Armed & Dangerous box art [Archive]

Jake

10-02-2003, 02:08 PM

http://www.lucasarts.com/products/armedanddangerous/images/xbox_box.jpg

I haven't got any sort of clue if this game will suck or be good, but Planet Moon doesn't suck (see: MDK, Giants: Citizen Kabuto), and Schafer said really nice things about it at E3... and uh aside from that it was pretty fun to play at the LucasArts press day and had actual good comedy writing in the cutscenes... and giant sharks that come out of the ground, and a gun that turns the levels upside down... yes.

robot with human teeth.

(if I'm confusing you, visit http://www.lucasarts.com/products/armedanddangerous)

Intrepid Homoludens

10-02-2003, 02:25 PM

Sounds good and fun! However, I don't own an Xbox, so it's ultimately of no interest to me unless it makes it to PC. Bleh!

Jake

10-02-2003, 02:30 PM

Sounds good and fun! However, I don't own an Xbox, so it's ultimately of no interest to me unless it makes it to PC. Bleh!

As far as I know it's shipping on XBox and PC. There was some interview somewhere with one of the Planet Moon guys talking about how the PC version's graphics were going to be scaled up to whatever the best video hardware was at the time of release... he was mentioning that the PC version could use the models from cutscene closeup shots as the main in game models or something.

Intrepid Homoludens

10-02-2003, 02:48 PM

:7 Now, that's what I wanna hear! But is it official? I thought it was to be an Xbox exclusive.

twifkak

10-02-2003, 03:17 PM

Take a band of gun-toting rebels, give them an impossible mission and you get Armed & Dangerous™, a new action-shooter for Xbox™ and PC.

Better yet, seeing how it's damned, you probably did the right think not following it. :D

Royal Fool

10-02-2003, 03:47 PM

It's like Brute Force, except this one might actually be fun.

SamandMax

10-02-2003, 05:11 PM

I forgot all about this game. I didn't know it was coming out so soon.

bigjko

10-02-2003, 08:18 PM

Since when did Planet Moon do MDK? I thought that was Shiny.

tabacco

10-02-2003, 08:53 PM

No, A&D is for XBOX and PC. I have it in my notes from the press day, and if you still don't believe me, you can check the website:
http://www.lucasarts.com/products/armedanddangerous/

I think this game looks awesome. If nothing else, it'll be worth playing for the shark gun, the topsy-turvy, and the cutscene dialog :)

"Give me the keys! The keys!"

remixor

10-02-2003, 09:14 PM

Xbox-exclusive games generally have an "ONLY FOR XBOX!" (or something) logo on the front, which this box cover doesn't have.

In any case, looks like it'll be some goofy fun at least :)

remixor

10-02-2003, 09:21 PM

Since when did Planet Moon do MDK? I thought that was Shiny.

True, but five of the six MDK team members ended up founding Planet Moon, and then the sixth one (re-)joined up too this June.

Marek

10-02-2003, 09:36 PM

That box art is good. And the game is probably good too. I fondly remember placing the World's Smallest Nuke in front of a door in MDK. I still think that game was underrated. It doesn't seem like it ever made a big splash, but it should've.

remixor

10-02-2003, 09:39 PM

Royal Fool

10-02-2003, 11:04 PM

I loved MDK, and I agree; it was underrated. MDK2 was also a good sequel...

Anyone remember that french music video that appeared at the ending? I can still remember the tune... :)

remixor

10-02-2003, 11:46 PM

I just watched the trailer, and I was really surprised at how good it looks! It's totally got that signature Shiny/Planet Moon/whoever sense of humor. Here's just another game causing me to want an Xbox...

Erwin_Br

10-03-2003, 12:11 AM

Marek: On the contrary, I remember huge buzz for that game when it came out. I don't have any actual sales figures, but I definitely recall people hearing talk about it constantly. After all, I was purely an adventure gamer back then, so for me to have heard so much about an action game, it must have been pretty well-known ;)

Yeah, I remember it got a lot of publicity. They also promoted the game very extensively, I remember having posters and a calandar that came with games magazines.

--Erwin

Marek

10-03-2003, 12:41 AM

Oh yes, I clearly remember the ads. They played with the "MDK" acronym.

I just thought that it wasn't particularly well-received among gamers. I mean, people liked it, but not a lot of people talked about it? I didn't have internet back then though, so I may be wrong.

twifkak

10-03-2003, 01:31 AM

I think you're right -- people liked it, but didn't talk about it. But a lot of people liked it. I think it was just more "popular" to talk about what ever's the latest thing id's shoveled out.

remixor

10-03-2003, 01:32 AM

I suppose that could have been the case then in my situation as well. I certainly didn't have the internet even within a few years of that game's release, so maybe I'm just remembering a lot of hype from game magazines and so forth.

bigjko

10-03-2003, 02:19 AM

Well, when's it coming out? November?

Jake

10-03-2003, 04:44 AM

I think though MDK was more successful, both MDK and Giants had a little bit of the Grim Fandango phenomonon going on where everyones going nuts about the game, and journalists love it and stuff, but then it ships and sells really crap. I don't know if MDK did that as much as Giants did. Both are awesome games. I remember being extremely pleased when Apple bundled MDK with the original iMac. I wish there had been a Mac port of Grim to be bundled like that. Probably would have gone over well with Mac users really :) Anyway yeah Armed & Dangerous has potential to rule.

tabacco

10-03-2003, 05:34 AM

Well, when's it coming out? November?

November 15, according to amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000A2Q7Q

GameSpot says 12/2, though.

pleto4_ryan

10-03-2003, 05:50 AM

The box looks decent but not something out of the top. But well, giants didn't have a "great" box, just showing the chars :D

I wait this to go really good, after Giants and if they give the game far more good thingies, like the "get the world upside-down to kill the enemies" it sure gonna rock...........i have faith in them *thumps up*

Jake

10-03-2003, 08:10 AM

LucasArts recently told me December 2, 2003 is ship date.

tabacco

10-03-2003, 08:13 AM

Yeah, and I'm not so inclined to trust amazon.com anyway :)

James

10-03-2003, 10:33 AM

looks good this one. it was a great call on lecs part to link up with planet moon. its a good way to bring humour back into their gaming.

remixor

10-03-2003, 03:09 PM

Geez, what's going on with release dates lately? Seems like it used to be games just kept getting pushed back. Now they're just all over the place and nobody has any idea.

tabacco

10-03-2003, 04:36 PM

I know... Psychonauts is up to Dec. 04 :(

Erwin_Br

10-03-2003, 09:41 PM

Geez, what's going on with release dates lately? Seems like it used to be games just kept getting pushed back. Now they're just all over the place and nobody has any idea.

Maybe Christmas has something to do with it?

--Erwin

James

10-03-2003, 10:38 PM

as ive said before, id rather games be late and completed than on time and a mess, especially with something like armed and dangerous or pschonauts.

amishler

10-04-2003, 09:16 AM

EBGames.com (http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/235398.asp) has the PC version for preorder. Through Monday afternoon you can get free one-day shipping on it (in the US), but the real kicker is the bonus CD that comes with it:

Pre-order and receive a free bonus CD! Features a revealing look at the concept art and back story that inspired the Armed and Dangerous game, cinematic cut scene from the dramatic and thrilling opening, and a music sampler from the Armed and Dangerous soundtrack! Also includes the complete, animated adventure game of Sam & Max: Hit the Road! I believe the word I'm looking for is... damn.

http://smile.smilies.nl/1850.gif

Royal Fool

10-04-2003, 09:47 AM

EBGames.com (http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/235398.asp) has the PC version for preorder.

Ugh. I hate all this preorder stuff... American gamers keep getting all these fancy items and collectibles, while this phenomenon is totally non-existant in Europe. ;(

Still, nice to see Sam & Max for free there.

Erwin_Br

10-04-2003, 09:50 AM

Nah, I already own Sam and Max four times, one of them being the non-talkie diskette version. :P

--Erwin

Royal Fool

10-04-2003, 09:52 AM

looks good this one. it was a great call on lecs part to link up with planet moon. its a good way to bring humour back into their gaming.

And more original franchises. Star Wars is all and good, but it's about time LucasArts started fixing their image (viewed by the public as 'That Star Wars game company'), hopefully this game will help them attain that goal.

amishler

10-04-2003, 10:06 AM

Ugh. I hate all this preorder stuff... American gamers keep getting all these fancy items and collectibles, while this phenomenon is totally non-existant in Europe. ;( What I really hate is the whole "Sorry, we didn't order any copies of that game. You should have preordered if you wanted it" phenomenon. In my opinion, gauging the number of people who want a game by how many people order it in advance is not a valid form of market research. Other than that, I don't mind preorders. There just aren't that many games I want that much. Incentives like this get my attention, though. :)

So, Royal Fool, just out of curiosity, would you be a bigger fan of preorders if the incentives were available to you, or are you opposed to the concept in general?

Also, I wonder if this version of Sam and Max is XP-compatible... Not that it matters to me. My computer can't handle A&D so I'll be waiting for the Xbox version. But, still, it would be nice.

Royal Fool

10-04-2003, 10:13 AM

What I really hate is the whole "Sorry, we didn't order any copies of that game. You should have preordered if you wanted it" phenomenon. In my opinion, gauging the number of people who want a game by how many people order it in advance is not a valid form of market research.
I agree. It's understandable that they may want to get people to pay upfront, but forcing them to do so by not ordering copies unless they are preordered (Or worse, lie to customers that they "should have preordered", even though the game is in stock in a backroom) is a bad way to do business.

So, Royal Fool, just out of curiosity, would you be a bigger fan of preorders if the incentives were available to you, or are you opposed to the concept in general?
Oh, I'd definitely be a bigger fan if it were available to me. :) I already preorder a lot of games from Amazon.co.uk or Play.com because the stores here are such slowpokes, so yeah, I wouldn't mind getting stuff in return.

James

10-04-2003, 12:20 PM

pre orders are nice, if theres anything decent going - pewter figures are a no no.

twifkak

10-04-2003, 02:33 PM

James: Pewter figures? Wha?

I've never had that ("you should've pre-ordered it") happen to me, but if I did, I'm pretty sure I'd tell 'im, "Yeah, so I'm going to go to another EBgames store, then, and see if the guy there will let me buy the game. If he does, I'm going to pre-order 2 or 3 games. Stick that in the regional manager's pipe and smoke it." Then I'm going to tell the mall security that I didn't mean it, and was just a little upset. Then I'm going to think up some witty saying about it to put in my sig, so that I can vent without looking like I'm starved for attention (or so I'm going to believe).

Kingzjester

10-04-2003, 03:02 PM

twifkak

10-04-2003, 03:04 PM

pre orders are nice, if theres anything decent going - pewter figures are a no no.
Well, let's get to the root of the problem while we're at it... :shifty:

tabacco

10-04-2003, 03:36 PM

Nah, I already own Sam and Max four times, one of them being the non-talkie diskette version. :P

--Erwin

Want to give me a copy? My CD disappeared when I moved back from Anaheim :(

Wajus

10-06-2003, 11:09 AM

Mhmmm... Armed&Dangerous. Splendid! It's one of the reasons for owning X-Box and not upgrading my too-old pc (this way it's cheaper - and I'll be able to play not only A&D but also Psychonauts and Broken Sword 3).

As for MDK I've heard from reliable source that it sold well over half million of copies. Figure.
And there was a lot of talk about this title from what I can recall.

SamandMax

10-06-2003, 01:03 PM

I already own Sam and Max four times, one of them being the non-talkie diskette version.

--Erwin

Playing Sam and Max without voices is like watching the movie 'Ghandi' with Cory Feldman playing Ghandi.

VoodooFX

10-07-2003, 12:50 AM

Here's just another game causing me to want an Xbox...

No need for that. Like it was said before, it's coming for PC as well. ;)

Erwin_Br

10-07-2003, 01:22 AM

Playing Sam and Max without voices is like watching the movie 'Ghandi' with Cory Feldman playing Ghandi.

Nah, I don't think so. Playing Sam and Max without voices doesn't make it worse. Playing it with voices makes it better, though.

And yes, that does make sense :P

--Erwin