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Monster Lab (Wii) new IP from Eidos
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JohnTinker
Limbaugh Parrot
Yeah I should probably read a bit closerLinkhero1 said:
Phife Dawg
Member
This looks and sounds really interesting.
The rim lighting really fits the art style.
The rim lighting really fits the art style.
Flakster99
Member
Like most, I'm digging the art style.
I'm hoping this is the first of many such titles, as per the updated op, this game is being treated to an 18month+ dev cycle, and looks like this (Pretty good, especially as it has nearly a year left for development), it's a game style that will suit the Wii, and has big potential, I fully expect many more 3rd party games like this to be announced in the next 12 months, proper projects that got green lighted when Wii skyrocketed, ones with proper dev cycles(18 months to 2 years), and with proper budgets, 2008/9 will see an explosion in quality for Wii games, and I hope to see more western medium sized devs to commit to Wii.
AceBandage
Banned
And Edios comes out of left field.
I'd forgotten about them.
I'd forgotten about them.
rikitikitik
Member
More than a year ain't pretty quick now, is it?gimz said:
Mr. Pointy
Member
Looks quite cool. Backbone haven't had a magnificent track record though.
ParticleReality
Banned
turk128 said:
Haven't they already started development on that?
PuppetSlave
Member
Scrubking said:
Oh you laugh now but just wait until the real Deus Ex 2
port
CrushDance
Banned
*GROAN*felipeko said:
Anyway I really like the look of the game. Seems like a "bioshock" style look, really nice. This is really nice, hopefully the game is interesting enough with a decent story to flesh it out.
Pokeylongo
Member
Wow! A Wii third party game that doesn't get Accomlish'd.
Looks really good so far.
Looks really good so far.
There are new videos out, and it seems to play like crap.
- Turn based (really akward)
- Stupid, long mini games. probably required to do.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/31130.html
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/31110.html
- Turn based (really akward)
- Stupid, long mini games. probably required to do.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/31130.html
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/31110.html
It doesn't look awkward, just really really slow. I can already see a load of faults with the game that are probably more due to stupid decisions, and I hope they fix them up, but it doesn't look that bad right now, I think. Graphically I'm actually pretty impressed.
EDIT: "The one in the middle begging... tough luck." :lol
EDIT: "The one in the middle begging... tough luck." :lol
Here is another video from gamespot coverage of GDC.
If I recall correctly you can select various parts of your robot, and depending on which part you select a range of attacks/movements are available and each one of these attacks targets specific parts of the enemy. So you can aim by selecting the apropriate part and attack.
nightside said:
If I recall correctly you can select various parts of your robot, and depending on which part you select a range of attacks/movements are available and each one of these attacks targets specific parts of the enemy. So you can aim by selecting the apropriate part and attack.
Phife Dawg
Member
Luking gud. I like the turn-based combat actually. Indifferent about the mini-games as of now.
He said that you could aim at different parts of the monsters at one time in the video. Also one attack seperated the head of the other monster.nightside said:
Toy Soldier
Member
This looks awesome, honestly.
It looks like it sets out to accomplish a lot (fun minigames, tons of customization, a battle system that requires you to really think about the best strategy for taking out your opponent), and so far, it appears to really nail that. The graphical style is quite impressive, too.
Consider me pumped.
It looks like it sets out to accomplish a lot (fun minigames, tons of customization, a battle system that requires you to really think about the best strategy for taking out your opponent), and so far, it appears to really nail that. The graphical style is quite impressive, too.
Consider me pumped.
Cosmonaut X
Member
Looks promising, but the minigames seem like they're padding for the construction mode & the loading times are obnoxious.
Toy Soldier
Member
I don't mind minigames as long as there's an incentive to do well, rather than it just feeling like filler...and in this game, it seems there are legitimate incentives behind doing well (like in the welding game), so that's really cool.
This is a pretty obvious observation, but it seems to have a very Pokemon-esque feel (the rock-paper-scissors elements in battle, the collecting, the customization, etc). I love that.
This is a pretty obvious observation, but it seems to have a very Pokemon-esque feel (the rock-paper-scissors elements in battle, the collecting, the customization, etc). I love that.
Jme
Member
My anticipation for this game has dropped a bit. It seems a little too confined for what I was expecting. I like the idea and the art style but it just seems like it could be fleshed out with a little more free-roaming... I was thinking the overwold would work more like in Pokemon games, instead it looks more like a board game.
handofg0d said:
Having watched the Gamespot video, this is a lot like how I feel. It looks pretty fun, and I like the way you can choose the body parts to do attacks and whatnot, but that there's only 6 areas and the look really confined is worrying (what's the point in seeing enemies on-screen if it looks damn near impossible to not run into them?). I hope it's more expanded than it seems to be right now, but I'm a bit apprehensive.
I wouldn't mind a new Robotrek one of these days