Dark Void

[Purkake]

So yeah, this is coming out on the 19th in USA and on the 22th in Europe for PS360 and PC. It's got this cool Rocketeer thing going on and it's from the guys who made Crimson Skies. Basically you're a guy with a jetpack in an open world setting and occasionally you fly various aircraft Crimson Skies style. It's kind of consol-y, but might still be pretty fun.

 

I guess the Giant Bomb quicklook gives the best overview of all the different aspects of the game.

 

Edited January 15, 2010 by Purkake

[Mikhailian]

I have been occasionally glancing at that game, but I don't recall hearing it described as open world. Although I would still facepalm if it weren't, as that would be too awesome not to do.

[Purkake]

It's not open world like GTA where you can go everywhere, but there are certainly open areas with multiple objectives that you can tackle in whatever order and using the method of your choice.

[Wrath of Dagon]

I tried the demo but couldn't get the hang of the flight controls. It's neither like a plane or TPS, I don't know what it is. It would be better if they just had jumping between levels and may be hovering a bit, instead of actual flight.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Not Crimson Skies 3, therefore it is worthless.

[Purkake]

You're not going to get Crimson Skies 3. This is a different game from the same developers.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

You're not going to get Crimson Skies 3. This is a different game from the same developers.

I refuse to believe in a future where there is no Crimson Skies 3.

[Purkake]

You will always have you dreams.

[Kaftan Barlast]

Is that the game that was hyped for "vertical combat" ? I thought that was released a year ago

[Purkake]

Yup, back when "verticality" was all the rage.

[Hell Kitty]

Is that the game that was hyped for "vertical combat" ? I thought that was released a year ago

 

Perhaps you're thinking of Damnation?

 

Anyway, I really liked Crimson Skies, but this doesn't interest me. I watched some of that video and it reminded me of the Iron Man demo I played once upon a time. Which is not something I cared to be reminded of.

Edited January 16, 2010 by Hell Kitty

[Oner]

Is that the game that was hyped for "vertical combat" ? I thought that was released a year ago

Don't you mean Dark Sector or whatever? Guy in black clothes throwing some huge glaive?

[Kaftan Barlast]

I dont know, you had a jetpack and fought stuff on buildings and large mineshafts. Seemed very 3/5

[Oner]

Shattered Horizon maybe.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

I dont know, you had a jetpack and fought stuff on buildings and large mineshafts. Seemed very 3/5

Yeah, this is the game.

[Purkake]

The PC demo is also out.

[RPGmasterBoo]

Downloading.

[RPGmasterBoo]

My demo download died on 99%. I already hate this game.

[Purkake]

Giant Bomb gave it three out of five stars. Also after playing the demo, I'm not really exited about this anymore, just another crappy Capcom PC port.

Edited January 19, 2010 by Purkake

[deganawida]

I didn't enjoy the demo when it came out for PS3 a couple of weeks ago. At the time, I thought that it was simply too short to get an accurate feel for the mechanics of flight and of combat. However, reviews like this one suggest that it it may not be length of the demo that gave me that impression, but that the game is, basically, crap. That's a bit disappointing, as I loved the idea of essentially being the Rocketeer.