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It’s a while off, but we should be getting some exclusive content for you folks.
Funny you say that- rumors have been flying all over the place that this will be basically be System Shock 3, since EA’s doing nothing with the license.
Eh, as it appears to play something like Resident Evil 4, that kind of takes a good chunk of System Shockiness out of it. Not that this doesn’t look interesting, I just doubt this was ever intended to be SS3.
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| Originally Posted by Rumteldat I’ll take what I can get. |
Second that.
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| Originally Posted by Alex Riviello Funny you say that- rumors have been flying all over the place that this will be basically be BioShock in Space, since EA’s doing nothing with the license. |
Fixed.
Yes, I know SS came first but we all know EA saw the cash and critical acclaim that came with abusing Big Daddies and started a mad dash to create a clone.
Supposedly they’ve been working on SS3 quietly for a couple of years now; I wonder if this is what it ended up as?
It’s a pity this isn’t on a format I currently own, but I have hopes.
You don’t own a XBox 360, PS3, or PC? Are you a Mac user?
The lastest Game Informer has a big write-up on this game, and it sounds pretty hot.
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| Originally Posted by JudgeSmails Fixed. Yes, I know SS came first but we all know EA saw the cash and critical acclaim that came with abusing Big Daddies and started a mad dash to create a clone. |
I’m fairly certain development didn’t start on this three weeks ago. BioShock was well under the mainstream radar until reviews and the demo rolled out.
Read Game Informer. MCP makes it sound like this is breaking news, but this game was the last issue’s giant cover story. Sweet looking game. Part Event Horizon, part the Thing. I’m sold.
Game Informer got an exclusive on it… magazines need those to validate their existence these days. The press release hit this week, so it actually was breaking news.
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| Originally Posted by nekkerbee You don’t own a XBox 360, PS3, or PC? Are you a Mac user? |
My PC is… a little out of date by now.
Isaac Clarke? Seriously?
Isaac Asimov…
Arthur C. Clarke…
Interesting combination. Throw in some Dead Rising style shenanigans, and I’m there.
New clips and a new website- http://chud.com/articles/articles/13...INE/Page1.html
I really hope this works out. We all need some new horror titles.
http://chud.com/articles/articles/14...TER/Page1.html
New videos, including an animated comic.
(edit: the embedded videos don’t seem to be working, so I just threw up links)
The thing is, making a genuinely scary video game is a very easy thing to do – when one has a personal investment in trying to keep their character alive, scaring the player is a piece of cake. The problem is that most survival horror games these days don’t even make any attempt to do so (as much as I loved Eternal Darkness and Resident Evil 4, those were more about atmosphere and straight up action than any kind of scares), so I’m very glad to see the developers of this one state that as their primary intention from the start.
EA Redwood has a spotty history (they were last responsible for The Simpsons Game), but I remain optimistic about this one. Besides, I need something to look forward to now that I’ve finished Autos 4.
I agree, horror is easy. Horror with a smart, and interesting plot is harder.
I want to play this but I hate EA and really torn on getting it.
I don’t agree that it’s easy to scare a gamer. It may be easy to do jump scares, sure- same applies for film. But for a game to really get into your mind and truly fuck with you a lot of things have to click into place- the music (or lack thereof), the sense of dread, the fear of what’s in the shadows around you. Twisted imagery doesn’t hurt.
A lot of horror games just throw things at you to freak you out but it’ll only work a few times, and usually rings hollow. The Silent Hills and Fatal Frames are much more rare. I’m hoping this game’s one of those… and judging from the video of the guy sweeping his flashlight along the empty space station… it looks like it could be.
If all goes well I’ll be going to another Community Day for this game in a few months and getting some playtime with it… I really am hoping for the best. They all know me as the horror nut over there so hopefully they’ll really try to impress us.
I know there is an IDW comic associated with this coming out by Ben Templesmith…not sure when it is hitting, though?