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Fortnite VGA 2011 Trailer (Epic's New IP) - [Epic: Like Minecraft, More Info]
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Riposte
Member
It is really hard to imagine this being worse than Minecraft despite me personally having no interest in tower defense games.
Also calling this a Minecraft rip off is pretty dirty since the building block mechanic of Minecraft was actually ripped off another indie game Infiniminer. (At one point both games were competing for the attention of /v/, those were the days.)
Also calling this a Minecraft rip off is pretty dirty since the building block mechanic of Minecraft was actually ripped off another indie game Infiniminer. (At one point both games were competing for the attention of /v/, those were the days.)
Metal Gear?!
Member
Yes!
Lol. So sad.
-Pyromaniac-
Member
So is this game kind of like a hands on tower defense kinda thing. I dig it.
01DragonFly
Member
When I saw the video die2nite came to mind
http://www.die2nite.com/#index
http://www.die2nite.com/#index
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Deleted member 10571
Unconfirmed Member
The first seconds are great, very TF2-ish, then all the Tower Defense Zombies happening. Bummer, can't stand that stuff.
Probably just some Trailer for a 2d pixel facebook game that looks nothing like this.
Probably just some Trailer for a 2d pixel facebook game that looks nothing like this.
Broman1978
Junior Member
Feels VERY much like Gears 3 Horde 2.0
(Buy, upgrade, defence, horde of enemies)
(Buy, upgrade, defence, horde of enemies)
FateBreaker
Member
If CliffyB is hearing this, I would gladly buy a full retail copy of Shadow Complex 2, to get you more money. SC = <3
You and other 500 000 people.
Backfoggen
Banned
But.. Samaritan. 
... this is the only game they've done that's used this artstyle. And I don't get what you guys are complaining about. It looks really nice. Kinda gives me a "Ghost Trick in 3D" vibe.
Syph Medwes
Member
Sooo, is this cross-platform or what?
HP_Wuvcraft
Banned
I hope it comes to the PC.
Make it happen, whoever is in charge.
Make it happen, whoever is in charge.
What you have just described is called Minecraft.
Lactose_Intolerant
Member
I doubt you are going to be building your base like minecraft. More like find pipes and planks, make fence in certain places.
StealthGoblin
Banned
Any hints or tweets about the platforms for this one? I imagine it might appear on PC/PS3/360 and Wii U. If Epic pulled their finger out they could even make a Vita version.
Pie and Beans
Look for me on the local news, I'll be the guy arrested for trying to burn down a Nintendo exec's house.
People comparing this to Minecraft and Terraria are nuts. Those are games where you can craft and mine EVERYTHING in the world, hence their blocky construction. Just because theyre the forefront of that genre doesnt mean they can be used as examples for this.
What this resembles to me is instead the Horde mode base stuff from Gears 3, with a greater emphasis on the fort making and with TF2's artstyle transplanted directly on-top.
What this resembles to me is instead the Horde mode base stuff from Gears 3, with a greater emphasis on the fort making and with TF2's artstyle transplanted directly on-top.
dragonelite
Member
But.. Samaritan.
Next gen.
Frank Jaeger
Member
Is this how they want to come back to the PC and like capitalize on the whole freemium stuff?
user8503492
Banned
I'm willing to bet this game has nothing on Dungeon Defenders in terms of Tower Defense/mutiplayer/action and of course depth in chracter/weapon/armor development.
dragonelite
Member
I dont get it how people see minecraft in it.
You build something at day and get attacked at night is that something that is what embodies minecraft i always thought it was the cubes with simple graphics, that was the reason with fortressCraft.
And more of something good is bad?
You build something at day and get attacked at night is that something that is what embodies minecraft i always thought it was the cubes with simple graphics, that was the reason with fortressCraft.
And more of something good is bad?
eso76
Member
Epic does a shooter with bald space marines
"meh, how original of Epic"
Epic does something that might play and certainly looks unique
"oh shit, what happened to them, this is such a letdown and doesn't look like epic at all, Epic fail amirite"
It looks interesting and it doesn't look like something Epic would make.
Which is a PLUS in case you're wondering.
"meh, how original of Epic"
Epic does something that might play and certainly looks unique
"oh shit, what happened to them, this is such a letdown and doesn't look like epic at all, Epic fail amirite"
It looks interesting and it doesn't look like something Epic would make.
Which is a PLUS in case you're wondering.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
minecraft and even more so with terraria is you want to build during the day while things are calm and hunker down at night when all the mass baddies come out
Seth Balmore
Member
So, here's a rundown of what we know about this game at the moment:
Anything else?
- It combines survival horror (?) with tower defense like strategic gameplay
- Build a fortress during the day by destroying other structures and scavenging parts, defend it and shoot zombies during the night
- Third person gameplay
- Multiplayer experience
- Developed with Unreal Engine technology (no explicit mention of UE3, oddly)
- More similar to Minecraft than the other games being mentioned
- No publisher yet; trailer was apparently used to catch the eye of publishers, not only gamers, which explains...
- Unclear on which platforms it'll release for
- Unclear on what pricing model it'll use
Anything else?
Yep.
I guess the game will play a lot like Gears' Horde mode though, but with a lot more fortifications.
The Friendly Monster
Member
Looks fantastic.
I think the most notable other note is that the teaser was put out to attract publishers.
We can pretty much expect this to be a XBLA/PSN/PC type game.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
If its like Minecraft it'll get boring in a month or two.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
but not if its like terraria then youll dumb all your life into it
If its like Terraria I'll get bored with it in a day. :/
quickwhips
Member
I love how everyone is bitching about epic trying a new genre but bitch more when they only did space marines. This looks cool. I never played minecraft but was going to pick it up. Maybe I will wait and give this a try instead. The visuals of minecraft just didnt grab me. I'm glad to see them doing something different.
I thought the exact same thing but couldn't remember the name of the game. I think I even read first about that one here on GAF. Thx.
If the online is handled similarly i.e. having 40-50 strangers competing/cooperating in their own unique towns (plus measuring your town vs other towns) it could be lots of fun. D2N was basically turn based which allowed games to extend for a long time (even weeks) and IMO that caused many of the issues (people would stop caring and not log in, although it was good for a browser based game), but having this concept play out in a quicker, more actiony fashion could work out.
Suddenly I'm more interested in this game.
Infamous Chris
Banned
Minecraft, you say? I'm listening..
StealthGoblin
Banned
Is this a retail release or a downloadable release? If its downloadable. . .surely they could publish it themselves.
Seth Balmore
Member
Yeah, it's pretty much a given. And here I thought they were going to surprise us with a full retail release... but Epic is a very conservative developer.
I don't think they're ruling out that, but they might be able to make the game a bigger downloadable title with third party funding.
looks like a downloadable game to me.