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Monster Lab (Wii) new IP from Eidos
- Thread starter Endless
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Endless said:
Wow that monster on the left is scary. I have never been so scared by a pair of ears in my life.
Visualante
Member
Shut up, Psychonauts had a similar art style and that was awesome.yilmazz said:But it has shitty art in the background.
Thread fails without screens to ridicule.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Prediction: Monster Rancher with funky Lucasarts adventure game-style graphics.
Action RPG, using Wifi from backbone.
- They describe it as pokemon RPG gameplay with a Tim Burton artstyle.
- Uses wiimote (only?)
- 150 "types" of monsters, more then 100 million variations possible
- You can create/modify your own monsters
- Mechanical/biological/chemical monsters, each with their own strengths
- online battles and trading
- contains minigames (ahoy!)
- you can lose limbs/parts of your monster in battle
- monsters are built using "recipes" that you have to find/get. You will also need to find the right parts/ingrediënts to create the recipe/building plan
- dark cartoony artstyle
- June 2008 as current target date.
- They describe it as pokemon RPG gameplay with a Tim Burton artstyle.
- Uses wiimote (only?)
- 150 "types" of monsters, more then 100 million variations possible
- You can create/modify your own monsters
- Mechanical/biological/chemical monsters, each with their own strengths
- online battles and trading
- contains minigames (ahoy!)
- you can lose limbs/parts of your monster in battle
- monsters are built using "recipes" that you have to find/get. You will also need to find the right parts/ingrediënts to create the recipe/building plan
- dark cartoony artstyle
- June 2008 as current target date.
Mr. Pointy
Member
Well, I was partly right.E-phonk said:
Jive Turkey
Unconfirmed Member
I swear the art could have been done by Van Gogh and there'd be at least one retard here screaming "bad art!".yilmazz said:But it has shitty art in the background.
PuppetSlave
Member
So you build little monsters and can get them to fight your friends monsters? Not for me but could be a cool game I guess.
PuppetSlave said:
yep, thats right. you can even fight online with your monsters, afair. a friend of mine has taken notes of the presantation, so either one of the big sites break the information, or i can give it to you in about 8 hours or so.
the combat is one on one round based like in some of the rpgs, not real time. you can decide which part of the body to attack and what kind of attack to use the more you attack the right arm, the more it gets damage and may fall off. eidos told us that its even possible that only your head is left over and still continues to fight.
about the 150 parts thing: i cant remember if it was 150 parts per section, so 150 hands, arms, feet, heads etc. or in total.
and the graphics look surprisingly good.
edit: seems that e-phonk has the rest of the information
Conrad Link
Member
Jive Turkey said:
Sharp knees!
-WindYoshi-
Banned
It's nice to see a western developer create a new IP on Wii.
Cosmonaut X
Member
E-phonk said:
I'd add to that:
-- Developed by Backbone Entertainment (Death Jr)
-- Writing by comic writer, Adam Beechen
-- Make designs using the Wiimote to attach to your monsters
-- Play as one of three mad scientists: Professor Fuesless, mechanical expert; Dr Sandabar, biology specialist, or; Dr Tchesombra, chemistry expert
-- Wi-Fi compatible - show your monsters online and make them battle, or just trade pieces or monsters.
-- Battle system deeper than Pokemon but not as complex as other RPGs. You can destroy monsters piece by piece
Lobster said:
well that and effects and polygon wise its good. i hope blim did a video on this one
Ramenman said:
yeah. others only did see a video presantation, cause they had some code problems till late thursday. thats where a new wii dev kit with the code came in from vancouver (?) and our appointment was. the guy on the left in the picture had a pretty scary voice, but thats because he was hoarse
i was kinda scared at the beginning so, they showed actual gameplay. they showed the labs and the frankenstein like lightning scene where the monster comes to life. in the level shown you met the mayor of the "city" it takes place and you had to fight one of his monsters or something like that. there was only one way to go, along a narrow stone path, where you met his monsters. no random encounters but also no possibilty to pass by. when they fought, after a couple of rounds, the game froze
Thunder Monkey
Banned
It sounds like it could be a good fit too.-WindYoshi- said:
I've got some hopes for this one.
Visualante
Member
Sounds like a really solid kid's title.
Thunder Monkey
Banned
Visualante said:
AshStrife said:
Within the first page too.
The first just unnecessary, and the second sadly might be true.
CubeRevolution
Member
This is one of the Eidos game i have mentioned many times before.
Monster Lab is not the Eidos from Io-Interactive. This game is more like a Adventure game.
Wait for Wii-support from Eidos - they have really great games (new IPs) in development.
Monster Lab is not the Eidos from Io-Interactive. This game is more like a Adventure game.
-WindYoshi-
Banned
As long as it somehow leads to the creation of Freedom Fighters 2, i'm happy.AshStrife said:
ratcliffja
Member
That looks very, very nice. I'm interested.
-WindYoshi-
Banned
They picked a good day to unveil it... Wii owners are happy today because it's a day of reviews and a possible pick up of MP3. A sensory overload of awesomeness and a perfect time to inject others things into the field of interest.
(given that they are worthwhile, which this seems to be)
(given that they are worthwhile, which this seems to be)
