Should TT stop with LEGO games?

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#1  Edited By roach
Now I for one, think Traveller's Tales should just stop with this. It's obvious they have the milk it 'till it's utters are reduced to nothing, then milk it some more syndrome, like Activision and Lucasarts. They are now in the early stages of the disease, so I think they should stop while they can. They probably won't and they will start churning these LEGO games out every six months. Mark my words. Apart from that though, I think the LEGO adaptations of everything we know and love are getting old and repetitive. Let's face it. Except for LEGO Rock Band, the gameplay pretty much stays the same from Star Wars to Batman to Indiana Jones. There are minor tweaks to make the gameplay more suited for the source material, but it's very much the same from one game to the next. I'll admit there is... sorry, was a certain charm to these games. But it wore off by the time LEGO Indy was in the making. Now let's talk about the comedy. Personally, I don't find the games very funny, albeit there are those 'moments' that end with you rolling on the floor, but these are rare from game to game and to me, the rest is just bad slapstick comedy. Graphics are starting to show signs of old age as well. While that's not really important as say, gameplay, it kinda shows that they just wanna release as much games as possible for all the kiddie LEGO fans to buy.

Bottom line is: Stop making these fucking games!


Thoughts?
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#2  Edited By Fish_Face_McGee

The problem here is that Traveller's Tales is owned by Warner Brothers, and the Lego games keep making good amounts of money.  So in other words, no matter how little I care about those games or how much you want them to stop making them, they won't.

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#3  Edited By VWGTI

They're great family games, so I say keep at it TT.

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#4  Edited By Slippy

Traveller's Tales used to be pretty good on PS2 from what I remember. They made a game called Haven which got a lot of hype in old PS2 magazines as a Jak beater.
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#5  Edited By Ineedaname
@VWGTI said:
" They're great family games, so I say keep at it TT. "
This.
 
With how many things are appealing to a younger audience these days and becoming more of a family thing, it gets a different set of people into gaming, and there's nothing wrong with that.
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#6  Edited By MeierTheRed

If anyone needs to stop a game line is would be Activisions Guitar Hero.

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#7  Edited By cspiffo

Those lego games aren't really designed for the adult gamer.  I played about 10 mins. of Lego Star Wars.  It was so simple that I felt my brain melting away.  I feel that they are designed for the new generation so they can apprieciate these great stories that we all loved when we older folk were growing up.  My point is that these games should be made as long as they sell so that I can teach my 5 yr old the greatness of these stories in a way that he will understand.

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@pornstorestiffi said:
" If anyone needs to stop a game line is would be Activisions Guitar Hero. "
I think Activision should stop all there franchises, I went there.
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#9  Edited By roach
@Ineedaname: Fine, maybe not stop for evah, but for a period of time cos they gotta shake that syndrome before it spreads too far. A 
 
And let me tell you, the milking syndrome is worse than fucking cancer! It is
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#10  Edited By Alex_V

They seem to please their audience and sell well - why stop? If you don't like them, don't buy them.

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#11  Edited By fwylo

I don't mind the lego games as long as they are half decent games.  Lego star wars was a fun little mindless co-op game that I played through with a friend in once sitting.  Made for some fun times.  But when it starts coming to things like Lego Rock Band?  That is just pointless. 

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#12  Edited By roach
@Alex_V said:
" They seem to please their audience and sell well - why stop? If you don't like them, don't buy them. "
This is what I'm talking about (hang on). Activision is evil and therefore they should stop with Guitar Hero, but with TT (which is supposedly not evil) it comes to this: if you don't like it, don't buy it! 
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#13  Edited By GunstarRed

kids love them and theyre  fun even for adults..and have some of the best, arguement inducing co-op in any game. 
Theyre also incredibly packed full of secrets and collectibles... so no.... TT should continue to make them.
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#14  Edited By MeierTheRed
@Bucketdeth said:
" @pornstorestiffi said:
" If anyone needs to stop a game line is would be Activisions Guitar Hero. "
I think Activision should stop all there franchises, I went there. "
I support that.
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#15  Edited By skrutop

Once they get that Harry Potter game out, they can stop.

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#16  Edited By dudacles

Lego Star Wars and Lego Batman are genuinely awesome games. I'm not into Indiana Jones enough to enjoy that game, nor do I feel like playing Lego Rock Band, but I think that TT are doing just fine with the formula. The games are always addictive and entertaining to me, especially the second Lego Star Wars game.

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#17  Edited By h0lgr

Don't think they should stop entirely, just maybe up the ante for the next one. Like add a layer of depth to the gameplay, be it optional or not.
Otherwise, they are doing a good job like people said here with the family type games. Maybe they could try both.

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#18  Edited By WinterSnowblind

Why stop making them?  Should they stop making Call of Duty, Ratchet & Clank, Final Fantasy or Metal Gear Solid games? 

The games all follow a very similar template, but remain very enjoyable to play.  At times, they're very basic and even mindless, but they are aimed at a younger generation.  I do feel that Lego Batman smacked of laziness.. poor design, lack of characters and stages and even reused levels from older games.  But the new Indiana Jones seems to have completely redeemed them.  If you don't like them, it's as easy as simply not buying them.
 
I honestly don't get why we get topics like this, complaining about games being "milked" when many more, much more popular games *cough*Call of Duty*cough* can have even more sequels and spin-offs with the same lack of change or innovation, but don't get these same complaints leveled against them.  What's worse is that the LEGO series is a kids game, and this is basically the equivalent of complaining about something like the Rugrats.  I could very well claim the series is no good, not funny and has been running for far too long.  Should my opinion be noteworthy, compared to the thousands of kids that I'm sure still enjoy the show very much?
 
Bottom line:  Get off your fucking high horse.

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#19  Edited By Willy105

Until they stop making the LEGO games good, I say keep them coming.

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#20  Edited By AgentofChaos

I don't mind the frequent releases with TT as much as other companies, mainly because I'll only play one or two of these games. It's just not made for my age group.

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#21  Edited By JokerClown88

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#22  Edited By apathylad

Funny thing is that the only game that felt like what a true Lego game should be like was Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts.

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#23  Edited By Ghostiet

Hell naw, although I'd like to see a more Lego Racer aproach, or even better - a fucking RTS game. That would be RAD!

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#24  Edited By nail1080
@marioncobretti said:
..and have some of the best, arguement inducing co-op in any game.
I disagree, me and my GF tried to play the Star wars one together on the 360 and we just simply found it boring. You can't die and all you seem to do in the game is collect stuff. Pretty boring IMO...
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#25  Edited By Sample
@roach: let's face it, you're probably not the target audience for those games; hence your opinion on the matter is moot. 
 
They should make LEGO games until they can't find a way to sell them, because it's a business; pure and simple.
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#26  Edited By GunstarRed
@nail1080:
thats like saying all you do in a fps is shoot stuff or all you do in a  driving game is race..... 
 
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Absolutely, they should have stopped a while ago in fact.

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#28  Edited By breadfan
@VWGTI said:
They're great family games, so I say keep at it TT.
Totally.  I really enjoyed the Star Wars Lego games, but I kinda got my fill there.   However I am not exactly the intended audience for these games, but they are great for families.
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@pornstorestiffi said:
" @Bucketdeth said:
" @pornstorestiffi said:
" If anyone needs to stop a game line is would be Activisions Guitar Hero. "
I think Activision should stop all there franchises, I went there. "
I support that. "
Same here. Activision should just explode, and Bobby Kotick should die in a fire.