I couldn't see a topic to discuss this, so thought I'd make one; as per this week's Thrill Mail, Rebellion have partnered with Netherlands-based game developers Good Shepherd to create games based upon the characters and stories from the Prog.
I'll admit I wasn't familiar with Good Shepherd, so I looked them up and a) was excited to see their library comprises PC and console games (as opposed to just mobile), and b) the art style of their upcoming Hellboy game looks just like Mignola's art, and left me impressed.
So! What would everyone like to see from this partnership?
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Personally it'd be an open-world, 3rd person Dredd. Mirror the Batman: Arkham format; lock down a single sector with electro cordon due to some growing threat, send in Dredd to sort it out, and voila. Have story missions based from the Sector House, rendezvous with the Sector Chief. Include some key supporting characters like Giant or Rico currently based in the Sector, with others having a key presence over comms.
Lawgiver ammo select would work like Bats' weapon select. Ammo types would affect gunplay but also impact puzzles - ricochet to hit out-of-reach switches, incendiary to melt Boing, etc.
The Lawmaster would function much like Arkham Knight's Batmobile, as a traversal/pursuit machine but also for puzzles; turbo boost to cross large gaps, Cyclops Canon to blow apart weak structures, infra-red headlamp to follow heat traces, and of course bike cannon for stopping fleeing perps. The Batmobile would also follow at a distance, could be summoned via a button press, and remotely controlled to enter dangerous areas, all perfect imports for a Dredd experience.
Even Arkham Knight's 'Crimes in Progress' would translate perfectly with a Dreddverse skin. Let's stop illegal Boingers bouncing across the sector with well-placed incendiaries. Chase down fleeing looters on the Lawmaster. Respond to wreckers, backup shouts, and other assorted perps.
Let's have a traditional online + couch coop mode, with faction-based multiplayer, Judges v Perps. Similar modes to Dredd vs. Death, with Block War etc. There's so much variety for maps including Cursed Earth towns, Undercity tunnels, an Iso Block etc. And have unlockable skins based upon different artist's styles.
One can dream...
That, or give me a Banzai Battalion game!
I'll admit I wasn't familiar with Good Shepherd, so I looked them up and a) was excited to see their library comprises PC and console games (as opposed to just mobile), and b) the art style of their upcoming Hellboy game looks just like Mignola's art, and left me impressed.
So! What would everyone like to see from this partnership?
_ _ _
Personally it'd be an open-world, 3rd person Dredd. Mirror the Batman: Arkham format; lock down a single sector with electro cordon due to some growing threat, send in Dredd to sort it out, and voila. Have story missions based from the Sector House, rendezvous with the Sector Chief. Include some key supporting characters like Giant or Rico currently based in the Sector, with others having a key presence over comms.
Lawgiver ammo select would work like Bats' weapon select. Ammo types would affect gunplay but also impact puzzles - ricochet to hit out-of-reach switches, incendiary to melt Boing, etc.
The Lawmaster would function much like Arkham Knight's Batmobile, as a traversal/pursuit machine but also for puzzles; turbo boost to cross large gaps, Cyclops Canon to blow apart weak structures, infra-red headlamp to follow heat traces, and of course bike cannon for stopping fleeing perps. The Batmobile would also follow at a distance, could be summoned via a button press, and remotely controlled to enter dangerous areas, all perfect imports for a Dredd experience.
Even Arkham Knight's 'Crimes in Progress' would translate perfectly with a Dreddverse skin. Let's stop illegal Boingers bouncing across the sector with well-placed incendiaries. Chase down fleeing looters on the Lawmaster. Respond to wreckers, backup shouts, and other assorted perps.
Let's have a traditional online + couch coop mode, with faction-based multiplayer, Judges v Perps. Similar modes to Dredd vs. Death, with Block War etc. There's so much variety for maps including Cursed Earth towns, Undercity tunnels, an Iso Block etc. And have unlockable skins based upon different artist's styles.
One can dream...
That, or give me a Banzai Battalion game!
My obsessive tendencies have taken hold and I'm now a die-hard Dreddverse fan, currently on a complete canon readthrough and putting together a full chronology for every story, including the various expanded media like the novels and audio dramas.