After the coming apocalypse, when the world devolves into an open-world racecourse, we'd be seemingly lost without the Garmins and TomToms of the bygone era. Fear not, though, for it seems a result of the globe-altering warming featured in Codemaster's Fuel is the appearance of giant, airborne ... pointers -- conveniently "pointing" out the path to the finish line. (All that's left, you see, is the finish line.) We suppose then, these guiding arrows are a fair trade for the vicious tornadoes and blinding sandstorms that also -- naturally -- plague this fascinating vision of the future.
Reader Comments (39)
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 2:37AM einhanderkiller said
Those arrows are really annoying.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 11:29AM (Unverified) said
Yeah I'm glad my GPS doesn't look like that, I'd have a seizure every time I had to make a turn.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 2:55PM WiredKnight said
Hopefully there's an option to turn it off.
I feel like GPS in a game like this kinda defeats the purpose of making it open-world. I imagined a racing game where it's up to you how you get to the next point, and having to find your own way. But here they're practically giving you directions. I can appreciate that they don't want players to get lost, but you can accomplish that without flying arrows that show you exactly where to go.
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I feel like GPS in a game like this kinda defeats the purpose of making it open-world. I imagined a racing game where it's up to you how you get to the next point, and having to find your own way. But here they're practically giving you directions. I can appreciate that they don't want players to get lost, but you can accomplish that without flying arrows that show you exactly where to go.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 2:37AM zippypatrick said
Gameplay looks A LOT like Motorstorm, and it's from Codies...
This one's gonna be good.
This one's gonna be good.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 3:06AM (Unverified) said
I keep getting this game and Pure mixed up. Hope this game is just as fun..
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 9:18AM xFenixKnightx said
Looks really good. Im checking this out for sure!
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 9:50AM (Unverified) said
I used to be a fan of the MX ATV series until the 360 version Untamed. This game looks like a good version of one of them: lots of offroading, a ton of vehicles, plus good graphics. I hope this one turns out good. A demo would be nice closer to game day.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 2:50AM Giantenemycrab said
There's no bigger fan of FUEL than I, but showcasing the GPS system? Really? That's the best you can show off to sell your game? That makes me nervous.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 9:50AM Muhammad Oli said
My thoughts exactly. Such a lame thing to advertise when they haven't really even advertised some other features yet. And it's not like their GPS is all that innovative anyway.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 3:00AM (Unverified) said
does anyone know the name of the song playing???
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 3:04AM danielsloan said
google is your friend. "honesty", by attack! attack!
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 3:03AM danielsloan said
OMG, ARROWS
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 3:26AM Emophia said
Looks a lot like Motorstorm.
Which can only be a good thing since Motorstorm 2 was great.
Which can only be a good thing since Motorstorm 2 was great.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 3:30AM (Unverified) said
I have played a demo version of FUEL at a codemasters stand at i36. From what i saw it wasnt that great, the arrows can be turned off in the demo and the controls are a bit slow, but its only a demo so.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 4:19AM (Unverified) said
Wow what a stupid video... Does your Gps look like this.???? ours looks like this..... SOOOOOO WHat???
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 4:32AM Istari Spartan said
Im fore-seeing epileptic seizures.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 4:34AM (Unverified) said
you've just got a regular fucking gps? well check out this fucking sweet gps just look at this
- they're fucking hovering arrows
- they pulsate towards the finish line holy shit
- fucking red arrows, sweet
- look at our fucking white arrows pointing towards our red arrows
are you too much of a goddamn pussy to handle these fucking extreme arrows? thought so, go suck yo mama's teat while we use a fucking man's gps you little bitch
- they're fucking hovering arrows
- they pulsate towards the finish line holy shit
- fucking red arrows, sweet
- look at our fucking white arrows pointing towards our red arrows
are you too much of a goddamn pussy to handle these fucking extreme arrows? thought so, go suck yo mama's teat while we use a fucking man's gps you little bitch
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:07AM In A World said
These ain't yer graaaaandpa's flashing arrows
**bursts through wall with guitar**
**punches wheelchair-bound elderly man in the face**
Take that old man!!! Totally extreeeeeeme! **guitar riff**
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**bursts through wall with guitar**
**punches wheelchair-bound elderly man in the face**
Take that old man!!! Totally extreeeeeeme! **guitar riff**
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 11:33AM (Unverified) said
You had me at "look at our fucking white arrows pointing towards our red arrows". Then you went too far.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 4:35AM (Unverified) said
That seems to be annoying. Hope that you can turn that thing off
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 4:40AM Vordus said
It's the breadcrumb trail system, but in the air, and with moving red arrows. And without any of the subtlety.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 5:40AM ThornedVenom said
If that's their GPS, can I set it to mute?
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 6:58AM Da Largest said
Cool. The game is looking pretty nice.
I hope that it has custom soundtracks, though.
I hope that it has custom soundtracks, though.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 11:31AM (Unverified) said
They already said it won't, it's just going to be that one song, on an infinite loop. And if you try to turn down the music, your save gets corrupted.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 7:02AM jhowlett said
is that like an easy mode? i like it better in some games when it only pops up to tell you your going the wrong way. i also like to see how far i can get off track before the game resets me.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 2:58PM WiredKnight said
Agreed. But if this game is really open-world, they won't ever reset you.
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Posted: Apr 24th 2009 7:39AM Birth Canal said
Looks like a better looking Motorstorm game. Those arrows look so unbelievably annoying. Maybe it's because the tracks aren't linear and are wide open. I hope they still give gamers the option to turn them off if we want.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 9:36AM Bouillestfu said
I was expecting to hear Metallica and not Gayout Boy.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 11:04AM (Unverified) said
wow dats sum really bad music
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 11:58AM (Unverified) said
The GPS arrows are a pretty hard fail, but as long as you can turn them off I'm cool. I was just playing Bioshock recently and was reminded that they put in an annoying navigation arrow for some parts. The first thing I did was turn it off. An annoying arrow telling you where to go doesn't necessarily ruin a game, its when you have no option to turn it off that the game becomes broken. I think that idea that was mentioned earlier of being able to click this navigation arrow on and off is a superior idea.
The music for this demo...oh lord. I really hope they pick a lot of different music when they do release the game.
Otherwise, I am actually looking forward to Fuel, even if it is a racing game with another four letter word. Of course, I'm REALLY looking forward to sequels to Dirt, Grid, and even Pure - but I can deal.
The music for this demo...oh lord. I really hope they pick a lot of different music when they do release the game.
Otherwise, I am actually looking forward to Fuel, even if it is a racing game with another four letter word. Of course, I'm REALLY looking forward to sequels to Dirt, Grid, and even Pure - but I can deal.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 1:03PM aristokrat said
I think it'd be cooler to have a little screen-corner GPS system, making it more realistic and a little harder to navigate. Maybe the GPS could even reveal shortcuts if you watch closely enough. Racing is part about how best knowing to handle the terrain, and if you're given omnipotence right off the bat, then that takes away from the experience.
Posted: Apr 24th 2009 2:53PM Anticrawl said
I wanted to buy this game, but after hearing the trailer music now all I want is genocide of my fellow man. Terrible choice in music *pukes*
