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The Castlevania Dungeon Forums => Hardcore Gaming 101 => Topic started by: Reinhart77 on August 02, 2015, 02:24:33 AM
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http://www.mercurysteam.com/ (http://www.mercurysteam.com/)
Any ideas what Mercury Steam's latest game might be? There's some speculation it could be Contra, but of course, it could be something new. With Konami not making any new console games, I'd be happy if Mercury Steam would continue making game's from Konami's history so that "somebody" is still making them. I've put a lot of hours into playing Lords of Shadows games, so without a new 3D Castlevania coming out, I wonder if I'll just naturally want to check out whatever the heck Mercury Steam decides to put out.
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It looks like the man is in a mecha suit.
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The website's not loading so I can't tell.
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Looks to me like it could be an older Bill Rizer :) or possibly the commander from contra hard corps. Either way I would love to see what they could do with Contra. Its really a blank slate in terms of storyline; badass soldiers taking on red falcon, thats pretty much it lol. And im one of the minorities that actually liked the storyline to the LoS series to be honest. In my opinion it was a great way to explain why the Belmonts were the only (well, main ones) ones to destroy Dracula.
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Mercury Steam is a very solid development studio; I think Lords of Shadow proved that beyond a doubt. Sure, they got into a bit of directorial confusion for the sequel, but they really have some amazing creative potential that I would hate to see wasted.
I'm actually really looking forward to their next project, even if it has to be Contra. With Konami's recent change of market focus, I'd rather have a genuinely good developer work on the franchise than to see it relegated to mobile spinoff status.
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Still can't access the website for some stupid reason. Anybody want to make some screen grabs and post them?
In Mercurysteam is making a Contra title then I hope that both Cox and What's-his-pickle aren't there to screw it up.
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Here's a related news article, it has a screen shot of the page and the only image we have so far.
http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/29418/article/rumor-mercurysteam-teases-new-project-possibly-a-new-contra-game/ (http://www.gameranx.com/updates/id/29418/article/rumor-mercurysteam-teases-new-project-possibly-a-new-contra-game/)
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I suppose we should just be grateful it isn't a pachinko game.
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Whatever it is, it certainly looks like it could be a reboot of Contra. Regardless, I'll still play it. The only MS games I've played are their Castlevania games, and only one was a disappointment to me (though not necessarily a bad game, just an alright game). And so far it's a 2:1 ratio, so why not.
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Whatever it is, it certainly looks like it could be a reboot of Contra. Regardless, I'll still play it. The only MS games I've played are their Castlevania games, and only one was a disappointment to me (though not necessarily a bad game, just an alright game). And so far it's a 2:1 ratio, so why not.
It's the exact opposite I'm done with MS. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice than shame on ... no ... screw you MS. >:( For a year I tried to think Los 2 was good. Oh lord the denial.
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i thought mercurysteam was no longer affiliation with KonAmi, or was that just Coxee
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It's the exact opposite I'm done with MS. Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice than shame on ... no ... screw you MS. >:( For a year I tried to think Los 2 was good. Oh lord the denial.
you got the phrase wrong friend. it goes, "fool me once, strike one. fool me twice, strike 3" and youre out
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if it's a Contra game, maybe we'll get a Lords of Shadow Belmont boss cameo like the Belmont cameo in Contra Hard Corps?
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I see this being a good opportunity for MercurySteam. I hope some restructuring went amongst the team after LOS2's fallout and that we have a better team working on this title. Could be a good chance for them to prove themselves again.
Or we might talk about how good LOS2 is in comparison after its release.
:P
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i thought mercurysteam was no longer affiliation with KonAmi, or was that just Coxee
Cox is out of Konami, for sure. I don't recall any source saying that Konami iced their relationship with MS. Soured, likely, but not totally kaput.
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I remember long ago (it might have been late 2013) before LOS2 came out, Bergaron had a conversation with someone from Mercurysteam (or had ties with them) that their project after LOS2 would be a sci fi themed game with RPG elements. I think this might be that game.
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Since nobody mentioned it yet:
It was a Metroid prototype:
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/08/exclusive_mercurysteam_has_been_working_on_a_metroid_prototype_for_wii_u_and_3ds (http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/08/exclusive_mercurysteam_has_been_working_on_a_metroid_prototype_for_wii_u_and_3ds)
Now, Nintendo weren't interested so now I guess it's turned into an original IP?
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To be fair I have to wonder how Mercurysteam's take on Metroid would have fared. Especially when you consider how Other M turned out. The gameplay was fine and a lot closer to the 2D games, but the story was horribly written and did a lot of damage to the Samus character; making her someone we almost don't even recognize. Would Mercurysteam have made a better effort in terms of story? I did not like their CV games for obvious reasons, however their take on a Metroid story might have been far better then Other M's was.
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I looked at their Twitter page and I saw some new artwork on the header that looked neither Castlevania or Contra.
https://twitter.com/mercurysteam (https://twitter.com/mercurysteam)
Looks like it's gonna be a new IP after all. Odd that they didn't show it at Gamescom though, guess it aint ready yet.
Since nobody mentioned it yet:
It was a Metroid prototype:
http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/08/exclusive_mercurysteam_has_been_working_on_a_metroid_prototype_for_wii_u_and_3ds (http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/08/exclusive_mercurysteam_has_been_working_on_a_metroid_prototype_for_wii_u_and_3ds)
Now, Nintendo weren't interested so now I guess it's turned into an original IP?
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Glad Nintendo declined or there would have been a tsunami sized shitstorm not even Federation Force could have caused.
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Good. MercurySteam can't ruin Metroid now.
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See, I'm right about the mecha suit.
It's good that Nintendo ditched Mercury Steam.
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Well, while I'm not especially sad Nintendo turned them down, I'm kinda pleased that some studios are at least still thinking about Metroid and pitching ideas to Nintendo. It means that someday, maybe someone has a great idea that actually becomes reality. I am unsure what studio would be a good fit for Metroid, but I'm sure someday, somewhere, something good could happen. It's funny though, that I don't even trust Nintendo with making a new Metroid anymore..
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If this project was indeed turned down by Nintendo, then good.
I seriously doubt it would have been any better than Other M.
After what they did to Sypha... I call for a vote of no confidence.
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To be fair I have to wonder how Mercurysteam's take on Metroid would have fared.
Metroid: Shadow of Brinstar. Starring Seamus Aran, a grimdark badass cyborg-woman, utilizing her trusty, beaten up sawed-off laser blaster, as well as axes, sniper rifles, flamethrowers, etc. It would be an edgy survival horror, filled with DOOM 3-style demons and undead. After all, Metroid is basically about a woman surviving a hostile world of aliens. Accept change.
It'd also be totally linear, but you could replay some levels so people will say it's non-linear like the old games!
Also post-credits you find out that Seamus Aran became evil and says "Eu sunt Mother Brain!"
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They'd throw A LOT of random names in the game but they'd have nothing to do with the original people/places. The hero of the game would be called Maridia Brinstar, fighting against the evil Samus Space Corporation on the planet of Ridley. Mother Brain is a computer where you can save your game and get missions. Oh, and Zebes Aran is a dog companion.
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No Samus. You are the Metroids.
And then Samus was Ridley.
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The thing is, I know Mercury Steam can make a decent enough game. I hate LoS so much, but that's because it doesn't feel like Castlevania to me. On its own, it is a great game. I would just rather see them do their own IP than others properties.