By Kieron Gillen on April 22nd, 2009 at 9:06 pm.
What I know about Damnation can be pretty much summed up in two facts. Firstly, it’s got some kind of steampunky cowboy setting. Secondly, it’s got one of the most blatant examples of gaming underboob seen in recent times. What if I wanted to know more about how its development worked? Well, I could do journalism and go out hunting for RED HOT FACTS. Or I could embrace the aging corpse of Web2.0, sit on my soft buttocks and watch developer commentaries over footage. Join me, fellow fatties.
Firstly, there’s this one on art design.
Secondly, there’s this one on level design.
Thirdly, here’s the Damned playing Smash It Up.
On one of RPS’ best content days ever, it seems to fall to me to bring the tone down.
22/04/2009 at 21:33 Gabanski83 says:
Good song.
22/04/2009 at 21:39 rei says:
I should rewatch Brisco County Jr. sometime.
22/04/2009 at 22:31 SirKicksalot says:
Couldn’t pay attention because of the bloom.
This game looks more Unreal 3-ish than UT3…
…but it has boobs, so count me in.
22/04/2009 at 22:33 Eamo says:
“We really went through the list of the kind of weapons the player would get the most satisfaction out of”
And came up with:
A pistol.
A shotgun.
A machine gun.
A sniper rifle.
A grenade launcher.
A rocket launcher.
Way to really push the boundaries there guys …
22/04/2009 at 22:38 DarthInsinuate says:
The 60 story-tall map sounds pretty cool.
The steam-powered zeppelin less so. Something screams out that it’s just wrong.
22/04/2009 at 22:54 Chaz says:
I like Westerns and I like Steam Punk, so this should really appeal to me, but it doesn’t. The art style does nothing for me and the whole “verticality” thing seems too contrived. Add that to some rather mediocre looking shoot’em up gameplay and it all seems very underwhelming.
I wish someone would make a new Chaos Engine game, that was proper steam punk.
22/04/2009 at 22:57 Adam says:
The guy in the second video seemed to be saying that they designed all the open world scenery, then the level designers come in and make it into a linear game. I could not be less excited about this game.
22/04/2009 at 23:02 DigitalSignalX says:
Gears of Steampunk eh? Looks good, I hope they play test the hell out of it, when your set piece is also a navigation puzzle, it can get frustrating quickly.
22/04/2009 at 23:05 Lunaran says:
who are you calling fatty, fatty
23/04/2009 at 00:07 shinygerbil says:
I’m not that fat. :’(
23/04/2009 at 01:10 MetalCircus says:
Punk was really really dead by the time the damned released that song. Ah dear. My beloved punk. Why did you die so quickly and so horribly? (it really began and ended with the pistols tbh)
23/04/2009 at 01:56 TariqOne says:
This has co-op. It also has jumping cowboys. The only thing more fun than one jumping cowboy is two jumping cowboys.
Sold.
23/04/2009 at 02:02 Legionary says:
It all looks very square, to me.
23/04/2009 at 02:08 Ben Abraham says:
This is why Kieron Gillen exists.
23/04/2009 at 02:28 Senethro says:
I’ve never been comfortable with the word underboob. Or sidetit. These words… the world just shouldn’t be organised in such a manner that there should be a need for these words!
23/04/2009 at 05:11 Clockwork Harlequin says:
I’m insulted that the industry doesn’t think I’ll buy their games unless they tempt me with VERY NEARLY revealed breasts. I’m also insulted that they don’t actually give me value for my money and show me the breasts.
23/04/2009 at 05:56 GamblingVideoPoker says:
I agree with Harlequin above. why just almost a nipple?
23/04/2009 at 06:35 Wedge says:
Wait, did this game start as a UT2k4 mod where you help Lincoln battle robots in the civil war? Because that mod was awesome.
23/04/2009 at 08:40 sebmojo says:
Oh god, you know what this is? It’s Actiongirl, that’s what this is (www.actiongirls.com – N in the slightest bit SFW)
23/04/2009 at 09:01 Surgeon says:
Check out that sideboob.
23/04/2009 at 09:07 Rudolfo says:
these vids don’t seem to play no matter what browser I use. Apart from Safari and Chrome, I’ve used everything else. Shame, really, wanted to see boobs as well :)
23/04/2009 at 09:09 Heliocentric says:
If you are going to have side+under boob and plunge cleavage all in the same game why not just have nipple tassels as a clothing option and be done with it?
23/04/2009 at 09:27 Mad Doc MacRae says:
I’m on her side.
23/04/2009 at 09:47 phil says:
Links seem broken for me, so I’m speaking from a position of complete ignorance BUT I still maintain queen of side and under boob is Ivy from Soul Calibur 4 – now if only Namco could get them to move in such a way that doesn’t suggest two fleshly cannon balls orbiting a stripper.
23/04/2009 at 09:59 Kieron Gillen says:
Gametrailers are doing some work right now, so none of their videos are working. Should be fixed in a few hours, sez they.
KG
23/04/2009 at 10:43 DMJ says:
Links still broken, it would appear. However I’d still like to take this opportunity to endorse boobs.
23/04/2009 at 11:04 Spatula says:
mmmm milk
23/04/2009 at 12:35 Ian says:
Say what you like about this game, it certainly has females in it.
Females with boobs.
23/04/2009 at 12:48 Hmm-Hmm. says:
Well, the embedded versions appear to be functional, at least.
On the game: Steampunk goodness is good. Otherwise, not that interested.
23/04/2009 at 18:05 Bhazor says:
I do hope the talk about boobs in these comments is done ironically. If not you aint forwarding the cause and are trapping us in the crusty sock era of the medium. Now if they could get sxy_kitten voicing every character that would be a step forward for the medium.
Also verticality is a silly looking word.
23/04/2009 at 18:38 Guhndahb says:
From what little I know about this I think I’ll like the “world” but not necessarily the gameplay. We’ll see. It’s worth keeping my eye on. I certainly don’t personally care about the fan service, or if you prefer, sexually liberated female protagonist.
And a big yey for Brisco County, Jr. :)
23/04/2009 at 22:03 Tonamel says:
Couldn’t wait until Sunday, Keiron?
24/04/2009 at 07:56 IvanHoeHo says:
There sure wasn’t much steam for a steam punk world, especially that steam-powered bionic arm of hers. And that car? There is totally a rocket behind it. Maybe they shouldn’t call it steampunk if there weren’t gonna be any steam in it. Coupled with that boobs business, maybe it’s time they considered getting themselves a new arts person – preferrably noy not a teenage boy, so we don’t have to look at those boobies anymore.
Looks fun, though, if they could ditch that crappy third person camera of theirs.