Comments on: Futuremark Talk Shattered Horizon

By: JimmyDean

JimmyDean — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:48:34 +0000

Not specifically zero gravity, but Starsiege Tribes was probably one of the first FPS to have really good freedom of movment type of gameplay with jetpacks and skiing which is unique to the game. Shattered Horizons has some similarities in terms of the gameplay team combat ala freedom of movment. Its fun and definitely will be a classic on its own. If they add more content it can be even better.

By: Lagmint

Lagmint — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:39:44 +0000

It reminds me of the outer-space Q3 maps. Looks really interesting. I really like the weapon design too. But yeah, I can see the Enders Game in this :)

By: Culprit

Culprit — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 03:27:42 +0000

This really makes me think of Ender’s Game. 3D zero-g game tactics can be really awesome. I hope they really run with this and make interesting team game modes. CtF would be nice, but something a little more interesting would be great!

By: scott

scott — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:49:22 +0000

eh… crysis you big dummy:P lol
crysis had an amazing zero-g level.
this probably inspired these guys to make this game, it definately had me thinking it would be cool to have a game set completely in zero-g.

By: maicon

maicon — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:10:29 +0000

the picture reminds me of the cool station spacewalk game/simulation from nasa: http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/3d_resources/station_spacewalk_game.html

By: DiGi

DiGi — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:57 +0000

Descent! Best mazes ever!

By: Javier-de-Ass

Javier-de-Ass — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:41:31 +0000

The difference between this and Descent is the immediacy of movement though, in Descent it feels like you are pretty mechanically slow because you’re controlling a ship, but in this you are the guy and can zip around with the mouse. but yeah, Descent is an fps game of course.

By: Pekka Timonen

Pekka Timonen — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:43 +0000

You can check if your system can run Shattered Horizon from here:
http://www.yougamers.com/gameometer/10360/

By: Tei

Tei — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:47:18 +0000

What you say, is a reason to buy this game, and I agree.

From “Odisey 2001″ very few movies (or games) get space right. It seems this game is tryiing (not total real, but It look real).

By: Melf_Himself

Melf_Himself — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:06:44 +0000

Their lead designer sounds like he knows a lot about game design. I went from being “meh” about this to cautiously optimistic after reading this… will definitely give the demo a try when it comes out.

By: Jad

Jad — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:20:51 +0000

@Caiman

I did pretty well with mouse and keyboard. The setup I finally settled on was making left mouse = strafe up and right mouse = strafe down. Then fire was on the space bar. Takes a little while getting used to, but I worked for me.

So, for those who haven’t played Descent, and don’t have a joystick, don’t let that hold you back from playing an awesome game!

By: Caiman

Caiman — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:09:18 +0000

No, “first person” means that the viewpoint is from the first person (ie. yourself), it doesn’t literally mean you have to be a person otherwise AvP wouldn’t be first person if you played an alien or predator. So yes, Descent was definitely an FPS in zero gravity with fully three dimensional design. It was and still is astounding, although the control system demanded a decent joystick.