Yes folks, it's that time of the month again when I get lazy to write and instead post trailers and gameplay videos to get you excited. This time round, we've got footage from Bioshock: Infinite, Bulletstorm, and a nifty trailer for a fan-made Half-Life animated short. All below the cut.
In other news, I'm playing Dead Rising 2, and it's pretty good fun. The first I've had in a long while.
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Bioshock: Infinite
The blogosphere was ablaze when Bioshock Infinite was first announced. The naysayers were all over the fact that Infinite was no longer doing the underwater thing, and Rapture was bye-bye. There are always going to be people who are unaccepting of change to their favorite game's sequels. Diablo 3 had crazy fools going apeshit over a change of lighting of all things, whilst Resident Evil 4 got flak for making the zombies look really not zombie-like. That game went on to win plenty of critics' hearts and minds. 2K's other big title in development, X-Com also got dissenters for the fact the reboot was a first-person shooter as opposed to turn-based strategy as the original X-Com was. We can't please everybody it seems.
My personal say in this is to trust 2K. They've never let us down before and I'm willing to bet the reason they can take the risk to make Infinite an entirely different setting and concept is because they've got some great ideas to follow through on. Besides, in my mind, Rapture is already like Atlantis, fully returned to the ocean, a reminder that humanity's attempt to escape the elements and reality has failed.
And, anyone still unconvinced of Infinite's awesomeness should just watch this gameplay video. The sheer scale of the world is mind-blowing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0fDEA0BFSM&feature=player_embedded
Bulletstorm
I felt somewhat wronged when Epic never got their entire Gears of War trilogy on the PC. I'm a bit sulky about that, but Bulletstorm looks great. It's like Serious Sam with more serious attitude, more serious graphics, and more serious firepower. And definitely more serious comedy. I also quite like this sense of organic juggling of weaponry and skills.
Enemies will keep coming and it's up to you how you want to take them out. You could just shoot conventionally and they die, or you could lasso one, kick him in the butt, shoot a bouncing cannon ball, and kick that at enemies, etc. The possibilities for combos are endless, and that's what the game seems to be going for.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRbzUtlvdDk&feature=player_embedded
Unofficial fan-made Half-Life animated film trailer
Everyone wants to make this film. I think Valve has something planned too (they should be concentrating on making Episode 3!!!), but this guy beat them to the punch. It looks pretty good, and definitely something he's put effort into crafting, not just graphically but narratively. Whatever it is, the trailer's good fun. Looking forward to the final product.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bm5sEaC5tBA&feature=player_embedded
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