Showing posts with label GC 2009. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GC 2009. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
GC 09: Just Cause 2
This new trailer from GC made me interested in the game, simply because of the possibilities. This one part where the guy hooks the helicopter to the car and carries it before letting it go into a gas station is priceless. All the while, the narrative highlights the beautiful landscapes in the game, and it got me thinking, how can I cause chaos here? haha. I will be checking out this demo, but the amount of chaos and destruction got me more interested in this game than the other trailers did.
The game looks like brainless fun, which I could use, but it depends when in 2010 will it arrive considering the many other games delayed to 2010 are being released.
GC 09: Alan Wake Commentary Trailer
For those of you who were confused by the E3 demo of Alan Wake, you are not alone. I sat there wondering "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON." I understood some things like how the light effected the ghosts but thats about it. This new trailer with commentary by Sam Lake gives us a much better understanding of what is going on in the world of Alan Wake. How the story will unfold, and how the gameplay is implemented. It also introduces a few supporting characters that I'm pretty sure we haven't seen from before. After the E3 demo I wasn't really all that interested in the game and thought that it was a far cry from what I thought it would be. I think this new trailer gives me some hope back though. Check it out!
GC 09: Dreamkiller Trailer Impressions
Dreamkiller is an upcoming first person shooter from developer Aspyr being released on the 360 and the PC. The game is about a girl who enters horrific nightmarish worlds in her sleep, and has to fight off demons and other evil creatures. A trailer was shown recently at GC 2009, let's take a look:
Now, this is the first time I've seen the game, and I must admit that the concept seems pretty interesting. Hell, even the first part of the trailer seemed very appropriately dark and twisted, with some slight hints at Alice in Wonderland, and the artwork was very nice as well. Everything seemed great, right up until the end of the trailer, where we get a brief glimpse of some gameplay.
The gameplay looks like somebody took a cheesy horror movie and tried to re-make it as an Unreal Tournament mod! Okay, maybe that's being a little overly harsh, but the gameplay does not look interesting at all. It looks like your basic shooter like Quake III or Painkiller. I'm not sure you can make a game like that nowadays and still get away with it! The First-Person genre has evolved into so much more than just shooting. Games like F.E.A.R. and Condemned have done first-person horror the right way, and games like Bioshock and Deus Ex have also delved into the world of atmospheric First-Person games.
I feel like the developers weren't even going for anything like that, and just wanted to make another standard shooter with horror elements. I've got some news for you guys, Doom came out in 1993! It's been done, and from what I've seen of this game, it's been done better!
Maybe it's a bit early to judge, since this is the first time I've seen the game, but my first impression is most definitely not a good one. What do you guys think?
Now, this is the first time I've seen the game, and I must admit that the concept seems pretty interesting. Hell, even the first part of the trailer seemed very appropriately dark and twisted, with some slight hints at Alice in Wonderland, and the artwork was very nice as well. Everything seemed great, right up until the end of the trailer, where we get a brief glimpse of some gameplay.
The gameplay looks like somebody took a cheesy horror movie and tried to re-make it as an Unreal Tournament mod! Okay, maybe that's being a little overly harsh, but the gameplay does not look interesting at all. It looks like your basic shooter like Quake III or Painkiller. I'm not sure you can make a game like that nowadays and still get away with it! The First-Person genre has evolved into so much more than just shooting. Games like F.E.A.R. and Condemned have done first-person horror the right way, and games like Bioshock and Deus Ex have also delved into the world of atmospheric First-Person games.
I feel like the developers weren't even going for anything like that, and just wanted to make another standard shooter with horror elements. I've got some news for you guys, Doom came out in 1993! It's been done, and from what I've seen of this game, it's been done better!
Maybe it's a bit early to judge, since this is the first time I've seen the game, but my first impression is most definitely not a good one. What do you guys think?
GC 09: Heavy Rain Trailer Impressions
Heavy Rain has recently released a new trailer at GC 2009, you guys can check it out below:
Heavy Rain seems to be looking better and better every time I see it, and the last time we saw the game, at E3, it looked incredibly innovative. Is it just me, though, or do the graphics look even a little more crisp than they did then?
Either way, in the trailer, they reveal a new character that hasn't been shown before. Now, my first thought was that this was one of the four main characters the developer has talked about. However, after getting deeper into the trailer, I'm starting to think that maybe this guy is the killer? He's running from the police, saying how far he'll go for love, looking at the origami killer headlines on the newspaper in disgust... It all seems to make him look like the killer.
If that's so, and he IS the killer, I'm a little confused as to why they're showing his face this early, and then it hit me. What if one of the four main characters WAS the killer?! This would be ingenious! You could view the story from multiple character's perspectives, it would make a deep contrast between the characters, and possibly blur the line between right and wrong. Not only that, but it would definitely give the story even more depth than what people are already expecting.
Look for Heavy Rain when it's released for the PS3, Early 2010.
Heavy Rain seems to be looking better and better every time I see it, and the last time we saw the game, at E3, it looked incredibly innovative. Is it just me, though, or do the graphics look even a little more crisp than they did then?
Either way, in the trailer, they reveal a new character that hasn't been shown before. Now, my first thought was that this was one of the four main characters the developer has talked about. However, after getting deeper into the trailer, I'm starting to think that maybe this guy is the killer? He's running from the police, saying how far he'll go for love, looking at the origami killer headlines on the newspaper in disgust... It all seems to make him look like the killer.
If that's so, and he IS the killer, I'm a little confused as to why they're showing his face this early, and then it hit me. What if one of the four main characters WAS the killer?! This would be ingenious! You could view the story from multiple character's perspectives, it would make a deep contrast between the characters, and possibly blur the line between right and wrong. Not only that, but it would definitely give the story even more depth than what people are already expecting.
Look for Heavy Rain when it's released for the PS3, Early 2010.
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
GC 09: PS3 Slim Announced!
Today at Games Convention 2009 in Germany. Sony Announced the PS3 and that it will be available the first week of September this year.
Interesting Facts:
120 gb harddrive
32% smaller
36% lighter
34% less power consumption
Price: 299.99
Aside from the fact that I think it looks pretty ugly. It seems to be a really good deal if you haven't gotten a PS3 yet. This could be the fall they turn it around, we'll have to wait and see.
Interesting Facts:
120 gb harddrive
32% smaller
36% lighter
34% less power consumption
Price: 299.99
Aside from the fact that I think it looks pretty ugly. It seems to be a really good deal if you haven't gotten a PS3 yet. This could be the fall they turn it around, we'll have to wait and see.
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