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Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 1:35PM PR0F3TA said

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80% of time concept art looks and feels alot more cooler then the game would have actually been... can't say i even heard of this one.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 1:59PM Richard Jae said

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A good example of that would be the awesome Epic Mickey art.
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 2:09PM FriedConsole said

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@PR0F3TA

Yeah everyone's imagination goes wild with a canceled game. Like the canceled Stephen Spielberg game. People inject a lot of cool concepts that probably wouldn't realistically work out. People keep saying "potentially" it could be awesome and the evil corporation shut down the artistic vision but the probability is that it would have sucked.

No better example is Spore. People injected all this cool stuff into the concepts that were being touted but when the game was released people realized the concept is cooler than actually playing it. Most canceled games probably would end up like Spore. They are almost better canceled so gamers can say "what if" and feed into their belief that corporations just don't get the artistic vision of game developers.

People running corporations aren't morons. They will cancel a game if they don't see a cool concept being a feasible game that can get good reviews and be profitable.
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 1:36PM King Johngie the Fourth said

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Hmmmm my interest is piqued...Tell me more.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 1:37PM Enosoma said

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Awesome artwork.

Too bad I never really enjoyed many games from Midway, cept for maybe Mortal Kombat.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 1:39PM Shockwave said

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@Enosoma

...and Hydro Thunder.
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 1:43PM ed511df3 said

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@Shockwave

Hydro what? But hey, let's pretend everyone has heard of your most beloved games, and shares your enthusiasm for them!
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 1:52PM Ellimem said

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@ed511df3 If you haven't heard of Hydro Thunder you are obviously less than 15 years old.
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 2:09PM Jack Kevorkian said

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@Enosoma Midway was the world's greatest pinball table manufacturer ever.
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 2:11PM Jack Kevorkian said

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@Jack Kevorkian And designer.
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 2:12PM FriedConsole said

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@Enosoma

Blitz is awesome!!
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 4:23PM Chibi Chaingun said

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@Enosoma

Midway was great in the arcade space. I also liked them during the N64 era. Liked, not loved. And as someone mentioned, their Bally/Midway pinball games were top notch.
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Posted: Feb 12th 2011 4:44PM ed511df3 said

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@Ellimem

I know this is a long time to respond, but hey, what the hell.

No, I'd never heard of Hydro Thunder. I just turned 32.

GASP! NOT EVERYONE HAS HEARD OF OF YOUR SO-CALLED BELOVED GAMES!
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Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 1:44PM einhanderkiller said

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The concept for this game and features they were aiming for were actually really cool. I saw some gameplay and it didn't look bad.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 1:44PM Fata1Stryke said

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Any other info on this? The art is pretty cool, I'd be interested to hear more about it.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 1:59PM lxromero said

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not just any city, chicago

Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 2:01PM RENEgadeRSO said

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The ruined city is Chicago as shown by the Chicago Transit Authority sign above them. That alone makes me want to know if there could be a continuation of this work.

Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 2:09PM Jawmuncher said

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I'm Mainly sad well never get a psi-ops sequel.
That game even ended with a cliff hanger.
Way to screw me over midway....I still miss you though

Posted: Jan 3rd 2011 5:52PM CommentGuy said

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Ok so it's a picture of a really dark alley, who gives a shit?
Seriously what is it with people getting a boner over game art..christ

Posted: Jan 4th 2011 9:12AM JasonA said

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@CommentGuy

I think it's an awesome picture which indicates the mature apocalyptic tone that the game would have had, so that's what gives me a boner.
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