Much like the stalwart scientist behind the informative BlendTec "Will it Blend" video series, the I am Alive trailer above has a number of helpful, healthful tips for you to follow if you want to survive in a ruined city. The truly vital one? "This is ruined city dust. Don't breathe this!"
Much like the stalwart scientist behind the informative BlendTec "Will it Blend" video series, the I am Alive trailer above has a number of helpful, healthful tips for you to follow if you want to survive in a ruined city. The truly vital one? "This is ruined city dust. Don't breathe this!"
Reader Comments (54)
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:00PM Korrd said
Looks interesting.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:16PM Hunter141072 said
@Korrd
Don´t know... everything looks like crap, specially that character that does an awful lip-sync.
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Don´t know... everything looks like crap, specially that character that does an awful lip-sync.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:01PM Dubiousity said
I'm probably more excited for this than any other game coming out in the next few months, I've been craving a good survival experience for awhile now and this looks like it will sate said craving.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:05PM ItchyBarracuda said
dat lip sync
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:07PM Architecture said
Some real suspect lip synching going on in that trailer. This game piqued my interest when it was first announced, but now that Naughty Dog will apparently be horning in on I Am Alive's wheelhouse, I just can't keep up the same level of enthusiasm.
Glad to see this wasn't vaporware though, and I'll be cautiously optimistic up until release--I'd love to love this game.
Glad to see this wasn't vaporware though, and I'll be cautiously optimistic up until release--I'd love to love this game.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:07PM Korbie said
I predict a sensationalist FOX News report that accuses this game of profiting off of 9/11. Or something like that.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:07PM Deaths Hand said
#1 key to survival: No snitches.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:08PM joyguy12 said
The Last of Us will own this game.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:13PM Hunter141072 said
@joyguy12
And when that happens the designers of I am alive will start "bitching"
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And when that happens the designers of I am alive will start "bitching"
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:27PM Hunter141072 said
@Scuffles
yeah, something like that.... although this time they won´t have that card, remember there is no P.C. version of this game, so i don´t know how they are going to start bitching about their low sales when they release this thing on the "pirate-free" consoles.....I´m sure they´ll have to find another way to bitch about it.
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yeah, something like that.... although this time they won´t have that card, remember there is no P.C. version of this game, so i don´t know how they are going to start bitching about their low sales when they release this thing on the "pirate-free" consoles.....I´m sure they´ll have to find another way to bitch about it.
Posted: Dec 17th 2011 10:24AM (Unverified) said
@Hunter141072
well not to be a stickler but you do know that there's piracy on the consoles right?
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well not to be a stickler but you do know that there's piracy on the consoles right?
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:08PM Timjoy said
I guess I won't survive if I have a mouse and keyboard....
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:09PM (Unverified) said
still no release date.........
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:12PM Gaddes said
This thing might as well go back to being vaporware now that Naughty Dog's stepping in on the post-apocolypse genre...
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:13PM Bucket said
Does this game have the same climbing movements like uncharted.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:13PM Scuffles said
........... This does look interesting but so did From Dust and Ubisoft managed to expertly dash my hopes for that game on the PC.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that some obscure celestial alignment sees this IP sold to another developer.
I'll keep my fingers crossed that some obscure celestial alignment sees this IP sold to another developer.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:15PM silvaring said
So much more informative than the last trailer. Nice to see actual gameplay footage as well, thank God its looking less & less like Uncharted.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:19PM F1shBone said
Like The Last of Us but without zombies, instantly 100 times better.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:37PM kentuckyfried said
go go go, ubisoft shanghai!
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:48PM arucious said
I thought this was a "The Last Of Us" post
...picture misled me so much
...picture misled me so much
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 3:48PM (Unverified) said
What a clever way to build an economical graphics engine by covering the world in haze and dust and turning it into a gameplay mechanic.
Or maybe it's just ugly.
Or maybe it's just ugly.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 6:22PM LimitedVertigo said
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Reminds me of the the early N64 games. They all had constant fog, even racing games.
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Reminds me of the the early N64 games. They all had constant fog, even racing games.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:01PM shankythestabber said
I am getting pretty excited about this game, it is a very cool concept.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:18PM chunklavins said
i was excited at first when it was going to be huge detailed game in Chicago, now it is only downloadable, and no name urban. I will still play it.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 5:07PM Milak said
@chunklavins yeah, seriously, why in the hell did they make it "generic urban" instead of using a well known city? Was it to avoid controversy? Was it to avoid having to do the fine detail work needed for landmarks? Was it to try to make it feel less distant for players who haven't been to Chicago? It just doesn't make any sense. I don't know about you guys, but unless the game is sci-fi or fantasy, I like it in a real place, whether or not I'm familiar with it.
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Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:20PM Hunter141072 said
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It looks like the kind of thing that you´d build one night before the presentation, hoping to convince someone that your game rocks.....
It looks like the kind of thing that you´d build one night before the presentation, hoping to convince someone that your game rocks.....
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:25PM Kyle4 said
Correct me if I'm wrong, but when this game was being hyped a few years ago does anyone else remember it being advertised as "Jade Raymond's next game"? Not that it matters, but I keep thinking about it every time this game's come up.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:31PM Kyle4 said
@Kyle4 A quick Google search yielded this result: http://kotaku.com/5023908/jades-next-game-+-i-am-alive so it's true.
Now it looks like she has nothing to do with this.
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Now it looks like she has nothing to do with this.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:31PM Hunter141072 said
@Kyle4
True, maybe she saw this trailer and decided to leave quietly instead of getting trapped in this game, she proved to be a real survivor.........
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True, maybe she saw this trailer and decided to leave quietly instead of getting trapped in this game, she proved to be a real survivor.........
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:41PM RobertM24 said
Im sort of sad of what this game has become... I'm still interested, but certainly not as much as I was 2 years ago, it's been so long and apparently changed a lot
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 4:48PM HermanNugent said
Was that a Silent Hill map? EH?
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 5:02PM Milak said
This game still looks interesting, but it looked a whole lot better back when it was a highly ambitious triple A title. I get the feeling we're missing out on more than just graphics from the downgrade to downloadable.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 5:04PM Drdre74 said
Game looks like crap
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 5:10PM jchan said
I was picturing this as more of a sole survivor of a disaster sort of thing. Like the I Am Legend flick. What's so special about this dude being alive if there's little kids surviving too?
Title should be "I Am( one of many) Alive."
Title should be "I Am( one of many) Alive."
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 5:12PM Palacios said
I am Alive is more like Cormac McCarthy’s The Road minus the kid. The Last of Us is more Richard Matheson's I am Legend only now with a kid (female) and instead of vampire mutants you have fungus mutants. I recommend everyone interested in either of these games to go and read both of these novels from which these games are referencing. They are great short reads.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 5:45PM (Unverified) said
GAHHHHH!!! WTF did i just watch(don't answer that i know)? This is not the I Am Alive i remember; this is not the I am alive i was interested in. JEEBUS way to dehype your own game :(
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 8:34PM Kryptik420 said
Many of the comments in this thread (among countless others) seem to reflect the sad reality of the gaming community these days:
If it's not the best thing ever, it's absolute garbage.
Sometimes it might be worthwhile to look past graphical flaws and poor lip-sync. This game seems to be taking a more "human" approach to the post-apocalyptic survival genre, which isn't a bad thing.
Not to say that the game is guaranteed to be a success. If fact, a lot of signs are admittedly pointing in the other direction. But seeing so many "looks like shit, etc." comments being up-voted reminds me why I often grow tired of even bothering with reviewing the comments on this site.
While everyone is entitled to their own opinion, maybe it's time to wait for a game to be released and judge it on its own merits, instead of immediately writing the game off based on 30 seconds of video.
Can't think of how many great games I would have missed if I didn't look past (sometimes obvious) flaws, and instead took the time to try them out instead.
If it's not the best thing ever, it's absolute garbage.
Sometimes it might be worthwhile to look past graphical flaws and poor lip-sync. This game seems to be taking a more "human" approach to the post-apocalyptic survival genre, which isn't a bad thing.
Not to say that the game is guaranteed to be a success. If fact, a lot of signs are admittedly pointing in the other direction. But seeing so many "looks like shit, etc." comments being up-voted reminds me why I often grow tired of even bothering with reviewing the comments on this site.
While everyone is entitled to their own opinion, maybe it's time to wait for a game to be released and judge it on its own merits, instead of immediately writing the game off based on 30 seconds of video.
Can't think of how many great games I would have missed if I didn't look past (sometimes obvious) flaws, and instead took the time to try them out instead.
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 8:39PM Kryptik420 said
@Kryptik420
Can we all just pretend there is one less "instead" in that last sentence? No? Damn...
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Can we all just pretend there is one less "instead" in that last sentence? No? Damn...
Posted: Dec 16th 2011 11:26PM JONNNathannn said
This game has fallen off my radar. Went from something so promising to what looks like a technical disaster and boring game.
All eyes on The Last of Us.
All eyes on The Last of Us.
Posted: Dec 17th 2011 10:25AM Bancai said
I'm so glad this awful executed game isn't coming on pc, you can keep your trash ubisoft
