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gofreak · Sep 16, 2005

From one at B3D:

http://www.gpara.com/news/05/09/news200509169724.htm

Apparently "a futuristic racing game by Koei (developed by Omega Force and Koei Canada) is one of the launch titles for PS3". No other media or details yet AFAIK.

Ninja Scooter · Sep 16, 2005

gofreak said:
From one at B3D:

http://www.gpara.com/news/05/09/news200509169724.htm

Apparently "a futuristic racing game by Koei (developed by Omega Force and Koei Canada) is one of the launch titles for PS3". No other media or details yet AFAIK.

why is Omega Force wasting their time on this when they should be workign on PS3 versions of Dynasty Warriors

O) and Winback!?!

Mrbob · Sep 16, 2005

Ninja Scooter said:
why is Omega Force wasting their time on this when they should be workign on PS3 versions of Dynasty Warriors O) and Winback!?!

First thing that popped in my head, too.

Of course Omega Force may be much bigger now than in the past. Next Gen Dynasty Warriors get!

Dante · Sep 16, 2005

There's screens on Ruliweb of this, looks like pre prod renders.

Deku · Sep 16, 2005

Waste of time for KOEI. It's a racing game because it was cheaper to develop a racer than most any other genre, in terms of man hours and programming.

gofreak · Sep 16, 2005

Here you go..hard to tell if realtime or not. Looks like a mix:

kaching · Sep 16, 2005

Edit: Beaten to the pics

kaching · Sep 16, 2005

Deku said:
Waste of time for KOEI. It's a racing game because it was cheaper to develop a racer than most any other genre, in terms of man hours and programming.

Doesn't look like a waste of time to me, but good on you for jumping to conclusions. Right after spending time lecturing others not to do it wrt the Rev controller.

TheJollyCorner · Sep 16, 2005

I just see red x's of doom

jaundicejuice · Sep 16, 2005

TheJollyCorner said:
I just see red x's of doom

Same.

Amadeus · Sep 16, 2005

don't know why but i don't see any screenshots on that site

hukasmokincaterpillar · Sep 16, 2005

They're coming up for me. Try this page...
http://ruliweb.dreamwiz.com/data/rulinews/read.htm?num=13867&main=ps

It looks like a psychadelic off-road F-Zero set on Mars, I likey. Terrain is a bit on the average side but the motion blur, craft modelling and special effects are quite nice.

Kangu · Sep 16, 2005

That looks like ass. Especially the art. WTF does Koei know about racing anyway?

hukasmokincaterpillar · Sep 16, 2005

You really think so? Am I the only one kinda digging how this looks? Maybe its my inner F-Zero/Wipeout fanboy talking.

One over on B3D translated a bit of the article...

"According to this article it gets assist of SCE for physics implementation. Physics plays a big part in game play, like throwing destructable objects onto other hoverships, and using a hook weapon to turn around, etc."

Well, its on my radar now at least.

dose · Sep 16, 2005

Over saturated.

Elios83 · Sep 16, 2005

We need a trailer for this.
Screens aren't so hot but I know that in motion it will rock.

Izzy · Sep 16, 2005

hukasmokincaterpillar said:
You really think so? Am I the only one kinda digging how this looks? Maybe its my inner F-Zero/Wipeout fanboy talking.

One over on B3D translated a bit of the article...

"According to this article it gets assist of SCE for physics implementation. Physics plays a big part in game play, like throwing destructable objects onto other hoverships, and using a hook weapon to turn around, etc."

Well, its on my radar now at least.

Interesting...I wouldn't underestimate Omega Force/SCE collaboration. It's nice to see that even the early PS3 titles like MGS4 and Fatal Inertia are concentrating on physics...

Willy Wanka · Sep 16, 2005

Pictures don't look too hot but if it is 60FPS then I imagine it could be great. Man that makes me think of a next gen wipeout on PS3 *makes mess in his pants*

Speevy · Sep 16, 2005

It's really red.

DarienA · Sep 16, 2005

What every else has said... get to work on my next gen DW dammit!

sprsk · Sep 16, 2005

This game is about the dangers of not wearing a seatbelt.

kaching · Sep 16, 2005

DarienA said:
What every else has said... get to work on my next gen DW dammit!

I didn't! I'm interested to see where this goes...I'm sure they've got you DW whores covered as well

Gattsu25 · Sep 16, 2005

kaching said:
I didn't! I'm interested to see where this goes...I'm sure they've got you DW whores covered as well

Agreed, who cares about DW when we can get the spiritual successor to Quantum Redshift? What's this about Spiderman-alike swingying?

Mrbob · Sep 16, 2005

I may be more interested in this title if I could see the pics.

Omega Force rocks. I will more than likely buy this game based off of their awesomeness alone.

Not to start a fight, but I've read some comments that 99 Nights is the true next gen version of Dynasty Warriors and that Koei should take notes. 99 Nights looks all right as a Dynasty Warriors rip off game, and I'll probably get it, but I expect the masters of the genre to completey dominate 99 Nights.

Willy Wanka · Sep 16, 2005

I don't think it's been posted but Gamespot has videos for this

http://www.gamespot.com/ps3/action/fatalinertia/media.html

Gameplay footage looks alright imo but it's obviously early stuff.

GeoramA · Sep 16, 2005

gameplay videos look pretty good. but yeah, work in progress

Izzy · Sep 16, 2005

Interesting facts:

-The game's been in development since February
-Omega Force/Koei Canada expect to sell million copies worldwide
-current build physics are relatively simple
-but that is going to change in a major way by the PS3's JP launch
-SCE/Omega Force are collaborating on the physics part
-Fatal Inertia is a JP PS3 launch game.

Soundwave 2k4 · Sep 16, 2005

reminds me a lot of the pod racing sequence in Episode 1, not bad.

Calidor · Sep 16, 2005

Soundwave 2k4 said:
reminds me a lot of the pod racing sequence in Episode 1, not bad.

about to say that.

Looks like a mix between episode 1 and wipeout

Mrbob · Sep 16, 2005

Izzy said:
Interesting facts:

-The game's been in development since February
-Omega Force/Koei Canada expect to sell million copies worldwide
-current build physics are relatively simple
-but that is going to change in a major way by the PS3's JP launch
-SCE/Omega Force are collaborating on the physics part
-Fatal Inertia is a JP PS3 launch game.

A futuristic racing game selling millions? I doubt it.

Izzy · Sep 16, 2005

Mrbob said:
A futuristic racing game selling millions? I doubt it.

Hahaha = it's their projection, not mine.

PG2G · Sep 17, 2005

Looks like Episode 1 pod racing meets bad art. BTW, I didn't know they made bad art in Japan.

Elios83 · Sep 17, 2005

Trailer looks ok.
Gameplay footage is terrible.
That's it at the moment.

hukasmokincaterpillar · Sep 17, 2005

Some of the real time footage looked pretty rough, especially the destructible geometry, but you can see the potential there. Once they optimize this thing for the SPEs and the SCE physics collaboration gets going it could ramp up in a big way. The trailer uses real time assets so if they get it up to that par I think the finished product will look great. Some of the particle fx are insane, check out how the water convincingly splashes and breaks apart with individual droplets when the hovercraft wipeouts over the river. The smoke/debris from the explosion had amazingly realistic density as well.

Raistlin · Sep 17, 2005

I want a Star Wars Pod Racer for PS3

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