mclaren777
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Hopefully not. In fact, I think Insomniac wisely said it only wants to pursue 30fps games going forward.
Which games are you referring to?
Fuse (formally OverStrike) Re-Reveal (and Impressions), releasing Q1 2013
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Hopefully not. In fact, I think Insomniac wisely said it only wants to pursue 30fps games going forward.
Which games are you referring to?
Pretty unlikely, I'd say. It'd just be extra money spent, and EA doesn't seem at all interested in Move Support *cough Dead Space 3 cough*
Probably the new Gears, Army of Two, and Dead Space 3. Also, please quote those images so they aren't so massive
A simple edit will do.Insomniac Games doesn't make titles that are 60fps anymore. Instead, they've focused on things like particle effects, higher enemy counter, texture resolution, etc.
It's very difficult to sell humor and gameplay in action stills, wouldn't you agree? How would you propose they do that? Caption them?Just wait until you see / play it. It's definitely not standard cover-based co-op that we're used to.
Nice! Veeeeeeery nice. Just one more. A quick one. Weapon Wheel?
Why would EA have ANY say of Move being supported or any other aspect of the game when this is a partners program title?
electroshockwave
Member
Although I'm primarily a console gamer I would strongly support a PC release, even if it means getting another studio like Nixxes to port it. PC games seem to have a much longer tail for sales with Steam being such a strong DD platform. Long after the game releases you could still be seeing good revenue from discounts and 4-packs. PS3 and 360 are near the end of their lifespan so I think a lot of games like Fuse are in danger of falling by the wayside.
Dead Space 3 and Army of Two. The first one will do well, the second at least has brand awareness, something Fuse has not.
I mean, knowing Insomniac, the game will be good. But it's like we have seen this "The Story of a Videogame failure" movie two dozen times this gen. It's almost too predictable now.
.la1n
Member
Until I get some personal hands on time I can't say I care much for anything I am seeing or reading about this. Very generic in appearance and don't see it standing out in the mass amount of other 3rd person shooters. Spec ops was great but nobody even paid attention to it, expect the same of this.
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
no, we had great screens which show some of the teamwork/co-op and insanity, but it's hard to show it all without video. We had an awesome trailer, but a rights issue is holding it up, and Keighley has the first exclusive on raw gameplay footage.
So hear we are, with EA working to clear the trailer ASAP.
Abyssmal drop in interest here.
We will evidently see once the trailer has been released, but for now as much I as want to believe that the characters capacities and complementarity is a nice touch, the screens scream generic, boring and bland design-wise.
Just three screens, the game still has indeed a lot to show, but I'm not holding my breath.
We will evidently see once the trailer has been released, but for now as much I as want to believe that the characters capacities and complementarity is a nice touch, the screens scream generic, boring and bland design-wise.
Just three screens, the game still has indeed a lot to show, but I'm not holding my breath.
No weapon wheel, as each character has their primary Fuse weapon.
Each character has their own Fuse weapon (thus giving them their identity / class) and can pick up any secondary weapon (shotgun, pistol, rifle, etc). using the D-Pad allows you to swap weapons. However, all is not lost! Using "Leap" you can swap in and out of any character instantly, thus giving you access to all of their weapons. So, it's kind of a mixture, I guess?
Hate=Disappointment?
Apparently they think the audience is confounding.
Source: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-06-08-overstrike-insomniacs-multi-platform-future-interviewEurogamer said:
Hypertrooper
Member
I played the beta, is that the mmo-like thing where enemies take like a million bullets to die?
You think the gameplay sounds boring? How so? Please do explain.
Way to take that way out of context.
"God dammit."
Yeah
That whole write-up at the bottom was pretty depressing. The worst quote for me was
"more, sophisticated, dry wit."
I usually interpret this as jokes about human remains getting on someone's jacket, but I could be wrong.
Yeah
That whole write-up at the bottom was pretty depressing. The worst quote for me was
"more, sophisticated, dry wit."
I usually interpret this as jokes about human remains getting on someone's jacket, but I could be wrong.
You're wrong
At least in the sections I played and footage I saw, there were no dick and fart jokes. I don't really think that's TJ Fixmans shtick, anyway. Follow him on Twitter, you won't regret it. Really funny guy.Hypertrooper
Member
When I read about the gameplay, it sounds like a lot of fun. It seems we are getting some crazy weapons to use. But I do think the screen scares me a bit off just because it looks generic. I'm going to miss the comic-like art direction
I'm going to miss the comic-like art direction
jstevenson
Sailor Stevenson
Yeah
That whole write-up at the bottom was pretty depressing. The worst quote for me was
"more, sophisticated, dry wit."
I usually interpret this as jokes about human remains getting on someone's jacket, but I could be wrong.
No, the dry wit was always in the game... but there was some pretty campy/slapsticky humor too that didn't fit as it continued to evolve, so a lot of that continued to get cut and more dry humor took it's place.
The Overstrike CG trailer exhibited some of that dry humor in Dalton's descriptions of everyone.
WickedLaharl
Member
Not gritty enough.
How would you put that in context?
I quoted their entire answer.
Edit:
Oh, I see jstevenson answered in the thread and I didn't notice.
See how much less dumb these answers sound when people don't sugar coat everything?
reddwarf42
Member
The gameplay sounds awesome. I have hope for the trailer.
I hope this thing is marketed well though. EA Partners doesn't give me much hope for that though. Syndicate and Crisis 2 say hi.
I hope this thing is marketed well though. EA Partners doesn't give me much hope for that though. Syndicate and Crisis 2 say hi.
Well, that, and Ted simply said "the console audience is what we know best". I think that's a far cry from "the PC audience confounds us".
How do you avoid this though? In a day and age where quite literally new big budget games are coming out nearly monthly? Nov-Jan is packed, Feb is usually a dry month for sales, and March hits right around Tax Return time. Push it too far out, and you'll end up in the April - July months where games historically don't sell well. August? Back to school. It's pretty tough to find that "perfect time" to release, especially for a new IP.
Neuromancer
Member
I thought people were saying this was going to be an FPS now, oh well. Still looks interesting.
Like Jacob spazzing out as he kicked the enemy agent? That was the highlight of the Overstrike reveal to me. I think the initial Overstrike reveal trailer had an overall Evil Dead sort of vibe to it as far as humor goes, but the great thing about Evil Dead... well Army of Darkness... was it wasn't afraid of camp/slapstick.
The story won't be grounded or believable, it will be full of stupid cliches and won't make any sense if you'll think about it for more than two minutes. That's just how it is in shooter games... in most of games. It's better to embrace the gameplay, focus on that and add a simple/atmospheric/funny story that glue the parts together. Serious storylines that suppose to be realistic aren't working for me at all.
Insomniac knows this, not sure what happened
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Insomniac knows this, not sure what happened
EA happened
reddwarf42
Member
Sarcasm?
No, Insomniac happened. This is an EA partners game. Can't blame EA this time.
They need to delay the game ASAP or else it's sent to slaughter. How much a say does a developer has in release date under the EA Partners program?
EA are publishing SimCity and Dead Space 3 in February; they are publishing Crysis 3 and Army of Two 3 in March. The marketing budget will go these games which are mostly internally owned by EA. Fuse will have no backing.
Fuse is next year's Syndicate. Both also had a 4 player co-op experience as the highlight.
EA are publishing SimCity and Dead Space 3 in February; they are publishing Crysis 3 and Army of Two 3 in March. The marketing budget will go these games which are mostly internally owned by EA. Fuse will have no backing.
Fuse is next year's Syndicate. Both also had a 4 player co-op experience as the highlight.
Only Game Informer was mistakenly saying this. It was probably an intern. Despite many people who knew better saying otherwise, most of GAF ignored it and got on the hate train.
Yup, you have to care to be able to hate.
All I'm seeing here is disappointement over the design choices that have been made and over the screenshots available.
There is just not enough here to hate. Let's hope for a fucking brilliant trailer.
Inglorious Bastards is utterly fucking ridiculous, but I believed it.
Not being a cartoon doesn't mean this automatically loses whatever personality people think it had based on a two minute trailer. Don't forget that either. We never saw enough of this game to ostensibly accuse IG of selling out.
TheBioLover
Member
This should be GAF's motto, lol.
PsihoPerihelion
Member
Overstrike's art style was so cool. Now this, it looks like something developed by Spark.
God of War and Tomb Raider is also due out in March IIRC?
So, yeah perfect time to release this game?
I can't help but think they should have been held back more for a launch title on the next PS/Xbox. New IP, show off the graphics, 4 player co-op, blah blah blah. Nah, too much sense.
So, yeah perfect time to release this game?
I can't help but think they should have been held back more for a launch title on the next PS/Xbox. New IP, show off the graphics, 4 player co-op, blah blah blah. Nah, too much sense.
This. Plus, Insomniac did a great job with the Move implementation in R3.
Not that I feel optimistic (actually the opposite), but the involvement of EA means nothing with regards to Move support.
More likely, is the game coming to the 360 as well that does. I think MS requires "features parity" so maybe adding Move support would force them to add some Kinect support to the 360 version as well, which Insomniac might not want to do.
I see a lot of people jumping to conclusions, ignoring everything EXCEPT the screens. To me, that's not disappointment. That's simply hating on a product.
The more and more I see people obsessed with graphics and art style, the more I want to refer to THOSE people as casual gamers, because their passion for actually playing something has started to fade, and instead has been replaced by "oh look at the pretty lights!".
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Yeah, Same here. However, the informations look great and sound fun, and impression seem to be very positive. I don't want to judge the game yet, so I will try this game and see if it's fun.
Yes! (Enemy health was tonned down for release)
Hey JS spill the beans whats the legal issue? A song?