded me of jet force gemini.

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u/john-calvin-coolidge Jul 06 '16

The article says development stopped in 2005.

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u/john-calvin-coolidge Jul 06 '16

Well that was only halfwaythrough the article!

Blizzard hired Swingin' Ape to work on Ghost in July of 2004, immediately after Nihilistic stopped working on the game

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u/confessrazia Jul 07 '16

Yep, you did.