1UP: Ride to Hell Preview

1UP writes: "’I would like to apologize up front about any troubles we run into during the presentation,’ says Martin Filipp in the charmingly off-kilter phrasing of a non-native English speaker. Red-bearded and ponytailed, he stands at the front of a stage in a biker bar, obviously out of place, addressing an audience of heavy drinking bikers in tight leather pants and heavy drinking games reporters in sloppy promo sweatshirts. Game developers have a habit of apologizing for the roughness of their early demos. They often give the impression of being forced against their will to show unfinished work, compromised by the necessities of marketing. In the case of Filipp, I keep imagining someone standing behind him in the shadows holding his children at gunpoint. "You obviously saw that we have visual issues still. All of the facial animations are still missing. The eye work is still missing. The hair still needs to be done…" He struggles to convey the unseen details of his team’s creative vision as the demo runs headlong into embarrassment. I can’t help feeling sorry for the guy."