Tawmis wrote:So in this case - if you were a part of the creative team, what would you hope for in the next SPACE QUEST?
I've had my fill of Space Quest fan-fiction, and SQ7 would technically be a story that predates both VSB and SQInc, so forgive me if my idea goes a little off-road.
My idea is basically "Total Recall" meets "The Magnificent Seven". When Beatrice buys Roger a virtual headset for his birthday, Roger's over-inflated ego overrides the console and he becomes trapped in a virtual power fantasy of his own making.
Starting out on a cowboy planet populated by copies of himself, he finds himself hunted down by his own ego, personified as a posse of outlaws. To defeat him and escape to the real world, Roger needs to team up with Cowboy Roger, fix the Aluminum Mallard, and fly off into virtual space in search of other Rogers to help him escape this digital nightmare. Along the way, they visit five other power fantasy planets where they meet Pirate Captain Roger, Superhero Roger, Surfin' Roger, Drag Queen Rock Star Roger, and World's Greatest Dad Roger.
Each planet will have the classic Star Trek pastiche of "the gangster world" or "the Ancient Greece world", where everything revolves around a one-note culture created by Roger's subconscious. Like in SQ3, you're free to fly between worlds, and can head to the endgame anytime you want - but it'll be like Mass Effect 2's suicide run, where you should really recruit more Rogers before tackling it. Beatrice will talk to you from the outside using a virtual interface (similar to VSB's mental realm), but she'll be more of your Cortana throughout the adventure.
And there's my Wednesday morning pitch for a Space Quest 7! Clones and cowboys!
) - to work on the next game.
I'd rather that the Two Guys would ditch the Star Trek parody and return Roger to his own world, but maybe keep the 'Commander Roger' persona.
