Nowadays it takes a lot for a game to distinguish itself from the rest of the titles in the all-too-crowded first-person shooter genre. A developer must strive to create something new and different, while still making it familiar enough to appease the masses. Sometimes one unique multiplayer mode or a compelling single-player storyline means the difference between a hit or a flop, something the folks from Spark Unlimited know all too well. After all, many of them worked on the Medal of Honor and Call of Duty franchises, both of which were considered groundbreaking when they were released. Now the developer is hard at work on Legendary, a game that blends fairly standard first-person combat with a veritable who's who (or, in this case, what's what) of fantastical creatures.
In this special 'Sadistic Santa' edition of the Black Panel Podcast, the team discusses the horrid presents they have received for Xmas, including Farming Simulator, Duke Nukem Forever and Legendary.
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Blair Herter announces the winner of G-Phoria '09 Game Most Deserving of a Uwe Boll Movie. Nominees include 'Golden Axe: Beast Rider', 'Castlevania Judgment', 'Legendary', 'Onechanbara: Bikini Zombie Slayer' and 'X-Blades'.
NOTHING deserves a Uwe Boll movie. That guy is simply atrocious at everything he does. I can't believe how he can make a move so stupid, I'm not kidding I got sick after watching House of the Dead. It's like he actually wants to fail. A monkey with a camera and 10 bucks can make a better movie than this guy.
"Until the law was changed in 2005, Boll was able to acquire funding thanks to German tax laws that reward investments in film. The law allowed investors in German-owned films to write off 100% of their investment as a tax deduction; it also allowed them to invest borrowed money and write off any fees associated with the loan. The investor was then only required to pay taxes on the profits made by the movie; if the movie loses money, the investor got a tax writeoff."
And in his own words, "Maybe you know it but it's not so easy to finance movies in total. And the reason I am able to do these kind of movies is I have a tax shelter fund in Germany, and if you invest in a movie in Germany you get basically fifty percent back from the Government."
He basically makes money even if its crap, which all of them have been.
I've already seen an Onechanbara movie. Made in Japan and campy as hell but I enjoyed it thou :)
What the... they said "impressive visuals"!? Are they blind? Sure the game isn't as ugly is team's previous game Fall of Liberty but it's definitly not impressive. Not for 2008. Maybe 2004.