SiN Episodes: Emergence Shots

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• If it was to come out on cd or dvd via a traditional publisher it wouldn't exist anyway. So I guess that ... : shotgun1
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  Afraid of the future? : al9000
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    I like actual physical products especially since I'd have to burn the fucker anyways. : JaredSyn
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      Out of curiosity, why would you have to burn it? : rasputinreborn
      • I backed up my steam downloads. I'd think that Ritual's release would follow the same distro model. I don... : JaredSyn
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  thank, I will call Ritual and let them know. : VegasX
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    just got off the phone with them, they said "Cool ok" : VegasX
    • your sarcasm is weak mang : JaredSyn

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  because people would complain about lack of screenies : RikiTiki2
  • so if you've got nothing good to show show it anyway? I hope they'll listen to the community response : FuzzyOnion
• Terrible, thats a bit harsh isn't it , i think it looks decent. : imperator
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  And by terrible you must mean brilliant. They aren't going to look like any other game, just like Sin... : Halen
  • yeah dude, oops! actually, I meant terrible. : Intaglio5
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  You obviously dont know jack...terrible?? too much weed? Shot 10 looks sweet. :) kinda reminds me of ... : buzzfunk
  • I've got to agree...these are likely very early shots. However, if you're going to make such a low-poly ... : Saman
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10387690 : Ajax
• Agreed. Awful. : AndyRichter
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  I think this looks fucking terrible. I was excited because I played the first one, but now looking back,... : silentlobotomyX
  • I can't get enough of evil corporations and gentic experimental creatures! : deep gray
• yeah, games suck unless they take 6 years and tens of millions of dollars to make! the game looks fine da... : systatic
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  it doesn't look terrible - only jaded whiners think it looks terrible What do you want, Doom 3 style g... : abrasion
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    lol I find it funny how people go to the other extreme. if you dont agree with me your a loser and a whin... : Buckyfg1
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      LOL hey buddy how about you buy this game and DEVELOP IT? wtf - who cares what a game developer thinks... : abrasion
      • still looks average :) : Buckyfg1
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      If you knew anything about game development, you'd know that the likelihood that these accurately represe... : SpiderMonkey
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        you would have to KNOW these are early shots :) : buckshack
        • Later this year doesn't have to mean its not done already. if YOU knew anything about game dev that is : buckshack
      • That doesn't make them look good though, does it? : nudel
      • buuuurrrrrrrn : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Honestly they don't look great. the only thing that looks ok to me is the chic : Buckyfg1

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• yeah, none of it looks like it makes much sense. It's like they just grabbed some symbols from the windo... : silentlobotomyX
• I think 入春 is actually 入者. : protmind

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• Is that a thong sticking out in that pic?!?! : SatansFist
• Right. I was just going to post that she needs more kinky-porn-look and less girl-next-door. ... : [7]kami
• Yes, it's supposed to make the enemy soldiers confused while she's throwing chip on their direction. : rorshack

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• I agree, this looks great. : xZanU
• I'm with you. I think these shots look good. : SiW73
• Agreed. : Sapiens
• Yeah, it definitely feels like SiN so far. : mystifier
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  This is totally in keeping with the style of the original SiN. That's a more impressive feat to me than ... : I Will Destroy You
  • Completely agreed. : SatansFist
  • Amen. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I thought the same thing... looks like SiN alright! I'm happy about that too. : spyrext
  • Thongs showing and tight clothing and all this comic bookish shit is Ritual's style - they've been making... : SpaecKow
• I like it. It's a nice style, very comic book like. Much like the original. I love games that have their ... : nomaad
• I'm definately liking the style. The picture with the angel statue sold the game to me. Really nice lev... : melkore
• Keep in mind that we're probably also seeing some "Proof of Concept" stuff here. A lot of the textures an... : Ajax
• signed : tigeN
• I like the style! : speckz
• More love for this post. This is the great thing about technology moving forward so quick. Our new ga... : abrasion
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  Yeah I don't see how they look like shit. Aside from the textures on the vehicles (which look like they'... : mikecyb
  • Some people just can't appreciate things that take a chance and look different. BTW: Does anyone know... : Korban

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• Those are a hell of a lot better than the genjuro sized ones. : Athlon7
• Wow, can really see some cool effects like motion blur and particles in that shot of the freeway. : Korban
• Those are definetly better : buckshack
• Q: Why do published screenshots usually not seem to have AA turned on? Is that a side effect of taking a ... : tigeN

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• I believe this is the final word. ^^ : cajuncook
• Not cool, it looks fucking great! : Haku-Jin

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  Heh. Considering the loadtimes in HL2, this is really going to be a Sin2 :) : MrLonghair
  • you spelled BF2 wrong : mystifier
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  First version of SiN had a bug that made the game to load each level twice :) : shack_konto
  • it must've loaded the oilrig level at least 10 times. Good god was that a pain. : aaarrrgh
  • Plus loading it from the CD instead of the HDD, IIRC. Or instead. I can't remember. : GreatGooglyMoogly

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• I'm having PREY wallwalk hornyness now. : rorshack
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  yep. Levelord made that I believe sometime after the initial release of the game. Was fun as hell in DM. : VegasX
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    That map was done by Tom "ParadoX" Mustaine actually. :) : badman
    • ...and called dm_paradox - can't find any screenies though :( : johnsto
    • that's right I always get them mixed up : VegasX
  • Level lord made LA Rumble :( - how cool is that. : abrasion
• This could be easily done in Prey. : napalm.cz

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• http://www.hcgamer.hu/gamer/images/cikkek/2003_12/sin2_2.jpg Best. Screenshot. EVER. : [7]kami
• I don't think there's a "demo"; if I recall correctly, these screenshots are from the game SIN 2, which w... : rorshack
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  I fail to see how those look better. I mean seriously, WHAT THE FUCK are those eyes on that Elexis Sincla... : SpiderMonkey
  • But that screen has NEEPLES! : madtothemax
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  Steam ~ Europe = EEH... What's this supposed to mean? Steam has loads of servers in europe... : aaarrrgh
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    Servers are one thing, electronic payments are the other. : napalm.cz
    • visa works fine? : aaarrrgh

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• Its Penny from Inspector Gadget all grown up. : shacktool

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• Those monsters look IDENTICAL to the ones in an old c64 game called project firestart.... : abrasion

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• ohshi... no i didn't see korban's post before posting this. :( : xphil
• I hope that's their intention - because it looks like it and I think it's fitting. but if they are tryin... : abrasion

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• ^^^ Now that we have gotten the obligatory fanboy post out of the way, what do you guys _really_ think? :... : aavenr

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• since, you know, if we ask for screenshots, we have to have screenshots. they're at the mercy of us! mwa... : ermac

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  nothing in the shots is even close to being finished : Maarten Goldstein
  • Might want to address that more clearly in the news post. It is a bit but to point it out. : AndyRichter

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• blue = blur : gl2 drivers

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  those are probably placeholders : RikiTiki2
  • Yeah I know but I like them. : yourname00

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  Wha??? id sells to practicallly anyone that buys. They're just so expensive that only AAA developers ca... : PenicillinX57
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    it's pretty common knowledge id doesn't sell their engine to everybody... I remember a thread about that ... : matthaeus
    • Yeah the way the story is told, Valve had to work pretty hard to convince them to let them license the Qu... : SpiderMonkey
    • Yeah I remember back when the licensing thing was new PC Gamer had an article stating how Hexen II was th... : Schnapple
    • I think it's about 1 million + some % on final sales. : ErneX
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    negative ghostrider. It's been talked about a few times they've only licensed doom3 to a handfull of deve... : armybob
    • Yeah but I think there was more to that though, wasn't there? I think he was working for someone id had "... : Schnapple
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  ritual used id's engine for the original sin and also fakk2, so whats your point? : X-GOUKI
  • as well as Elite Force II, also American McGee's Alice used the enhanced Q3 engine modded by Ritual (Uber... : yuried
• I wouldn't consider Raven an A++ developer. : zipperface

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• In level design we have the concept of 'placeholders'. You put something in the place of something that i... : johnsto
• I think that shot looks badass actually... to each their own I guess. : SatansFist

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• Yeah I wasn't too sure about this whole SiN - The Episodes until I saw the screens and remembered how bad... : SatansFist
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  i still remember playing multiplayer on that level where you were tiny and you got to bounce off the gian... : heff
  • Oh yes... I remember a server that ran that map exclusively... fun times. Oh, and the expansion pack f... : SatansFist
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    levelord made that level right? something like that, my computer wasn't really powerful enough to play it... : shotgun1
    • i think it was levelord : heff

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  I want to eat at Wendy's :P : stelth
  • I, for one, would like to smother her in Southwest Chipotle sauce. *Dirty spicy chicken thoughts : sneak

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  I really like this idea of a serial series via Steam. I will probably buy first episode just to test it o... : Lightzout
  • I hope they do a neat deal where you can buy all of the episodes upfront at a discount (i.e. $50 for all ... : yoonix