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So long predictable first-person shooters, hello Section 8
4:23 PM on 03.03.2008, Jordan Grim Devore 45 comments

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I'm willing to bet most of you think that the first-person shooter genre has been overdone, possibly even to the point where the number of "new" Mega Man games released during any given month seems reasonable in comparison.

That's how the people at TimeGate Studios feel, but instead of just wishing for a solution to this FPS dilemma, they're actually going to try to come up with something we've never seen before.

What exactly that "something" is, I'm not really sure -- neither the press release nor the above video go into specifics other than referencing player-driven control, on-demand vehicles, and the need for constantly shifting battle plans.

Guess we'll just have to wait for more of Section 8 to be revealed before we can truly believe these buzzwords.


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Eschatos's Avatar
Eschatos at 03/03/2008 16:31
Looks decent, but I'd like to see gameplay.
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outrage at 03/03/2008 16:32
Sounds great on paper, but I'd like to see it.
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Rockvillian at 03/03/2008 16:33
Innovative title and character design is no. Maybe they'll introduce a sort of drug that you can shoot at people so they hallucina- oh wait!
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Sphinx 13 at 03/03/2008 16:34
What sounds great on paper? Nothing was revealed.
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DeusPayne at 03/03/2008 16:38
Some pretty lofty claims they got going there. Hope it doesn't come back to bite them in the ass by being over ambitious. Although, I was a fan of "why would we want to make a crysis/halo killer? They are beautiful games" It's definitely refreshing to see someone go into a genre without the objective of beating out the current 'best' or most popular game. When you do that, you're destined for failure.
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Jordan Grim Devore at 03/03/2008 16:43
@Deus - Yeah, you've got to get them points for that.
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bloodylip at 03/03/2008 16:43
All of those ideas sound like they're remaking Planetside.
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jkh13 at 03/03/2008 16:50
Their track record hasn't exactly been great... they were the ones who made all those crappy F.E.A.R expansion packs.
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MechaMonkey at 03/03/2008 16:58
They didn't really say much, but I dig what I heard. I'll take that guy up on his offer and try the demo when it's released.
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ironmanrules1333 at 03/03/2008 17:05
we now have 4D GRAPHICS!
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DanMazkin at 03/03/2008 17:07
Sounds like a lot of wank to me. Dice's 'Mirrors Edge' looks like a real innovation on the FPS genre, Section 8 looks like they're desperately fishing for hype without any bait.

On the other hand, ever looked up the defenition for Section 8? The internetz say: "In the 1950s, Section 8 discharges were commonly given to service members found guilty of "Sexual Perversion,"; Maybe their innovation is some virtual orgasmic rape? Now that's a game I'd be willing to play.
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Namelessted at 03/03/2008 17:07
yeah, i just saw this video earlier today and it looks kinda sweet.

@jkh13, i think they have a pretty good track record. Kohan as well as Axis and Allies are solid games. on top of that, the FEAR expansions weren't all that bad. I mean, all they did was copy the formula from the game and copy it and throw in some more story. They delivered what the publisher ordered.
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Jerkbutt47 at 03/03/2008 17:09
an fps about housing for low income families????
i kid, i kid. looks cool.
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GuitarAtomik at 03/03/2008 17:27
I'll reserve judgement until they actually say what's new. I do like what looks to be the main character design though.
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JtheYellow at 03/03/2008 17:37
This is supposed to get showcased at EIEIO in Austin on Thursday, along with other Gamecockery.
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corneliuscack at 03/03/2008 18:08
The curveball is:


"ITS WII EXCLUSIVE."


LOL


I'd rather want a mech game that plays like a really fast fps.
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NihonTiger90 at 03/03/2008 18:26
They're responsible for F.E.A.R. Files? Good God, this will suck.
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Log1c at 03/03/2008 18:27
It looks pretty. I'll wait for more than just teaser vids but its added to my watch list.
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Wedge at 03/03/2008 18:44
Yeah, made me think of Planetside too.

Also Mirrors Edge does sound awesome, I really want to hear more about that.
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Takeshi at 03/03/2008 18:51
I'm mildly excited. This video is absolutely non-informative. I see a couple of guys telling they're going to make a WHOLE NEW game in an existing genre while making fake phone-calls to look interesting. OK, granted the little things they show look pretty good. But I want to see some gameplay. We can all make movies like this about how frickin awesome our game is going to be without showing anything apart from some vids and renders. It's better to talk less and deliver more. I've heard one to many stories about how new and great a game is going to be.
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Superfluous Moniker at 03/03/2008 18:57
This video told pretty much nothing except that the developers think they have an awesome game and want us to play the demo when it comes out. And FEAR Extraction Point was terrible.
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CaffeinePowered at 03/03/2008 19:14
Holy shit Wedge, it does remind me of planetside and that makes me happy in the pants
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deiga-the-semivaliant at 03/03/2008 20:09
Planetside is WIN.

But this.... is kinda win? I'm not sure. We as gamers are used to being burned by false promises (cough cough fable cough cough) but they exude a confidence that intrigues me to say in the least.
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brotherkirk at 03/03/2008 20:14
I believe that the curveballs in question are just that--launchable baseballs that you can fire from your weapon. Is that new?
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Kia at 03/03/2008 20:35
Looks alright...nice blue skies in a lot of scenes, compared to most FPSes that's already a plus.

I'm more interested in Mirror's Edge for my first-person innovation though.
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Skribble at 03/03/2008 20:38
If they were trying to win people over with that video, they failed hard.

All words we have heard before

"No fight is the same"

"Innovative this and dynamic that"

"Nothing you've ever seen before"

blah blah blah

When you are constantly barraged with this shit, you learn to take everything you hear with a grain of salt.
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Sharpless at 03/03/2008 20:55
I want to believe...

Is this only for the PS3? I want to know how excited I should prepare to possibly get.
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Teta at 03/03/2008 21:08
Sounds like bullshit.
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CannibalCalvin at 03/03/2008 21:43
large amounts of DO WANT detected.
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Boolean at 03/03/2008 23:01
GEE I SURE HOPE THIS FPS IS DARK AND GRITTY AND SET IN A POST APOCALYPTIC WORLD WHERE PEOPLE WEAR HUGE ARMOR
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 03/03/2008 23:25
It's so rare that an FPS is new, I'm hesitant to believe it's true.
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mistic at 03/03/2008 23:43
every FPS is revolutionary in its development stages... however few of them actually hold out in their final releases... I've been dissapointed too many times by trailers like this to actually still believe this 'revolutionary' crap :-)

I'll see it when its out and if its a good FPS I'll play it, even if it isn't revolutionary at all... games don't have to be revolutionary to me, they just have to be GOOD!
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kohelhunter at 03/04/2008 00:08
we will see
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koose at 03/04/2008 02:59
they seem nice. hope it works out :)
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thebrassthief at 03/04/2008 03:38
We'll find out. Knowing it's and FPS is enough to turn many away, and hearing what seems like the generic pitch now make people even warier. As with any dev tho, I hope they can do what they mean to do, and do it well.
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Itchy at 03/04/2008 09:22
At the end of the video it says coming to PC and Next-gen consoles.

So, no Wii-version? D:
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mackisawesome at 03/04/2008 11:10
ummmm it looks like halo.
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mr geo at 03/04/2008 11:30
I didn't see any gameplay. Is this a game about designers talking about how their new game is going to be the best evar? If so I'm pre-ordering right now.
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Sharpless at 03/04/2008 12:13
@mackisawesome
Why? Because a dude is wearing armor? I didn't see anything that reminded me of Halo.
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MrPeenie at 03/04/2008 16:08
big talky - now show penis
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holysocks at 03/04/2008 16:50
at first I thought it was about Eight Days
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HarassmentPanda at 03/04/2008 21:37
Haven't we been promised a lot of revolutionary first person shooters over the last few years? I'm still waiting for one to come to fruition: The Crossing, Huxley, etc.

Wasn't Huxley supposed to be coming out this month? Meh.
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