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What really happened to Talisman adaptation?


A few weeks ago we reported that Capcom's planned downloadable PC/video game adaptation of the Games Workshop board game Talisman had been cancelled. So what really happened behind the scenes? The Giant Realm web site now has a new Q&A with Capcom's director of production Adam Boyes to find out more info.

Boyes states that the adaptation, "....still felt very pencil and paper, and in part, that's why it didn't work as well in the downloadable space. Pencil and paper games are very long, and they command healthy social interaction. Downloadables with super-long play time don't work well on the service, and we can't guarantee the quality of social interaction to have players stomach those long play times." The adaptation was being handled by Big Rooster, although Boyes never once states the dev team's name in the interview.

PC game adaptation of Games Workshop's Talisman cancelled


Capcom has been concentrating a lot on their downloadable game titles. Their release of Bionic Commando Rearmed was a big hit and later this week the plan is to release the turn based strategy game Age of Booty. However it looks like a planned downloadable games has been shelved. That was Talisman, an adaptation of the Games Workshop fantasy board game that was first announced over a year ago for the PC and other platforms.

However, in a response to a fan's question about the status of the game on Capcom's message boards two months ago, company exec Christian Svensson stated, "After a misfire at the start, the details of which I won't get into, we evaluated several options for moving the project to new developers, but the costs of moving forward outweighted the potential revenue. I realize this will be disappointing for the fans of the game." Big Rooster was first named as the developer of the game. Their official web site now makes no mention of Talisman.
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