Namco Bandai shares these new screenshots of Inversion that show the game's multiplayer that will offer 3 game types: Team Deathmantch, King of Gravity and Gravity Slaughter. The gravity-shifting shooter will be out in March.
I'm sure some devs think the only chance they have with a shooter is if they approach it from some entirely different way. This one looks neat enough i suppose in theory but does it actually make for more fun past the 5 minutes it takes you to realise it's still just a shooting game- but one that has you hanging upside down instead. On paper it probably sounded brilliant at the time and that's maybe the problem
I'm only guessing at this point what it plays like from the footage and while i can hardly blast a company trying to put a spin on things, it's a move i don't think works any more now that we've seen so many spins already in this genre
still reminds me of fracture. Did the same thing. Introduced a new gameplay gimmick (terrain deformation abilities) on top of the regular shooting mechanics, but the novelty wore off since the gimmick wasnt as appealing as it should have been. Another case of great in theory, not so great in execution. Games like timeshift and singularity where the same. They have these additional gameplay elements that dont gel with the overall experience the way it should, thus it feels like a bog standard shooter with a gimmick thrown in.
To make these sort of things work the gimmick needs to be so deeply imbedded into the very core of the gameplay that it stops being a gimmick entirely. Red faction guerrilla, while a commercial flop, did this really well. The destruction didnt feel like an afterthought to the shooting. It felt integral to the gameplay. This game lacks that imo. It looks like a shooter with a gravity gimmick. Which is probably what it is.
First make a good shooter, then think about possible gimmicks.
That's exactly what they shouldn't do, IMO. The "gimick" needs to be perfectly integrated with the core gameplay. That's really the only way to do it right..
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Commented on 2012-01-27 19:13:29
Commented on 2012-01-27 19:16:45Demo would be nice.
Commented on 2012-01-27 20:10:28Which I kinda like
Commented on 2012-01-27 20:24:30But i do like the fact they are not bullshots :D that i like.
Commented on 2012-01-28 02:46:26 In reply to TinksWhich I kinda like
Commented on 2012-01-28 05:27:14
Commented on 2012-01-28 20:21:24I'm only guessing at this point what it plays like from the footage and while i can hardly blast a company trying to put a spin on things, it's a move i don't think works any more now that we've seen so many spins already in this genre
Sadly looks like it will bomb
Commented on 2012-01-28 21:26:39To make these sort of things work the gimmick needs to be so deeply imbedded into the very core of the gameplay that it stops being a gimmick entirely. Red faction guerrilla, while a commercial flop, did this really well. The destruction didnt feel like an afterthought to the shooting. It felt integral to the gameplay. This game lacks that imo. It looks like a shooter with a gravity gimmick. Which is probably what it is.
Commented on 2012-01-28 23:34:01
Commented on 2012-01-28 23:39:15 In reply to Tinks
Commented on 2012-01-29 12:33:46 In reply to SathDemo would be nice.
Commented on 2012-01-29 13:47:04 In reply to GangStarr
Commented on 2012-01-29 13:58:44 In reply to GangStarr
Commented on 2012-01-30 14:10:54
Commented on 2012-01-30 23:25:43