Author: Jonathan Klotz | Published
Stargate has always lagged far behind Star Wars and Star Trek. What the series lacked in mainstream visibility it more than made up for with its loyal ride-or-die fan base more than a decade after its cancellation. stargate universe.
stargate world, An ambitious massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) is the series’ best chance of transcending the show and attracting new audiences. Hot on the heels of World of Warcraft, the game was released in 2006 only to be shelved in 2010, leaving long-suffering fans to wonder how cool it would be to explore the galaxy as a member of SG-1.
A world centered around Stargate fans
No one expected that this 1994 science fiction action film stargate The result would be a franchise that lasted nearly 30 years. Stargate SG-1 Adapting the film to television through clever recasting (Richard Dean Anderson as Colonel O’Neill instead of Kurt Russell, and Michael Shanks as Dr. Daniel Jackson instead of James Spader), multifaceted characters, and world-building created an entire universe filled with aliens, mysteries, and intergalactic politics. It’s a perfect series to serve as the basis for a long-running MMORPG, and it’s clear that this video game was made with fans in mind.
Unlike the usual fantasy courses, stargate world There are archetypes based on the main characters: archaeologist (Jackson), scientist (Sam Carter), soldier (O’Neill), commando (stargate atlantis Team leader Sheppard), or even take on the role of an Asgardian, Goa’uld, or Jaffa (Teal’c). As amazing as it sounds, the basic gameplay loop of traveling through stargates to different worlds, completing quests, and fighting Goa’uld will provide ample opportunity for the show’s world to expand in new directions. All that said, for a PC game from the late 2000s, it looks pretty good.
Give fans what they want
stargate world The game is being developed by Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, a new studio that has never released a game before, but to fans it seems like the studio has said and done all the right things, including giving Asgardian skills to utilize drones and clones, while the Goa’uld have Jaffa minions under their control. After Friends & Family’s closed beta went live, the game received high praise from testers, especially for the feel of the combat, which the series has been doing surprisingly well at this point considering its chronically low budget.
Faced with increasing development costs, Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment created a different game using the following resources: stargate world: Stargate ResistanceIt is a team-based competitive shooting game that pits the Stargate Command against the Lords of the Gold System. Behind the scenes, this was a last-ditch effort to raise funds to keep the studio afloat until the MMORPG was completed. Released in 2009, Stargate Resistance It was shut down in 2010, and Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment filed for bankruptcy.. stargate world Never to see the light of day again.
Stargate Worlds Enters Official Canon
Although fans didn’t have the chance to play it, stargate world Became an official part of the series thanks to the pilot episode stargate universe. Genius Eli Wallace is an avid video gamer who solves a real Stargate puzzle hidden in one of his games with Stargate Command. That game in the universe is Prometheusbut actually, this is a lens stargate world.
The series does have other video game tie-ins, from the SNES movie tie-in to the recent real-time tactics game Stargate: Timekeeper Available for purchase on Steam. None of them were popular with gamers or fans of the show, which is stargate world will help serve as a gateway to new fans who never gave the series a chance.
stargate world will remain one of the series’ biggest “what if” opportunities, with stargate universe Season 3. Now that Stargate is a dormant series, fans are disappointed, but then again, they can look at the current state of Star Trek and Star Wars and wonder if it’s better to keep the fond memories of three shows and one movie alive. Then again, battlestar galactica is back after over 20 years, so maybe, just maybe, by 2032 we’ll get this new series.
