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Let me start by saying I think Ubi canceled GR2 for PC due to our outrage of changing the gameplay from what we loved to what we dispised even though we didn't actually get a taste of it except for what we saw via videos and anecdotes from XBox players (and the PS2 players who dispised their version even worse from what I saw). Over at the Ubi forums I asked the question:

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Why would Coke, after outrage from consumers, return to the old forumla for Coke, when the outrage that rose against New Coke reared it's head?


Does anyone remember the outrage that came forth? I know some of you will not know what I am talking about, but the following will help you to understand. Those of us who are old enough remember it well. Funny thing is, I took the Pepsi Challange and chose Pepsi over Coke. Truth be told, I love my Dr. Pepper (first had it in 72), but would rather have Pepsi over Coke any day.

From "God, What a Blunder: The New Coke Story "

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On April 23, 1985, New Coke was released to a great deal of fanfare. By the middle of June, people were "Saying 'No' to New Coke." (13) Reaction to New Coke was swift and humiliating. The taste of New Coke was likened to "sewer water," "furniture polish," "Coke for wimps," and, most disheartening to Coca-Cola management, "two-day-old Pepsi." (14) "I miss the battery acid tang," said one.

Cokeaholics began stockpiling Old Coke in their homes. Black marketeers sold Old Coke for upwards of $30 a case and were looking for ways to import it from abroad. Some desperate addicts had the drink shipped to them from Montreal by FedEx. One Hollywood producer rented a $1,200 wine cellar to hold his 100 cases of Old Coke. The Old Coke Drinkers of America logged 60,000 calls to their national headquarters. (15)

The mere idea of changing Coke provoked some of the more virulent responses. Here's a sample:

"like spitting on the flag" (16)
"At first I was numb. Then I was shocked. Then I started to yell and scream and run up and down." (17)
"I couldn't have been more surprised if someone had told me that I was gay," said one husband and father of two. (18)
"Changing Coke is like God making the grass purple or putting toes on our ears or teeth on our knees." (19)
"When they took Old Coke off the market, they violated my freedom of choice. It's as basic as the Magna Charta, the Declaration of Independence. We went to was in Japan over that freedom." (20)
"There are only two things in my life: God and Coca-Cola. Now you have taken one of those things away from me." (21)
"Next week, they'll be chiseling Teddy Roosevelt off the side of Mount Rushmore." (22)


Do any of you see where I am going with this? Coke took the new stuff off the market just over 2 months after it's release. We fans of the original GR raised a big enough stink that Ubi knew and even admitted to, that they didn't have a game that fans wanted thus pulling a New Coke. They knew that the time it would take for RSE to rework GR2 for PC would put it's release to close to a release of GR3 for PC and wouldn't have the sales of GR2 for PC or GR3 for PC.

How does it play into GR3 for PC? Well After New Coke was pulled from the shelves what took it's place? Classic Coke. Will GR3 for PC return to it's original roots, hard to say. I don't know how it will come out nor does anyone else here on Staff that hasn't signed an NDA (no I don't know what all he has seen, but I am sure he has seen plenty), but maybe, just maybe we will get our Classic Coke.

Hey Rocky, watcha think?

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I really hope they go back to the classic, atleast for the PC version.

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Originally posted by ZA_Corax:

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I really hope they go back to the classic, atleast for the PC version.

I'm seriously having doubts... ie Vanila Coke or maybe even the NEW Coke with Lime... marketing always believe they can always bring new life to an old classic... also remember developers have to cash in the hype, wouldn't you?

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Originally posted by ATU_Cutter:
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Originally posted by R0CKY:
But I like it, goodness knows we could do with a drop of humour around now