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First Risen 2: Dark Waters details emerge

Debabrata Nath — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:40:33 +0000

Risen 2: Dark Waters is in development and the first bits of info involving the game has emerged thanks to a user who has a copy of PCGames magazine being kind enough to share it.

Here’s the whole thing, courtesy of GAF:

Story

You are again the same nameless heroes of Risen
He is now living in a small harbour village called “Caldera”
You are now wearing the Ocular of the inquisitor (story relation not known yet)
The game is now spread about multiple islands
There is still the inquisition located on one of the islands
The story is more complex and will have different consequences depending on your choices
You will meet familiar faces like Carlos, Gregorius Steelbeard

Setting

Pirate setting
It’s no longer on Faranga from Risen
You can travel to different islands by ship (if you can have an own ship is not known yet)
In the sea lives different sea monsters who attack ships
It will also have an fast travel system on the islands
The islands will have different climate zones with different settings and monsters
Guns,canons and othe fire weapons in the game
There is still magic
Skill system same as Risen
Should feel more realistic than Risen (for example chests who are empty or have rubble in it, but to every chest is a story)
The world is bigger as in Risen
Side quests should be more complex than in Risen

Graphic / Technic

Animation is now motion captured
NPCs and monsters more detailed
Bump mapping, realisitc relatime clouds instead of a skybox
More realisitc faces
No loading times on the islands and invisible walls only short loading by changing the island
NPCs talking with each other (for example you can hear a conversation between too NPCs when the treasurer leave his treasure)
Every NPC has a daily routine like in Risen
In the night different monsters than on the day like in Risen

Monsters

There will be Gnomes again
Minecrawler
Some familiar and some completly new monsters
Also normal animals like apes,boars,… depending on the climate zone

Risen 2 is far into development and is around 80% complete. Piranha are doing voice recording for the game right now.

You can check out the first screenshots from the game over here.

Risen 2 is in development for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC.

Gran Turismo 5 has no rewind feature and more

Debabrata Nath — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:52:39 +0000

A GT Planet member who has a real copy of the game (Amar) has posted some pretty interesting new bits of information related to Gran Turismo 5 and we have them covered for you over here.

He confirmed that the game won’t have any rewind feature and you’re on your own once you start the race.

He confirmed the already known fact that standard cars won’t allow you to change your rims but at the same time pointed out another interesting fact that they will lack any kind of interiors aswell.

And no, really no, Standards do not have interiors too.

He also bought to the fore, another interesting point about Gran Turismo 5’s save files, those are copy protected and you can’t copy-paste them into your memory stick.

save files are really copy-protected, period. You can’t copy them to memory stick and that is it.

We will keep you updated as more new info is revealed

New Killzone 3 scans and info surfaces?

Will Kenny — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:08:19 +0000

A poster over on the Gamespot UK forums has reported that the latest issue of GamePro has some juicy scoops on Killzone 3.
Check them out below.

– Will show the Helghast have humanity left in them.
– Will have the feeling that “of being in a place far away from home, outnumbered by people who want to kill you.”
– Will be like Inglorious Basterds.
– All of the characters in the screenshots are flying in.. jetpacks?!
– Will include arctic levels.
– One mission in the game involves rescuing ISA Captain Narville.
– Game is playable in 3D!
– Have to wear 3D glasses, apparently the 3D effects are “crazy.”
– Combat is “unchanged from predecessor.”
– Or is it? Hand to hand combat involves you “Unloading a string of different (and often brutal) attacks on stunned enemies.”
– The scale is supposed to be “bigger this time.”
– The Jetpacks are “surprisingly lightweight and agile, Killzone 3’s jetpack is easier to maneuver compared to the sluggish incarnations of the gadget found in other games.”
– New weapon called the Wasp, basically shoots a “flurry of rockets” at an enemy.
– Will show off the Helghast culture.
– There is actually a Helghast language, which will be explored in the game.
– Will have “diverse locales.”
– Have to sit in the center of the 3D tv for the 3D effects to work.
– 3D in this game is called a “Game Changer.”
– Going to have “Intense Action”
– Jetpacks double as a weapon, which basically means a machine gun mounted right on top of it.
– If you shoot Helghast with jetpacks, they’ll “explode like roman candles”
– To control the jetpack, you “have to activate bursts of speed in midair, propelling yourself across further distances.”
– The Jetpack resembles something you’d do in platformers such as Super Mario Bros. Or Uncharted
– In one mission, you have to use the jetpack by “launching yourself from glacier to glacier”
– You’ll see “a lot of” snow levels.
– Everything is more spread out in this game.
– The game looks very complete.
In case you didn’t notice our not-so-subtle bold hints- there will be jetpacks and 3D in Killzone 3. Hell yeah.
But pick your jaw up off the floor, there are some scans to feast your eyest on too.

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