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[nikos]

Looks great! Hope you get infinite ammo, it makes dual stick shooters infinitely more fun IMO.

 

[Smarty86]

PLEASE be in 3D!

That would be sooooo awesome. Anyway, this Game is bought. Is there any preorder bonus or 9999 different collectors editions? xD

 

[Planet]

Hope you get infinite ammo, it makes dual stick shooters infinitely more fun IMO.

Depends IMO, there is room for both, that's why I guess Helldivers and this can happily coexist. Judging from the presented style in the trailer, it looks like unlimited ammo and no friendly fire (unless you turn rogue). So more over the top action without too much to worry besides getting swarmed or letting a stronger enemy come too close, compatible with online matchmaking.

Helldivers has limited ammo, friendly fire is a huge problem, even from your own sentry gun, heck even from supply pods. That makes that game much more strategic and slow, also a PITA with strangers, best played with friends to yell at.

 

[william_557]

super pumped for this...dead nation was awesome (still is!)

 

[nelsonroyale]

this looks cool. Visuals look top notch.

 

[kyser73]

Assault Android Cactus now has some competition for my affections.

Not really - I'm soooo hyped for both these games.

 

[Dinjooh]

HQ-Trailer and screenshots available here:

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_gc_alienation_trailer-15685_en.html

 

[Creamium]

This game looks like a frantic and fast paced version of DN and I for one am all for this. Just rewatched the trailer in hd and it looks like a blast to play. Just look at those gifs... dayum.

 

[Shredderi]

This game looks like a frantic and fast paced version of DN and I for one am all for this. Just rewatched the trailer in hd and it looks like a blast to play. Just look at those gifs... dayum.

Yep I'm loving what I'm seeing. I wanted more dead nation but this might be better.

I love the rise of particle effects we're seeing in this generation. Hnnnng.

 

[SerTapTap]

Looks great! Hope you get infinite ammo, it makes dual stick shooters infinitely more fun IMO.

I like how Android Cactus does it. Infinite main gun ammo, cooldown on your "big gun". Means you never stop shooting, controls are simple, but there's still some strategy in which gun to use. Hated ammo in Dead Nation. The rifle was AWFUL, I mostly used the SMGs at all times, but ammo.

 

[Bundy]

Typical Housemarque effects orgy.
I LOVE IT ^_^

 

[Loudninja]

Love Dead Nation so yeah this looks very awesome.

 

[Bloodrage]

My god this looks so good. Have we received 1080/60 confirmation?

 

[Bundy]

My god this looks so good. Have we received 1080/60 confirmation?

Not yet, as it seems.

 

[jackissocool]

Beyond the space marines vs aliens theme, I'm not really seeing huge overlap here. Alienation looks more like it's focused on twitch/arcade action with a small helping of strategy on the side while Helldivers looks far more focused on strategy. I think they're going to be abundantly different in execution.

I hope so. It definitely looks eerily similar. I want both games to succeed.

 

[RumblePuff]

This looks amazing. 4 player co-op. Sadly i can't find a release date.

 

[psn]

This looks amazing. 4 player co-op. Sadly i can't find a release date.

There is no release date yet..

Can't wait to play this, love Housemarque and their games.

 

[GoodCoffeeJoey]

I'm skeptical of the invasions. Having someone come into my game and shoot me in the back doesn't really sound fun.

 

[Linconan]

When i first read the title for the Name, i thought it was going to be based off the Movie.

But,
This looks wicked regardless. Day 1

 

[hesido]

The game probably be running at 30fps Them particles flying about at 60fps would have been nice..

http://www.gamepur.com/feature/1606...n-destructionexplosion-dark-souls-series.html

Gamepur: Is 1080p and 60FPS is again the target of Housemarque for Alienation?

Tommaso De Benetti: That is something we will look into during the optimization phase. What I can say is that the pace of the game is very different from the one in Resogun, and navigating the environment is a slower process than boosting around a cylinder, so we'll take that into account when we'll have to decide how to use the resources at our disposal.

Gamepur: Does the Resolution/FPS figure matters to developers or its their initial target to offer "amazing gameplay experience" and then decisions on Resolution/FPS figure are taken?

Tommaso De Benetti: We try to get the best of both worlds when possible, but sometime we face dilemmas such as: "If we want to make this level destructible, it can't run at 60fps", or "if we want this amount of particles, we can make it run at 60, but if we want twice the amount, we need to run it at 30". So at the end of the day one needs to consider what's best for gameplay. Does it benefit more from a higher framerate or from that specific feature? If we remove the feature, is the gameplay still intact? Is it still fun?