Kuju Entertainment PS3 game demonstrated

[BlueTsunami]

Got this from GAF (from a user named bloke)...

Nothing big but anyway... news says there was symposium on British game development held in British embassy in Tokyo yesterday, one of the games shown was Kuju Entertainment's Redwood Falls for PS3. Just two small pics on famitsu site. Guy who wrote article seem to be impressed.

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/02/07/h-103_48419_br0003.jpg.jpg

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/02/07/h-103_48419_br0004.jpg.jpg

Source: http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/02/07/103,1139317661,48419,0,0.html

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The source page is in Japanese? So its in need of a translation. In the pictures you can see some advanced lighting being used, and the puddles are reflecting back the surrounding. I'm about to run the page through Bablefish.

[Alkemist]

Ouch, he's going to need to put some ointment on that boo boo.

Looks and sounds interesting though....

[renrut_91]

Ouch, he's going to need to put some ointment on that boo boo.

Looks and sounds interesting though....

lol!!

[overclocked]

No video or anything from the presentation?
Looks like that guy would make a pretty patient in a surgery-game.

[BlueTsunami]

Heres part of the article translated by bablefish...

As for the game FPS (first person ･ shooting and shooting of 1 personal point of view) with, the enemy seems in the picture the coming person the one person. This person real is surprised first especially. According to the story which was inferred afterwards, you say that inside the light which transmitted the skin projects and, the light which is reflected conversely has been reproduced. This enemy it seems it is the case that you shoot the coming person with the gun, but the expression to which the body of the person is destroyed quite is vivid. The meat is stripped, the bone becomes bare. Portion of the body is impaired the same region by the fact that you shoot many degrees. The body of that person it is recognized to inside by being destroyed, that it has been reproduced completely.

No video or anything from the presentation?

Nope, only those horrible pictures. To bad though, there really needs to be PS3 media released like...right now.

[VG Aficionado]

Excuse me, but where does it exactly say it is PS3 related? I can't seem to find any reference anywhere. Although I did find the acronym "PC" (is this just a next-gen tech demo running on PC?).

[BlueTsunami]

Excuse me, but where does it exactly say it is PS3 related? I can't seem to find any reference anywhere. Although I did find the acronym "PC" (is this just a next-gen tech demo running on PC?).

Thats what where talking about over at GAF. It doesn't say PS3 anywhere (it does say Play 3 :lol). The PC caption under the picture seems to be talking about the quality of the picture because it had to be transitioned from different devices and that the Image you see on your PC screen has dropped. or something like that...

[tazz3]

the game dont look like next gen to me

[Illmatic]

On the Famitsu page it says "Place t Shaun 3" everywhere, i assume being translated by bablefish that translates to 'Playstation 3' ;)

[masonite]

it sounds pretty next gen to me...from what i can understand of the babelfish translation, it has a damage system akin to what kazunori is trying to implement in GT5 - a complete, real-time damage system. "the meat is stripped, the bones become bare" - i think those pictures show that you can literally blow holes in people - or take the skin off someone's face. if anyone is wondering what next gen violence is going to look like, this is probably a good place to start...

[BruceWayneIII]

hmm, there doesn't seem to be self-shadowing in those pictures.
That's usually something that's de facto in PlayStation 3 games - according to some devs and Phil Harrison.

Just doesn't look that impressive, however picture quality is lousy.

[BlueTsunami]

The person that posted it on GAF just reconfirmed that it IS a PS3 game. He probably understand Japanese to.

[BruceWayneIII]

The person that posted it on GAF just reconfirmed that it IS a PS3 game. He probably understand Japanese to.

Thanks. Sounds great. One of the few new PlayStation 3 news.

Do we also know if the pictures are taken from a PlayStation 3 devkit?

I wouldn't imagine them demonstrating a British game in Tokyo on one of the few devkits they probably have.

Just trying to be certain - you know how much false information is floating these days :smile:

[BlueTsunami]

Do we also know if the pictures are taken from a PlayStation 3 devkit?

The mouse itself is a clue. The general consesus now is that it was probably playing back a video on a laptop or something (onto a projector). The thread starter said that he should have put "shown" in the title instead of "demonstrated".

[TEEDA]

Isn't Kuju Entertainment supposed to do the game called Possession ?

[BruceWayneIII]

The mouse itself is a clue. The general consesus now is that it was probably playing back a video on a laptop or something (onto a projector). The thread starter said that he should have put "shown" in the title instead of "demonstrated".

Sounds reasonable. Didn't see the mouse pointer.
Thank you for clearing that up.

[casualkiss]

Nice. Why don't we just send a copy of the game to the 700 Club so that they can plan their protest plans now! :)

[BruceWayneIII]

Isn't Kuju Entertainment supposed to do the game called Possession ?

No, Possession is being developed by UK Blitz Games and that game sounds pretty wild. Did you read the preview in one of the PS2 Official Magazines?

[liver_kick]

Nice. Why don't we just send a copy of the game to the 700 Club so that they can plan their protest plans now! :)

Hehe, this does sound a bit like a Jack Thompson wet dream. *shudders*

The gib potential is off the charts here.

[xbdestroya]

Interesting find Blue! Thanks for posting. Not really my genre per se, but Masonite if your 'complete' damage system does come to pass on this game, and indeed on games regularly for PS3, that is going to be a pretty exciting hook for a lot of people.

[Homeru]

LOL, that guy needs a major face transplant.
I hope there is a video of this.

[stanDarsh]

開発中のプレイステーション3用ソフト『Redwood Falls』も飛び出した！

The red part says Playstation 3

[rog27]

a dev on gaf said he saw the demonstration in person and was in absolute awe of it. Now if a dev is saying this, it's got to be good.

[casualkiss]

I was of course joking, but don't kid yourself... this generation on hardware will make visuals real enough to make alot of parents very nervious.

Killing digital people with block heads is one thing, killing digital people with a realistic picture of your neighbors face on it is another!

[Saibo]

I was of course joking, but don't kid yourself... this generation on hardware will make visuals real enough to make alot of parents very nervious.

Killing digital people with block heads is one thing, killing digital people with a realistic picture of your neighbors face on it is another!

Please...maybe if parents do their damn job, we wont have kids playing GTA and the likes. The blame should be put squarely on the parents..if you want to call them that..<rolleyes>.

[Gounmckuber]

Wow, the tech sounds very impressive. The thing that impresses me most is that they're doing SSS already. I'll buy it just to blow someones face off!!!

[Illmatic]

Please...maybe if parents do their damn job, we wont have kids playing GTA and the likes. The blame should be put squarely on the parents..if you want to call them that..<rolleyes>.

That's one of many problems, but it's not only the parents that buy games. An older brother/sister owning the game could lead to a underage kid experiencing the game also. But this is waay off topic and deserves it's own thread, which there are bound to be a few already covering this off-topic......erm.....topic :heybaby:

Anyway, this game doesn't look the greatest going off the bad screens, but this would look awesome in motion, i think this has alot of potential in alot of ways.

[Sephiroth_VII]

I think i gotta throw up.... Seriously, if GTA is like THIS I don't know wether I can go thruogh the game without losing the contents of my stomach a few times.

To me, the mouse pointer looks like it's surounded by a blue ring, like those FPS' on PC.

[Viano]

Title: Seminar hold by British Embassy, Demo video from PLASTATION3 software at "PLAY UK 2006".

Good read, but anyone heard anything new on the Feb speech?

[CreativeWriter]

Forget zombies, gimme a sword fighting game with this kind of character deformation... maybe a Dynasty Warriors game and I'd go nuts with this. As far as I'm concerned the more gore the better. RE4 and God of War were great old school Mortal Kombat fixes. Hopefully PS3 will have a few games along those lines, too.

Don't you want to be able to stab an enemy rather than the obligatory slash and yellow/blue streak across the screen? *Pokes enemy sword fighter in the eye* Too bad the Rev probably won't have games like this. Add free range of motion with the revmote, hand me a sword, and plop me in Baldur's Gate/Morrowind = great, great game.

[VG Aficionado]

Kuju Works on PS3
Developer of Battalion Wars shows off PS3 first person shooter.

February 7, 2006 - Kuju Entertainment, known for its recent work with Nintendo on Battalion Wars, the GameCube adaptation of the Japanese giant's popular Advance Wars strategy series, is now working with the PS3. At an event held today at the UK embassy in Tokyo, the developer gave the world a first peek at Redwood Falls, a first-person shooter being designed for the next-generation system.

Creative director Tancred Dyke-Wells shared a demo video clip of the new title at the event. The clip showed what appeared to be an enemy creature being blasted with gunfire. The enemy body reacted realistically to the fire, with positional damage leaving open wounds that exposed detailed innards, right down to the bones. With enough damage, body parts started falling off. Instead of collapsing to the ground from the beating, though, the enemy's body regenerated itself, returning to original form.

Speaking with Japanese game site Famitsu.com, Wells noted that the point of the demonstration was to show some off the technology that Kuju has developed. He added that the demo could have gone further, with detailed recreations of internal organs, although this might have taken things too far.

Wells would not disclose solid details on Redwood Falls, citing that a publisher has yet to be announced, and the game could end up changing. The theme of the game, he revealed, is not "destruction," but "regeneration." He finished off with a particularly confusing comment: "in this game, the cells of your enemies have individual AI."

For a quick glimpse at this mysterious new project, check out Famitsu.com -- just make sure you can read Japanese, or you'll have no idea what the hell they're talking about. Images from the demonstration are located midway through the page.

The demo took place as part of Play UK 2006, an annual event, started in 1998, in which the British government shows off the appeal of the British games industry. Including Kuju, six UK content and tool creators gave demonstrations at the event.Link: IGN (http://ps3.ign.com/articles/686/686727p1.html)

[Fats]

Some more screens from Famitsu.com

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/02/07/h-103_48419_br0006.jpg.jpg

http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/2006/02/07/h-103_48419_br0007.jpg.jpg

[RavenFox]

Wow this is pretty cool. The detail right down to the innards is going to raise some eyebrows and hurt some stomachs lol.

[cliffbo]

it sounds pretty next gen to me...from what i can understand of the babelfish translation, it has a damage system akin to what kazunori is trying to implement in GT5 - a complete, real-time damage system. "the meat is stripped, the bones become bare" - i think those pictures show that you can literally blow holes in people - or take the skin off someone's face. if anyone is wondering what next gen violence is going to look like, this is probably a good place to start...

sounds frickin' scarey to me. that level of detail surely will have christian goers foaming at the mouth. lawsuits ahoy!

[CrumCon]

hmm, there doesn't seem to be self-shadowing in those pictures.
That's usually something that's de facto in PlayStation 3 games - according to some devs and Phil Harrison.

Just doesn't look that impressive, however picture quality is lousy.

How could you see wether if there are or there not self-shadowing on those lousy pictures?

i wonder..we hardly could any minor details of the game

[Fats]

Kujo showed clips of a yet unsigned FPS called Redwood Falls. The results, according to Famitsu are alarming. Upon impact, meat is stripped from the bone as bullet penetrated the body. Viewers in the audience instinctively turned away.

The company’s creative director said, “It was our intention to completely reproduce the human body.” That they’ve done and graphically as humanly possible as well. The exercise in style does not yet have a publisher yet, but no doubt the demo already has its fair share of critics.

Source (http://www.newsnow.co.uk/cgi/NGoto/128771820?-10919)

[Nodieza]

sounds frickin' scarey to me. that level of detail surely will have christian goers foaming at the mouth. lawsuits ahoy!

No offense but isn't that a little stereotypical? The bible happens to be one of the most violent pieces of literature out there and the passion of the christ happens to be one of the most violent movies out there, gore isn't the issue, it's the context of the violence. Not all protesters against games are christian either. Don't want to start a whole flame war or anything just think ppl should see the other side of that...

I do see what your getting at though. :crazy2: Stupid lawsuits...

[Fats]

It does seem very violent. I mean, the audience are turning away in disgust because of the level of detail? Ugh!

[The_One]

I'm hemophobic... Soo.....

*Throws up and faints*

[Handycrap101]

Hmmm the first pictures kind of suck but the one Fats posted aren't too bad. Exciting though... seems that some PS3 news has been trickleing out the past few days.

[Fats]

I'll admit that the mechanics sound fairly exciting, but in general it's not the most exciting PS3 news... Then again, there hasn't been any! :(

[BlueTsunami]

If anything, it possibly shows how detailed Next Gen games will be.

[Metal Sphere]

Well, at first I thought the constant referencing of "facial reconstruction" and what not were nothing more than more hype-talk from developers. But it really seems like this stuff is viable, especially with this middleware stuff that these guys are showing off to make "layering skin" and natural reactions to injury possible.

[Nodieza]

I hope they make another Manhunt with this middleware, or Tenchu... that would be grusome.