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In all honesty, I have paid zero attention to Raven Software's first-person shooter with a twist, Singularity, before today. But that all changed when Activision sent over two new trailers for the sci-fi game that uses time as a weapon, earlier this afternoon.

No, you don't go around brutally throwing clocks at people, as fun as that sounds. Instead, you use this little gadget on your hand called the Time Manipulation Device to age objects and yes, even bad guys.

It's a completely shallow reason for suddenly becoming interested in Singularity, I know, but gimmicks are known to grab my attention from time to time. Check after the break for two trailers, the first of which shows off the "Manufacturing" environment, while the second puts the "Rail Trench" area on display.


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Jack Maverick's Avatar
Jack Maverick at 04/28/2009 13:53
One glove is capable of not only manipulating time on one object or enemy but it can move objects as if you had telekinesis? As if it wasn't farfetched enough, but I love it.

There has been one thing about this game that I'm upset about, and that is reversing time on an enemy does not turn them into a baby as I would have expected. No, it instead turns them into goo or some type of ooze. So is it like prebirth I'm seeing? I don't know. But I can understand the whole not baby thing since, well, today's media find babies and guns unethical, y' know?
Naim Master's Avatar
Naim Master at 04/28/2009 14:19
@jack maverick
Say it's a zombie baby and it's OK ...
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vexed alex at 04/28/2009 14:22
@Jack Maverick: "and that is reversing time on an enemy does not turn them into a baby as I would have expected."

That would be hilarious.

It would be a little bit wrong for you to turn your enemies into babies, then leave them where they are to die, though. I don't think the tone of this game is ideal for that. You're technically a baby killer.
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Dan CiTi at 04/28/2009 14:53
yay more Time Fist.
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loki d20 at 04/28/2009 15:03
I dunno, I should be really interested in this game, but I'm just not. It's got gunplay, puzzles, and more... but for some reason I can't get interested in it.
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fetusmilk at 04/28/2009 15:04
this game is looking like what timesplitters could be like on a now-gen system. i want this so bad.
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fetusmilk at 04/28/2009 15:07
not exactly like time splitters mind you. but time manipulation with time travel would be an awesome TS
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Dexter345 at 04/28/2009 15:08
Captain, what happened to your meat?
Hammersmith's Avatar
Hammersmith at 04/28/2009 15:36
The coolest part was when the player made the tree grow to move the train.
UglyDuck's Avatar
UglyDuck at 04/28/2009 15:50
You should check out the other videos on Gametrailers. The conspiracy document videos are, in my opinion, utterly excellent. High budget stuff, and lots of fun.
Chronic Logic's Avatar
Chronic Logic at 04/28/2009 16:42
Didn't TimeShift already do this?
ZeeJayTL's Avatar
ZeeJayTL at 04/28/2009 17:57
I think...it looks 'meh' Shooting looks like shit.
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whormongr at 04/28/2009 19:44
booo, I want to turn the sodiers to babies.....
T9X's Avatar
T9X at 04/28/2009 21:13
@ Chronic
Not really.Plus,Timeshift sucked balls.
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peachboy at 06/17/2009 13:14
this might turn out half decent. a boring weekend rental at least.
Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 06/17/2009 13:15
This looks fun. I like the special ability.
Frohike's Avatar
Frohike at 06/17/2009 15:11
What ZeeJayTL said. This is meh. The gimmick doesn't redeem it either.
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