Poll: A Doctor Who video game?
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Short answer: yes. Long answer: we'd need to keep EA from touching it. Even longer answer:
I agree that it would probably be best if the player was a companion and not the doctor. It would be difficult to create the number of time periods and worlds necessary to make it feel like a DW game but it could be done. It would be interesting if each time the game was played it landed in time periods in a different order (maybe only land in a limited few of a large set and then unlock all of them after the game is beat) and while you couldn't move through time, each world/time would be a sandbox in itself.
another thing that the game would need would be a season finally like new season 4 where everything comes together. but this would all take alot of work and a dedicated developer (hopefully one who is already a fan)
I agree that it would probably be best if the player was a companion and not the doctor. It would be difficult to create the number of time periods and worlds necessary to make it feel like a DW game but it could be done. It would be interesting if each time the game was played it landed in time periods in a different order (maybe only land in a limited few of a large set and then unlock all of them after the game is beat) and while you couldn't move through time, each world/time would be a sandbox in itself.
another thing that the game would need would be a season finally like new season 4 where everything comes together. but this would all take alot of work and a dedicated developer (hopefully one who is already a fan)
Possible: Yes.
Possibility of a good game: No.
The appeal of Doctor Who comes in two flavours-Cheesy and pop-culture.
Yeah, it's alright, but the older stuff was cheesy, and the new stuff is poorly written.
David Tennant is a good actor, but that's about all the praise I have for the series these days.
Possibility of a good game: No.
The appeal of Doctor Who comes in two flavours-Cheesy and pop-culture.
Yeah, it's alright, but the older stuff was cheesy, and the new stuff is poorly written.
David Tennant is a good actor, but that's about all the praise I have for the series these days.
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I am sure a lot of people would want Daleks, Cybermen, the Master and a few more to be in the game.
It would however be very dificult to fit all that into one (good) storyline. One way to do this is to have multiple storylines in the game. That the game was built up like a series instead of being like an episode. With both new and old enemies. This however would make continuety hard. And I want a game that is canon. Not like that Lost-game. A waste of time.
One way of doing this would be to have old enemies in the game without them actualy being there. Hear me out on this one. Computer-simulations. Does not sound that exiting does it? Backstory-time!!!
A television-station on an alien planet have devised a new groundbreaking reality-show. The process of making this show has 5 stages.
1) Kidnapp a contestant
2) Scan his brain (or brains in some cases)
3) Create a computer simulations of his/hers/its rivals and worst enemies
4) Make the contestant figth his enemies one by one
5) Let him/her/it go, with severe psychological problems, when he/she/it have beaten them all.
Now, most contestants usualy only have a few "enemies", a colleague, neighbor or wife in some cases. And the abduction-ray is not cheap to use. Then, by coinsidence, they abduct the Doctor. A man with far more and interesting enemies then their usual contestants. And they wont let him leave before he has beaten all his old "friends". Not that the Doctor is going to let them push him around for long... He just need an opening!
There you have the general idea of it. That way you could have all sorts of old Who-monsters in the game without breaking continuety. Like, even that awesome robot thing that killed a lot of Cybermen in The Five Doctors.
It would be a platform game, with each match playing like a boss-battle. In other words: The Doctor running around trying not to get killed while trying to find a way to use the suroundings or his oponents weapons against them. Sounds very much like Doctor Who to me.
In between battles you would sneak out of your cell and investigate the studio, in point-and-click adventure game type of gameplay. Meeting some employees you manage to get on your side, somehow.
The computer-simulation thing also makes it possible to play as different Doctors without messing with continuety. The brain-scan would find memories of what you used to look like, and you could chose to appear as maybe 1 or 3 or 10 in a toxito. Or even a Dalek (all those would be unlockables) Not in between the battles tho. In "the real world" you would have to be the most recent Doctor.
Sorry about this
I have had this idea in my head for quite some time.
My only Doctor Who-game idea where you play as the Doctor.
Good to finally let it out
I am sure a lot of people would want Daleks, Cybermen, the Master and a few more to be in the game.
It would however be very dificult to fit all that into one (good) storyline. One way to do this is to have multiple storylines in the game. That the game was built up like a series instead of being like an episode. With both new and old enemies. This however would make continuety hard. And I want a game that is canon. Not like that Lost-game. A waste of time.
One way of doing this would be to have old enemies in the game without them actualy being there. Hear me out on this one. Computer-simulations. Does not sound that exiting does it? Backstory-time!!!
A television-station on an alien planet have devised a new groundbreaking reality-show. The process of making this show has 5 stages.
1) Kidnapp a contestant
2) Scan his brain (or brains in some cases)
3) Create a computer simulations of his/hers/its rivals and worst enemies
4) Make the contestant figth his enemies one by one
5) Let him/her/it go, with severe psychological problems, when he/she/it have beaten them all.
Now, most contestants usualy only have a few "enemies", a colleague, neighbor or wife in some cases. And the abduction-ray is not cheap to use. Then, by coinsidence, they abduct the Doctor. A man with far more and interesting enemies then their usual contestants. And they wont let him leave before he has beaten all his old "friends". Not that the Doctor is going to let them push him around for long... He just need an opening!
There you have the general idea of it. That way you could have all sorts of old Who-monsters in the game without breaking continuety. Like, even that awesome robot thing that killed a lot of Cybermen in The Five Doctors.
It would be a platform game, with each match playing like a boss-battle. In other words: The Doctor running around trying not to get killed while trying to find a way to use the suroundings or his oponents weapons against them. Sounds very much like Doctor Who to me.
In between battles you would sneak out of your cell and investigate the studio, in point-and-click adventure game type of gameplay. Meeting some employees you manage to get on your side, somehow.
The computer-simulation thing also makes it possible to play as different Doctors without messing with continuety. The brain-scan would find memories of what you used to look like, and you could chose to appear as maybe 1 or 3 or 10 in a toxito. Or even a Dalek (all those would be unlockables) Not in between the battles tho. In "the real world" you would have to be the most recent Doctor.
Sorry about this
I have had this idea in my head for quite some time.
My only Doctor Who-game idea where you play as the Doctor.
Good to finally let it out
Hmm. Interesting ideas. I must say based on what people have been saying I think I may have been wrong. This could in fact be very possible. Plausible, probably not. We'd need decent writers and a team that is dedicated/ fans. I'm not going to hold my breath but it would still be very cool to see.Sindre1 said:Im back
I am sure a lot of people would want Daleks, Cybermen, the Master and a few more to be in the game.
It would however be very dificult to fit all that into one (good) storyline. One way to do this is to have multiple storylines in the game. That the game was built up like a series instead of being like an episode. With both new and old enemies. This however would make continuety hard. And I want a game that is canon. Not like that Lost-game. A waste of time.
One way of doing this would be to have old enemies in the game without them actualy being there. Hear me out on this one. Computer-simulations. Does not sound that exiting does it? Backstory-time!!!
A television-station on an alien planet have devised a new groundbreaking reality-show. The process of making this show has 5 stages.
1) Kidnapp a contestant
2) Scan his brain (or brains in some cases)
3) Create a computer simulations of his/hers/its rivals and worst enemies
4) Make the contestants figth his enemies one by one
5) Let him/her/it go, with severe psychological problems, when he/she/it have beaten them all.
Now, most contestants usualy only have a few "enemies", a colleague, neighbor or wife in some cases. And the abduction-ray is not cheap to use. Then, by coinsidence, they abduct the Doctor. A man with far more and interesting enemies then their usual contestants. And they wont let him leave before he has beaten all his old "friends". Not that the Doctor is going to let them push him around for long... He just need an opening!
There you have the general idea of it. That way you could have all sorts of old Who-monsters in the game without breaking continuety. Like, even that awesome robot thing that killed a lot of Cybermen in The Five Doctors.
It would be a platform game, with each match playing like a boss-battle. In other words: The Doctor running around trying not to get killed while trying to find a way to use the suroundings or his oponents weapons against them. Sounds very much like Doctor Who to me.
In between battles you would sneak out of your cell and investigate the studio, in point-and-click adventure game type of gameplay. Meeting some employees you manage to get on your side, somehow.
The computer-simulation thing also makes it possible to play as different Doctors without messing with continuety. The brain-scan would find memories of what you used to look like, and you could chose to appear as maybe 1 or 3 or 10 in a toxito. Or even a Dalek (all those would be unlockables) Not in between the battles tho. In "the real world" you would have to be the most recent Doctor.
Sorry about this
I have had this idea in my head for quite some time.
My only Doctor Who-game idea where you play as the Doctor.
Good to finally let it out
Thank you for the positive feedback. I was hoping it sounded cool outside my head tooWinkyTheGreat said:Hmm. Interesting ideas. I must say based on what people have been saying I think I may have been wrong. This could in fact be very possible. Plausible, probably not. We'd need decent writers and a team that is dedicated/ fans. I'm not going to hold my breath but it would still be very cool to see.Sindre1 said:Im back
I am sure a lot of people would want Daleks, Cybermen, the Master and a few more to be in the game.
It would however be very dificult to fit all that into one (good) storyline. One way to do this is to have multiple storylines in the game. That the game was built up like a series instead of being like an episode. With both new and old enemies. This however would make continuety hard. And I want a game that is canon. Not like that Lost-game. A waste of time.
One way of doing this would be to have old enemies in the game without them actualy being there. Hear me out on this one. Computer-simulations. Does not sound that exiting does it? Backstory-time!!!
A television-station on an alien planet have devised a new groundbreaking reality-show. The process of making this show has 5 stages.
1) Kidnapp a contestant
2) Scan his brain (or brains in some cases)
3) Create a computer simulations of his/hers/its rivals and worst enemies
4) Make the contestants figth his enemies one by one
5) Let him/her/it go, with severe psychological problems, when he/she/it have beaten them all.
Now, most contestants usualy only have a few "enemies", a colleague, neighbor or wife in some cases. And the abduction-ray is not cheap to use. Then, by coinsidence, they abduct the Doctor. A man with far more and interesting enemies then their usual contestants. And they wont let him leave before he has beaten all his old "friends". Not that the Doctor is going to let them push him around for long... He just need an opening!
There you have the general idea of it. That way you could have all sorts of old Who-monsters in the game without breaking continuety. Like, even that awesome robot thing that killed a lot of Cybermen in The Five Doctors.
It would be a platform game, with each match playing like a boss-battle. In other words: The Doctor running around trying not to get killed while trying to find a way to use the suroundings or his oponents weapons against them. Sounds very much like Doctor Who to me.
In between battles you would sneak out of your cell and investigate the studio, in point-and-click adventure game type of gameplay. Meeting some employees you manage to get on your side, somehow.
The computer-simulation thing also makes it possible to play as different Doctors without messing with continuety. The brain-scan would find memories of what you used to look like, and you could chose to appear as maybe 1 or 3 or 10 in a toxito. Or even a Dalek (all those would be unlockables) Not in between the battles tho. In "the real world" you would have to be the most recent Doctor.
Sorry about this
I have had this idea in my head for quite some time.
My only Doctor Who-game idea where you play as the Doctor.
Good to finally let it out
I forgot to mention that downloadable content could consist of new monsters as the TV-series went along.
Or old monsters that the developers did not include from the start, that fans requested.
I have a few first-person shooter ideas too. Will NOT get into that rigth now
I have been writing way to much. But I hope other people has some more ideas too
You are forgetting Dr. Who and the Mines of Terror (C64 & BBC Micro), unfortunately starring Colin Baker. It had a "programmable cat".The_root_of_all_evil said:Attack of the Graske [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_of_the_Graske]WinkyTheGreat said:
Dalek Attack [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalek_Attack]
Doctor Who: Top Trumps [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Trumps:_Doctor_Who]
There was also a Microprose game back on the Beeb I think....sometime about 1980.
But the best of a bad bunch has to be Destiny of the Doctors [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destiny_of_the_Doctors]
It's not great but some of the Anthony Ainley's bits make John Sims look like an amateur.
Unfortunately RTD wouldn't know a good idea if it smacked him round the back of the head, or he'd never have thought of Tosswood.
I think that's the Microprose one I was talking about. And that's actually Tom baker, Colin wasn't around at that time.Uncompetative said:
Micro Power 1986 with Colin Baker. See:The_root_of_all_evil said:
http://www.bbcmicrogames.com/bestrest.html
It seems the only way to satisfy people would be to have an area for most of the Doctors, new storylines that hadn't been used and large open worlds on each stage. Each Doctor would have different skills and approaches, for example Pertwee was more hand to hand combat oriented, where as McCoy was an intellectual, so while Pertwee may have to fight his way through manipulated humans to defeat the problem, McCoy could, in a Grim Fandango style, piece together clues to discover and then eliminate the insidious, hidden threat. I'd personally go with a few alien worlds and Past, Future and contemporary Earth, and if anyone evens suggest Sarah Jayne makes an appearance we'll feed them to the killer maggots...
Grief...My memory's playing tricks on me again, I must have thought of these twoUncompetative said:
http://www.beebgames.com/games.php?company=29
If someone is going to make a REAL Doctor Who game (that card-based game that BBC made doesn't count, no matter how much they want us to believe otherwise), it would have to be a sandbox game, because one of themes from the show was exploring new environments across the universe, and occasionally, exploring the same environment in a different time period. So, there would probably be at least 4 different versions of London, a few planets to explore (within a locked time-period), and, to keep things fresh, one-time story-related environments (like a Dalek mothership, some evil corporation, etc.).
As soon as I read the OP, I immediately thought of the old Adventure games like Syberia, Starship Titanic, Myst, Mission Critical, Day of the Tentacle, and so on.
I think a Doctor Who game in this sort of vein could be very well done, but it seems those forms of games have kind of died out.
I think a Doctor Who game in this sort of vein could be very well done, but it seems those forms of games have kind of died out.
YES!Ollie596 said:
He's the narrator in Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future, so he's not completely new to videogames either.