Monster Madness screens

[FantasyGhost]

Because the last one got expired

http://www.siliconera.com/files/1432/mm6.jpg
http://www.siliconera.com/index.php/2006/06/12/sneak-peek-at-the-next-generation-game-monster-madness/#more-1432

[VG Aficionado]

Is this a full-blown game, so to speak? Because it looks like it could be a downloadable game.

[curryking1]

Ya.. it looks pretty crappy, and by pretty crappy, I mean I-can't-look-at-it-anymore-it's-so-ugly crappy, if it's not a downloadable game that is.

[FantasyGhost]

This is the last thead: http://forums.e-mpire.com/showthread.php?t=54832

[Killing Moon]

Most likely it is. But I LOVE the fact that these games even exist. Makes it much easier for indie developers to breathe, introducing a fresh new market. Beyond all of this assembly line crap over saturating the market.

[casualkiss]

I don't know, I kinda like these cheezy arcade-like games. Its a nice break from the damn-this-gears-of-war-is-intense experience!

[Garfunkel]

You have to support the indie scene or we'd have no new blood.

Anyway, i thought this was something about Monster Truck Madness lol

[Jubal]

I know the guys working on this game, they created the Reality Engine, which was bought out by Epic a few years ago as it had some pretty nifty tech UE3 was lacking. They've been working on the game for at least 2-3 years (they're a small team).

Last I heard it was a fully featured game (got in on the beta demo a year ago and it was pretty fun). If I were them I'd release the game as a XBLA or Downloadable PS3 title, but I don't think they'd be willing. I know also it would be pretty difficult to get it in under the 50MB limit for XBLA, maybe if they broke the game down into chapters and released it in bits.

[Grovestreet]

Garbage, No thanks.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

This would be much better as a downloadable game....this is decidedly last-gen looking.

[Z]

yeah, kind of looks like Cash Chaos Carnage*
having that said, I really like the 'unboud' feel of the game. I want to see graphic humor like we used to see with older games. the last one I played and really liked was Alien Huminod. this game looks like alot of fun :)

seeing it on physical discs, I will not, however, pay full price for it. I think it will release with around $20-30. going with e-Distribution, they could slash the price by cutting out extra expenses from physical distribution, packaging, format, etc.
If I were them I'd release the game as a XBLA or Downloadable PS3 title, but I don't think they'd be willing. I know also it would be pretty difficult to get it in under the 50MB limit for XBLA, maybe if they broke the game down into chapters and released it in bits.
good thing Sony doesn't have a limit on download sizes. ;)
I don't know, I kinda like these cheezy arcade-like games. Its a nice break from the damn-this-gears-of-war-is-intense experience!
and that's why these kinds of games do not have to have the graphics of damn-this-gears-of-war-is-intense.

another way to make your low graphics more appealing is to use cell-shading, sprites, WoW style of graphics, etc.



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* nobody seems to get the name of this game right. O_O

[Jubal]

Alright, while I agree it would be better as a downloadable title, I have to say you guys are out of your mind if you think this is "last-gen looking" and it looks MILES better than Cash Guns Chaos. I've seen it running in the flesh in a year old build and even then it looked sharp, not gears of war looking, but pretty danr good. I'd say it looks a little better than the recently released Small Arms for XBLA, except on a much larger scale.

The problem with gaming these days is the everyone expects every game to be a AAA Hollywood budget sized mega-indulgence, rather than just fun. It's going to kill gaming until the developers, publishers and gamers realise that only the big guys like EA, Ubisoft, Sony, MS, Square, Capcom, Konami and Nintendo can and should make a couple of those big budget MGS/GoW type games a year, and that the rest really should be smaller projects that are just fun to play.

[LaLiLuLeLo]

Jubal: I agree. I was just making an observation based on that cruel reality. I could care less how effing amazing the game looks if it's a ton of fun. But not everyone, hardly anyone thinks that way. People are judgemental, and your eyes are the first sense that engage most things. You see before you touch and interact, so people judge with their eyes first before anything. Sad but true story.

*sits and waits for MILR to go on a "graphics matter" tangent*

[frosty]

graphics only matter when a game is going for a sense of immersion. Tetris could have gameboy quality graphics, or it could have 1,000,000,000 polygon blocks with normal and specular maps with real time ray tracing, and it would still be tetris. Killzone on the other hand...

[Kiosko]

This game looks quick and simple. I haven't seen many of them in a while. Hopefully the interface is just as simple.

[woundingchaney]

Meh.

I dont know guys Marv. Ult. All. is along the same concept as this title and it is beautiful. Im sure the game will be fun but not something I would purchase. Ill probably give it a rent once it is out.

[Jubal]

I do agree that graphics matter though, I'm a huge graphics whore, that said I think the videogame industry is where the effects industry was in the early to mid 90's. Back then, only the big boys could make movies with effects that wowed, but as time passed things got cheaper, and eventually we have shows like Battlestar Galactica and Firefly on TV that have effects that rival and even outshine those seen in many blockbusters a decade prior.

Graphics are a big part of immersion, but I really don't think Monster Madness is coming up short in that department. Download a 720p video and watch it on an HDTV, like I said, it's not Gears of War,but you can see the light sheen of glossy tree bark, you can see the difference between wood, plastic, metal and tarmac. It's definitely a cut above anything on XBLA or Sony's downloadable service.