About five years ago (has it been that long already? ), Red Storm had announced plans for a game called U.F.S. Vanguard. It was an awesome concept and a game I was completely looking forward to, only to be crushed upon hearing of its cancellation a few months later for reasons I've still never found out.

      Does anyone here remember why it was cancelled? Is there any game out there (past or present) that has the same or similar concept?


-G

      Was this project scrapped because Red Storm had later acquired Bang! Gunship Elite (even though they had two very different concepts and gameplay styles)?


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      By the way, IGN.com has kept its U.F.S. Vanguard page, which includes images and a preview.


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Is there any game out there (past or present) that has the same or similar concept

      Perhaps Nexus: The Jupiter Incident or Star Wolves?


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The game was cancelled when Redstorm was acquired by UBIsoft and thus commited to an enternity of making cheap parodies of the "Tom Clancy" games it made while it was an independent developer.

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Originally posted by Thoramir:
The game was cancelled when Redstorm was acquired by UBIsoft and thus commited to an enternity of making cheap parodies of the "Tom Clancy" games it made while it was an independent developer.

      But wasn't the game cancelled some time before Ubisoft acquired Red Storm Entertainment?


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      Scroll down this page of composer Bill Brown's official website and listen to the unreleased (for obvious reasons) demo music from his U.F.S. Vanguard soundtrack.


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Originally posted by Goodsport:

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Originally posted by Thoramir:
The game was cancelled when Redstorm was acquired by UBIsoft and thus commited to an enternity of making cheap parodies of the "Tom Clancy" games it made while it was an independent developer.

But wasn't the game cancelled some time before Ubisoft acquired Red Storm Entertainment?

      Oops... it turns out that Ubisoft did acquire Red Storm Entertainment shortly before the game's cancellation.

     


-G

I remember being very excited about this game when I heard about its development. It seemed like they had put a lot of thought into the game. I don't know why it was cancelled, considering how well the Homeworld genre did.

I'd love to see this game make a comeback using new technology, or at least have the old build released for download.

Ezz

My best guess is that when Redstorm was an independent company they had an interest in developing a diversified product line. When they were bought out what they really wanted was essentially their popular tactical shooters and Tom Clancy's name. Since UBIsoft had no interest in developing a full line of Redstorm games they dropped all of RSE's secondary product development. It's really a shame too. I was also interested in UFS Vanguard and RSE's policy of developing a diverse line of games reminded me of the "Good Old Days" when companies like Microprose or Sierra (though to a somewhat lesser extent) put out all kinds of different games.

      I'd also totally love to see this game resurrected and updated with the latest graphics. After all, the music and much of the design concepts have already been developed.

      It would provide a nice difference to a game series such as Homeworld (which I also loved) in that it would concentrate on just one ship and its crew, so you wouldn't have to worry about managing an entire fleet and instead can simply concentrate on the U.F.S. Vanguard's various missions and such.


-G

      Is Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators currently the closest game there is to the U.F.S. Vanguard concept?


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Is Space Rangers 2: Rise of the Dominators currently the closest game there is to the U.F.S. Vanguard concept?

      Speaking of which, its expansion pack (Space Rangers 2: Reboot) is now available as well.


-G