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origin
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 1:31 pm
by eternal light
Does anyone know the whole story as to why origin sold out to EA? I am just curious. All i know is that it happened and why would lord british sacrifice his genius?
Re: origin
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:12 pm
by Dominus
money, money, money - makes the world go round.
Re: origin
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 4:53 pm
by Andy
That, and they were near to bankruptcy several times. I guess Lord British got tired of it. Unfortunately, we got rushed games in the "bargain." Thus, we have some incomplete plots, and what Ultima 9 could have been....
Re: origin
Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2005 8:49 pm
by drcode
I think it had a lot to do with Wing Commander 3. I'm not sure if Origin tried to make it before being bought or after, but it definitely required a LOT of money to hire all those actors (Mark Hamill, Malcom McDowell, John Rhys-Davies - generally better actors than those that were in the movie).
Re: origin
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:03 pm
by eternal light
Mark hamill? was wing commander a star wars game?
Re: origin
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:07 pm
by eternal light
For selling Lord British DOES deserve the black sword.
Re: origin
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:08 pm
by eternal light
We don't really know who arcadion was. i mean for all we know he could be a disgruntled origin worked, who got booted when they sold.
Re: origin
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 12:45 pm
by cyberfugue
Wing Commander wasn't a Star Wars game, but Mark Hamill was a main character in Wing Commander IV. It was very well acted - it definitely raised the bar for other companies out there at the time, much as Origin continually did with most of its games.
I still remember one of his lines from that game - "this pisses me off!" (just the way he inflected it, was pretty funny at the time)
Re: origin
Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2005 7:00 pm
by Gradilla Dragon
I have Wing Commander I to IV. WC III and IV stand out enormously from the other games of their time. It is evident they needed a lot of money to produce both games.
Re: origin
Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2005 11:47 am
by eternal light
black sword black sword......