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Google Earth plus PS3 plus zombie outbreak equals The Last Guy and 'do want'

9:44 AM on 07.31.2008, Nick Chester 37 comments

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Here's something that's relevant to my own interests: Sony's upcoming zombie outbreak PlayStation Network title, The Last Guy. When a mysterious purple ray hits the Earth, turning normal citizens into monsters and blood-thirsty zombies, the player becomes mankind's last remaining hope and must escort survivors to designated safety zones.

But here's where it gets really interesting: the game features real-world locales (Los Angeles, Tokyo, and London), and utilizes high-resolution sattelite imagery from Google Earth to render the cities. You'll encounter 10 types of zombies, as well as bosses, and you'll have a bunch of special abilities like heat vision, time freezing, and more. 

PlayStation.Blog has some details and a few screens, and is promising to trickle out marketing hype details leading up to the game's release. While I'm not exactly sure this is going to replace my burning desire to storm Valve's offices and steal playable Left 4 Dead code, I definitely have my eye on The Last Guy. I mean, zombies, folks. Zombies.

There's a The Last Guy browser-based Web game that designs levels based on URLs; try Destructoid.com and let us know how that works out for you.


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linuxguy's Avatar
linuxguy at 07/31/2008 09:57
OMG this is awesome!
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Kryptinite at 07/31/2008 09:58
Man...this sounds awesome!
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Alexradl at 07/31/2008 10:04
Woah, that's cool. I don't know how much I'd pay for something like this, but it definitely looks pretty epic.
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glandseck at 07/31/2008 10:08
When I first heard about what this game *really* was, I was severely disappointed. I thought what I was looking at, when seeing "The Last Guy" video, was a game about the last man on earth running away from a mob of women.
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king3vbo at 07/31/2008 10:14
This sounds really cool
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EatonTJ at 07/31/2008 10:15
This looks somewhat boring. Do like the music though.
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TurboSpaz at 07/31/2008 10:18
The last guy? Massive action game? Sony needs start coming up with some better names.

"Coming, 2009, Third person adventure!"
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unangbangkay at 07/31/2008 10:21
@ TurboSpaz

Not much worse than "Too Human" or "Huxley"

Anyway, this thing plays a bit like a Google Earth-ified version of Snake (or reverse Centipede), where your "tail" grows longer and more cumbersome as you gather stuff. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
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falinter at 07/31/2008 10:23
Sounds like a good idea.
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groebo at 07/31/2008 10:25
looks like a lot of fun...
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Projectexodus at 07/31/2008 10:28
Music reminds me of Popcorn by Hot Butter.
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Video Cognito at 07/31/2008 10:28
Oh man, that's a great way to implement Google Earth. However, I'm not the biggest fan of wide, top-down perspectives; maybe they'll be able to zoom in to street view for some more epic zombie hunting. Yeah!
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Video Cognito at 07/31/2008 10:29
OR OR OR you can either put in an address and be able to generate a level based off that! YEAH! That way, you could put in a place you know extremely well and be all "Hey guys, there's a park just a few blocks ahead! We can make it!" Yeah!
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J03yyz at 07/31/2008 10:34
sounds awesome, cant go wrong with zombies
but i have to agree with TurboSpaz, what the hell is with that name?
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RonBurgandy2010 at 07/31/2008 10:35
The Dtoid level sucks
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MechaMonkey at 07/31/2008 10:41
My thoughts exactly, Teta.
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whormongr at 07/31/2008 11:05
they should do this w/ the psp gps unit that is coming out for us- you could physically run away from the zombies-
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vexed alex at 07/31/2008 11:50
This looks really, really cool.
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kariomart at 07/31/2008 12:22
I want to be the last guy!
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Anus Mcphanus at 07/31/2008 12:35
Do Want!
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charlieduke at 07/31/2008 12:40
Better Names?!?!? Fat Princess. EOS.
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Holyetheline at 07/31/2008 12:57
The Google Earth thing is cool. I'm not sure how much fun I could have with this one though.
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Knives at 07/31/2008 13:02
Looks fun.
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Unicorn at 07/31/2008 13:05
that is all kinds of DO WANT.

this and wipeout HD are making me want a ps3 more and more
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NihonTiger90 at 07/31/2008 13:23
My, Sony's in-house teams are certainly on a roll right now, aren't they? Between this and Fat Princess, I am pleased.

Also, try Tomopop while you're at it. See how much fun it is.
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mix at 07/31/2008 13:31
You had me at Zombies!
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pedrovay2003 at 07/31/2008 13:47
This is actually out on the Japanese PSN already, or at least part of it is.
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ridley80 at 07/31/2008 13:55
This looks like the best game of 1992!!!
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Rainbowblack at 07/31/2008 14:01
wow this is insanely awesome
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Crunshii at 07/31/2008 14:25
wow holy ?@#%!~ where did this come from?...

totally innovative. /clap
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Jetsetlemming at 07/31/2008 18:09
I was gonna say "This sounds like an idea that would work better, faster, and easier in flash" and then you go and link a browser version. Huh. Great minds think alike.
In the trailer the google earth footage looks more like it holds the game back than helps it any because of the disparity between the monsters and backround, and how there's no 3d to the image at all. Maybe if they went 20 extra steps, cut out each individual building and tree line, and made them 2d sprites on top the map that things can go behind, and added shadows and other such things (Use the power of that goddamn cell processor!) and alter the map as you go along, it could be interesting. Judging by the trailer it's got some significant downfalls that are hard to ignore on a non-free game.
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Batthink at 08/01/2008 04:08
@ Projectexodus;

My thoughts exactly. It sounds like the game needs better music, imo.

Btw, it sounds like a good idea. You and the people you are trying to save are a little on the 'hard to see' side.

And Rev. Anthony's going to hate the trailer's final message.
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Lewis Bell at 08/21/2008 16:19
My city (and workplace) is in there!.....SHIT!
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