Gearbox Software Licenses Unreal Engine 3.0
Gearbox and Epic today announced that the Brothers in Arms developer has licensed the Unreal Engine 3. The engine will power Brothers in Arms 3 as well as "other original, unannounced next generation Gearbox titles". BiA: Road to Hill 30 and Earned in Blood used the previous generation of Unreal technology. In related news, Shacker Silent Wolf made this post about the Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood launch party, which included a first look at Brothers in Arms 3.
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deadhorse
replyWhy aren't there any first-person war games based on the Civil War?
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Why must I beat you :(
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Well, there was this one, a budget tie-in for Gods and Generals
http://www.gamerankings.com/htmlpages2/914533.asp
Pretty much sucked though.
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For example, one of the things that's been bugging gamers is that we've been given a glut of World War II games. Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Medal of Honor (3 games on the PC alone), Call of Duty, Battlefield 1942 - to say nothing of the niche MMORPG approach WWII Online. The biggest reason is that WWII games still sell well. That will probably come to an end soon thanks to oversaturation, but for now it's true. The other reason is that WWII is a "safe" war to make a game about. There was a simple and clear enemy - the Nazis. There were simple and clear reasons for being in the war - the Holocaust and Pearl Harbor. And it's sufficiently far in the past that most who were in it are no longer around to be offended (and the ones that are don't care). There's other reasons, too - WWII had planes and ground combat, and guns that didn't take forever to reload.
Now compare that to other wars. Vietnam is still controversial (witness the attacks on Kerry during the recent election) due to the circumstances in which the war happened. The Civil War's cause is controversial as well, plus its lack of technology is a tougher sell. Worse so for the American Revolutionary War (muskets, anyone?). And as for the recent Iraqi wars - there's something odd about playing a game of a war in progress.
And yet of course games on all those wars do get made - just not as many as WWII.
http://www.schnapple.com/2005_02_13_archive.html#110203294063433212
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Haha! By the way Cliff, I'm REALLY really REALLY excited about Gears of war, specifically the online co-op (seriously I could hug you), one question for you is, have you guy's decided whether it will be 2 or 4 player co-op? Thanks!!!
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More like 7-8 seconds for a trained soldier. The thing is, nobody would want to be a part of the classic face to face fight. Being a marksman with a kentucky rifle taking out english officers would be pretty damn fun though.
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I'd love to see a stealthy Civil War game come out for the PC. Think OFP crossed with something like Splinter Cell or Thief. That could be awesome, get some real trench warfare going.
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OMF!!~1`` GENUS. And then you have to manage your gun and sleep and eating and pooping, and after every battle you have to bury your fallen comrades!11! It will be like BESTEST GAME EVAR!`1~ I'll totally pitch the idea to Randy when I get back from vacation!! Okay sorry my sarcasm meter broke. Yeah the game will totally be just like the civil war in that it will suck ass.
Just like this game:
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/godsgenerals/index.html?q=gods+and+generals
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