Lucasarts as a quality developer seem to have died a death - Considering they were one of the most respected game developers in the world it's a real pity - X-Wing alliance was brilliant, though not as much fun as the original.. i'd like to see something from them that took X--Wing a lot further than just rehashing the same formula - Winning though it was

Rogue Squadron was the FMV thing that they did just as CD was getting popular wasn't it?

Yeah, it was varied but limited, and the problem with stretching over that many playsyles is that none of them get finished fully, or even feature enough in the game individually to really be worth honing your skills at. Every style needs programming, and especially in 3D games they need their own 3D models, levels etc, each style could need a whole different new technology for certain aspects of them all by themselves