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[Shiggy]

It's already coming next week, so we need an official topic for this greatly appreciated title.

Developer: Other Ocean Interactive (Dark Void Zero, Super Monkey Ball for iOS, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for XBLA)
Platform: Nintendo DS
Release: September 27th (US), September 30 (EU)
Official Website: http://www.herohq.com/xmendestiny/

A rally in San Fransisco may be mutantkind's last hope for peace with humanity. Three young mutants are about to discover that they have the power to change the world, and their destiny is in your hands.

CONTROL YOUR MUTANT’S DESTINY - Make core power and faction decisions, leading to an epic choice between the X-Men or the Brotherhood of Mutants.
DISCOVER YOUR MUTANT IDENTITY - Players choose among three all-new mutant characters, each with a unique background that is unraveled throughout the game.
UNLEASH YOUR MUTANT POWER - Take control of one of three all-new mutant abilities and watch as your power grows and evolves based on your decisions.
WALK IN ANOTHER MUTANT’S GENES - X-Gene enhancements allow players to experience their favorite X-Men characters’ abilities, such as Nightcrawler’s telepor- tation, Iceman’s freezing ability and more.
YOUR CHOICES SHAPE THE STORY - Players make morally ambiguous decisions that guide the destinies of their characters.

Aimi
Voiced by Jamie Chung
Birthplace: Fuji City, Japan.
Smuggled out of Japan by her mutant parents before their family could be incarcerated in the new mutant camps, Aimi arrives in San Francisco hidden on a tanker ship. She is too young and frightened to appreciate her parents’ motivations for sending her away, instead feeling only the bitterness and anger of abandonment.

Adrian
Voiced by Scott Porter
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California.
Adrian is the son of an anti-mutant extremist who was killed in battle. His father’s associates called themselves “Purifiers,” and under their care Adrian was educated to hate all mutants and conditioned to seek revenge for his father’s murder. The Purifiers have trained Adrian to be a soldier in their army of “pure-blooded” Homo sapiens.

Grant
Voiced by Milo Ventimiglia
Birthplace: Sandersville, Georgia.
Grant is a college freshman with dreams of playing pro football. He hopes to land a spot this year on the University of California, Berkeley, varsity squad. Grant has zero interest in politics and knows little about the ongoing mutant/human conflict.




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[Shiggy]

Apparently, there are also Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii versions coming, developed by Silicon Knights though. First prototype was started in early 2009 after The Ritualist (=The Box) was canned by THQ. It runs on Silicon Knights' very own engine, also on Wii.

PS3/Xbox 360 trailers:
E3 2011 trailer
Comic-Con 2011 trailer

Pre-order costumes

PS3/Xbox 360 screenshots:

15 minutes of gameplay from Comic-Con:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8S-7oEgQtg
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/54295/x-men-destiny-comic-con-2011-gameplay-preview/



Previews:

That's a really wild, original development choice, and it makes X-Men Destiny really stand out, both visually and in that extra bit of gameplay. Why doesn't the combat sparkle like that? Why stick with the boring light/heavy attack scheme that every third-person combat game uses? "You've got dual analog from Too Human -- that was very, very different," says Dyack. Okay, sure, though maybe that didn't work out so well.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/21/x-men-destiny-preview/

n the end, we had a fun little romp through X-Men journey, but this demo was a brief one that didn't allow us to spend much time inside the gameworld. Naturally, the big question left with this particular game is how much depth you'll be able to mine out of the game's relatively simple control scheme, and how much of an impact your choices have over the events of the game. It's certainly an interesting approach to the X-Men license, which alone leaves us eager to see how this title turns out.

http://www.gamespot.com/wii/action/...ny-hands-on-preview?sid=6324658&mode=previews

There’s definitely room for improvement, but X-Men: Destiny is without a doubt the most original concept for an X-Men game, and it’s shaping up to be an intriguing exploration of the mythos’ core concepts. It may take some serious precognition powers to know just how well this one will turn out, but fans of the X-Men universe can at least look forward to taking part in the world of mutants with their own gifted youngster later this holiday.

http://www.gamesradar.com/x-men-destiny-hands-preview/

While the combat tactics aren’t entirely original, the elements being mixed in with X-Men Destiny do keep things interesting enough, and there’s no shortage of Purifiers and other classic X-Men villains to face off against. Sadly, you’ll be doing so on your own, as the game doesn’t contain any sort of co-op factor. We were hoping for that, but Silicon Knight was shooting for a single-player experience to shine through here.

http://www.planetxbox360.com/article_14650/X-Men_Destiny

Ok, now I see why they didn't show off this deep and meaningful morality system much:

http://youtu.be/S4xrB1EzVyU?t=1m17s

 

[V_Ben]

Shiggy, you made me chuckle with this topic. Well done.

 

[Ridley327]

Activision is kinda sending this game out to die, aren't they? I didn't realize it was coming out so soon until I looked at Best Buy's ad for next week.

Brilliant OP, though. :lol

 

[Takao]

I thought this was coming out next year? Activision dropping some bombs (not the Iwata kind).

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

A X-men game without playable logan? lolol.

Spoiler

Actually im impressed that someone actually stepped out of the box and did something new with the X-men universe..I might purchase it for that reason alone

 

[Beth Cyra]

God the character designs are such shit. Great OP.

 

[fernoca]

Hehehe..was like "Wat? isn't this game coming to consoles too? Guess that's another one"...

...then saw the second post.


EDIT:
Interesting, ignored that Northstar was in this game.

 

[Khezu]

All the main characters suck.

Also everything else looks equally terrible. I hate SK.

 

[CadetMahoney]

All the main characters suck.

Also everything else looks equally terrible. I hate SK.

all looks yucky-poo so far.

 

[Mockingbird]

Wait the developers of Dark Void Zero are working on this? There's hope for the DS version then.

 

[Parallax]

A X-men game without playable logan? lolol.

Spoiler

Actually im impressed that someone actually stepped out of the box and did something new with the X-men universe..I might purchase it for that reason alone

whats so different about this?

 

[Shiggy]

Wait the developers of Dark Void Zero are working on this? There's hope for the DS version then.

I doubt it, they did not get a proper budget for this title.

I wonder what the Wii version will look like. It's SK's first Wii game.

 

[luffeN]

Pre-order costumes look like placeholders

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

I doubt it, they did not get a proper budget for this title.

I wonder what the Wii version will look like. It's SK's first Wii game.

Theyve worked with the gamecube before, it should be fine.

 

[cacildo]

So its a brawler with a X-men theme, but you wont play as the x-men.

And yet that first person Avengers game got canned

 

[MightyKAC]

Man, those designs looks like they came from the character creator in DCO or something.

 

[Darklord]

So it has no co-op, no iconic playable characters, pre-order skins look like they are placeholders and it looks like shit. OH COOL.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Actvision might be huge because of CoD and Blizzard but beyond that they fucking suck in quality and in business.

 

[fernoca]

Pre-order costumes look like placeholders

The ones in the OP are based on Emma Frost:

 

[Dali]

Pre-order costumes

You sure that's aren't WIP assets.

 

[Parallax Scroll]

lulz, it's like that Quake 1 total conversion where all you did was shoot guns at wolverine and cyclops.

 

[Shiggy]

Theyve worked with the gamecube before, it should be fine.

They've ported the SK tools, so it's entirely different.

 

[Owzers]

This game will be a great rental that i can come on gaf to call horrible. Does anyone have any positive expectations for this game? If it's even remotely good i will be pleasantly surprised.

 

[EYEL1NER]

I've followed this and tried to get hyped for it, but as far as I can tell, the only thing related to it that I like is Jamie Chung.

Is there not going to be a demo for this game? If one comes out soon, I'll try it and make a decision then. If not, I'll pick it up for $15-$20 in a couple months.

 

[Xater]

This game will be a great rental that i can come on gaf to call horrible. Does anyone have any positive expectations for this game? If it's even remotely good i will be pleasantly surprised.

It looks terrible, is developed by SK and Activision is sending it out to die. I expected it to majorly suck.

 

[PSGames]

15 minutes of gameplay from Comic-Con:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8S-7oEgQtg

Hmmmm this looks pretty damn good. May have to check this out.

 

[LiK]

i love that the OP posted DS version first, lol

 

[Ridley327]

I've followed this and tried to get hyped for it, but as far as I can tell, the only thing related to it that I like is Jamie Chung.

Is there not going to be a demo for this game? If one comes out soon, I'll try it and make a decision then. If not, I'll pick it up for $15-$20 in a couple months.

Given the virtual stealth release, the chances of a demo showing up before release are incredibly unlikely.

 

[EYEL1NER]

Given the virtual stealth release, the chances of a demo showing up before release are incredibly unlikely.

I kinda figured that.

 

[Shiggy]

Few DS titles receive an in-store or Nintendo Channel demo these days, so it's really doubtful that we'll get one. I think there was only one game in Europe which received a demo on a game card...that was Rhythm Paradise.

For the other versions, SK hates demos since Too Human.

 

[cacildo]

15 minutes of gameplay from Comic-Con:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8S-7oEgQtg
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/54295/x-men-destiny-comic-con-2011-gameplay-preview/

I have the feeling this started out as a generic action game and then somebody decided to put the x-men brand on it.

 

[Kusagari]

Given the virtual stealth release, the chances of a demo showing up before release are incredibly unlikely.

After Silicon Knights last demo, that's probably the correct move.

 

[Shiggy]

I have the feeling this started out as a generic action game and then somebody decided to put the x-men brand on it.

You are right.

 

[Rodney McKay]

Given the virtual stealth release, the chances of a demo showing up before release are incredibly unlikely.

When they showed off Too Human they got crap since everyone thought it looked pretty bad. (which it kinda was, lol).

Instead of learning to NOT make bad games, they seem to have instead learned not to show off their games early anymore.

 

[SykoTech]

Pretty big X-Men fan, so I'll probably give it a playthrough after it bombs. Ashame that there doesn't seem to be a demo coming.

 

[Beth Cyra]

Pretty big X-Men fan, so I'll probably give it a playthrough after it bombs. Ashame that there doesn't seem to be a demo coming.

See this is what makes me think it looks real bad.

Dear lord the Col and Wolvy look like shit.

Still when it hits 10 dollars I will probably grab it as well.

 

[Salsa]

The new Deadly Premonition

i demand a GiantBomb endurance run of this

 

[inky]

The new Deadly Premonition

Nah, this game lacks any kind of personality whatsoever, at least give DP that. This is just a less than mediocre attempt of a g̶a̶m̶e̶ thing.

This thread also lacks the very much expected "against" jokes ;P

 

[ThoughtsOfSpeaking]

whats so different about this?

Just that they are trying to throw some new characters in the mix instead of fan service. It doesn't look that great a game, but I'm a meele game junkie and it looks worth a punt.

 

[Shiggy]

In this an action-adventure role-playing game, based on characters from the X-Men universe, players assume the role of mutants caught up in a political struggle against humans. Players punch and kick both human and mutant enemies in frequent melee-style combat, often using mutant abilities (e.g., shockwaves, colorful projectiles, augmented limbs) to knock opponents to the ground; some battle moves are highlighted with slow-motion effects. A handful of scenes depict other instances of violence: an incapacitated mutant getting beaten with an electrical baton; a man getting hurled through a window. Some female characters are depicted in form-fitting outfits that reveal moderate amounts of cleavage, and one cutscene includes some mild innuendo (e.g., “Then I'll pick out some girls for you freaks.”/“Hey, find me a chick with super flexibility!”). The words “hell,” “damn,” and “a*s” can be heard in the dialogue.

Alright.

 

[Chairhome]

I didn't realize this was coming out so soon. Don't know why it gets so much hate, though it does look kinda generic. I'm actually kind of interested in it, though I may wait till a super price drop. Which, honestly, will probably happen before the end of the year.

 

[Lostconfused]

I kind of have a morbid curiosity to find out what this game is like. Just might end up buying a copy.

 

[Square Triangle]

Hahaha, great OT man.

I doubt I'll buy it but definitely interested. I hated Too Humans dual analog controls.

 

[Hulud]

I doubt SK has any real passion for X-Men. They are only developing this to fund Too Human 2. Uninformed parents/grandparents will buy this game up for their kids the holiday I bet.

 

[Chairhome]

I doubt SK has any real passion for X-Men. They are only developing this to fund Too Human 2. Uninformed parents/grandparents will buy this game up for their kids the holiday I bet.

This is just like Game Dev Story! Make crappy sequel to fund your next project. SO TRUE!!!!

 

[NotebookJ2]

Y'know, I was kinda interested in this game, even though I knew that at best it was going to be worth an average rental. A shame they canceled the console versions though.

 

[TheApatheticOne]

It looks interesting enough for me, I dig some of the stuff Ive seen actually. I placed an order when Amazon dropped the pre-orders to $44.99 w/RDD and a $10 dollar credit.

 

[SykoTech]

Y'know, I was kinda interested in this game, even though I knew that at best it was going to be worth an average rental. A shame they canceled the console versions though.

Heh.

 

[Sho_Nuff82]

The Havok costume looks pretty good, but did anyone tell these clowns that Juggernaut's powers are magical?

 

[codhand]

They are only developing this to fund Too Human 2.

No, they are finishing this because the Canadian Gov't paid them to.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/07/15/silicon-knights-receives-canadian-gov-grant-to-hire-80-self-pu/