bit-tech News: Shattered Horizon Preview

news · September 3, 2008

Hi all,

We have just published a preview of *Shattered Horizon *from Futuremark

Games Studio. If you could post a link on your site that would be very

much appreciated.

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*/Dying and watching others die in the game is quite fun too because of

the nature of the zero-gravity environment, as you get pushed backwards

from what looks to be the suit's thrusters malfunctioning. When you're

the player dying, your screen will turn red as well, meaning you'll see

some nice red-tinted views of planet Earth as you float off into oblivion.

Unfortunately, this might get old over time, as there appears to only be

one animation when an opposing player dies -- the thrusters turn on and

a lifeless carcass floats away. We'd like to see some more randomised

movements to replicate what might happen when a high-tech suit like the

one you're wearing malfunctions -- I'm sure that's something Futuremark

can work on in between now and the game's release though.

On the whole then, //Shattered Horizon has a lot of promise but I do

have my concerns. One of the biggest is the potential barrier for entry

created by the advanced and unique zero-gravity environments. There are

some clever gameplay elements in //Shattered Horizon, but my worry is

that games like //Enemy Territory: Quake Wars had some great ideas too

-- and we know what happened there.

I don't think //Shattered Horizon will fall at those same hurdles though

and I hope that over the next twelve to eighteen months, Futuremark will

play test the game to death -- both internally and, more importantly,

with third parties. As long as that happens, there is good potential for

Futuremark Games Studio to bring something different to a market filled

with run-of-the-mill shooters./

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*Cheers guys!

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net

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