LordTheNightKnight said:
Joelcool7 said:
LordTheNightKnight said:
Joelcool7 said:
I think I'm the first person to say I won't be buying GoldenEye. I was going to I actually had it pre-ordered until I played it at PAX. I wanted the classic game but the demo I played was in a new level, when i asked the developer he said that it wasn't so much a remake as a re-imagining and that it was not going to be like the origional for the most part. He's like "Its a whole new game" I guess he thought that would impress me , but I liked the origional as it was and after playing I want a remake not re-invisioning.
Now after the game comes out and I rent it to get a better idea of how good a game it is I might buy it. But for now I'm going to pass I pulled my pre-order and placed the money down on Epic Yarn instead. PAX really effected which titles I am buying except for Donkey Kong that was a given.
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They can't just use the old game's levels. That would just make a legal mess with Rare.
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Nope because Activision has the bond liscense. Rare owns the rights to the code and thats about all. As long as the remake was a 100% new product Rare and Microsoft wouldn't be able to do a thing. Its like if hollywood remakes a movie, the rights to the origional belong to the origionals creator but the new film can be made by a different publisher as long as it doesn't re-use any of the origional content.
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What makes you think the code didn't relate to the levels?
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Well since alot of coding has changed over the years, and the fact that these levels would be being remade from scratch using new technology, I doubt the origional code would exist even if you remade the levels similiar (Or exactly) the way they were in the origional.
I already used another industry example. Movies they can remake a movie with a different developer even a different publisher all they need is the IP's liscense. Sure they can't resell the old product without approval but they can remake it.
Same goes for video games, sure Activision can't resell Rare's work but they can replicate it themselves and sell it.
