Vapourware Routine - Upcoming First Person Space Horror

[Gozma]

Might be some cumulative design where you can lose a "character" without losing all progress.

 

[Excidium]

Looks p. cool.

 

[Peter]

God damn, that latest video looks good. Love the atmosphere. The look of the station, the PA announcements and general ambiance give me System Shock 2 vibes in a way that no other sci-fi horror game I've seen or played has. Loving the retro-future thing and the clunky designs of robots and the weapon. Very strong art design, exceeding the biggest AAAs. I'm sure someone on the team must have a background in graphic design or something.

Not a fan of horror games in general, but I'm very excited for this one, since it looks like hard(-ish)/contemplative sci-fi done right in a video game, which is all too rare. Incredibly impressive for a 4-people team.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Surprised how pretty it is as well. UE3 games look much worse on average.

 

[Dexter]

After looking at that footage I'm suddenly not so sure anymore if I wanna try this specific game with the Oculus Rift. xD

 

[Metro]

Dear Esther: Day at the Office

 

[Surf Solar]

Dear Esther: Day at the Office

You just went full retard.


The game looks good, I like this "full body awareness". Did he shoot a robot of some sort? Or was that a "monster"? Very good sounddesign and atmosphere, cautiously optimistic.

 

[evdk]

Dear Esther: Day at the Office

Except this actually looks like it could have some gameplay included with the installation.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

Dear Esther: Day at the Office

You just went full retard.


The game looks good, I like this "full body awareness". Did he shoot a robot of some sort? Or was that a "monster"? Very good sounddesign and atmosphere, cautiously optimistic.

I think he simply has a quota of edgy comments to fulfill, so occasionally he picks a thread at random, posts a vaguely dismissive oneliner, and leaves. Probably didn't even watch the video. No idea why he does it, to be honest. Lost some huge bet against skyway maybe?

 

[A user named cat]

Agree with the sentiments here, this actually looks pretty good. Of course the gameplay vid was in total LARP mode, who knows how it'd play with a normal person. As in, someone who doesn't spaz when an enemy appears and run away like a white man in Compton. Guess it's just more Amnesia influence. Not a fan of the whole screen moving when you interract with the monitors either, controls should lock in to prevent that. Aside from that, impressive so far.

 

[evdk]

Agree with the sentiments here, this actually looks pretty good. Of course the gameplay vid was in total LARP mode, who knows how it'd play with a normal person. As in, someone who doesn't spaz when an enemy appears and run away like a white man in Compton.

Unless of course the combination of permadeath, lack of resources and enemy strength makes it so that running away is the best option in 90% of all cases of interacting with enemies.

 

[Berekän]

Man, the atmosphere in this game looks awesome, really dig the art direction they've gone for. Can't wait to play it.

 

[Metro]

You just went full retard.

You would know since you're full retard 100% of the time. For the record, I found Amnesia very underwhelming.

 

[Sodafish]

Looks very promising. I really dig the art direction.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

The latest video makes this game look more promising than it was.

Added to my "Keep an eye on" list.

 

[King Crispy]

This looks exceedingly cool. Very heavy System Shock vibe to it.

It's also one of the very few FP games that seems to do head bob realistically and convincingly. I love the lean feature and the other full body emulation features.

Lastly, the lovely silence as you're exploring is superb. Much better than any soundtrack could be, and there's a subtle tension-inducing effect that plays when you're in combat which seems perfectly appropriate.

Set the game's website as a favorite, will keep an eye out for this one.

 

[potatojohn]

Looks like just another horror game where the primary mechanic is running away from scripted scares.

Another "spiritual successor" to SS2, that everyone will mention as such but is really nothing like it.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

Looks like just another horror game where the primary mechanic is running away from scripted scares.

Another "spiritual successor" to SS2, that everyone will mention as such but is really nothing like it.

That's really the problem of the people and not the game itself.

 

[Metro]

That's the biggest problem. You get little impression of how the game actually plays unless the walking around with slight interaction is all there is to it. At one point you do see the protagonist bring up a gun so perhaps there's a bit more going on but until I see it I'm not going to start hailing this as a System Shock like game or anything other than an atmospheric adventure game. Very atmospheric and great looking? Sure. But... let's see some more.

As atmospheric as Amnesia was I got bored by the simplicity about four hours into it.

 

[The Vanished One]

I could do without permadeath to be honest; Amnesia managed to scare me without it (though I don't remember if it was save-anywhere or had checkpoints) and some parts of the original STALKER did it too (though that was a long time ago). I just have no time or patience to restart games.
Aside from that, I like the art direction and atmosphere a lot, but I wouldn't mind more gameplay than that of an adventure game. I'd likely still buy it if it turns out to be Amnesia IN SPACE, as long as it's not too light on content and permadeath is not too much of an annoyance.

 

[Borelli]

The main character runs faster than a Doom marine but otherwise looks great.
And if you think that this is similar to System Shock 2 it must mean you played it a loooong time ago because it is not, unless new footage from the game reveals otherwise.

 

[A user named cat]

Unless of course the combination of permadeath, lack of resources and enemy strength makes it so that running away is the best option in 90% of all cases of interacting with enemies.

MAN UP RUNNING IS NEVER AN OPTION

 

[Ninja Destroyer]

I need to play Echo Night: Beyond to try some horror-space themed game till Routine is finished.

 

[Cowboy Moment]

It's not going to be a SS2 spiritual successor or whatever, and it's clearly not supposed to be. An argument can be made that the horror-inducing mechanics will be more akin to SS2 rather than Amnesia, what with the permadeath, open-ended exploration, and the ability to fight to some extent. But that's it.

 

[Peter]

And if you think that this is similar to System Shock 2 it must mean you played it a loooong time ago because it is not, unless new footage from the game reveals otherwise.

In a gameplay sense it's not, but there is something about it that really reminds me of SS2. I think the main culprit is the sound design and/or pacing in that video or something. Those first couple of minutes of the video (before the baddies show up) just sort of feel like SS2 a whole lot. It has that same sort of desolate, contemplative feeling as the moments in SS2 when you'd be in a side room somewhere organizing your inventory or looking at the map or something, having a breather, but still looking over your shoulder. I think that's what most people making the System Shock comparisons mean. No-one's saying this is the successor to System Shock that Bioshock wasn't. It's just that the mood is sort of similar.