Imagine a reboot with current graphics and tech

[Janky°]

I was just doing my annual nostalgia dive on this game, lamenting on this community's loss for such a unique, shared experience. I got to thinking.

Hardsuit Labs stopped caring about anything other than capital interests, but hear me out. I think if they made a totally new Blacklight on a totally new engine, it could do well on the free to play market. Yes, the f2p space is super-saturated and dominated by the ever-present titans, but I could see it grabbing a chunk of the population. It already had such a unique take on locating the enemy, and that was a more than a decade ago! New f2ps keep trying to use the tried and true mechanics of hero/class-based combat with the typical mini-map, etc. Correct me if I'm wrong, but we haven't really gotten another game that has done away with the minimap, in favor of seeing through walls. The PC gaming market has expanded exponentially since Blacklight's heyday, so I don't think it'd be far-fetched to say there's some money to be made there.

Eh maybe I'm just being hopelessly nostalgic and projecting it with naivety. The mere idea of ray tracing, high-res textures, modern particle effects, and modern gunplay in a Blacklight game makes me smile. Something like "Blacklight: Redux" or "Blacklight: Rising," or anything really.

I digress. At the end of the day, it's out of our hands. I just want to run around in a cyber-punk helmet, wearing a soft-shell full zip, emoting all over the place. Hopefully you guys haven't forgotten this slept on masterpiece, still keeping its legacy alive like folklore.

[✠ Sigmar ✠]

Yeah, what a masterpiece. Dated graphics, no matchmaking (so complete beginners would be thrown into matches with veterans of many years like lambs to the slaughter), bugged achievements, toxic community. We really need more of this in our lives.

[Janky°]

Originally posted by ✠ Sigmar ✠:

Yeah, what a masterpiece. Dated graphics, no matchmaking (so complete beginners would be thrown into matches with veterans of many years like lambs to the slaughter), bugged achievements, toxic community. We really need more of this in our lives.

If you didn't get it, just say so.

[* • . R2D2 . • *]

completely agree with you, well said, I often think of the years playing blacklight.

[FondellMyjunc]

We had 19 players in todays (BLRevive) Blacklight Bonanza DM/TDM event. If you guys miss the game, I suggest playing with us on Sundays every week. Just google BLRevive, and see you guys on the battlefield. As far as a new title.... yeah that would be awesome, but unlikely (so far). Hardsuit Labs was taken over by another company (Keyword Studios) that now has the rights to the original IP.

[Janky°]

Originally posted by FondellMyjunc:

We had 19 players in todays (BLRevive) Blacklight Bonanza DM/TDM event. If you guys miss the game, I suggest playing with us on Sundays every week. Just google BLRevive, and see you guys on the battlefield. As far as a new title.... yeah that would be awesome, but unlikely (so far). Hardsuit Labs was taken over by another company (Keyword Studios) that now has the rights to the original IP.

I planned to join that, but had something to do today. I'll make the next event for sure.

[Eon]

Originally posted by ✠ Sigmar ✠:

Yeah, what a masterpiece. Dated graphics, no matchmaking (so complete beginners would be thrown into matches with veterans of many years like lambs to the slaughter), bugged achievements, toxic community. We really need more of this in our lives.

So many words to say you suck at the game.