Comments on: Shellshock 2: Shellshockier

By: Podge

Podge — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:31:14 +0000

I loved shellshock 1, but i have to say when i saw that this was 1st person i was hesitant, but i love zombie games, ive been itchin for a nam game, and now theres both, so im gonna play it…. Besides, full dismemberment makes games much more fun to play

By: The Shed

The Shed — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:35:19 +0000

Well, this is depressing. I knew Shellshock: Nam ’67 as an Xbox 3rd person action game that I had no interest in, yet when I played it was actually better than Killzone, with quality level design, realistic (within the console limits) battles, and a decent story. Seems in the PC universe it’s seen in a totally different light. Pity how some things work on some platforms, others don’t.

I loved the 3rd person camera angle in the first game, it was like Max Payne with a few more details in terms of trap defusing. First person is obviously going to be completely different… Oh well.

By: Cian

Cian — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:11:03 +0000

So am I alone in being a little excited by the trailer? I’m going to be sympathetic and say the zombie plague angle is the horror of war, and the angle of fighting against all sides fits in rather neatly.

By: Bobsy

Bobsy — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:07:41 +0000

“Shellshock 2 is very different to any first person shooter you’ve seen before; at times it feels more like you’re in a horror movie than a game,” said Lee Singleton, General Manager of Eidos Game Studios

(snigger)

Seeing as how gaming press releases go to games journos… he must know there are already horror FPSs, yes? I mean… there’s really no shortage of them. Who exactly is he trying to convince? Other than himself, natch.

By: Clicky

Clicky — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:05:18 +0000

Am I the only one who thinks that Dredd vs. Death was a great game ?

By: Yhancik

Yhancik — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 12:02:38 +0000

But will it have storytelling-by-logs, plot twist, hackable robot drones and moral dilemma ?

By: Thiefsie

Thiefsie — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 11:49:28 +0000

Viet Cong I still remember (beyond being a fine FPS) as one of the most aurally impressive games ever.

By: Ben Abraham

Ben Abraham — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:34:09 +0000

The choice of period-esque music is an interesting one. It seems to almost be riffing on the BF:V music vibe, but with overtones of Apocalypse Now… Could go either way at this point…

By: mister slim

mister slim — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:21:38 +0000

Guess we’ll have to wait and see which Rebellion we get: The Rebellion that makes shoddy tie-in PSP games or the Rebellion with a knack for integrating story and game mechanics.

By: Bluepixie

Bluepixie — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:38:35 +0000

Yeah, I remember the “other” great Vietnam game, Vietcong. Awesome for the time, jungle combat had never been seen like that before and the water effects looked ace. Unfortunately it spawned a rather uninspired sequel, too much corridor crawling and not enough jungle. :( Also reminds me of that brilliant Half-Life mod “Heart of Darkness”; Apocalypse Now meets Dawn of Dead , which if they capture even just a little of the atmosphere from, it could turn into something special.

With Rebellion on the stage, I’m hopeful.

By: Pod

Pod — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:11:11 +0000

I’ll never tire of titles in the style of Die Hard 2. EVER.

By: Martin Kingsley

Martin Kingsley — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:07:47 +0000

@Duoae, y’know, I agree with you there. Oh, it may have been punishingly difficult when it wanted to be (and let’s not even talk about the expansion pack, which took ‘punishingly difficult’, jacked it up on steroids, and sent it back out to play with the normal kids again under the moniker of, ‘fuck you with a rake so hard’), but it had a reasonable semblance of plot, good firefights, some neat graphical touches for its time. I’d take it over BF:V any time. Pity Vietcong 2 was a horribly deformed mutant fit only for living in my cellar, never ever to see the light of day.