Namco Bandai today announced a new third-person co-operative shooter for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
Inversion, developed by Saber Interactive (they made TimeShift), takes players through intense firefights and a suspense filled storyline. Planned for a 2010 release, the game will introduce zero-gravity combat and destructible cover, using Havok's destruction engine.
Players will be able to manipulate gravity with the game's unique Grappler weapon; moving huge objects to use as shields, weapons, or even to solve puzzles. It seems to be a little bit reminiscent of Capcom's Bionic Commando. However, Saber Interactive's CEO believes that the game does things people didn't think was possible in this generation...
Inversion launched 10 years ago today, but failed to leave a lasting impact on the third-person action genre.
I keep a very fond memory of the game. The story is very surprising, with an incredible twist towards the end (and I mean : incredible). Playing solo on hard was actually very hard. One of my best memories of a TPS from that generation.
This game was surprisingly awesome. I miss blowing enemies into pieces in video games.
I think the concept is what did this game in.
When most people play games and they come across upside down levels, reverse controls, or anything that breaks convention, they normally groan.
I myself am guilty of that too so. So to have an entire game built around that very concept probably wasn't the best idea.
Jay Castello writes: ""Though depression and anxiety are two of the most well known mental health problems, less stigmatised than some other conditions, they remain difficult to talk about. Games can therefore be a powerful tool for helping those with depression and anxiety to feel seen and validated. Moreover, they can also be useful demonstrations for those who don’t know what living with these illnesses is like."
Not saying these all look amazing, but definitely better than Depression Quest
Jo from GamersFTW writes: "Well, I didn’t see that coming! A phrase which many of us will have uttered. Plot twists are something that were once reserved for films and television shows, but as games become more immersive it is no surprise that the narratives and plot take on a film like quality. Be it a betrayal by someone you trusted, an unexpected death, or something which you just simply couldn’t imagine being true until it was spelt out for you."
A fair list, but there are some MASSIVE examples that didn't make this list.
SPOILER WARNING
Primary example - because it's so well known - is Bioshock 1's ending, but my personal title I'm surprised didn't make this list is Spec Ops: The Line. It was quite a morally hard-hitting twist that game had! Should play it twice over to really see the full picture of the twists (what's real, and what's not)!
EDIT: That RDR one though.. Oh my. Those feels! D:
Yea, wow, the big revelation in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic was enough to make a great game into a legendary one. That game had a better written plot than most of the movies.
What?
Throw in a pumped up Chris Redfield in the same clothes and put it in Bionic Commando settings with Bionic Commando controls?
I could be very wrong since i'm judging off of the screenshots.
Hope i'm wrong, the Timeshift devs are great.
Hm not convinced.
Thank god, i was just thinking there aren't enough shooters on the market and being developed.
I am not sold yet.
easy claims... we have seen most of those game play elements in other games.
what will be interesting will be if they really can throw them altogether in one game... now that will be something I thought not possible this gen.
no gravity, ya seen that in games like dead space and it did it very well)
gravity gun, ya seen it in half life 2 (set a bench mark with it)
destructible environments, ya seen it in Red faction G (and it was done better then any other game claiming destructible environments)
For this game to impress it would have to do all of the above and do it better then those games... can it be done... by the guys that made Time shift..TIME SHIFT ! that turd ! I don't think so.