Indigo Prophecy sequel ain't gonna happen

I was kinda banking on there being a sequel to explain the incredibly stupid ending.

No tears spilt here

I wish developers would stop making their games with the intention of making sequels, assuming they're going to be popular and sell well enough to eventually be continued. It's very arrogant.

Even Bioware gave Mass Effect a proper ending, despite it always being planned as a trilogy and the fact it was going to sell well no matter what.

That game was pretty cool, i couldn't bring myself around to play on it again strangely..

Also Fahrenheit was a cooler name most defo.

That first paragraph of the post is....

awkward.

Either that or it's too damn early for me.

I really loved Indigo Prophecy. I always thought is was weird that people bashed the game for going matrix-y when it starts out with a supernatural possession at the start. The mix of gameplay types and the great characters was what really drew me in. "Santa Monica" by Theory of a Deadman always takes me right back to the game when I hear it now.

It's all good as long as Mr. Cage continues to make games and Heavy Rain is pretty much what I'm waiting for on my PS3.

I loved IP, but the weird thing is that I didn't realize how good it was until I finished it. Yeah, I didn't like the ending either, but that didn't ruin the entire experience for me. It's because of that game that I'm really looking forward to Heavy Rain.

So then... hows about Omikron redone in HD??

I absolutely loved that game. I agree with the co-founder Cage's assessment of the game - he said he thought it needed something supernatural beyond the initial mystery to improve the story but in hindsight it was a big mistake. The first 2/3 of the game was some of the best gaming ever, but after that you can clearly see when he went in a different direction with the flying, supernatural powers, and sex with a dead guy (yuk). But the characters were so relatable, the story so mysterious yet believable, that it really made you care what was going to happen. You really felt the main guy's anguish about his breakup and the sense of danger with the split screen of cops climbing the stairs and knocking on the door while you tried to hide evidence of your latest unintentional server.

I'm really looking forward to Heavy Rain. Sounds like creating a new game about the most successful parts of Indigo Prophecy - suspense, characters you care about, romance. Awesome.

*sigh*

I always hoped there would be an IP sequel. Yes, there was a clumsy ending but I really wanted to know what happened to the characters in the aftermath of the game's events. I thought it would be neat if, based on your saved game from IP, the sequel would unfold in a certain way like a true continuation of the story. That's the level of storytelling I kind of expected. Sad to hear that will never happen.

Ah well, I guess I'll just have to hope that Heavy Rain doesn't leave us wanting more...forever.

I had no idea this was under a different name outside the UK. Did they state the reasons?

The first Indigo Prophecy was an amazing. You hear people talk about which video games had the best endings, but I think this one had one of the best beginnings. All the sudden being forced to clean up the murder scene that you can't remember being the cause of. It really was a rush. Although I can't say I'm sad there won't be an IP2, it does make the 1st one all that more unique not to have a sequel "just because".

It's Win x 512

Great beginning, horrendous ending. No sequel is fine with me, it's time to move on.

I'm really looking forward to Heavy Rain.

For those that haven't seen it already, here's the 20 minute gameplay demonstration:

Part One: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycoxWUXPJ3Q
Part Two: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XyE4dfed_A&feature=related

This is the 'demo level' (ie. it won't be in the actual game) shown last year.

I dont want anything more to do with any of the characters that were featured in Indigo Prophecy.

I'm still reeling from the events of 2006. What a disgusting turn after such a wonderful beginning.

David Cage - the creator of the game - sums up all these problems very well. Glad to see a developer with some humility, and who can admit to his mistakes. CliffyB would learn a lot from this guy.

"- one bad guy per story is enough: the Oracle was the real enemy in Indigo Prophecy and I think his characterization was quite good. The AI that comes into play at the end of the game only adds confusion to the plot.

- you can make people believe anything in a scenario, but only once per story. In the case of Indigo Prophecy, the story of Lucas, guilty of a murder he never really committed because controlled by the Oracle, was THE unreasonable proposition in my scenario, which the players accepted without difficulty. The series of new developments at the end, although built into the first scene (the crow representing the AI is a leitmotif throughout the game) constituted a series of added propositions that went beyond what the players/spectators could reasonably accept.

- I made the mistake of not devoting enough time to the last hour of the game. I was convinced (and rightly so) that the first hour of the game would be decisive for hooking the player, but I naively thought that one hour from the end the player's opinion would be made. I therefore devoted most of my time to the rest of the game in order to make it as perfect as possible."

From Gamesutra's postmortem at http://gamasutra.com/features/20060620/cage_03.shtml

The first one was awesome, except for all the crazy crap that happened in the end, with everyone getting matrix-y powers and flying for whatever reason. It seems like they had such a great idea and excellent writing at first, and then didn't know how to finish it.

So hopefully Heavy Rain will be awesome, cause I thought Indigo Prophecy was better before all the super-powers came into play.

A lot of words describe "Fahrenheit 911", documentry is not one of them.

The first hour or so of Indigo Prophecy was interesting which drove me to completion. However, after those first few hours I quickly realized how dumb the game really is. How can you not tell that the person your sleeping with is dead? Cmon! Not to mention those stupid quick time events that had nothing to do with the outcome of what was happening in the background.

Is it wrong to think that TF2 Heavy + Jarate = Heavy Rain?

Only the first half of Fahrenheit aka. Indigo Prophecy's story was any good. The second half was like a retarded cousin of the matrix. As for the gameplay, well there is none, it's all QTEs.

no more zombie sex? :(