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Offline dawid22
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« on: February 12, 2004, 01:41:29 AM »
Remember the Racing Game Lamborghini ?  Well check what happened to the game:

Source - IGN

Lamborghini
Publisher: Majesco
Developer: Rage Software
Original Release Date: Spring 2003

The Official Story:
Thanks to a sweet licensing deal with Automobili Lamborghini in 2002, Rage Software was set to release the official Lamborghini game. Not only would it include every car made by the high-end company, but also the brand new Murciélago, which was the first new car the company had made in 11 years. With the ability to drive 100 miles in 30 minutes (averaging 200mph), the Murciélago was cleaning up press awards and trade awards. To make it that much more authentic, Lamborghini\'s chief designers and technicians were going to be working with Rage Software.

With plans for online racing capabilities, Lamborghini looked to have it in the bag. Unfortunately, Rage Software never made it that far and ended up closing its doors in January 2003. The Lamborghini game was sold off and the team was broken up. According to information available to us at this time, there has been no announcement as to who bought up the property.

Behind the Scenes:
According to sources close to the project, EA bought up the Lamborghini license to kill it. EA wanted to have the exclusive game for driving a Lamborghini in the Need for Speed series and bought out the competition. Half of the team that worked on Lamborghini is now working on Juiced.

Current Status:
Cancelled.



I was excited about this game... damm EA:mad:
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« Reply #1 on: February 12, 2004, 02:06:05 AM »
That Lamborghini game is also the reason the the Diablo was removed from the PAL version of GT3 (NTSC JAP version has it). :(
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« Reply #2 on: February 12, 2004, 04:47:21 AM »
EA are a bunch of pricks, killed Bullfrog, Westwood, bla bla bla. I hope they stay away from DICE. :evil:

But they still can not be compared to the 3w1l that is Microsoft.
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« Reply #3 on: February 12, 2004, 04:54:31 AM »
:)
 
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« Reply #4 on: February 12, 2004, 11:43:59 PM »
^^:laughing:
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« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2004, 12:50:24 PM »
Who cares the game would of sucked anyway. N64 had an Automobili Lamborghini game and I could of shit on spudz and it would be a better game.

Ooo goddamn EA those bastards cancelling a subpar game...stfu.
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« Reply #6 on: February 14, 2004, 01:57:54 PM »
They included a demo of the game on the official Uk XBOX magazine.I playied it.Had superb graphics and the gameplay seemed very nice
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« Reply #7 on: February 15, 2004, 06:39:09 AM »
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Who cares the game would of sucked anyway. N64 had an Automobili Lamborghini game and I could of shit on spudz and it would be a better game.

Ooo goddamn EA those bastards cancelling a subpar game...stfu.


So just because a shitty Lamborghini game was released way back whenever that automatically makes all future Lamborghini games shitty? Yeah, makes sense. About as much sense as chopping off your fingers is going to cure a cold.

:rolleyes:
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« Reply #8 on: February 15, 2004, 08:24:22 AM »
For the game franchises/genres I like, EA screws it up bigtime.
Their F1 games are horrendous and they have acquired the Bond license up til 2010 to fvck that up too. It should have just stayed with the original Rare team. EA is imo just a buncha money greedy corporate suits.
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« Reply #9 on: February 15, 2004, 09:49:20 AM »
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Originally posted by Echo
So just because a shitty Lamborghini game was released way back whenever that automatically makes all future Lamborghini games shitty? Yeah, makes sense. About as much sense as chopping off your fingers is going to cure a cold.

:rolleyes:

It was made by the same people, so yes. Crappy developers don\'t magically learn to make good games all of the sudden. If it was cancelled, doesn\'t that already give you an idea how much it sucked?

Use your brain kiddo.
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« Reply #10 on: February 15, 2004, 10:44:54 AM »
Jumpman did you actually try the game?
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« Reply #11 on: February 15, 2004, 02:30:09 PM »
Rage has never made a good game IMO.
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« Reply #12 on: February 15, 2004, 02:45:18 PM »
Laborgini seemed very promising.It wasnt bad.
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« Reply #13 on: February 15, 2004, 04:51:14 PM »
Rage games has always been nice graphics but little substance. I\'m pretty sure this would be in the same mould. It\'s no big loss as I see it.
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« Reply #14 on: February 16, 2004, 02:52:45 AM »
The Need for Speed series has been like that most of the time as well but nobody complained as well as a ton of other racing games out there.
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