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[–] [email protected] 109 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Alas, we will now never get those three sequels that McGinn and his team had been all too willing to create. But, tragic as that is, perhaps that lack of sequels played a role in Hit & Run becoming the iconic title it is today.

Honestly I think this hits the nail on the head. The lack of a sequel for such a beloved game kept people coming back to play it, and also ensured it could never overstay its welcome.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This assumes a sequel wouldn’t evolve the series. Imagine if GTA stopped a 3, would we be saying the same thing?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Imagine Hit & Run 3 being a Simpson's GTA clone, complete with combat and weapons.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You're right that sequels can absolutely enhance a game's legacy, but they can equally tarnish it ala Borderlands 3.

I'd argue being beloved without a sequel is better than having a bad one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Tbf after jack died we all knew the series was done for. Which is wild, because he wasnt even present in the first game. He was simply so iconic in the second that you really couldnt pull that off again.

I feel like they knew that which is why they didnt even try to make the villians for 3 interesting. They're so forgettable that I thought i quit the game. I came back to it a year or two later and beat it, and in doing so discovered that i did beat it the first time and literally just forgot because the whole story just sucks. Gameplay, as always, was pretty good though.

Pre sequel is in a weird spot because it came out after 2 but featured jack, and possibly coincidentally (but probably not) its story was pretty great. Gameplay was also great, arguably my favorite gameplay from any of the games. The only down side was that the classes were dissappinting imo.

God I want to do a four man team in bl2 again, maya is just so absurd

[–] [email protected] 43 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Whatever happened to that guy that completely remade H&R in a modern engine but couldn't release it because of copyrights.

Did it ever get leaked onto torrents?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 3 weeks ago

The playlist for that series :)

AFAIK, it's never made it out to the public unfortunately.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Not going to happen. He's using this work on an established IP to prop up his own resume and land himself a job from the popularity. He's never releasing it

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago

I feel the same way about EA, they did The Simpsons Game in 2007 for  Nintendo DS, Wii, Xbox 360, PS2, PS3 and PSP.

Then The Simpsons Tapped Out for mobile in 2012/13.

Since then they have done nothing with the license for a decade ?!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

When I was a kid I could never make it past the last mission with the school bus in Lisa's level, so I've never actually finished H&R before.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

See my other comment. I'm not at my PC at the moment and don't remember the launcher I'm using but some of the options are cheat modes and level skips. You could beat the game in 4k if you like.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As a kid seeing this episode for the first time, I genuinely thought that's what Groening looked like. All the other real people depicted were good representations, so this one had to be too, right?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

cough Michael Jackson cough

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I played this again earlier this year. There are some amazing mods/launchers out there. Resolution and texture upgrades, cheat options, more. It's still super playable today. It's like the grandaddy of GTA.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Didn't it come out after Vice City?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yup, VC was 2002, H&R was 2003. If anything, it's a GTA derivative.