Gestalt on 18/9/2007 at 15:01
Not using the name System Shock gives them a lot more leeway in regards to art direction, theme, and game mechanics. It also means they won't have to put up with shrill diatribes about ruining the System Shock franchise, which they'd probably get regardless of whether the game was any good.
SubJeff on 18/9/2007 at 16:17
If people think it has anything to do with System Shock it will be viewed through a Shock tinted microscope, just like BioShock has. Someone may as well just get on and make a SS3 and be done with it.
catbarf on 22/9/2007 at 00:14
Just an FYI, this is nowhere like System Shock. It's 3rd-person, for one thing. It also focuses more on melee than ranged weapons- you're an engineer, not a soldier. They even compared it to SS2- they wanted something less of an RPG and more survival horror.
Looks pretty cool to me. Event Horizon was the shit.
The_Raven on 22/9/2007 at 17:53
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redrain85 on 22/9/2007 at 20:20
There was another Shock "rip-off" game announced shortly after Bioshock received all sorts of rave reviews at E3, and I can't for the life of me remember what it is right now. I think its premise was that aliens were attacking the spacecraft you were on, and that you as the protaganist had to make a choice: as to whether or not you wanted to replace enough parts of your body to turn you almost completely into a machine, in order to defend against them. It was billed as an FPS/RPG hybrid.
Anyone remember the name of this game and who is developing it?
catbarf on 22/9/2007 at 20:48
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Whoops, yeah, spelled it wrong. And I liked that movie. Not the best, but a hell of a lot better than the crap Hollywood churns out nowadays.
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There was another Shock "rip-off" game announced shortly after Bioshock received all sorts of rave reviews at E3, and I can't for the life of me remember what it is right now. I think its premise was that aliens were attacking the spacecraft you were on, and that you as the protaganist had to make a choice: as to whether or not you wanted to replace enough parts of your body to turn you almost completely into a machine, in order to defend against them. It was billed as an FPS/RPG hybrid.
Anyone remember the name of this game and who is developing it?
I vaguely remember something like that, but I can't for the life of me remember which game it was.
Kuuso on 22/9/2007 at 21:00
Quote Posted by redrain85
There was another Shock "rip-off" game announced shortly after Bioshock received all sorts of rave reviews at E3, and I can't for the life of me remember what it is right now. I think its premise was that aliens were attacking the spacecraft you were on, and that you as the protaganist had to make a choice: as to whether or not you wanted to replace enough parts of your body to turn you almost completely into a machine, in order to defend against them. It was billed as an FPS/RPG hybrid.
Anyone remember the name of this game and who is developing it?
I think it has a thread in this section. Can't remember the name.
The_Raven on 22/9/2007 at 22:00
Sounds like Space Siege, by Gas Powered Games. No, it isn't a FPS/RPG; it's closer to Dungeon Siege.
EDIT: Actually, catbarf, you could look at Event Horizon as one of the possible reasons for the degradation of the sci-fi horror genre. It was directed by Paul W.S. Anderson, whom many consider to be a hack. He went on to make other "landmark" sci-fi horror movies as Resident Evil and Alien versus Predator. Outside of sci-fi horror, he did Mortal Kombat and Soldier. I can't really say I like his movies; some of them are passable, though.
june gloom on 22/9/2007 at 23:43
see i disagree with you there raven. i think event horizon was paul anderson's one good movie, the one he got lucky with. everything else is utter shite (though AvP is nowhere near as bad as alien resurrection. that movie is an ABORTION)
catbarf on 23/9/2007 at 00:28
Ding! Dethtoll gets twenty points.
