Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I saw what appears to be an acid/vomit-covered woman with long arms firing a gun, which seems way too heavy for her frame, at Medusa-looking creatures. Am I missing anything?
A little odd, even by my bizarre standards. Oh wait, I forgot -- Dreamkiller is a game about a psychologist entering her patients' minds to confront (re: mutilate the s**t out of) their inner demons. In other words, the action is all taking place in a setting void of real life rules, so anything goes.
Dreamkiller doesn't make any sense, but that's because it doesn't have to. Anyway, the in-your-face FPS is available for PC on Steam as of today. Somewhat of a stealth release, but I was also getting this version mixed up with the Xbox 360 one due out later this month, so that wasn't helping matters.
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Game looked like Serious Sam meets Psychonauts. Unfortunately, knowing nothing else, I passed over the pre-order discount in order to wait for some reviews about how it played.
Honestly, with such concept I would something completely different. Of course I'm talking about gameplay mechanics: not a first person shooter for sure.
Dreamkiller actually kind of upsets me. I remember seeing the first trailer, and during the first half where they were setting up the concept I thought it sounded awesome, but then the second half kicked in and it was just another FPS. What a waste of such a rich concept.
@Masterglitch: Exactly. Had potential, maybe it could use a style for each person's head, with recurring visits. Say, once person requires you to play a third-person platformer, another an RTS, another an FPS, another a racer. Maybe you could schedule your appointments and the further they were beetween each other, the game got harder, requiring you to manage this kind of mundane shit in a new, interesting way. The variety of styles and settings would represent the variety of psyches a professional has to deal with. Even if they were all mediocre, the idea was already more than enough to warrant a buy.
As it stands, it looks like yet another FPS that does little to nothing to stand from the pack. A shame.
Yeah, watching a commercial before being "allowed" to watch a trailer rings bullsh*t in my book. I stopped watching as soon as the commercial started. That's my policy.
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Sams got player 2 now.
I secretly hope the game is good.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/3830/
Painkiller: £5.99
http://store.steampowered.com/app/3200/
As it stands, it looks like yet another FPS that does little to nothing to stand from the pack. A shame.
If you're in a dream, why go with guns? You could come up with ALL KINDS of neat ways to dispatch enemies.
And I have to watch a commercial just so I can watch a commercial? Really?
Tell that to your advertisers.