What other commercial properties should have a Game like TSTO?
Futurama instead of towns you could make a galaxy. Each character could have a ship.
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- It's on its last characters? Do you watch the show?
- The Muppets
Marvel & DC Superheroes LuciiTigger14 wrote:
Kittensmittens69 wrote:
I don't think any other shows could really do this because they would run out of content to quickly. Futurama is on its last season and that's its 7th I think. The simpsons are going on they're 25th and the game is already scratching low on new characters. I just think realistically no other show could keep up.
I agree that no other show could keep up, and they would run out of characters and buildings too quick, also I just don't think buildings in other cartoons are as recognisable as simpsons, i watch Family Guy almost everyday but probably wouldn't get too excited about the game cause it hasn't been around long enough. This game brings back memories of watching the simpsons every night at 6pm.
But I don't agree that they're scratching low on new characters. Apart from all the main characters they still haven't added, there's probably hundreds of one off characters that I'd love in the game
I agree - the show has to have a lot of characters because even with the number of characters we have in TSTO, we players keep asking for more. so, for shows with a limited/small number of characters it would be difficult to build on the quests and levels.
and yeah the buildings. with The Simpsons we do know of the buildings in the shows especially the ones that often come up.
but I think it would be great to have game like this for Marvel or WB superheroes! so we could get the normal persons as characters, and skins for the superheroes, as well as their girlfriends, enemies, etc...
though it would still be not big enough, I guess.- Ren and stimpy tapped out
- I don't think some of you doubters are thinking outside the box far enough. There's plenty of shows with lots of characters, particularly because they were invented to sell toys.
Transformers
G.I. Joe
Ninja turtles
Star wars
Ewoks
But thats besides the point. A game like this doesn't necessarily need as many characters as the Simpsons. I mean look how many people are still playing it a year later, based on adding tiny little changes at a time. A lack of characters means they just have to have something else you'd be interested in collecting.
I'm not saying they can make a better game, or even make one as good. Maybe they can't, but so what? This freemium building game format makes money, even when theres no film or cartoon license attached to it. With the cartoon license, the nostalgia factor will mean dedicated players, who might whine and complain, but will still drop money on every collectable.
If EA doesn't want to bother making similar games, maybe someone else will go after those properties, and seize the opportunity. I see a clear demand. - South Park could probably pull it off.
They're like 20 seasons in, and have developed a huge variety of supporting characters and odd locations. And they've developed the town fairly well, though its intentionally much smaller than Springfield which could hurt.
As an 80s kid... most of those cartoons wouldn't work at all. Ninja Turtles had like 17 characters at best. Transformers had no town development. GI Joe was based on war, how could you make a timed city building game of that? Likewise with Star Wars... unless you have planets as buildings with tasks, but are there enough planets to get super deep without reaching badly? And half the fun of TSTO is the humor... that'd be totally lost in Star Wars or GI Joe.
You can't just take an 80s property and make it an instant success... otherwise we'd all be playing Smurfs Village obsessively. dcg_moo wrote:
You can't just take an 80s property and make it an instant success... otherwise we'd all be playing Smurfs Village obsessively.
Oh, yes you can! :lol:
Hey you may not be in to Smurfs Village, but Capcom cites that game in particular as being a huge success. In 2011 They called it the driving force in their financial results. And as of their first quarter financial statements this year, it continues to drive a profit for them, while big games like Resident Evil 6 have failed. As silly as that game is, people are still playing it, and spending money.
So believe me, any of the suggestions on this thread have the potential to be as good as the Smurfs, if not as good as TSTO.akareloy237 wrote:
The Muppets
Marvel & DC Superheroes
there is a muppets tapped out coming its called my muppets show and its only available in Australia at the moment so I don't have it but you have to put on a big show and the characters digitally appear and according to its facebook it will be realeased world wide soon and they are testing it in Austalia I;m not making this upBravewall wrote:
I don't think some of you doubters are thinking outside the box far enough. There's plenty of shows with lots of characters, particularly because they were invented to sell toys.
Transformers
I like the idea of Transformers would like to send Prime on tasks :lol:- Maybe a Harry Potter one? (I know it isn't a cartoon), but you could build loads of different classrooms and stuff in the school (like the quiditch pitch and hagrids hut)
Also there would be endless characters.
