There was one gaming title at CES that wasn't produced by Sony, Capcom, Microsoft or Activision, that was Paleo Entertainment'sMerchants of Brooklyn. Here's an excerpt from their presser: "You take the role of an elite neanderthal fighter with a taste for blood. Having had your arm unwillingly detached from your body courtesy of a chainsaw, your new prototype biomechanical arm transforms into different twisted and brutal weaponry to aid you in the slaughter." So, does this sound like Bionic Commando meets The Flintstones?
There's not much to see right now, but the level we played was pretty fragtastic and it's rendered in a cell-shaded art style that we don't see enough of. It's running on Crytek's CryEngine 2, and should be out for the PC/Xbox 360/PS3 set later this year. There wasn't enough of the game in the demo to get a feeling for what it'll become, but being able to pick up your enemies body parts and charge them up to toss grenade-style was fun. If a caveman merged with tech is your dream come true, you won't have to wait much longer. In fact, you can check out the trailer after the break!
Poor neanderthals, always getting a bad rep because of their eyebrow ridges when in reality they were most likely just as intelligent as we (supposedly) are, considering their brain cavities had the same volume as ours...
The game looks sick and wicked. As in the original sense of the words. I feel mildly disgusted just watching that video.
po·ten·tial Pronunciation: \pə-ˈten(t)-shəl\ Function: adjective Etymology: Middle English potencial, from Late Latin potentialis, from potentia potentiality, from Latin, power, from potent-, potens Date: 14th century 1: existing in possibility : capable of development into actuality 2: expressing possibility ; specifically : of, relating to, or constituting a verb phrase expressing possibility, liberty, or power by the use of an auxiliary with the infinitive of the verb (as in “it may rain”)
It's just like that flintstones movie where they meet the Jetsons and are taken to the future. Then Fred get's experimented on, and they cut off his arm and replace it with a mechanical claw! Then he goes on a killing rampage, and kills everyone including George Jetsons boss Mr. Spacely... Remember that? I mean God could they be anymore unoriginal?
Ummm... I have no idea what to think. I'll reserve judgment until I read a hands on preview. My money is on the developer being located in Eastern Europe though. It doesn't seem like something an American team would come up with in terms of concept and gameplay.
The Merchants of Brooklyn (or the MOB - see what they did there?) are a criminal organisation who make the cloned working classes fight with each other in New York's skyscrapers, the streets flooded by global warmining...
It looks sweet but the setting does not match the story's timeframe. It's way too futuristic for Neanderthals - it would have been sweet if it had a stone age setting.
