Comments on: “The Gameplay Ecology”

By: Jim Rossignol

Jim Rossignol — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:50:28 +0000

I think the Blacksite demo was way too early. It still had another 3-4 months development when that came out.

By: SCG

SCG — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:45:02 +0000

Based on the demo, the game seems a bit dull. Even the basic enemies are damage sponges and, yawn, you know, none of the combat was more than perfunctory shoot-dodge-kill. However, I do want to play it just for that enormous worm thingy in the trailer. I’m a sucker for REALLY HUGE monsters.

Did I read somewhere that Blacksite is ditching the alien/mutation aspects of Area 51? I may be getting confused with Far Cry 2. I hope not, anyway, as the alien powers were Area 51’s saving grace (it was, otherwise, a bit mediocre).

By: Monkfish

Monkfish — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:16:13 +0000

Another interesting game vying for my attention in November – looking like a busy month!

Let’s hope Harvey “universal ammo is a good idea” Smith is back on top form.

By: John P (Katsumoto)

John P (Katsumoto) — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:55:58 +0000

Crap, Harvey Smith looks much younger than I expected. For some reason I have this image of all the Deus Ex developers being all gruff, wizened, and definately at least 50.