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Rumour: The Initiative will show its AAAA game this month

Could we be about to see what the mysterious new studio has been working on later this month?

www.gamereactor.eu

 

[MilkyJoe]

Aghhh... This is the Sony effect. People are going to think everyone wants third person shooters, aren't they... a whole gen of the most boring genre in gaming.

 

[Bryank75]

It's going to be a Tomb Raider-like experience, they have lots of those people... Gallagher produced those TR reboot games.

Will have more emphasis on gadgets and tech but basically TR in a futuristic city.

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Aghhh... This is the Sony effect. People are going to think everyone wants third person shooters, aren't they... a whole gen of the most boring genre in gaming.

I don't expect The Initiative to copy Sony style games. They seem to value innovation and forging new ground a lot in their interviews and their mission statements. Sony style games seem to value production values and time tested gameplay.

 

[SlimeGooGoo]

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[Elder Legend]

Its Kinda Funny how Kinda Funny is way less popular than Colin Moriarty podcast/show/patreon is.


Btw Greg Miller if you are reading this - Fuck you. You piece of fat sack shit. You looked as pasty of a soy boy as I expected you to be when I saw you a few years back in person. I wanted to come by and say hi and smile to your face with kindness (or not) in my heart and poke your pasty belly button but I got scared because I didn't wanna be covered in soy when you would have popped from the poke thanks to the power and strength of my magnificent pinky.

 

[Tulipanzo]

Its Kinda Funny how Kinda Funny is way less popular than Colin Moriarty podcast/show/patreon is.


Btw Greg Miller if you are reading this - Fuck you. You piece of fat sack shit. You looked as pasty of a soy boy as I expected you to be when I saw you a few years back in person. I wanted to come by and say hi and smile to your face with kindness (or not) in my heart and poke your pasty belly button but I got scared because I didn't wanna be covered in soy when you would have popped from the poke thanks to the power and strength of my magnificent pinky.

Hoes mad

 

[CitizenX]

What did you think they were going to come up with a new idea?

 

[CitizenX]

Its Kinda Funny how Kinda Funny is way less popular than Colin Moriarty podcast/show/patreon is.


Btw Greg Miller if you are reading this - Fuck you. You piece of fat sack shit. You looked as pasty of a soy boy as I expected you to be when I saw you a few years back in person. I wanted to come by and say hi and smile to your face with kindness (or not) in my heart and poke your pasty belly button but I got scared because I didn't wanna be covered in soy when you would have popped from the poke thanks to the power and strength of my magnificent pinky.

I just listened to the latest SS podcast where he mentioned 10,000 subs, insane.

 

[iconmaster]

IMO Perfect Dark could work really well in third person...but it'll depend a lot on who's handling it and what they do with the character.

 

[Hunnybun]

Its Kinda Funny how Kinda Funny is way less popular than Colin Moriarty podcast/show/patreon is.


Btw Greg Miller if you are reading this - Fuck you. You piece of fat sack shit. You looked as pasty of a soy boy as I expected you to be when I saw you a few years back in person. I wanted to come by and say hi and smile to your face with kindness (or not) in my heart and poke your pasty belly button but I got scared because I didn't wanna be covered in soy when you would have popped from the poke thanks to the power and strength of my magnificent pinky.

Kinda Funny is almost mesmerisingly boring.

I've tried watching a couple of their videos and a huge chunk of each one consists of them reading out incredibly tedious press releases verbatim. Who the fuck wants to hear that?

Especially when Greg and Blessing are so dumb they can't read more than a few words consecutively without losing all sense of the sentence, and the proper tone etc. It's like listening to little kids read aloud in story time.

"The latest!! Call of Duty comes, to PlayStation.

And Xbox this fall, with an incredible. New campaign? Immerse yourself! IN! A brand new adventure. Set in, the cold war.

And all the international.

Intrigue you would expect?"

 

[MilkyJoe]

I don't expect The Initiative to copy Sony style games. They seem to value innovation and forging new ground a lot in their interviews and their mission statements. Sony style games seem to value production values and time tested gameplay.

I hope so.

 

[Shodan09]

In the last Rare Replay trailer released for the 35th anniversary, Battletoads, Perfect Dark and Banjo were specifically mentioned. We have just got a new Battletoads, Perfect Dark is heavily rumoured so that means Banjo is definitely 100% happening for definite absolutely.

 

[Dr Bass]

I don't expect The Initiative to copy Sony style games. They seem to value innovation and forging new ground a lot in their interviews and their mission statements. Sony style games seem to value production values and time tested gameplay.

So a company that has never put out anything at all, not even a piece of concept art that I'm aware of is now getting praise for "innovation and forging new ground" because they talk about it?

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

So a company that has never put out anything at all, not even a piece of concept art that I'm aware of is now getting praise for "innovation and forging new ground" because they talk about it?

It's all we have to go on. They're saying the right things at the moment, and seemingly hiring high level talent to boot. That doesn't mean the game will automatically be good but I prefer all developers value gameplay innovation over... production values. Relax.

 

[yurqqa]

Does MS even know you could create new IP ?

 

[Amish Prince]

Why are they resurrecting this dead franchise that was generic shit even back on the N64?

It's bad enough they created 2 new studios to milk existing franchises, but at least they were strong brands that deserved saving. Perfect Dark was only ever relevant because it was from the people who made Goldeneye. That's it. The actual setting and characters are awful boilerplate sci-fi cliches.

Fucking hell, they really are clueless. What a waste of all that talent they've been gathering at the Initiative.

Perfect Dark remains the most fun FPS I've ever played. I still fire up the 64 every couple years to play some mp. 8 venge-sims at the pipes for mass chaos.

 

[struggler_guts]

10s of thousands of people daily actually.

But it is smart for MS to put their best AAA team on a Perfect Dark game?

Whoaa there buddy, did you just mistake the initiative as AAA. Heh, you must be behind the times, they are the world's FIRST AAAA premium xbox exclusive developers of the gods!

Spoiler

w/e the fuck aaaa is

 

[Hunnybun]

Perfect Dark remains the most fun FPS I've ever played. I still fire up the 64 every couple years to play some mp. 8 venge-sims at the pipes for mass chaos.

Yeah but it was made 20 years ago by a team that no longer exists.

What's the point?

 

[Griffon]

Third person

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

Yeah but it was made 20 years ago by a team that no longer exists.

What's the point?

It's not about the IP. It's about the fact that the next Perfect Dark is almost assuredly...

Third person
Gadget based
Strong multiplayer component
Futuristic setting

Perfect Dark doesn't mean anything. It's tenets do.

 

[Camreezie]

Hey at least they're trying to resurrect dead IP

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Why does Andrea think Perfect Dark is a really risky gamble? It's a futuristic shooting spy game which is pretty safe territory for a videogame.

A female lead with the XBOX demographic is probably reason enough. If this game is legitimate, I'm actually glad it will be third person because there are so many FPS's on the market, but how will the XBOX contingent feel about that? I'm probably in the minority. Also, from what I heard PD wasn't all that popular on the previous XBOX systems, so yeah I think it's a risk.

 

[Revolutionary]

Bring back wall guy.

I want a co-op action game featuring Wallguy and Craig

 

[LordCBH]

I have zero faith in a good perfect dark. PDZ was utter shit

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

I think this will happen. Just give players the option to go stealth or full on massacre. It would be both a homage to the original and fill that itch left by Splinter Cell.

Yeah but it was made 20 years ago by a team that no longer exists.

What's the point?

That its a great game deserving of its status.

 

[01011001]

Yeah but it was made 20 years ago by a team that no longer exists.

What's the point?

the design principles of Perfect Dark, GoldenEye or TImeSplitters 2 are the point.
if they truly make a Perfect Dark game then it will follow these. if they just take the name an plaster it onto a generic stealth game or shooter then it will of course be kinda pointless.

 

[SpongebobSquaredance]

if they truly make a Perfect Dark game then it will follow these. if they just take the name an plaster it onto a generic stealth game or shooter then it will of course be kinda pointless

Velvet Dark [N64 / GameCube - Cancelled] - Unseen64

Preserving Details, Screenshots, Videos & more Lost Media for Velvet Dark [N64 / GameCube - Cancelled] Help us to remember cancelled video games!

www.unseen64.net

maybe they will try this one again

 

[Men_in_Boxes]

A female lead with the XBOX demographic is probably reason enough. If this game is legitimate, I'm actually glad it will be third person because there are so many FPS's on the market, but how will the XBOX contingent feel about that? I'm probably in the minority. Also, from what I heard PD wasn't all that popular on the previous XBOX systems, so yeah I think it's a risk.

How is it any riskier than any other dormant or new IP? It's a sci fi spy game where you shoot people.

 

[Amish Prince]

Yeah but it was made 20 years ago by a team that no longer exists.

What's the point?

You said the franchise was generic shit on the 64, I disagreed. Might be garbage now, but OG Perfect Dark on was great in my opinion. That's my point.

 

[Hunnybun]

You said the franchise was generic shit on the 64, I disagreed. Might be garbage now, but OG Perfect Dark on was great in my opinion. That's my point.

The game was good, the actual world and character etc (ie the game other than its gameplay) is just uninspired bog standard sci-fi fare. Well, all that's left of the franchise is the latter, so that's my point: there's nothing worth reviving.

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

How is it any riskier than any other dormant or new IP? It's a sci fi spy game where you shoot people.

It's being a shooter isn't necessarily the risky part, but I'm not sure how the more picky XBOX demographic will like having a female protagonist in the game. Could be nothing, but I guess they have to be careful with the marketing.

 

[supernova8]

Kinda Funny still exists?

They all have annoying voices. Literally all of them.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

 

[supernova8]

He's so annoying.

It's Perfect Dark.
Well it's not exactly Perfect Dark.
It's set in the Perfect Dark universe.
It's not right to say that it's Perfect Dark.
It's set in a Dark place and there's a half-naked Metal Gear Solid female character called 'Perfect'.
It has a main character whose first name starts with J.

If it's not Perfect fucking Dark, WHY FUCKING SAY IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

 

[Hudo]

Is Grubb someone who is trustworthy or is he just another Jason Schreier?

 

[Bragr]

Its Kinda Funny how Kinda Funny is way less popular than Colin Moriarty podcast/show/patreon is.

Huh, are you sure?

 

[Wrath of the Toomics]

Is Grubb someone who is trustworthy or is he just another Jason Schreier?

He does not come across as credible, but how close that is to Schreier I couldn't say... I don't consider either of them to be bastions of integrity or thorough reporting.

 

[TaroYamada]

What does perfect dark have in common with apex legends?

 

[Bryank75]

What does perfect dark have in common with apex legends?

I wouldn't even call Apex 'AAA'.... just more GAAS. I guess everything Xbox does now will be some type of GAAS mtx vehicle.

 

[kuncol02]

What does perfect dark have in common with apex legends?

?
His text is as clear as anything in English can be. New Initiative game for Perfect Dark is like Apex Legends to Titanfall. In theory same universe but both games are distinctively different and cannot be treated as one series.

 

[Bryank75]

?
His text is as clear as anything in English can be. New Initiative game for Perfect Dark is like Apex Legends to Titanfall. In theory same universe but both games are distinctively different and cannot be treated as one series.

.... this will go down well.

 

[Hawking Radiation]

He's so annoying.

It's Perfect Dark.
Well it's not exactly Perfect Dark.
It's set in the Perfect Dark universe.
It's not right to say that it's Perfect Dark.
It's set in a Dark place and there's a half-naked Metal Gear Solid female character called 'Perfect'.
It has a main character whose first name starts with J.

If it's not Perfect fucking Dark, WHY FUCKING SAY IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.

 

[SafeOrAlone]

Kinda Funny is almost mesmerisingly boring.

I've tried watching a couple of their videos and a huge chunk of each one consists of them reading out incredibly tedious press releases verbatim. Who the fuck wants to hear that?

Especially when Greg and Blessing are so dumb they can't read more than a few words consecutively without losing all sense of the sentence, and the proper tone etc. It's like listening to little kids read aloud in story time.

"The latest!! Call of Duty comes, to PlayStation.

And Xbox this fall, with an incredible. New campaign? Immerse yourself! IN! A brand new adventure. Set in, the cold war.

And all the international.

Intrigue you would expect?"

Holy shit, I had to check if this was my own comment, from a pissed off night of coming home drunk.

You nailed it. Though I'll give them credit, a lot of people seem to enjoy what they do.

 

[Warablo]

This sounds cool, but I hope it plays more like Splinter Cell than Gears of War.

 

[TaroYamada]

I wouldn't even call Apex 'AAA'.... just more GAAS. I guess everything Xbox does now will be some type of GAAS mtx vehicle.

This is something I've been expecting due to game pass. $15 x 12 = $180, you figure they were already charging $60 a year for XBL so it's really $120 or two full price games per year. They must be intending to make up the revenue elsewhere. Mind you right now it's a great service, if these subs become competitive it may not be so easy for them to go all out on MTX but right now they're the market leader and I fully expect significant MTX in their next-gen releases.

 

[martino]

I wouldn't even call Apex 'AAA'.... just more GAAS. I guess everything Xbox does now will be some type of GAAS mtx vehicle.

 

[Bryank75]

This is something I've been expecting due to game pass. $15 x 12 = $180, you figure they were already charging $60 a year for XBL so it's really $120 or two full price games per year. They must be intending to make up the revenue elsewhere. Mind you right now it's a great service, if these subs become competitive it may not be so easy for them to go all out on MTX but right now they're the market leader and I fully expect significant MTX in their next-gen releases.

I have no doubt that it is the intended model based on them saying Halo and Forza are being rebuilt to last 10 years.
I assume the other games are also going to be made using a similar model.
It is only speculation at this point but I think it is highly likely.

 

[In Your Vase]

Jeff Grubb is not worth listening to, even he'd agree.

I'd also agree with the mesmerizingly boring, it's a great cure for insomnia, but there's better edibes to be had vs. listening to Jeff Grubb.

 

[Bryank75]

That is only true if you assume I think GAAS is inherently negative.