Category: Video

Rockstar has finally released a trailer for Max Payne 3 and it looks… different. Elements of the first two games are there but it looks like a lot of what made Max Payne great, such as the film noir style and comic book narrative sequences, is missing. Still, it looks like it will be a fun game on its own, just not a very good Max Payne game.

There is some interesting and disappointing information in this video. The resource system sounds interesting, and adds much needed incentives to hold territory. This sounds a lot more important then continent locking bonuses that Planetside 1 had. The offline skill tree leveling sounds incredibly stupid, but the amount of skills is pretty impressive. I would much rather have a pure XP based leveling system for skills.

The ability to customize vehicles is pretty neat, and is a nice expansion on the idea of preset vehicle variants that Planetside 1 had. Outfits are getting much needed attention. Before they were basically just persistent squads with a leaderboard score, but it sounds like you can really customize your outfits now and unlock some nice benefits.

I am also not sure how I feel about squad spawning, I could see it becoming a huge pain when defending and attacking bases. Hopefully they actually mean what they say with their three year plan and will actually listen to feedback. If they do, this game could get pretty good over time. They just better ship the game in a good enough state to get people to stick around. Hopefully the beta later this year will be fun.

More gameplay footage of Tribes Ascend taken at Quakecon 2011. This video shows some heavy armor action that the last video didn’t have. This game cannot come out soon enough.

I am not sure what it is about Valve games that inspire people to create videos, but here is another one for your enjoyment.

A woman wakes up in a room with no memory of who she is or how she got there…

In a nearly hour long video, the guys over at Bungie Studios look back at the last decade of the company, while thinking ahead to their future as an independent developer without the Halo license. After watching it, I highly suggest taking a look at this video, which gives us an in-depth look at the evolution of Halo from a real time strategy game to the first person shooter we all know and love.