At last, he may have his revenge! When Disney purchased Lucasfilm for a reported 4 billion dollars back in 2012, several projects, including the highly anticipated
Star Wars 1313 and a Darth Maul videogame being developed by Red Fly Studio were unceremoniously canceled as EA assumed the role of primary game developer for the Star Wars franchise. However, all hope may not be lost as developer Dan Borth revealed in a recent Reddit AMA that Red Fly is still working to bring the Darth Maul game to life.
We are currently working on a full next get demo of all things Maul to show the powers that be… We have been burning a candle for this game since it was killed in hopes we can get it turned back on again. IF that is to happen, we need to approach EA with a demo that will impress them. I think we have that or are close to it.
Bearing similarities to Starkiller in
The Force Unleashed, players would assume the role of Sith apprentice Maul as he is molded by the Emperor into a lethal Dark Lord of the Sith.
We wanted to show what he went through to become a Sith. Showcase the torture the Emperor put him through. Show how you as the player would have made the same mistakes and ended up a Sith… Playing as a young Darth Maul, you would (hopefully) feel his pain and his rage as he was brutally exposed day by day by the Emperor.
Taking a page from Rocksteady and the Arkham series, Red fly planned to implement a system in which you capitalize on your opponents' fears to accomplish your missions.
The reverse fear mechanic had Maul using fear to control his opponents – you chose to drop down out of nowhere and behead a guard because you saw the rest of the guards were susceptible to fear, so when you did that they would scatter… some of them would run into walls and even wound or kill themselves.
So would you like to play a next generation Darth Maul video game? Leave your thoughts in the usual place.
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