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First pre-mission teaser video from Fuse (formerly Overstrike) by Insomniac Games
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Polishin8r
Member
This sums up my feeling of the switch to realistic from cel-shade Incredible like art style:
why all the hate???wtf wait till you actual see any gameplay
Funny how people always have to compare games to COD, Gears or Killzone. Battlefield and Ghost Recon don't get brought nearly as much, even though Fuse is just as likely to have similarities to those games.
But really the question is, why even try to compare it to ANYTHING at this point? Just cynical gamers being cynical.
OldJadedGamer
Banned
EA forces them to do focus groups and can strongly advise to change the game based on those groups.
I like you, cakefoo
Waiting for some real substance before I start professing how awful a game is because If stylistic choices.
Doug Heffernan
Member
Ya know...
Resistance has dull, generic serious characters too,
so this doesn't surprise me.
But man, what a downgrade from the reveal.
Resistance has dull, generic serious characters too,
so this doesn't surprise me.
But man, what a downgrade from the reveal.
They haven't left Sony, they were never a part of Sony, simply a very close third party developer, which they continue to be. They are still making games for them (Ratchet and Clank Full Frontal Assault) they have expanded lot over the years and have 2 studios and at least 4 teams. They are simply expanding and diversifying so that they are better prepared and more flexible for the future, with the Fb game Outernauts and this 360/PS3 game Fuse.
They have a long and excellent relationship with Sony that I'm sure will continue. I should imagine that they are already making something for Sony on the PS4.
OldJadedGamer
Banned
Or the beginning
Metalmurphy
Member
IIRC the way they talked about it when they announced their plans, it sounds like they won't be making a lot of future projects with Sony
I have a feeling Full Frontal Assault is a result of Overstrike/Fuse development taking longer than expected
Femmeworth
Banned
Characters are a total downgrade.
akachan ningen
Member
that mission briefing looks and sounds exactly like the ones in COD.
Callibretto
Member
not happy with the changes, even if the tone of the final game turn out to still be light hearted and fun etc, the old artstyle would fit much better than the new one, so even if the 'fun' is still there, I can't help thinking that it could have been way better...
also, now all character armor is more similar to each other, I like the more casual attire they have in the old one. sinclair is my favorite design from Overstrike and now she looks like generic female model from skyrim/mass effect or something.
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also, now all character armor is more similar to each other, I like the more casual attire they have in the old one. sinclair is my favorite design from Overstrike and now she looks like generic female model from skyrim/mass effect or something.
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Combichristoffersen
Combovers don't work when there is no hair
Not sure what to think of this, to be honest. The redesigned characters don't look all that different, they just look.. more serious, so to say. And in a world where pretty much every FPS protagonist is a srs bsns dude, yet another serious character isn't particularly interesting. The mission briefing was fairly dry and uninteresting too. Still, I'm interested in seeing what this game will look and play like before passing judgment.
Magic Mushroom
Member
Will this be the Game Informer reveal?
I think I saw it ages ago, do you have a link to the 'talking about plans' you are referring to?
Fuse/Overstrike was originally scheduled to be out this year but they choose to go back and make some rather large changes I believe, hence the delay. I think FFA is just their NC studio becoming the 'R&C studio', making another game on a time limit and budget to help celebrate the 10th Anniversary.
I think it all very much depends on how Outernauts and Fuse/Overstrike do. No way they are cutting off most of their ties with Sony and full out risking everything on these 'experiments'.
As I said I'm sure they will be working with Sony on a PS4 game and keep making games for them to keep them in money while they expand. If things go really well for Insomniac then in 5 years time they might have very little to do with Sony directly. But tbh I think Insomniac are a safe bet for Sony, they are very good at creating universes and constantly deliver well, its a no brainer for Sony to keep paying them to make exclusive games for them and for Insomniac to do it to keep making money.
-Amon-
Member
While not being exeptional, i liked this style much more:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYowhad_1mw&feature=endscreen&NR=1
First trailer had fun and interesting characters, new trailer shows characters looking drab and generic. What does that have to do with gameplay? For all anyone knows, that could still make the game a good one, but we don't have that information yet.
SirIgbyCeaser
Banned
Dialog still seems to be going for some humour.
This game looked at first like it was aiming to be this generations timesplitters. Which I never got to play.
This game looked at first like it was aiming to be this generations timesplitters. Which I never got to play.
Necromanti
Member
Considering how Ted Price emphasized the importance of "fun" rather than uber-serious plot-heaviness, it's almost a tad ironic. But that would be a premature judgment, as its very little to go off of. I just fear that Insomniac is once more heading out of their element.
You look drab and generic
No seriously, the word "generic" is as god awful as "epic". It is literally a fall back for people who are unable to articulate their points, so they get lazy and go to one end of the spectrum and use the dullest word they can find.
The character designs don't look generic to me. It looks like they've simply moved away from a game that was stylized, and instead gone for something a bit more grounded in reality. My biggest concern is the writing and humor, not necessarily the style. If the humor and writing is still representative of what we saw before, and not all "gung-ho rah rah rah" military fare, I'm still interested.
For the record: People look generic. The only way to NOT make people look "generic" is by moving further from realism. Even then, creatively, you can tie most designs back to something else that was an inspiration. When you use the word "generic" you sound silly. Articulate your points, instead of a one word write off sentence because you're on GAF for the lulz and meltdowns.
Patiently waiting for a bigger reveal. Hopefully this count down leads to something meaningful.
Extremely unlikely. The two are completely unrelated (different publishes, different studios, different teams). It is more likely that FFA is simply Sony looking to celebrate Ratchets 10th anniversary in a bigger way outside of the HD collection and Deadlocked HD.
Ugh. I think I'll pass staying up to 1 AM for the re-reveal, especially when the character redesigns have already disappointed me.
At least I'll have a fun topic waiting for me Friday morning.
Nah, I kinda wanted the same.
If it's like any other Insomniac thread, it'll just be a lot of baseless hate from people who weren't really interested anyway. So I don't think that'll be fun.
This was my first thought.
The characters haven't changed. They just have serious faces.
Given the trailer context it's understandable.
I was kind of expecting it to be like that Bulletstorm COD parody.
"Here's your objective. Blah, blah, blah, blah, secret base. Blah, blah, blah, blah, plan. Blah, blah, blah, nuclear missile bomb. Blah, blah, blah, counting on you, utmost importance, win, good luck."
Discotheque
Banned
got a NOLF vibe from the older look. This new look is as generic as can be.
I think Insomniac just needs to take a long break or something. They churn out too many games.
Ratchet and Clank was fucking awesome up until the great Crack in Time. Resistance 1 showed promise.
I think Insomniac just needs to take a long break or something. They churn out too many games.
Ratchet and Clank was fucking awesome up until the great Crack in Time. Resistance 1 showed promise.
Net_Wrecker
Member
What happened to all the personality of the reveal trailer?
Wh...why would they? That has to be a parody pre-mission briefing. No way they went all typical modern combat style.
Right?
Wh...why would they? That has to be a parody pre-mission briefing. No way they went all typical modern combat style.
Right?
The Faceless Master
Member
black dude got darker?
i'm ok with this...
i'm ok with this...
I'm blindly guessing they didn't get the exact rights needed to use a song in the trailer and are sorting that out now.
I dislike the character portraits shown as a deviation from the old 2011 OverStrike Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ythBZY_y-fU&hd=1
But if anyone can make great characters come to life (if they choose to) Insomniac certainly can.
I also like OverStrike far better as a name as that even has personality to it.
But if anyone can make great characters come to life (if they choose to) Insomniac certainly can.
I also like OverStrike far better as a name as that even has personality to it.
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