SiN Episodes Q&A

by Maarten Goldstein, Aug 09, 2005 9:59am PDT

SinEpisodes.net has a SiN: Episodes Q&A, asking the team at Ritual about their episodic shooter. Questions are about the graphics, use of physics, demo plans, playing as other characters besides Blade, the price point, retail plans, multiplayer plans and more. There's also a Magnum weapon render here.

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By: Lightzout x Show Full Post

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Should I play the original before to fully appreciate story? I have already decided to try first episode. Will SiN run in winxp?

Aug 09, 2005 5:25pm PDT

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Should I play the original before to fully appreciate story? I have already decided to try first episode.... : Lightzout
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- SiN's isn't a deep story. Play SiN for it's excellent gameplay. And yeah I run it on XP all the time. : SpaecKow

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By: johnsto x Show Full Post

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Best bit:

Steve Hessel: WeÃ¢Â€Â™re playing around with porting the first SiN to the Source engine along the lines of what Valve did with Half-Life: Source. On top of that, weÃ¢Â€Â™re replacing assets where it is appropriate, so the SiN grunts are replaced with the SiN Episodes grunts and you get the new weapons. Some of the gameplay is also being adjusted to work with the new tech. We donÃ¢Â€Â™t have a release date at this point, but weÃ¢Â€Â™ll probably talk more about this at a later time.

Aug 09, 2005 10:23am PDT

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Best bit: Steve Hessel: WeÃ¢Â€Â™re playing around with porting the first SiN to the Source eng : johnsto
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boo on no demo, booooooo

Aug 09, 2005 10:29am PDT

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boo on no demo, booooooo : smacknca
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  Meh, I don't think it's that big of a deal. It's only gonna cost you $20 for the first EP and if you don'... : SatansFist
  - Well, a game that doesn't have a demo often sucks anyway. Release a demo and still decide whether or not ... : Evangelion

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OMG a weapon render! You know it's gonna be good!

Aug 09, 2005 10:31am PDT

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OMG a weapon render! You know it's gonna be good! : Rotten Deadite
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  Especially when the weapon looks identical to a pistol in planetside :/ : Beady
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    http://www.ritual.com/sin/blade.html John's Magnum has been around a bit longer than Planetside has. : Ajax
    - fair enough. : Beady
  - But Sin came before Planetside and that gun was in Sin. That said, that is one of the coolest gun designs... : freshyk

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By: Dynotaku x Show Full Post

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I'm really down with the idea of episodes. It kills me having to wait 2-3 years for a new iteration of a game that I like to come out, and then only have it take 8 hours to beat it. I think I did the original Elite Forces in one sitting, only to have to wait years for more Elite forces content to come out.

If a developer wanted to charge $20 for 5 solid hours of gameplay, but release something every 6 months, I'd be much happier with that I think.

The whole idea falls apart though if they only wind up releasing 90 minutes worth or content at a time though.

Aug 09, 2005 11:11am PDT

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I'm really down with the idea of episodes. It kills me having to wait 2-3 years for a new iteration of a ... : Dynotaku
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- yeah agreed. I think this could turn into something relaly cool. Think of it as like a tv show...leav... : buzzfunk

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