So far my impressions are better than expected.
I've had a bad taste in my mouth about the movie, considering the rumors that it strays far from Peter Chung's original show -- but then, I'm pretty picky, because I found the half-hour series turgid and dull -- I much prefer the Liquid TV shorts.
Anyway, here are some early, unsorted impressions, which may shed some light on the forthcoming movie:
- Many of the in-game moves capture the feel of the original series -- particularly firing with dual mounted weapons while rappelling down a cable.
- Her fighting style is ultra swift and features over the top whip-like sound effects, much like the animation
- Voice acting from Charlize Theron -- not a soundalike
- There's a gay german model character that sounds suspiciously like Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno character.
- Color schemes are frequently garish -- the opening training level looks like it was pulled from Alter Echo
- Metroid Prime-style rolling levels seem to be an ongoing gameplay theme
- The game comes with a free movie ticket for Aeon Flux -- a practice common with DVDs -- is this a video game first?
- There are also acrobatic sequences, that feature Aeon bounding from pole to pole. This, along with a wall-running feature make much of the combat and movement feel much like Prince of Persia
-According to the manual, the game takes place between the animated series and the movie (I'd always heard that the movie was "starting over" and was not intended as a canon continuation of the animation).
Does anybody even care?
I've had a bad taste in my mouth about the movie, considering the rumors that it strays far from Peter Chung's original show -- but then, I'm pretty picky, because I found the half-hour series turgid and dull -- I much prefer the Liquid TV shorts.
Anyway, here are some early, unsorted impressions, which may shed some light on the forthcoming movie:
- Many of the in-game moves capture the feel of the original series -- particularly firing with dual mounted weapons while rappelling down a cable.
- Her fighting style is ultra swift and features over the top whip-like sound effects, much like the animation
- Voice acting from Charlize Theron -- not a soundalike
- There's a gay german model character that sounds suspiciously like Sacha Baron Cohen's Bruno character.
- Color schemes are frequently garish -- the opening training level looks like it was pulled from Alter Echo
- Metroid Prime-style rolling levels seem to be an ongoing gameplay theme
- The game comes with a free movie ticket for Aeon Flux -- a practice common with DVDs -- is this a video game first?
- There are also acrobatic sequences, that feature Aeon bounding from pole to pole. This, along with a wall-running feature make much of the combat and movement feel much like Prince of Persia
-According to the manual, the game takes place between the animated series and the movie (I'd always heard that the movie was "starting over" and was not intended as a canon continuation of the animation).
Does anybody even care?
