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[T-1000_Model3]

There are some damn great videos on this game over at IGN. It pays to be an INSIDER.

 

[T-1000_Model3]

You can view them in Streaming Windows if you don't have INSIDER.

http://media.xbox.ign.com/media/568/568330/vids_1.html

 

[Optimistic]

Cheers. Looks like fun.

 

[NotMSRP]

May be those guys can consider O3/Behemoth (Alien Hominid) after Acclaim?

 

[Grizzlyjin]

We know how to make great games down here in Austin.

The Red Star really hasn't been on my radar, there have been a few blips here and there, but I never kept my attention on it. I guess I'll have to try out one of those demos and see what all the fuss is about. Sounds like we got a cult classic on our hands.

 

[gunstarhero]

Never was going to give the game a chance - until I played the demo!

This just shot up on my must get now list - the game controls great, the graphics remind me of Cannon Spike (a good thing) and it's got that old school flavor. I love the way you can "warp" from enemy too enemy as your slicing shat up.

If this had co-op LIVE play, it would be perfect.

I NEED a game like this - and from what I read in XBN, so does Acclaim. (although I cant imagine this game selling too well - shame.)

 

[djtiesto]

Is this gonna be an Xbox exclusive? I'd be highly interested in a PS2/Gamecube version...

Nice to see Western developers make Japanese-style games, instead of dull "go anywhere" types of games all the time.

 

[FoneBone]

Is this gonna be an Xbox exclusive? I'd be highly interested in a PS2/Gamecube version....

No, it's on PS2, too. (Hence the references in the thread to the PS2 demo.)

 

[Drinky Crow]

It's PS2/Xbox.

 

[hiryu]

Well after watching those movies I guess that makes 9 games to get in September. This fall is just nuts for purchases.

 

[Littleberu]

Well after watching those movies I guess that makes 9 games to get in September. This fall is just nuts for purchases.

 

[radios shipping overview]

So yeah, just tried the demo. Is it supposed to be this easy? The bullet patterns are forgiving and entry-level, enemies don't seem interested in killing you, bosses are anemic, and the life bar is way generous. The Treasure influences are obvious: red/black bullets from Ikaruga, boss designs, warning screens, lifebars lifted from that and Silvergun. They just forgot to rip off the difficulty - and there's no adjustment for it. It almost makes me want my old copy of Cannon Spike back.

I suppose it could be the tutorial-level disease, and maybe I'll find the difficulty I'd like three-quarters of the way through the game. Give me a mode with three hits allowed before a game over (and fewer/no health recharges) and I'd be content.

 

[Bluemercury]

Looks interesting, also, another metroid type of hud in a game......

 

[drohne]

to be fair, it's just level 1, jiji. i can't think of many shooters in which the first level isn't a zero-difficulty somnambulant throwaway. although i'm with you in hoping for difficulty settings in which your lifebar isn't so forgiving.

 

[Drinky Crow]

Wait, Cannon Spike was difficult?

 

[GDJustin]

Most mag demos (and E3 demos, for that matter) have the difficulty loosened up so you can get a feel for the gameplay in a short period of time, without actually needing to employ your skill.

No idea if The Red Star's final difficulty will be more challenging or not.

 

[JackFrost2012]

I suppose it could be the tutorial-level disease, and maybe I'll find the difficulty I'd like three-quarters of the way through the game. Give me a mode with three hits allowed before a game over (and fewer/no health recharges) and I'd be content.

I'd imagine that the final game will have selectable/higher difficulties. Demos always skew easy.

 

[Drinky Crow]

They'd better fix the last boss, at any rate. Whatta pushover.