Destructoid writes:
"A couple of months ago, Dyson and I went down to this town in the middle of f*cking nowhere called Joshua Tree. It's about two hours east of Los Angeles (or five hours east if you're going on a bus that breaks down halfway there), and the fact that there is civilization out there is amazing. I guess you have to be crazy to live out there. We seriously passed by a house that had a giant boat in their backward. Keep in mind that there was nothing but desert for miles around. Crazy people, indeed.
Anyway, I almost died out there for Destructoid to get this interview with Martin Filipp, developer relations on Ride to Hell, an upcoming game set to hit Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC later this year. Martin and I talked, a bit about the game, giving me a chance to find out what it's all about. There's virtually no information out there about the game, so now is your chance to learn about what Ride to Hell is shaping up to be. Try to guess at which of the three activities almost left me crippled for life while you're reading the interview."
Jake Conway, fresh out of the army and a Vietnam vet, returns to his home town of Dead End to find his kid brother rocking their father’s biker gang vest and trying to be cool. It only takes about ten seconds for a rival gang, The Devil’s Hand, to take interest and cut him up. Cue a pathetic tale of revenge that is to scattered, pointless and thin the only analogy I can come up with is confetti.It’s like confetti.
There isn’t one main problem; the entire plot seems problematic. The characters are either so poorly written it’s impossible to care or they are just plain repulsive. Jake is a dumb brick shithouse with about as much personality as a doorstop. When you aggressively want your lead character to shut up every time he opens his mouth, there’s something wrong. Mack, the obligatory Krist Kristofferson-like older father figure, is equally boorish, grumbling through line after line of exposition.
Ride to Hell: Retribution appears on Xbox site with more info and pictures.
Player Attack: While we're not sure what's different about it, mysterious title Ride to Hell: Retribution has been re-classified in Australia, given a new codename: Cook's Mad Recipe. Whatever you want to call it, this upcoming, open-world story of a returning Vietnam veteran looks set to be Australia's first R-rated game featuring "high impact sexual references".
