We've been talking about it for nearly eight months now, so we thought you might like a peek at some pre-alpha gameplay footage from Legendary. The video seems to be having some framerate issues (at least, we hope it's the video) but some of the imagery here is really striking. On that note, we'd like to go on record as saying that Electro-Car Bot is destined to be the Big Daddy of 2008.
If you're anything like us, the promise of being able to play in a world being ripped asunder this beautifully is enough to bump this pretty high up on your "must play" list for the summer. Let's just hope the gameplay lives up to the world.
Who's that crazy kook destroyin' the world? It's ZORC It's Zorc & Pals. The blood of the innocent will flow without end! His name is Zorc and he's destroyin' the world!
Okay, I got a chance to play an early demo at EIEIO and I'm a little iffy on the game itself.
Minor spoilers
Obviously with it being an early demo I'm not going to be to harsh on the game. The controls were a little off. Either the overall sensitivity was to loose, but when you turn the sensitivity all the way down, sighting using the scope becomes way to slow. There were 3 enemies in the demo (4 if you include a second type of monster) and there abilities could make for an interesting battle. The biggest issue here is that don't have a whole lot in the way of variety of attacks. So they charge straight at you most of the time. The detail in the game itself was pretty good, similar to a slightly lowered version of Gears of War.
Again this is an early beta and it is definitely something I look forward to as an original IP, but it needs some work before its Fall release.
Everything about the game is whimsical except for the gun... couldn't a bunch of wierd gadgets come flying out THE BOX too? Like maybe one of those Russian dolls where there's always a smaller version inside the one before it... and they all pop out and form a little army of evil Russian dolls with laser-beam-eyes and you can direct them where to go and what to attack? Or maybe a pogo stick that lets you trounce enemies and get to platforms you wouldn't be able to reach otherwise? Maybe freeze-ray, or a sword that turns enemies into harmless baby versions of themselves, or.... look all I'm sayin' is: machine gun? shotgun? rifle? C'mon, seriously? More generic crap... boooo!
Yeah, cuz we all know crazy concepts are only allowed in Mario games and Ratchet and Clank games. I believe Nintendo owns the patent and Insomniac Games pays them royalties.
