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[HeWhoWalks]

The co-founder of Avalanche and mastermind behind Just Cause has shared the first screenshots from his next game. Created by Liquid Studios the game is set in an open-world and that's about all that was revealed. No name or date just yet (potentially a next-gen title, so PS6/Next Xbox/PC).​

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[gokurho]

Phil Spencer

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Phil Spencer

?

 

[RagnarokIV]

OMFG WTF I amazed, they announce nothing. My mind is blown, let me make YouTube reaction/analysis video with my MIND BLOWN soy boy face WTF!!!!!

 

[freefornow]

potentially a next-gen title, so PS6/Next Xbox/PC

so PS6/

/PC then

 

[Alexios]

Potentially next gen, who is assuming this, did the devs hint that they will go a decade without releasing it or do you all want the PS6 to be revealed a couple years after PS5 Pro with like 5 AAA games on it that will play better on the 6 acting like a PS5 Pro Pro for its first few years all over again, lol.

 

[T4keD0wN]

Theyre remastering Robocop Rogue City already?

 

[TGO]

I don't see anything that would suggest it would be next gen.
Looks very UE5 current gen

 

[HeWhoWalks]

I don't see anything that would suggest it would be next gen.
Looks very UE5 current gen

Indeed, but considering it has no engine info, is an incredibly early build, and no working title, it becomes a little easier to assume this thing is nowhere close to finished.

 

[Three]

The screens with everybody wearing hoodies reminds me of older infamous.

 

[tommib]

Underwhelming screenshots of the month.

 

[adamsapple]

Looks like those ultra-modded GTA IV things you see.

 

[SlimySnake]

holy shit. looks amazing.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

holy shit. looks amazing.

Underwhelming screenshots of the month.

 

[tommib]

Slimy and I are aesthetic opposites.

 

[March Climber]

Honestly if someone told me these screenshots were from a remake of GTA 4 I'd believe it. It has that feel, even down to the color grading.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

If y'all check out the source, the dev claims they aren't making a GTA clone. I actually got more of a Mafia feel, but I could see GTA IV as well March Climber

 

[R6Rider]

No Just Cause 6?

 

[M1chl]

Fuck realism, give me another Just Cause

 

[March Climber]

If y'all check out the source, the dev claims they aren't making a GTA clone. I actually got more of a Mafia feel, but I could see GTA IV as well March Climber

And now you'll hear it too...

 

[IFireflyl]

The game is being developed with Unreal Engine 5, whereas Avalanche has historically used its own Apex engine for Just Cause, Mad Max, and Rage 2. Tech Director Fredrik Lönn explained the engine choice with the following statement:

Custom engines were historically the way forward, and that's what my former team at Avalanche did over 18 years ago when development started on Just Cause 1. The landscape has changed since then, and now it's quite the opposite. We decided to go with Unreal Engine 5. Unreal has been proven for high-quality AAA games, both by Epic themselves in the case of Fortnite and by other game studios worldwide shipping amazing games on Unreal. With Epic making improvements toward open-world development, we get full access to the source code, and the integrations with other software and pipelines are excellent.

While those screenshots are indeed very reminiscent of a photorealistic version of Rockstar's GTA series, Liquid Swords is making a single player open world, narrative driven action RPG. We still don't know anything else, but hopefully that will change soon following these first screenshots.

Source: https://wccftech.com/gta-like-open-world-game-shows-off-photorealistic-visuals-in-debut-images/

 

[HeWhoWalks]

Source: https://wccftech.com/gta-like-open-world-game-shows-off-photorealistic-visuals-in-debut-images/

Much appreciated! Added to OP.

 

[larrybrady]

Nice,looking forward to it...also,get someone on a just cause 3 and 4 performance patch,they run like a nightmare on consoles,ty

 

[MujkicHaris]

Looks phenomenal.

Especially the shot below... I love it when developers are not afraid to use true dark colors in games.

 

[mrqs]

where's contraband

 

[March Climber]

where's contraband

 

[Puscifer]

Source: https://wccftech.com/gta-like-open-world-game-shows-off-photorealistic-visuals-in-debut-images/

THE STUDIOS NAME IS LIQUID SWORDS!

 

[Katatonic]

Damn, looks just like Williamsburg.

 

[Ozriel]

OMFG WTF I amazed, they announce nothing. My mind is blown, let me make YouTube reaction/analysis video with my MIND BLOWN soy boy face WTF!!!!!

Potentially next gen, who is assuming this, did the devs hint that they will go a decade without releasing it or do you all want the PS6 to be revealed a couple years after PS5 Pro with like 5 AAA games on it that will play better on the 6 acting like a PS5 Pro Pro for its first few years all over again, lol.

Holiday 2028 is just 4 years from now.

 

[Celcius]

Looks amazing

 

[EDMIX]

Theyre remastering Robocop Rogue City already?

This lol

Thats what makes me thing this could be current gen.

So, maybe next gen, but we've seen titles like this aka Robocop that indeed look this good. So I want to see more

 

[GigaBowser]

2 gens to get 1 next gen game now

 

[EDMIX]

2 gens to get 1 next gen game now

lol maybe, maybe not.

I don't know the teams personal issues, for all we know they needed to get more funding, make a new team, covid happened etc, maybe they are hedging their best that they can focus on next gen now and release with a massive launch title if hte timing is right.


Ubisoft tried to do that with Watchdogs (which I think was a brilliant idea) and maybe thats what this team is doing. So maybe its only taking this long for other reasons and not really just in development for a whole generation or something

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

OMFG WTF I amazed, they announce nothing. My mind is blown, let me make YouTube reaction/analysis video with my MIND BLOWN soy boy face WTF!!!!!

BRUHHH WHAAAAAT THIS GAME BRUH Litraly fire

 

[Guilty_AI]

Thought this was going to be a post apocalyptic New York, then realized its just modern day New York

 

[MujkicHaris]

Looking at the screenshots again and there is a bit of the first inFAMOUS game's tone in there.
I don't think the game will be anywhere near GTA or Mafia.

It's good to see fresh, ambitious IP being developed instead of constant remakes and sequels.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

I don't see anything that would suggest it would be next gen.
Looks very UE5 current gen

Unless this game is scheduled to come out in 2033, it will 100% be available on current gen consoles. People don't realize the tail this generation will have, especially when Microsoft and Sony release their handheld in next couple years. Next-Gen consoles will play the same games current gen until probably mid 2030's, just with better performance

 

[GymWolf]

No Just Cause 6?

Last one was jc4...

 

[R6Rider]

Last one was jc4...

Damn it.

 

[M.W.]

Ran on a 6000 card and a PS7 at 30fps most likely.

 

[GymWolf]

Looks great, bring it.

And these guys are one of the few developers that try to push as much physics and destruction in their open worlds so that is promising aswell.

Jc4 basically did the fuse mechanic before tokt wasn't even in the balls of his creator.

 

[Denton]

Looks good, but not too different from Robocop or even Homefront Revolution. But that's because those games already look fantastic.
So, singleplayer narrative RPG in open modern city - gimme. The only ones we have are...Cyberpunk 2077 and that's it.

 

[StueyDuck]

I don't see anything that would suggest it would be next gen.
Looks very UE5 current gen

First thing came to my mind was UE5

 

[Kurotri]

I think it looks great. Curious what it'll be like. I like the art direction, seems kinda gritty.
Edit: They describe their game like this on their studio page:

We’re working on our first game; a narrative-driven, open-world, hardboiled AAA revenge story, built and developed in Unreal Engine 5.

 

[Radical_3d]

NeoGAF.

No Just Cause 6?

Fuck realism, give me another Just Cause

They are ex-Avalanche. Not Avalanche itself.

Anyways lately Scandinavian development is on fire. Keep the good job, autistic bunch!

 

[theStartupSound]

Finally some realistic and detailed looking setting for a game. Please don’t ruin it with a generic superhero/zombie story and neon glowing UI elements in the game world. I would love to see a game like The Getaway or L.A. Noire in this location.

 

[luca_29_bg]

These unreal engine 5 games they starting to be all too much similar beetween them, more ore less like unreal engine 3 syndrome, that chair is the same chair used in Silent Hill 2, what is the culprit of this ? Assets library not too much varied with assets available ?

 

[TGO]

First thing came to my mind was UE5

I think people have been conditioned into thinking PS4 games at 60fps is current gen and anything above that must be Nextgen PS6.
But really it just a current gen game using current gen tech.

 

[Iced Arcade]

reminds me of how amazing watchdogs and the division looked when first shown.

 

[HeWhoWalks]

I think people have been conditioned into thinking PS4 games at 60fps is current gen and anything above that must be Nextgen PS6.

Eh, we have PC games that stomp all over PS4 and 5 games, so that’s definitely not it.