New Singularity vids show off environments and 'aging' features
by Jem Alexander 
on Apr 28th 2009 9:00PM
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:07PM nadomars said
At least it has bubble shields. To me, this game doesn't look interesting or fun at all, but i'll reserve judgement till after I play it. I have yet to play timeshift, other than the demo, and it felt boring, probably due to the fact that you can kill people without them fighting back
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:11PM TheDarkWayne said
from what I read in GI, while it still does have some of that, it's less of a "time as a hack" like in Timeshift and more "You have a gun that shoots time"
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Posted: Apr 29th 2009 7:08AM (Unverified) said
I thought Timeshift would be cool too, but its the only game i've ever played where my expectations were dashed minutes after starting, and within an hour it was "retired", never to be played again.
Hard to say exactly what it got so wrong, the shooting was just "off", the enemies always popped up exactly where you expected them, the time mechanic was little more than a badly implemented gimmick, the story sucked, the graphics were great in set-pieces but competely generic everywhere else........
Guess it wasn't so hard at all.
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Hard to say exactly what it got so wrong, the shooting was just "off", the enemies always popped up exactly where you expected them, the time mechanic was little more than a badly implemented gimmick, the story sucked, the graphics were great in set-pieces but competely generic everywhere else........
Guess it wasn't so hard at all.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:10PM JuanLovesHorror said
Too many fps these days but since is Raven I'll check it out.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:12PM Lekko said
If Gordan Freeman visited Rapture...
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:11PM OMGOMG said
This should be called, Borrowed Mechanics: The Game.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:15PM TheDarkWayne said
This looks pretty cool, but I'm always worried about console FPS'. For the most part I prefer them to PC because I just enjoy the gamepad format more, whether it's accurate or not. And that's rarely a problem when you're playing high caliber games like Halo, CoD, L4D, Orange Box, or really any AAA or AA FPS, but some of the ones made by less wealthy publishers or developers really seem to have shitty aim mechanics, no matter how much you adjust the in game sensitivity. That's what's making me worried about this game because Timeshift was one of those
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:16PM MrVee PSN Vampah said
Timshift had like the best tease trailer i had seen in my life, then i played that horrible demo, ugh.
Ill wait till i see the demo for this, then ill make full judgment.
Ill wait till i see the demo for this, then ill make full judgment.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:22PM jefwif said
how come a 2d platformer is the only game that can do time-alteration correct? i love braid but i would LOVE LOVE LOVE to see time manipulation done right. it's all about keeping it brisk, easy (to do), fun, and beautiful. none of these adjectives are demonstrated in that video :(
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:38PM WiredKnight said
Mechanics like that are simply easier to implement in 2D than in 3D. That's all it is. I'm sure we'll see better time-related mechanics in the future, but until then you'll have to settle for what's out there.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 10:56PM (Unverified) said
Prince of Persia: SoT did it pretty good I thought.
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:27PM (Unverified) said
Unreal engine game.... not interesting. I don't know why, but this trailer bored me.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:40PM WiredKnight said
Looks kinda gimicky.
The combat looks so frantic and busy, I don't think it will be that useful to stop and create cover. Just run around and shoot 'em. Also, anyone else feel like a frag would take out cover faster than "aging" it?
The combat looks so frantic and busy, I don't think it will be that useful to stop and create cover. Just run around and shoot 'em. Also, anyone else feel like a frag would take out cover faster than "aging" it?
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:44PM Tristan88888888 said
timeshift was a decent game. i assume this game will have similar fun value, ever there will be a slight lack of polish.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 9:55PM (Unverified) said
FPS market is so saturated. When are they gonna start making 2nd Person Shooters?
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 10:10PM Jack Tretton said
"[Singularity] can't be much worse than that other time manipulation FPS."
Blinx?
Blinx?
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 10:32PM (Unverified) said
Egh... doesn't look too bad to me
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 10:33PM (Unverified) said
this game is gonna be tigth they better put online on it
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 10:50PM TheDarkWayne said
it's already iffy enough. The last thing they need is take time away from singleplayer to make some half assed multiplayer mode that no one will play even if it was phenomenal
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Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:00PM (Unverified) said
The sound effect as he built up the cover had me laughing.
Doesn't look bad, just doesn't look really that good either. Feels like a Timeshit or Fracture type game.
Doesn't look bad, just doesn't look really that good either. Feels like a Timeshit or Fracture type game.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:09PM Cafecito said
Yet another FPS. Woohoo.
Posted: Apr 28th 2009 11:27PM (Unverified) said
BIOSHOCK?!
Posted: Apr 29th 2009 1:52AM jefwif said
oh yeah!!! good catch!!
Posted: Apr 29th 2009 4:48AM Birth Canal said
@Manly Mcbeefigan (Mr. ESC):
Just read the reviews. Apparently the demo is much better than the full retail release.
Just read the reviews. Apparently the demo is much better than the full retail release.
