[Update] The original video and portfolio page which brought this story to light have been taken down and some clarification from Fanny Vergne has been posted in its place. It states that this was not an Ubisoft project, but a personal one between several collaborators. We have removed the video at Vergne's request. Our apologies for the misleading information. We've also corrected all instances in which we screwed up Ms. Vergne's name. Sorry!
[Original story] This is neat. It's a "Fake Gameplay Footage" video that was used to pitch a now-canceled project at Ubisoft Montpelier. Vergne Fanny Vergne, one of the two 3D environment artists who worked on this video, released it and a whole bunch of renders and other cool stuff on her personal website.
The game, which was to be a third-person shooter, was to be set in London in the year 2032. Somehow, society and machines were co-existing but, clearly, something would have gone awry with that.
The video is pretty, that's for sure. I dug the bit where he takes control of the giant robot and I'm sure that could be a fun thing to do in a game though I'm not so sure how it would really differ from jumping on the back of any animal in a game. And now we'll never know.
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3:00 AM on 08.05.2010
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yeah something always goes awry with ideas that sound like pure win, just look at this game ;-)
"BG&E2 in development," ha ha ha ha.
But really, I hope that isn't cancelled.
Imean just how slick the guy was moving under and over stuff
sadly this has been happening for a while, what"s the incentive for creating something fresh and original, when a tried and true formula makes millions, the companies don't want to take that risk =(
Look please
Thx
Animals can't shoot rockets. Animals don't have miniguns. That would be that much more awesome!
To me it's ripe with potential for a game with the acrobatics, hacking, upgradeable bodies, thermo optic camo etc.
It seems when they release a GitS game, it's kind of half assed.
Any back OT. I really these guys find a way to make their game happen.
Fanny could be consider as the french equivalent of "Fran".
You are, however, correct.
Now there's a cool idea. Perhaps Dtoid should have a regular feature on potentially cool but canceled projects. Have a chat to developers about why it got canned, and maybe all Dotiders can have a vote on whether they'd buy it or not. Don't forget once upon a time, RDR was such a game, and that was lucky to be rescued from Capcom by Rockstar. If only that would happen more often.