Was There Ever Supposed to be a ShockWave 3?

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Was There Ever Supposed to be a ShockWave 3?

Post by Spazman » Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:15 am

I've been playing through the first game + its expansion + SW2 as well recently. The ending, even as a kid, bugged the hell out of me.

Was there ever a plan to make a third game in this series, or did they just leave it to rot?

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Re: Was There Ever Supposed to be a ShockWave 3?

Post by Silanda » Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:42 am

Interesting question. Without further evidence it can probably be assumed that the developers hoped that there would either be a third game or an add-on pack like Operation Jumpgate, so left the ending as a sort of cliffhanger. Did EA want one though? Well, they didn't even bother to port 2 to the Saturn and/or Playstation if that suggests anything. Apparently one of the developers ported it to the Mac, but it was only released as part of a bundle.

Over twenty years later and it's clear that leaving franchises with potential to rot is something of a speciality of theirs.

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Re: Was There Ever Supposed to be a ShockWave 3?

Post by Martin III » Sun Aug 11, 2019 3:30 am

Silanda wrote:
Thu Apr 18, 2019 12:42 am
Interesting question. Without further evidence it can probably be assumed that the developers hoped that there would either be a third game or an add-on pack like Operation Jumpgate, so left the ending as a sort of cliffhanger. Did EA want one though? Well, they didn't even bother to port 2 to the Saturn and/or Playstation if that suggests anything. Apparently one of the developers ported it to the Mac, but it was only released as part of a bundle.
According to this, Shockwave 2 was ported to other platforms, but the ports were cancelled when the 3DO version sold poorly.

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