<![CDATA[What Is They? - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[What Is They? - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> I was about to state that the supposedly unique weaponry might include fleshlights built into them, then I noticed the "less gutter-minded" statement. Anyways, I'm uncertain about how many times I can recall reading iterations of that bullet-point-like list of features intended to be included in a FPS.

xINTRINSICALLY_PWNINGx

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> ...freaking tentacle rape?

Sabre_Justice: Okay, no more long name.

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> "unique weapon system that makes you "love" your weapons"

I've always wanted a video game where I could play as a NRA member.

The ESA should mandate the writer of that description writes all video game descriptions.

Title: MADDEN NFL 2008
Platforms: PC & next generation console & portables & last generation consoles
Release date: August 2007
Genre: Football Simulation
Scenario: Near Future
- next generation 3D engine
- unique weapon system that makes you "love" your football
- mysterious science fiction background story
- diversified enemies - thrilling and intelligent
- heroes to identify with
- heavy usage of physics
- destructible environment relevant for gameplay
- haunting single player mode
- versatile multiplayer modes

Just like how Stephen Sommers should be injected in the behind-the-scenes pieces on every film released.

Zach Isso

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @Hagglegaggle: haha yeah Im with you there too on that one.

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @baberg: Oh only about 90% of us thought that. ;D

Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Has anybody mentioned how much it looks like Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within yet? Because I think it looks like Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

And they need to fire their marketing team. "Heroes to identify with"? "Heavy usage of physics"? I was expecting them to end with "Visual representations on a television screen!"

baberg

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> I know the enemy looks exactly like the ones from FF: spirits within. But another Fps in the list. Hopefully it'll be good but I'm not holding my breath.

CrimemasterGogo

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> An FPS coming out for consoles? I am shocked and amazed.

Everybears

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Wow this sounds pretty interesting, I wish it'd be released on the Wii but I doubt it could handle it, or they'd take the time to make a Wii Version worth playing. I'm really interested in the beasty dude in the pic, he looks bad-arse.

DarthWind

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> looks a little too much like Final Fantasy: Spirits Within to be considered anything new. i may be the only person who watched it all the way through, but everything from the creature, to the setting, to the people looks an awful lot like it.

masticate

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @bald_gye: You mean... Quake 5?


davel23

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> THEY need to fire their marketing department

reginald

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> *sigh*

Appearently, it´s for "PC and next-gen consoles"...

First of all, it´s not 'next-gen'-consoles you lame monkeys, they have all been out for at least a year now... which makes it CURRENT generation.

Second of all, I guess it´s coming to the Wii as well than since that also is a current-gen console. Speccs should not define the generation, the generation of which it is released should.

Third of all, is it just me or do high-end-gaming concist only of generic sci-fi shooters with flashy graphics and z0mg-physics? Because it´s starting to get pretty darn tiring at this point, and honestly, I´d rather play Nintendogs than this atm.

/End of rant

minorlag

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Only a countdown timer could make me want this more.

Raze_Everything

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> "THEY" features a technically future minded 3D engine with next generation effects"

that means that it won't run very well on CURRENT GENERATION hardware.. so this uses DX 11 and this is going to be out for PS4 and the next XBox then right.. since it features things for the next generation of hardware..


Stupid marketing retards.


DreamWalker

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @KingBroly:

Im getting a final fantasy: Spirits within vibe.

Rukusa

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @Dorphat: Hopefully we can land in green jelly to break our fall too. That is needed in every genre of entertainment.

Desi

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> DON'T CROSS THE STREAMS!!! :)

velvet396

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @HobbaHobba:

Agreed. Though I'd go with 2 years. Hell, just one year of no hype would be nice. FPS's are such a tired genre.. No matter what they do.

kyosen

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> My guess is that it's actually the bastard child of the game "Prey" and the movie "Them", brother of Stephen King's "It".

Regardless, those tendril somethings in the screen shot look neat.

oh, and sequils are spelled sequels.

That gun is pretty big though. I don't think thats how you hold a gun either.

Kayin

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> The industry should ban game companies from making FPS for at least 1-2 years. That'll force them to be a little more "innovative" for a while.

HobbaHobba

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Another FPS? "Innovation" my ass.

HobbaHobba

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> The title makes me think of the movie Them!, which makes me think of the game It Came From the Desert. Man, that was an awesome game. Giant ants, knife fights, dynamite, creepy cults. I've gotta see if there's a PC version I can download somewhere.

Improbable

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Can they please make the guns bigger? I absolutely hate seeing what I'm shooting at, especially in FPS games.

RiceBandit

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @Witzbold: Before I clicked the link for the larger picture, I even thought that dropship in the background was attached to the top of his scope. Which if you think about it, would make good business sense. If you hand the player a gun that large, you only have to build half a graphics engine.

Hagglegaggle

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> They?...great name...I'd rather see the sequil to quake 4

bald_gye

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> I can tell you what is They.
They is.

Ghede

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Reminds me of FF the movie... So maybe a game based on that?

Dragzonox

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> That has to be one of the worst press releases I've ever had the displeasure of reading.

goddessakasha

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @Dorphat: Thats the first thing that came to my mind when I saw the screenshot.

y2julio

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> "But always remember: Nothing is as it seems!"

Man, I hate that schlock. So that grass over there isn't actually grass? That dirt isn't actually dirt?

Stupid catchphrases.

Toasticus

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Too much bloom already lol. Loot at his arm.

SovMish

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @Dorphat:

First thing that poped into my head when i saw that screen shot

Hitokiri151

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @Dorphat: Totally Agree.

TechnoPirate

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @edgeblade: Nope. In fact it appears to be a screenshot from Half Life 2, going by the buildings in the background...


davel23

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> If it isn't a spirits within FPS they sure aren't being very original with their enemies.

Zilor

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> umm is this next gen? just shooters after shooters?

shinko

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Eh, the description doesnt sound all that great. Alot of FPS's have similar vague features. Although the graphics look top notch, it does look like we've seen these graphics from various games before. I dunno, I guess I have FPS overdose.

Mecharine

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @RageKage: FPS Commandment #3: Bigger guns = bigger boom x gibbs to the √fun

Its an instant winner

2kreative

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> I'm guessing it's 3DRealms' next foray into being useless middlemen.

Having said that, that weapon gives me tightness in a good place.

Cell9song

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> I'm getting a Metroid Prime vibe off that screenshot for some reason. Were there any glowy red tentacle thingies in MP? I'm drawing a blank.

J. Kyle

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Normally, I give a strong meh to most fps. They seem to be a dime a dozen this year. However this one seems unusually colorful, and may be something to look into. Developers really need to do more to distinguish their products as far as fps going. By the time this comes out in 2008, I am going to have fps related carpal tunnel syndrom. There are just so many good ones coming so soon: bioshock, halo 3,orange box, fracture, and area 51, just to name a few.

Belain

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Looks cool. I'm kind of curious about it. It's funny how everyone notices the similarities between Resistance: Fall of Man and Final Fantasy: Spirits Within.

rockman_blues

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Trying to create hype with a comment and a single screenshot just doesn't cut it. This will be forgotten till they show us something that would make us want to pick up and play it.

@Karttikeya: Yeah, game titles seem to have a tendency these days, but atleast they didn't go T.H.E.Y.

Malmer

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Additional generic post apocalyptic fps ftw!

aden.exe

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Those orange ghosty things look a lot like the ones in that one "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within."

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Hap

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Nothing is at seems eh? So I guess that means that that is not really a screenshot from the game then?

edgeblade

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Prey 2?

RocketFella

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @Witzbold: damnit beat me too it

devil-illusion

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @RageKage: Surely he must be a PMC.

As quoted from the Contractors creed,

"I will equip myself with the latest high speed gear, and will trick out
my M4 until it weighs more than 24 lbs, not because it works better, but
because it looks cool in the photographs."

;D



Witzbold

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Like earlier posters, this screams "The Spirit Within". I can't say Final Fantasy in the same sentence, as that would be shameful. But the concept of that movie and an FPS seems highly intriguing.

Black_Ops_19

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Look at the size of that rifle! There's no need for half the crap on there.

RageKage

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @Dorphat: Just what I thought...

Bound

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> @Karttikeya: I got the same vibe. I'm not sure why though, looks nothing like Prey.

liquid_kore

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> From looking at that gun with like 20 different random additions to it, I'm thinking you "love" your weapons because you can completely customize/personalize them.

ProdigalMoon

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> I'll be patient about this one, though I'm interested to hear what is said about it from the behind closed doors first-look.

Heliophage

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Yeah, it does look like the monsters on FFTSW. Watch out! they will grab your soul!

DigitalHero

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> I'm getting a Ghostbusters vibe.

KingBroly

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> I'm going to have to align with earlier commenters and place my bets that this is an FPS that will capitalize on the Spirits Within story from the Final Fantasy movie.

Phyltre

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> It looks like Resistance mixed with some Spirits within...

Tom Clancy's Samuraidino

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Looks like a bust the ghosts type thing with that gun. If they tell you about a gun that rips the energy creature out of it's containment suit. Or of a gun that fires energy creatuures, then mention ghost busters and getting ghosts out of possessed furniture. have a camera handy too, and take a photo of their reactions please.

Something like "Oh that sounds a lot like that ghost busters game..." *click*

penhalion

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> "The next generation mystery first person shooter"

"mystery" FPS?

Is this a new genre? Is any other current game considered a "mystery" FPS?

Just that word alone gets me interested, oh and the great looking screen. :)

subnet6

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> I have yet to see a modern shooter surpass the replay value of Unreal Tournament '99 and Quake III Arena. Let's hope they have some intresting ideas for this one.

ConstyXIV

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Looks like the things from Final Fantasy: Spirits Within.

Dorphat

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Prey Deja Vu? Even this publishers' descriptions are similar.

Karttikeya

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> maybe the'll be able to save you life and cool ways...besides just shooting the enemy...

raza_d

]]> <![CDATA[What Is They?]]> Sounds interesting, keep us posted on how this goes Mr. Fahey. :)

I do dig that screenshot though, the graphical effect on the tenticles reminds me of the monsters from that horrid final fantasy movie.

Witzbold

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