Fatal Inertia Gameplay Screenshots

Here are some new images of Koei's PS3 sci-fi hover craft racing game Fatal Inertia, during the race you can obtain one of the 8 weapon / powerup items when you run on top of the weapon pad. The weapons include magnets, cluster bombs, rockets, force shield, smoke screen, electro-magnetic pulse, force blast, and time dilator.

[THAMMER1]

I normaly do not play games like this but the game looks good. It looks better than what I have seen with other PS3 games. It looks like PGR on water.

[achira]

nice to see you admitting it. lol. i think the game looks very good also.

[THAMMER1]

I still am not a fan. But I will tell the truth as you have seen from my other posts.

[specialguest]

i hope the gameplay offers something thrilling. also, it better have online play. it would be cool and chaotic if this game can support up to 30 players at once.

[OutLaw]

I'm still undecided if I'm going to buy a PS3 or not. But it is nice to see that some of the PS3 games are looking good.

[GamerMan]

Anyone remember that game in the arcades, next on the dreamcast and then finally making a move over to the PS2. Well thats what this game reminds me of but instead with a floating ship instead. I had many hours of fun with HydroThunder so if it is anything like that then I most likely will have fun with this.

[drewdrakes]

Ok i'm sorry, to me these graphics don't look next-gen at all. I hope that they aren't concentrating on them too hard, considering the PSP could probably pull them off (exaggeration).

[GamerMan]

Why is everyone so hyped on pixels? Pixels are great for the first part of the game, when it comes down to it do you play your games for graphics or gameplay. Me personally I play old video games from when I was a child and still find them quite enjoyable and yes Pong is still fun but a lot slower than I remember :p

I play games for gameplay and pushing AI to its limits to where is not as predictable. Not for pretty graphics. Graphics are an added bonus to gameplay.

Look at any game that you go back to and ask yourself why you are still picking up that game. Is it because of the graphics or the gameplay. If its an old game then it can't really be because of the graphics because as they say "those graphics are so last gen". So why play it again. Obviosly its because the gameplay was fun for one reason or another.

Graphics will always change through the generations and I look forward to those changes cause it will get the characters feelings across a lot easier and your enemies disposition across better but if they don't have the gameplay to support all the graphics then its worthless game.

When I'm playing a game that is good and has a good story and feel to it, or a good race with great AI making you push yourself further through the game to be better than them. I'm not looking at the graphics as much as I am trying to beat my oponent or trying to get more of the story from the game.

To each their own but I think you are wasting money on a game for graphic pixel pushing game without knowing there is good gameplay behind it. Cliches "Beauty is only skin deep" and "Don't judge a book by its cover" come to mind.

[DG]

its because most of us are new phobiac's (Addicted to anything new). Now a days I dont think its about the games anymore. If it was the PS3 would not stand a chance since the masses have never played a single PS3 game. But come November there wont be a single one in the store at least not for long.

[LiquifiedArt]

I never really got into wipeout, cause i didnt like the feel of the ships. Graphically the game looks really nice, and im' glad they went the "Colorful" Route and are trying to bring "Fun" instead of death. Its kinda ridiculous seems all the ps3 games(My Opinion) look up there at the "Buyable" mark for me, and also obviously cause they are all new games to a new console :). But still every single "Exclusive" Shows Promise. As far as multi-platform, if its on 360 and ps3 i wont be buying it. Unless its utterly a MustHAVE!

[DJ]

that the developers of this game have come up with is being able to use your weapons to boost your speed. I definitely want to try it out. And yeah, I've noticed that a majority of the PS3 launch titles are must-buys instead of just a few good games and tons of filler.

[SpankUveryMuch]

they look like crap. honestly. i know im not the only one 2 see that. u phony fans can't be that blinded by ur luv 4 sony to not see how crappy those shots look. it looks like a first gen xbox original game. it looks like "been there done that". this is what phony fans call next gen? hahahahahahahah

[LiquifiedArt]

Why must you all be so darn critical on graphic Prowess. First off if you can do better then by all means do SO.

The game itself looks pretty cool, and next-gen is anythign the xbox and ps2 couldnt do, with is EVERY GAME that has been released THUS FAR, and will be.

Get off your high horse when i'm sure in reality you known zero to nothing about programming nor game programming specifically.

If i'm wrong i apologize...But i'd like to be proven otherwise.

[no_more_heroes]

In my mind it still doesn't look $200 better than the competition in terms of graphics.
Looks kinda fun though.

[GamerMan]

Actually I would say 100 more than the competition since the only realistic difference between the 499 version of the PS3 and the 399 premium xbox 360 version is really the BD-rom drive.

To that point... I agree that it isn't worth spending 100 more on a system for just this game. Meaning you plan on buying multiple games that you as a gamer enjoy that are coming out for the said system.

I'm also into High Def so I will be spending the 200 more than competition and I love my FF series where I see a lot of people here don't and thats alright (to each their own). Thats why they make all kinds of games for everyone.

[M3RCUTIO]

I'm sorry, but this game looks pretty horrible from the visual standpoint. In much the same way that I thought Brute Force and even Perfect Dark Zero just looked over-detailed, this one has that same plastic feel.

Now, I know that graphics aren't everything, but they're definitely an important part of the equation, otherwise we'd just be playing incredibly advanced versions of Arkanoid and Gauntlet. Deny it all you want, but graphics are important. In my experience, most of the time, people who say "graphics aren't everything" tend to say it when a game has come up short in the graphics department.

As for the gameplay on this one, I can't really speak to that. Ultimately, gameplay outweighs visuals and there's no denying that truth. But that doesn't change the fact that this game looks way too bump-mapped. To me, it feels like they're just trying too hard to sell me on the fact that this REALLY is a "next-gen" title. It's just so much window dressing.