Comments on: The Secret World (Of Ladies And Birdmen)

By: Rei Onryou

Rei Onryou — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 09:02:48 +0000

Templar it seems. Although I wouldn’t say I’m a fan, I’m even less of a fan of the others.

By: Knight Of Cydonia

Knight Of Cydonia — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:38:49 +0000

Templar, oddly.
And I’ll say what we’re all thinking – I’d do her. And maybe even the birdman.

By: Kadayi

Kadayi — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:30:10 +0000

Dragon here as well (which didn’t surprise me given my answers).

Sounds interesting, but a lot depends on where they go with it.

By: futage

futage — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:36:17 +0000

Alec, not that it matters a day later, but I wasn’t quibbling over the term CGI (reading my question as such seems a tad prejudiced to me but who knows, maybe it was ambiguous), I was simply curious as to what else the poster thought it might be.

By: JKjoker

JKjoker — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 06:58:32 +0000

too bad any kind of suspense or feeling of dread will be ruined by the 13 year olds running around tea bagging the woodland critters

By: Stromko

Stromko — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:23:03 +0000

There actually is a World of Darkness MMO coming, and the makers of EVE are doing it, though I’ve heard nothing on it aside from that.

The Secret World seems very much like a World of Darkness MMO, and continues the trend of game developers doubling up on what they hope to be trends (Prototype / Infamous for example, or Crimecraft / All Points Bulletin).

I would say ultimately that this weakens the reception both competing products get, as they will invariably be compared to one another and customers will likely pick one or another.

That said, the concept of a World of Darkness MMO, and the concept of Secret World, both seem pretty damn cool to me, so I’m glad we’re getting two examples of that flavor in the coming years. We need more games that at least try to have an interesting setting.

By: JKjoker

JKjoker — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:13:49 +0000

sigh, too bad they made yet another crappy mmo, i would love this atmosphere in a single player game

By: MacBeth

MacBeth — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:48:31 +0000

I actually wasn’t attempting to stir anything up re. the definition of CGI – I agree totally with the RPS official-o-definition . I was actually (on first glance) wondering if some of it was live footage, with effects added on top. On watching it again on a better screen it’s clearly all CGI. Bloody good though – the shoes and the hand are lovely, and the lighting effects (particularly on the wooly hat) are very nice. And yes, a damn shame the game won’t look anything like that good.

By: The Pink Ninja

The Pink Ninja — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 23:10:28 +0000

Impressive that the total lack of info can get an article…

If this has WoW like combat then it’s already failed. Otherwise, I’m really looking forward to it.

By: Stupoider

Stupoider — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:45:35 +0000

I’d rather they showed some sort of gameplay rather than another CGI trailer. :<

By: Matosh

Matosh — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:06:35 +0000

The above comment @Noc, BTW.

By: Matosh

Matosh — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:05:51 +0000

Will you pick up feathers from the floor, look at them meaningfully, then drop them back as your mouselook reveals an enemy that just teleported next to you while you weren’t looking? Will you be able to mix milkshakes and drink them when you get to your apartment, thereby creating an opportunity for a monster to surprise you while you do so? I don’t even need these to be interactive – an in-engine sequence showing these characters doing these things would impress me.

These cutscenes are better than some others at it, but lately I’ve just become so hypersensitive to it, and also:

This particular clip set me off specifically because I’d love to play the game that’s in that clip, but I won’t get it. The basic actions – shield spell, shotgun – will remain, but I am so very cynically certain that the suspense these two brilliant trailers display will be so very very absent in the final product. I specifically decried the use of ‘cool moves’, because the suspense depends so much on timing and the economy of motion, which will be the first things lost from the game.