HiddenMission writes: Today a lot of sites are reporting in from an event held by Insomniac Games showing off their latest title Fuse…I mean Overstrike…I mean XCOM but we’ll get to that later. Regardless of the name change the impressions seem to be pretty positive and after reading several articles I figured I would put together a little recap since all the information was not in one place.
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Like what has happened often this generation.
@Hatsune-Miku
"Insomniac has to do all they can when they gave PlayStation gamers exceptional games resistance 1 to 3"
You mean like when they implemented the shortcut in R2 for water that had a monster instant-kill you, but you couldn't shoot it?
Resistance 2 and especially 3 are amazing games but they didn't sell too well. I consider resistance 3 to be in the top 10 amazing games of this gen
Their outfits were more unique from one another, character design was more stylized and there was a fun vibe to it. I believe that was the game Insomniac said they wanted to make (last year).
"Fuse" on the other... and I hate to say it... looks generic.
What happened?
- Heck, they even changed the look and sound of the Bullseye! I hated the Bullseye in the third game.
Yeah. The original teaser had more of a Team Fortress vibe to it.
Yeah but when they changed they became better and more unique...Borderlands for example, first it seemed like a typical, lots of guns and enemies to shoot game with normal style graphics to an insanely fun looking game with differn't styled characters and a great take on cel shaded graphics
The new change to Overstrike dosen't look like a game Insonmiac would make.
We knew very little about over strike so whatever insomniac thought they needed to change I am with them Ted price and his teams are really smart when it comes to games development
Stop the hate spread the love
It appears that the gameplay concept came straight from R2's Coop Multiplayer Mode. I am totally ok with them stealing that idea from their own game but it does perplex me that the mode went mysteriously missing in R3(Which is part of my procrastinating buying it).
Nevertheless it was my favorite mode from the game and loved that almost RPG feel of it. If Fuse can emulate that but make a whole game of it, im game!
So, like you said: non-issue.
Get out while you still can Insomniac!
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So I'm glad they are getting this generally negative reaction, I hope they reconsider, just like Sucker Punch did, when they tried to change Cole.
While I generally go for a more serious shooter this looked like a game that wasn't going to take itself seriously in anyway, and that's good! We need more variety.
I love the carucature realistic toon look and feel, more creativity and style, fun, something fresh, outside of the box to me is what I want....
The game most probably will be good to very good, as for great or fantastic, well....I hope so, but don't like the new art direction, which could mean the same for the gameplay ideas, but will hold out for a final verdict...
I think INSOMNIAC are best suited for toon/R&C style games. I sure hope EA which most certanly are not the evil lots of people call them out for does not consume IG, they allow them as much freedom as possible, and do not make them into a cookie cutter dev house...
I am not looking forward to Fuse... yet. I don't know if I ever will. I am withholding full judgment until I see some video, but I am very disappointed with the turn of events.
Bioware has stated that EA has nothing to do with them and they are completely free when it comes to developing their games...after what happened to the ME franchise and DA2 do you really believe them?
Actually, EA owns Bioware, but Bioware owns the Mass Effect ip. EA only has the publishing rights of mass effect 2 and 3.
So every time a developer states something are you just going to ignore him and believe what you want? "But but this developer lied so that one must be lieing too"
EA owns BioWare, they are a wholly owned EA subsidiary and, thus, EA owns the Mass Effect IP.
EA own the publishing rights, I think you underestimate how much that means and what they can and can't demand.
Now, all the characters look incredibly bland, generic, and bland. It's like all the humor and personality was sucked out so Insomniac could make super-serious action game #482. In other words, I'm worried.
It may be time for shooters to go the way of the 3d platformer and take a little hiatus so they can retool and come back better than before.
Just my 2 cents.
"Now I do have some concerns and issues with what I’ve read and an issue that came to my mind once I was done reading all the articles. One of the articles made it clear that everything that was shown was done using a 360 controller. This isn’t a problem but according to Insomniac they wanted to start in on the 360 first since they know how to make PS3 games and they wanted both to perform as equally as possible. Whenever this type of stuff comes up it always raises concern for me and here’s why, they are working with a new engine designed for multiple platforms, this is their first title heading to the 360 and it’s their first title being published by EA. I’m really hoping that I’m reading too much into this but I have a nasty feeling that someone’s going to get an inferior port."
That's stupid why would they make the game lead platform on inferior hardware instead on a system they have been working for 6 years ? Hopefully each version is built on its own and not ported to one another. I assume insomniac will make the game using both systems advantages but in the end the ps3 version will probably be better
It's a shame really, because i was interested in it too.
Borderlands revamped to cell shading at the last minute...Insomniac needs to be a LEADER and really rethink of reverting!
"Insomniac are traitors for not being PS3 exclusive!!"
...never bought or played Resistance 1-3.