Combine 2 different companies

[XMark]

Imagine if Microsoft, Google and Apple put their differences aside and joined forces.
Micrappoogle would rule the world.

 

[BlindMessiah94]

Microsoft and Apple to make an ungodly abomination:

MACrosoft

Just for the lols, but it would probably be the first horseman of the apocalyPS3

 

[Vhite]

Imagine if Microsoft, Google and Apple put their differences aside and joined forces.
Micrappoogle would rule the world.

No, Microsoft + Google + Apple = HL2 Combine.

For me its Piranha Bytes with eiter Valve or original Lucas Arts.

 

[Blizzarded Soul]

Clover and Remedy.
Clover for the gorgeous artistic visuals and Remedy for cinematic action.

 

[The Amazing Tea Alligator]

Yeah, I probably should have made my point clearer, sorry about the graphics things.

Now, to me at least, the graphics fit with Starcraft. Blizzard has always been a company that makes tongue-in-cheek games. That's apparent when you click on the marines a few times or make a sheep explode. You can take the game completely seriously, but at the same time appreciate the humor in it.

I can't speak for the fans.

In Blizzard's defense, it has a few franchises, but all three have good stories to draw ideas from. That's one of the main reasons Valve and Blizzard could work so well together. Blizzard has a wealth of lore and Valve has fun ways to turn it on it's side and present things in new ways.

I would not agree that the graphics in Starcraft 2 fit. Warhammer 40k is very much tongue-in-cheek, but it doesn't insult you by having a kiddy art style (tf2 does not have a kiddy art style, it's Pixar goddamit!). To me, a lot of the charm with 40k is the (sometimes) subtlety of the satire. To clarify, Team Fortress 2 is ok, due of the juxtaposition of Pixar style with the over-the-top gore and combat found in TF2. Starcraft doesn't satire the gore, and therefore no juxtaposition is made.

I can't speak for them either.

Blizzard has always had acceptable (if perhaps abbhorently cliched, but hey what game doesn't) stories, but if this is the only reson to combine it with Valve, then why not pick a company that does stories better?

 

[LightOfDarkness]

Nintendo and Sony.

Think about it, if they combined they could pretty much CONTROL more than half the gaming industry. What with Nintendo and their strict quality-control and Sony with their emphasis on more power.

If it has to be video game developers, VALVe and Blizzard. Publicity (face it, VALVe really only has lots of publicity with gamers), great storytelling, moddability which will influence the lifetime of their games very much, little emphasis on game-breaking DRM, support for what other companies would have called abandonware 5 years ago and experience.

 

[Spectrum_Prez]

Rockstar and Bethesda. Pretty much a new Elder Scrolls game with better physics and voice acting.

This.

Or, as mentioned above, Bethesda and Bioware.

Bethesda: Core gameplay, level design, graphics, art design, lore.
Bioware: Plot, writing, overseeing voice acting, bug testing, QA.

It would be the RPG to end all RPGs, the ultimate black hole of gaming which sucks away years of youthfulness. Also, I would love it.

 

[murphy7801]

GSC Game World (Stalker) and Crytek

it will need a billion patches and wont run on system smoothly till 10 years later fun lol.

Just because you had problems with it, doesn't mean the rest of the PC playing world did. Crysis and Stalker have yet to crash, freeze or glitch on me. While I've heard that people have had this problem, the 5 people in my immediate circle who have played both series of games, haven't had any issue.

Besides, I could care less about everyone else, this is MY dream-team.

It never crashed on me just running it at max was never possible and stalker has lots flaws look at the amount fan made mod to just make the game more playable.

 

[Theron Julius]

Bungie+Valve! Team Halo Fortress!

 

[LogicNProportion]

ShinRa Power Electric Company + Umbrella...

...

OH SHI-

 

[Nouw]

Bungie and Blizzard....You could call them Buzzard, and they would corner the market on space marines.

Gotta stop you there. Relic. The True Creators of Space Marines on the RTS Market. Or should I say promoters of GamesworkShop?

Hmmm... probably Relic and Valve. It'd be awesome.

 

[murphy7801]

GSC Game World (Stalker) and Crytek

it will need a billion patches and wont run on system smoothly till 10 years later fun lol.

Just because you had problems with it, doesn't mean the rest of the PC playing world did. Crysis and Stalker have yet to crash, freeze or glitch on me. While I've heard that people have had this problem, the 5 people in my immediate circle who have played both series of games, haven't had any issue.

Besides, I could care less about everyone else, this is MY dream-team.

It never crashed on me just running it at max was never possible and stalker has lots flaws look at the amount fan made mod to just make the game more playable.

I could run it at Max, and the mods are what make Stalker fucking amazing. A modder base roughly the size of the Fallout 3 modder base is definitely ok with me.

Btw, most of the mods in Stalker, increase difficulty....so technically, it makes it less playable

actually I find adjusting the viewing angle and things like that are helpful on stalker. Y er I can run it max these days but on launch I was talking about.

Edit: with a decent frame rate ! lol

 

[TPiddy]

OT: Pepsi and Coke just so that I can get a coke at taco bell.

Amen! Pepsi and Coke are NOT the same!

 

[ben117]

it has to be the national health service and infinity warde.

 

[murphy7801]

actually I find adjusting the viewing angle and things like that are helpful on stalker. Y er I can run it max these days but on launch I was talking about.

Edit: with a decent frame rate ! lol

Many people had that problem hehe, but with time comes better pieces and parts. But, that's one of the things I enjoy about both Crytek and GSC as developers, they are unflinching in their demands on hardware, while at the same time allowing for pretty formidable scaling in their engine. Yes, you do miss out on some of the enviromental/scenic bells and whistles that make Stalker/Crysis brilliant, but, my brother played through both with a less than cutting edge PC, and still came away glad he'd bought them both.

I personally don't think that not having a high-end rig, should mean simply skipping over stellar titles like Stalker. The game has so much to it, the beauty of the engine is really only a part of it.

well these days I have good system just when first came out (crysis) I was a student so could by stuff with all the bells and whistles.

 

[tobi the good boy]

Bioware and Square enix sheerly to see wtf would happen