Scots Taffer on 11/7/2009 at 03:42
I'm actually not terribly bothered about them removing sandbox elements as I do feel that it can hamstring narrative, but at the same time after such a long time waiting I can barely muster up much excitement for this one at all - especially considering as the PC version is in doubt.
Taffer36 on 11/7/2009 at 05:17
Never really understood the draw of this one.
Saw the footage, still don't.
TJKeranen on 11/7/2009 at 09:03
Having yet another shooter is not that interesting, but I'm willing to give it a chance just to see, how that form of narrative will work in a game after the initial "huh, silly" reaction.
I have enough sandbox games already.
Myagi on 11/7/2009 at 14:17
well fuck. This was one of the very few games I was looking forward too, and I don't even really like third person, and now they go and remove open world and question the PC version...
Garrettwannabe on 11/7/2009 at 17:39
I too was looking forward to this one - but have to admit when they FINALLY showed the demo at E3 this last year didn't like the following things in it & just some thoughts I had on this news;
* the goofy over the shoulder camera angles (looked kinda Grand theft Auto to me) which I really would have not have liked from day 1 and IMO, would take away from the beauty of the level design in FP,
* the weapons and flares that somehow shoot fire to kill zombies (if I understood these correctly from the demo),
* could be wrong on my part here (from just seeing the demo) - but could be more Left For Dead type gameplay than a regular adventure shooter with great storyline (which may still be in there).
* Maybe my expectations were too high for the 5 years or so we followed it - but didn't seem all that awesome to me.
* I understand they may head off a lot of PC support issues/headaches by just developing it for the one XBOX platform - but as us Thief fans in here can testify to - releasing on PC will usually lengthen the interest in a game and/or fill the gaps (by Mods, new Level Design Maps, and ect) between the next release of the game.
* I would guess they're making it on PC's - so not sure why a PC release would be a big deal anyway...lol
IMO, it's been mostly PC gamers who kept this thing alive when Remedy said pretty much nothing for years & then they say no PC version? Thx guys - guess we'll learn not to support your projects in the future...:rolleyes:
EDIT: Would guess our long time TTLG friend Mokkis (maker of the Circle of Strain # 1,2,and 3 FMs) is still involved on this project - so would love to hear his take on it, but would also guess that he couldn't say anything even if he wanted to - which we would totally understand Mr Mokkis...:)
june gloom on 11/7/2009 at 18:35
I'll probably still play this. I just never understood the hype.
Sulphur on 11/7/2009 at 18:48
I was hyped about it purely due to the graphics. That was pretty much all we had to go on until recently anyway.
Remember that first announcement trailer? Golden shafts of light spearing the air as the sun goes down on a valley, a road winding through heavily wooded forest, dynamic shadows shifting on the porch of a house as rainclouds swell and gather in the distance... it looked fucking gorgeous.
But that was four fucking years ago. We've had Crysis and Stalker and Far Cry 2 since then. Talk about dropping the goddamn ball.
242 on 11/7/2009 at 19:13
Since thriller is my favourite genre and names like Twin Peaks, Farenheit, or Silent Hill 2 means a lot to me, I'm still pretty interested (if it comes to PC that is), but open world could be very innovative and extremely cool in a game of such genre :(
gunsmoke on 11/7/2009 at 21:17
Quote Posted by Sulphur
I was hyped about it purely due to the graphics. That was pretty much all we had to go on until recently anyway.
Remember that first announcement trailer? Golden shafts of light spearing the air as the sun goes down on a valley, a road winding through heavily wooded forest, dynamic shadows shifting on the porch of a house as rainclouds swell and gather in the distance... it looked fucking
gorgeous.
But that was four fucking years ago. We've had Crysis and Stalker and Far Cry 2 since then. Talk about dropping the goddamn ball.
Took the words right outta my mouth, Sulph. I was all like 'WOW DirectX 10 fuck yeah'. Hell, Direct X 11 will be out by the time this ships. Dropped the ball, indeed.
Oh, and since no PC version, the direct X 10 isn't even going to be utilized, correct? Since the Xbox has a, what, modified DX 9 environment, right?
