See first trailer for Highlander game

by Justin McElroy { Jan 15th 2008 at 9:45AM }

When you don't know much about a game (definitely the case with Eidos' upcoming Highlander title) you have to kind of go with your gut. After watching this new trailer for the game though, we have to admit that our guts are pretty stymied.

OK, so let's start with the things that make us nervous. 1. This game was announced in 2004. Troublesome. 2. This video doesn't feature any gameplay. 3. The quality is really terrible. 4. No one contacted us to let us know it was up. There's good news too, though: 1. Despite the quality, the backgrounds look pretty good. 2. The voice actor does a fairly solid job. 3. The Quickening!

We guess if we were pressed to give the trailer a passing or failing grade, we'd have to withhold the gold star thanks to the inclusion of the line "Others may lose their head in battle." ... Do you get it? Because you have to cut an Immortal's head off. Really. Someone wrote that. Oh well, we'll keep our fingers crossed.

Tags: eidos, highlander

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

TODDEN @ Mar 31st 2008 9:26PM

First off, if the game doesn't have the Queen soundrack (album title: It's a Kind of Magic) that would suck, but if you have a 360 it won't matter since you can still jam out to those great songs when you play.

2nd, I am skeptical about Eidos making the game, but the HUGE upside is that they did a deal with Epic to use the Unreal Engine, used in Gears of War, rather than the crappy one they used in Kane and Lynch.

The only accent that I thought was awesome was Adrian Paul's in the tv series and in End Game and in the Source movies.

But I do think it's good that they are using a different Macleod character, because we already know so much about the other 2. Plus, with Owen being 2,000 years old it makes for a very broad time span to play some kick ass levels with scenery that could be stunning if the utilize the Unreal Engine the way that it is capable of being used.

If they weren't going to use a Macleod then Methos would have been an awesome choice!!! Shit, he's 5,000 years old... think of all the different stuff you could do with that time span.
On a side note, Adrian Paul should have kicked the director of Highlander the Source in the balls for making the world look so different and futuristic, but then having Joe Dawson alive and well in it. Too much Green Screening!!! They could have made the Source amazing, but they kind of blew it.