Comments on: Putting The “Daaaayyaamn” In Damnation

By: Seth Tipps

Seth Tipps — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 05:29:52 +0000

It could be that the implants are themselves made of kevlar, and thus the whole thing is totally functional.
@Hieremias: I do wonder if the response of the average male (hell, I’ve talked to some females who are with me on this) to Half-Life’s Alyx may already be a hole in that argument. I mean, is there any figure in gaming you’d rather have for dinner and a movie? Let alone Alien invasion. You may point out the absurd geekiness (sp?) of this, but you know there was some small part of you that said “Hell’s yeah, it’s business time!!!” when you heard that the suppression field was down.

By: Miles

Miles — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:26:19 +0000

I don’t know about the game (looks good, if they follow through on all their promises then it’ll be really something) but that’s the best goddamn press release EVER.

By: Ed

Ed — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 03:02:59 +0000

I agree about the excessive bloom in the Unreal engine. I started Gears of War the other day and could hardly see for bloom. Look at that last picture, the guy’s gun is glowing like someones shining a film light at it from 5 meters away…

By: sigma83

sigma83 — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 02:54:27 +0000

ooh Damnation, I really really liked that.

You’re right tho, the style is kind of… well, it’s similar, probably because it’s drawing from the same western influences

By: Dinger

Dinger — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:17:48 +0000

Good point, FB: if the whole point of the game is defying gravity, maybe the boobs should too.

Of course following that logic to Portal makes male fears of a vagina dentata seem rather trivial.

In all fairness, she did have to go and get that back tat. That ain’t no tramp stamp or ass antlers: that’s a serious tattoo. From a design point of view, if the game is third person, you’re gonna be staring at her back far more than her front, so she would have been disrespectful to conceal that tat now, wouldn’t she? So will we be allowed to customize the tattoo to reflect our clan markings?

Still, you gotta wonder about a top that would be illegal to wear on most Californian beaches. (yes, I know, that’s why gentlemen vacation on the Riviera. But still…)

I mean, come on guys, you can be perfectly obnoxious and sexist without portraying women with the disruptive irreality of an inflatable doll. That’s just beyond the pale. And, yes, I have watched Barbarella, thank you very much.

By: Man Raised By Puffins

Man Raised By Puffins — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:39:08 +0000

@ Ferrous Buller:

Blue Omega is the development force behind it, and had its work commissioned after a Damnation prototype won the Make Something Unreal tournament hosted by Epic Games.

From Eurogamer

By: David

David — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:30:58 +0000

Ferrous Buller – No one had fun at Ultraviolet screenings.

And I think from now on all game companies should hire a woman to be their ‘bullshit lady’. If a concept artist hands in a picture of a buffed up guy in twelve layers of super space cowboy armour then shows his female equilvalent clad in a band-aid and a wry smile she should shout ‘bullshit!’ and shred the art ’til he learns.

By: Garth

Garth — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:23:16 +0000

Jesus Christ, I am so sick of women looking like they can’t dress themselves in video games.

Gee, women aren’t playing our games, I wonder why…

By: Ferrous Buller

Ferrous Buller — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:11:42 +0000

Curious that in a game where someone drives a motorcycle along a wall while shooting someone else, it’s the outfit that gets cited for being absurd. You guys must’ve been real fun at “Ultraviolet” screenings.

What I find amusing about that outfit is that her pants, boots, even her shirt sleeves look suitably functional, yet it’s as if she completely forgot to cover her torso while assembling her wardrobe. Perhaps there’s a shortage of green fabric in the future and when she used it up on the rest of her clothes, she had to make do with scraps and lace?

Speaking of Steampunk Westerns, this game reminds me a bit of a UT2K4 mod also called Damnation. Wonder if there’s any chance they’re related.

By: Josh

Josh — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 18:22:42 +0000

Cyber Cowboy Ninja’s and major underboob.

Looking kinda tacky there, Damnation.

By: BrokenSymmetry

BrokenSymmetry — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:25:21 +0000

I can’t believe there are so many here complaining about the female character’s costume in these screenshots. I think gravity-defying breasts are great! And it’s not as if we have been spoiled with female characters in games, lately (why are there no female characters in The Club, or in TF2, for example).

By: Stromko

Stromko — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:57:10 +0000

He is far too smirky/smarmy in the one screenshot that shows his face. I second Schadenfreude’s comment.

As for woman’s outfit, I think her nipples must be superglued to the top. She’s about a quarter inch from softcore, without glue they wouldn’t have that vaunted T rating for a second.