New Damnation multiplayer trailer features acrobatic cowboys
What we can glean from the trailer is this: the totally sweet, Raiden-esque sword action seen in previously released clips seems to have all but left in the multiplayer-combat focused video above. In it's place? "Verticality." At least we can still flip around like most ... cowboys. That's what cowboys do, right? Right?!














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ice~ @ May 23rd 2009 4:16PM
I've never even heard of this but it looks pretty good I'm gonna look into it!
ifalldownstairs @ May 23rd 2009 4:23PM
You guys are too jaded. Sure, the graphics kinda suck, but the multiplayer looks like it could be really fun.
MaliceMajorE15 @ May 23rd 2009 4:28PM
im lost, what was the first game in 2009?
mars @ May 23rd 2009 4:46PM
if you clicked the link it was velvet assassin. a game with mediocre reviews, and the first one ever featured in joystiquitter.
Doreo @ May 23rd 2009 4:48PM
Borderlands?
Doreo @ May 23rd 2009 4:49PM
Damn I should have clicked the link before making my guess...
Tom @ May 23rd 2009 4:36PM
The multiplayer looks really good judging from this video. I hope it lives up to what it shows here.
tmacairjordan87 @ May 23rd 2009 4:41PM
Oh I remember this game now, it's the one Eurogamer gave a 3 to.
Actually it might have been Edge since I always confuse the two, but I'm definitely not confused about the score. The game looks like trash.
tmacairjordan87 @ May 23rd 2009 4:50PM
Yup it was Eurogamer.
http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/xbox360/damnation
Looks like Codemasters has yet another "great" game to add to their profile.
xtremeholymuffin @ May 23rd 2009 4:43PM
meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
mars @ May 23rd 2009 4:47PM
this game's single player looks horrible, but the multiplayer looks fun. too bad not enough people are going to buy this game for enough people to make multiplayer fun.
Tyler @ May 23rd 2009 4:48PM
I hate selecting my birthday every time I want to watch a mature VIDEOGAME video! I know it's to help protect minors but dammit if I haven't been watching porn since I was 14 years old! Come on!!!
Doreo @ May 23rd 2009 4:51PM
Is it just me or did it look like every ladder requires a wall jump to reach? Can't I just climb a ladder in peace without having to do crazy acrobatics and what not?
All kidding aside, the multiplayer looks pretty cool but I'm not really sold on this game yet. I mean there are only two games going for this whole vertical approach and that is Damnation and Dark Void.... At the moment my money is on Dark Void.
sebhitch @ May 23rd 2009 5:03PM
Whats with the pistol 0 recoil?? Looks like thier firing spudguns..
Polnareff @ May 23rd 2009 5:03PM
Although the multiplayer seems interesting, I find that for a game which boasts maneuverability, it doesn't look like it feels very smooth. The movement and firing is kinda choppy...
I think it would have to be more like Prince of Persia or Mirror's Edge for this to work properly.
Einhanderkiller @ May 23rd 2009 5:41PM
Looks like they released the game early on Steam for some reason.
handlas @ May 23rd 2009 6:30PM
noticed that too and I read some impressions from people that have played it. Sadly, all bad. Apparently the AI is terrible and online is very laggy. I thought the vertical levels seemed like a kewl idea tho.
MaliceMajorE15 @ May 23rd 2009 6:31PM
It still doesnt make sense though, there has been more than two releases this year? maybe im just not meant to be in the loop..........ill shut up now
Ozborne @ May 23rd 2009 10:17PM
Yeah, you'll notice the sentence actually continues past the phrase "The second release of 2009". I know, I get excited when reading Joystiq too, and will sometimes skip right to the end of the article to just say anything, anything at all, and that's why my past comments of "BLAAARRRGHLLL!" and "SPPPOOOOOOOOO!!!" have been downvoted into the void. But a second glance will reveal it is not actually the second release of 2009, but the STAY WITH ME the second release to have a unique premise marred by crappy graphics and bland gameplay.
That number is optimistically low.
Bagels: Commander in Chief of the lolcat sarcasm alert force. @ May 24th 2009 6:17PM
Hey, anytime someone says "SPPOOOOOOOO!!!" I up-vote that junk.
Twinturbo120 @ May 23rd 2009 7:30PM
This game has some potential
DRE Fei @ May 23rd 2009 11:35PM
Damn the multiplayer looks like it could actually be fun. If people would actually buy this game I'd love to try it, but it doesn't have master chief or COD on the cover. I think you all know what that means.
Jasmino924 @ May 24th 2009 10:15AM
I was a bit skeptical about Damnation at first, but this trailer just convinced me to get it.
http://systemfailnews.blogspot.com/
Levi @ May 24th 2009 11:29PM
If this is the steampunk game where you fight a mech, I want it.