Comments on: Ubisoft’s I am Alive first details unveiled – to be first-person shooter

By: Hero of Canton

Hero of Canton — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:00:33 +0000

Not every game presented in the first-person is an FPS, you know. Mirror’s Edge isn’t a first-person shooter and neither is this.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:10:12 +0000

ecu, I think it’s fair to say executing it in firts person will be more challenging, that’s all.

By: Retroid

Retroid — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:03:43 +0000

I nearly dangerously misread that.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:52:00 +0000

How do you know I’m not? Eh? Eh?

/mysterious wink

By: ecu

ecu — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:49:54 +0000

Well, considering they say there’s some platforming involved, I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to suggest that third-person might’ve been a better choice.

You’re right. After all, you are the one making the game.

Oh, wait!

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:47:03 +0000

Yeah me neither to be honest.

Well I do, and it’s when I ahve learnt my fast speedy routes and execute them amazingly.

Yes, I am awesome then.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:42:51 +0000

It took me about 12 hours to get through the ME story mode and I wasn’t specifically taking my time. I’ve no idea where these ‘it’s all over in ten minutes’ claims actually come from.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:39:15 +0000

Well seriously, I dunno why I love it so much, but thinking of each level as a track instead of a level, makes it awesome for me.

And unless you actively try to find differing routes for your journey the game is 5 hours long.

But it’s all about experimentation.

And trial and error isn’t necessarily bad game design, if it’s the right context. Hell, MegaMan 9 (for me at least) is completely trial and error.

But I got to admit, the art direction really is the star of the show. Just kept on imaginign it on the KZ2 engine though

Would be so amazing.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:29:27 +0000

I rated ME a 7, so I didn’t hate it. Although you’re right – I can’t be arsed with time trials. But there were plenty of times where I wished I had a third-person view of a particular thing.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:27:36 +0000

Shut your dirtyy whore mouth Blerk.

<3 Mirror’s Edge.

If you suck, and don’t like time trials, you can fuck off, but don’t knock the game.

But otherwise I totally agree.

And let me say, there was never really a third person option in Fallout 3, unless you wanted to blind yourself with the generations worst animations.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:11:15 +0000

Well, considering they say there’s some platforming involved, I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to suggest that third-person might’ve been a better choice. Look at Mirror’s Edge, for example.

Of course, it may well have both views in there. In which case everyone’s happy. Well, except me. I’m never happy.

By: ecu

ecu — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:09:04 +0000

First person is fine. I played Fallout 3 in first person the whole way through, it’s perhaps more immersive this way. It depends what type of game it is, and obviously they think it’s best with first person viewpoint. So it’s a little odd to be saying “wish it was third person” when they are the ones making the game, and they are the ones who know what’s best for it.

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:54:58 +0000

OI, SUZY!

[slap]

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:45:54 +0000

Well slap my ass and call me suzy.

I have no fucking idea why. Maybe it seems I deserve to be assualted and called girls names for my ignorance.

Yeah well Morrius, I think your opinion is wrong. Yeah. ‘Me’, breaking subjective rules since 2009.

By: SticKboy

SticKboy — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:45:17 +0000

Gah, I’m no fan of first-person. The only way it could be truly emotionally immersive is if we all played using horizontally curved screens.

Give me a third person perspective any day, far more engaging and – crucially – easier to navigate complex environments.

By: Morrius

Morrius — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:40:58 +0000

I’m fine with first person.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:34:53 +0000

Disaster Report is SOS: Final Escape!

Different regions, different name, same game.

By: No_PUDding

No_PUDding — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:25:34 +0000

Blerk, I was thinking more Disaster Report.

And fuck FPS.

By: Rhythm

Rhythm — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:19:05 +0000

I read that article but didn’t clock it was 1st person. Still, could definitely be decent given the quality of recent 1st-person adventures out there.

By: that_happy_cat

that_happy_cat — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:15:52 +0000

Have they copied the shotgun mechanic from Super Mario’s encounters with the Boos?

By: Aretak

Aretak — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:10:32 +0000

I’m also disappointed to learn that this is yet another first-person shooter. I had imagined it being something like a next-gen SOS: Final Escape from the preview trailer, but I guess that would have been too much to hope for.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:55:18 +0000

I’m a bit disappointed that it’s first-person, actually – I always prefer third-person.

The game itself sounds like a cross between SOS: Final Escape and Bioshock, from the sounds of it. Which might be an okay mix.