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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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NightDehumidifier's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:26
NightDehumidifier
A multiplayer FPS?! Talk about a revolutionary idea! Never in my video game playing existance have I seen such innovation.
harrmonica's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:28
harrmonica
hope the gameplay is innovative, cause the artwork sure ain't. i've seen those mechwarrior type suits a dozen times...
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:31
Eschatos
Looks decent, but I'd like to see gameplay.
outrage's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:32
outrage
Sounds great on paper, but I'd like to see it.
Rockvillian's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:33
Rockvillian
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!
Sphinx 13's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:34
Sphinx 13
What sounds great on paper? Nothing was revealed.
DeusPayne's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:38
DeusPayne
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.
Jordan Devore's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:43
Jordan Devore
@Deus - Yeah, you've got to get them points for that.
bloodylip's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:43
bloodylip
All of those ideas sound like they're remaking Planetside.
jkh13's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:50
jkh13
Their track record hasn't exactly been great... they were the ones who made all those crappy F.E.A.R expansion packs.
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 16:58
MechaMonkey
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.
ironmanrules1333's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:05
ironmanrules1333
we now have 4D GRAPHICS!
DanMazkin's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:07
DanMazkin
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.
Namelessted's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:07
Namelessted
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.
Jerkbutt47's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:09
Jerkbutt47
an fps about housing for low income families????
i kid, i kid. looks cool.
GuitarAtomik's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:27
GuitarAtomik
I'll reserve judgement until they actually say what's new. I do like what looks to be the main character design though.
JtheYellow's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 17:37
JtheYellow
This is supposed to get showcased at EIEIO in Austin on Thursday, along with other Gamecockery.
corneliuscack's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 18:08
corneliuscack
The curveball is:


"ITS WII EXCLUSIVE."


LOL


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

Also Mirrors Edge does sound awesome, I really want to hear more about that.
Takeshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 18:51
Takeshi
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.
Superfluous Moniker's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 18:57
Superfluous Moniker
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.
CaffeinePowered's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 19:14
CaffeinePowered
Holy shit Wedge, it does remind me of planetside and that makes me happy in the pants
deiga-the-semivaliant's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 20:09
deiga-the-semivaliant
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.
brotherkirk's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 20:14
brotherkirk
I believe that the curveballs in question are just that--launchable baseballs that you can fire from your weapon. Is that new?
Kia's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 20:35
Kia
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.
Skribble's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 20:38
Skribble
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.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 20:55
Sharpless
I want to believe...

Is this only for the PS3? I want to know how excited I should prepare to possibly get.
Teta's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 21:08
Teta
Sounds like bullshit.
CannibalCalvin 's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 21:43
CannibalCalvin
large amounts of DO WANT detected.
Boolean's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 23:01
Boolean
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 - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 23:25
Necros
It's so rare that an FPS is new, I'm hesitant to believe it's true.
mistic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/03/2008 23:43
mistic
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!
kohelhunter's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 00:08
kohelhunter
we will see
koose's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 02:59
koose
they seem nice. hope it works out :)
thebrassthief's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 03:38
thebrassthief
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.
Itchy's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 09:22
Itchy
At the end of the video it says coming to PC and Next-gen consoles.

So, no Wii-version? D:
mackisawesome's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 11:10
mackisawesome
ummmm it looks like halo.
mr geo's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 11:30
mr geo
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.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 12:13
Sharpless
@mackisawesome
Why? Because a dude is wearing armor? I didn't see anything that reminded me of Halo.
MrPeenie's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 16:08
MrPeenie
big talky - now show penis
holysocks's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 16:50
holysocks
at first I thought it was about Eight Days
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/04/2008 21:37
HarassmentPanda
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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