Posts by blackdog

Gameplay teaser

Remedy got me scared this morning as I woke up to a stream of tweets mentioning this game and sounded like was PS4 exclusive, which is not the case: coming to PC, Xbox and PS4 in 2019.

The game has some crazy environments and subject to incredible powers... but I must say after the underwhelming Quantum Break it's not creating as much hype as I would want for me. Doesn't help it also looks a lot like QB, at least in regard to special effects and way the character move.

In that shot where they pull the camera up from the pistol I was like: "wait, is that Lauren Cohan?" but then read some comments and people pointing out she seems to be the same actress impersonating Beth Wilder in Quantum Break, so there's a speculation this could be a spin-off.

There will be more info tomorrow

No dog around* tho/yet, so that could be another game (I think they said they are working at multiple projects, they also changed offices again in an even bigger space)

* for those wondering what I mean

Ziggurat is free right now on GOG, just on the main page, login and redeem.

https://www.gog.com/

Sooo... it's definitely a Sinister Six story!

It's more and more clear it's a "Batman Arkham clone", if we can say that, but I think it's perfectly leveraging the peculiar Spiderman's skills and powers, so bring it on! Shame is exclusive

Quote from jakuza

3 hours ago, jakuza said: Felt like this one did not generate a lot of buzz at all. One of Avalanche's three titles this year, I guess they're going for a shotgun strategy of market appeal

I'm a little iffy, it seems to draw a lot from Simon Stalenhag work based on this trailer alone.

Yeah it popped up on my YT and I wasn't sure if to post or not, having not seen it in the presentations I've checked until now. I think the "problem" of lack of buzz this is that it's very understated. It's not over the top, and is not long enough and presented in a way that creates the mystery and interest a Death Stranding builds. Also not sure if announcing so many game from one dev is positive, as I kind of expect average gamers to be like "oh another game from Avalanche?".

I too felt this is straight out of Stalenhag's material, but I haven't seen it mentioned or referenced, so I was a bit "annoyed" considering the recent talks about movie license on his book(s)... I would really want him to get the credit he deserves for the influence he's having with a lot of creative people.

I guess I was bummed out not see a "based on the book by" kind of line, and he's Swedish as well so you kind of expect the collab to happen.

Some more details in this brief interview

I don't want to watch since I haven't played the first game but here it is

Drukmann talking a bit about the game as well

They've released a gameplay trailer

@FMPONE or other admins, should we split my posts about Hitman 2 on a separate topic since it's a game apart, not a "season 2"?

I like the idea, I've grown up reading the Greek myths (my uncle nicknamed me Ulysses), but it's still so much the usual AC. It's beautiful but I dunno, at the same time feels generic... I mean the games Ubi presented look pretty much the same, involving the same mechanics. And above all an over-invasive GUI.

I still feel like that if I was to play an AC today, I would rather pick up Black Flag.

I think what I'm most amazed is what must be the amount of shared tech Ubi has.

Quote from Steppenwolf

19 hours ago, Steppenwolf said: If it's like Fallout 3/4 singleplayer but with other players in the game world i will be more interested.

It sounds like that but like Skybex pointed out, they might be vague on purpose.

I would speculate that if you play solo you will encounter settlements built by other players but there will be NPCs there giving quests/fighting you*.

* Which would be the TLDR description of the basic system of the survival game I would like to build one day

Quote from nikkoship

2 hours ago, nikkoship said: I am ready to go to this world. It's easy to dismiss this game as pretentious but I think it's really important we have studios as big as Kojipro dedicating resources to such a strange, cool and different project.

This game has been weirdly inspiring and refreshing to me. No mechanics/system fetishisizing or exhausting feature breakdowns, just a quiet and mysterious trailer about a man walking around a strange and beautiful world. I think we could use more of this type of thing, especially in the AAA space.

I'm not sure how "different" it is, it suggest it's pretty much repeating what the've done in MGS. Plus adding stuff that is in vogue in the last couple years, I wonder if what is mentioned about "you will be reborn but the area will be a crater" (which recalls to the first video ever of the game) means the game is a roguelike or the game will fail as traditional.

I do totally agree that without the feature breakdown it creates much more mystery and interest in what the game will be. Presentation is on another level here, this is something that definitely feels mature, when you compare to a video from the latests Assassin's Creed where you are forced to facepalm at the over-invasive GUI. I was reflecting that this time round they haven't shown Mads at all, so his character is still unclear in his participation.

I do imagine there will be combat, he pulls up a rifle when on the cliff. Also these spirits/aliens are totally different from the soldiers shown controlled by Mads' character (although it seems they have a sort umbilical cord, just like the soldiers were connected to Mads).

Interesting finding on the new season: they are switching to a behind the shoulder camera in place of classic fixed angles, that's unexpected! Also unscripted combat, sort of.

Guys, no video, no party! I'm adding the edited conferences in one play list as they become available.

Trying to make one with trailers alone.

Full unveil: showing off some driving, fps combat and how a mission can look like.

These sudden "in the interest of time" cuts were a bit disorienting, it felt a bit like BF5, luckily not so seizure prone.

Confirmed: the game comes out all missions at once this time. Special missions and targets will return.

Take one moment today to appreciate that Fox News finally got one right! ?

Quote from MadsenFK

3 hours ago, MadsenFK said: and the trailer wasn't ass this time

just a little less messy than the other, which is better. But they've done better.

I think IOI should improve their communication/advertising of the game.

It is now on pre-sale on Steam and on there, there are no details on what the different editions entail. There's a screenshot that mentions "expansions" and that's it. No better on their website, there's a table with the different features available to different editions, but is not explained further. I mean: what are these expansions? Is this game coming with all missions available at once? Because of the success with World of Assassination, I was expecting the sequel to continue on the same way... seeing this makes me think otherwise, and they went back to the traditional model game+DLC.

https://hitman.com/purchase

@Sentura you still work there and can clarify maybe?

2K is advertising on Linkedin that lots of jobs have been posted, in particular in UK (Brighton) where a new studio has been established. There are also jobs in Czech Rep.

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/ur…797829103091712

Here are the actual jobs

https://chp.tbe.taleo.net/chp04/ats/careers/v2/searchResults?org=GAMES2K&cws=61&act=sort&sortColumn=1&sortOrder=A

I stumbled on the page of the company/organisation that manages the DICE summit. Turns out they have a podcast where they talk with developers about a number of aspects of the game dev biz. I haven't listened to any yet but they have a page with the podcasts

http://www.interactive.org/Interviews/the…rs_notebook.asp

and a YT channel with a playlist, if that's more convenient -- but i looks like the YT playlist is not as up to date as the other page, as it's missing the latest entry from two days ago