New Games Tagged 'survival, in-development' on The Great Games Experiment New Games on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg New Games Tagged 'survival, in-development' on The Great Games Experiment en-us Harvest Harvest is a real-time strategy game currently in development by Oxeye Game Studio.

The basic idea of the game is that you must gather two kinds of resources - minerals and energy - and use them to construct defenses for your base. The base is attacked by endless numbers of aliens and you will have to try to survive for as long as possible.
]]> 04 Jun 2007 05:24:19 Left 4 Dead I know what you're thinking, "Not another zombie survival game!" well, this game is different from all those other games. You play as either four survivors that try to go from Point A to Point B, or you have the choice to play as one of the many zombie bosses. Now you may think this will get repetitive in time, but that's not true. The gameplay is different every time you play. Now this game heavily depends on teamwork, if you stroll along by yourself, your going to most certainly die. Weapon choice is simple, you can use MP5's to Uzis. The story is that the in a city have been infected with a sort of rabies that have turned them into zombies. These zombies aren't slow, they're fast and have the ability to climb fences. Oh, I forgot friendly fire is always on, so don't be trigger happy, and also don't jump right in front of your teammates expecting you won't get hurt, because you will. Why is friendly fire always on? The fact is, it makes the game more challenging. If there was no friendly fire, the game would too easy and would be a breeze to finish.
]]> 21 Apr 2007 02:50:39 Infernal Investigation Garry Thompson, a highly experienced crime scene investigator, has been sent on a case like no other. Thrust into a horrific world where mysterious forces dominate his every move, Thompson must find a way out of this dreaded nightmare and relocate his missing companions, all the while stabbing, swiping and shooting for his life against a horde of hellish, undead creatures. What seems normal in this world will quickly become twisted and distorted as you navigate your wary way through a neighbourhood of unrelenting deceit. As Garry Thompson, you must escape this investigation gone infernal. You must keep thinking. You must keep fighting. You must keep living.. .

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]]> 15 Feb 2007 01:24:35 They Hunger: Lost Souls They Hunger: Lost Souls is a commercial first-person action game powered by the award-winning Half-Life 2 Source engine from Valve Software. Based upon the highly popular They Hunger mod series, the upcoming title features a completely new horror-survival adventure.

In North-Eastern Europe during the early 1960's, strange anomalies culminate with dead corpses rising from their graves. As a tourist recovering from a tragic accident, you seek shelter in an ancient monastery overrun by bloodthirsty zombies, and become involved in an escalading cascade of calamities.
]]> 01 Feb 2007 12:36:30 Fallout 3 Numerous videos and screenshots are now available. Visit the sites linked below for more.

GAMESPOT said,
After being canceled at Interplay, this sequel to the cult post-apocalyptic role-playing game was resurrected by Bethesda, where it is currently in development.

The Fallout series is in a way a descendant of Interplay's 1988 "Wasteland", to which Electronic Arts retains the rights. The Fallout series takes place in a fictional post-holocaust earth inhabited by the "Vault Dwellers" who survived the fallout of the brief but deadly nuclear war of 2077 in meticulously managed underground facilities, and a variety of others who met different fates, which include, of course, mutation.

The series introduces the player to a quest of survival and adventure in an often harsh world of varied cultures, where not quite all that was good of mankind has perished, and the player may determine their own morality, skill and creativity.

Bethesda Software announced in 2004 that they had acquired the rights to produce Fallout 3 and subsequent sequels, though Interplay retained the MMO rights (and in November of 2006 set in motion a process that might lead to the funding and creation of a Fallout MMORPG.)

As of April 12, 2007 Bethesda appears to have purchased the IP to the Fallout franchise outright, as development continues.

Game Features (both known and speculated):

  • Bethesda is using the Gamebryo engine, with which they previously produced The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

  • Actor Liam Neeson has been cast for a major voice acting role.

  • RPG elements are at the heart of the Fallout series, and also a staple of Bethesda Software, so it is anticipated that this aspect will remain.

  • Open-ended non-linear gameplay is likely.

  • Three different perspectives: Isometric, behind the shoulder, and first person.

    • (New Details from Game Informer magazine)
  • Game runs on an evolved version of the Oblivion engine. Third person view has been reworked since the verdict was that the Oblivion version was bad.

  • Game starts with your birth and your mother's death in a vault hospital. This is essentially the character customization part of the game. Your father hands you up to have your DNA analyzed and you get to pick out all your character traits. Your dad takes off his mask to reveal similar traits to the ones you picked.

  • You grow up in the vault and as you grow you get your first book titled "You're Special" which allows you to choose you baseline stats for each of your 7 primary aptitudes. You'll also get your first weapons and wrist computer (menu) as you get older and take tests to determine the initial layout of your skills and traits.

  • Every aspect of character creation is based on S.P.E.C.I.A.L. system. Of your 14 skills you can tag 3 to grow at a faster rate than the rest as you level up.

  • Battle system is called the Vault-tec Assisted Targeting System (V.A.T.S.). The article states. "While you'll certainly be able to tackle enemies in real time using first person shooting, V.A.T.S. lets players pause time and select a target at their leisure". Battle system still uses action points, but once you've used them up you'll still be able to fight targets in real time while they charge back up.

  • Game is still violent and gory. One of the featured screens is of a guy's head exploding in super gory detail. Apparently all gory deaths in the game will be in slow motion.

  • More than one way to play the game. Go balls out and kill people, or sneak past situations, or perhaps talk your way out of situations.

  • Enemies can target you just like you can target them, so you can get injured in very specific points on you body. This in addition to an all new health/radiation system. This new system has you measuring how radiated certain things (like water) are and how they affect you when you consume them.

  • Karma system returns.

  • The game does not scale like oblivion, so if you enter a high level area expect to be promptly murdered.

  • Level cap is 20.

  • Definite ending to the game, but there are 9 - 12 possible endings.

  • There are NPC's you can hire, but this is not a party based game.

Developer: Bethesda Software
Publisher: Bethesda Software
Released: TBA

System Requirements
TBA
]]> 28 Jan 2007 04:08:39 People of the Dawn People of the Dawn is a Third/First Person perspective experience blended with Real Time Strategy control elements, allowing the player to manage her tribe as well as participate within the environment. The story and goal is simple: Man versus Nature or the elements. Simply put: Survival.
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