NecroVisioN English Demo Released

Aw, christ... NOOO. It'sPainkiller:OD all over again. The guy simply never shuts the hell up.

It felt alot more structured and the story and the presentation was actually there, unlike painkiller which I suppose is a good thing. That said, the whole supernatural aspect could have been done better. Crysis did a much better job of blending the ordinary(aliens) with the unordinary. The main character in necrovision is far too accepting of things like zombies popping out of the ground. When a 20 foot tall monster comes bursting in through a door, our hero has no reactions, beyond cliche psuedp macho phrases. When he sees a zombie pop out of the ground, he doesn't seem surprised or shocked at all.

A real soldier would be shocked/scared if they saw what happened in the game. The game also suffers from painkiller syndrome. They throw too much of anything at you with too little variety, making everything get old quick. In the context of WW1, the zombies seem interest, until you've fought 50 identical ones..

Prey also did a great job with the characters reactions. When you see an alien, tommy goes "what the fuck is that?" It just makes the experience that much more compelling and believable.

The gameplay did seem a little sluggish (weapons seemed alittle unresponsive) and awkward but i'll still buy it, even if when it hits $30 or something.

I had to leave for class but I got to play around in the demo for half an hour first. Here's my initial impression.

Pace and fluidity is a big part of what made PK so fun to me and they definitely modified that formula with NecroVision. It plays at a slower pace but feels faster due to the complexity of the added controls. Maybe I just need to get used to them but having 2x melee keys, 2 firing keys, bullet time key and a running key overly complicate things for me versus PK just having a fire, alternate fire, and card activate. The system seems fun, just much less smooth.

The complexity also adds in the capability to do many different combos that I've seen just a few of so far. An example of combos is the 'Angry Farmer' where I slashed with a bayonet and then kicked the zombie away. Another is the 'Throatslitter' which is just a slashing weapon to the throat. I'm sure there are dozens. They add rage (health?), not sure of that mechanic totally yet.

The demo level seems well-designed and the monsters fit well. Haven't tried too many weapons yet but I really like that you can get melee and ranged weapons both.

It's definitely got a much different feel in the pacing due to added complexity but I'm not sure if it's a good or bad thing yet.

The aiming feels sluggish. My fps isn't good but I think there's something about the design too.

well... i don't like this game because it's quite unplayable....
technically, the engine sucks and runs at about 10-15 fps on a 9800GX2 quad sli... unbeliveable...

Hell yes.

So WWI era guns?

*Loads gun powder while demon is slicing his kidneys*

this lacks the solid control and feel of Painkiller. Playing this is just frustrating and confusing... I loved the original Painkiller. I will probably still check out the full game but this isn't a good demo IMO... maybe I was expecting the wrong type of game.

I'm going to be totally honest.

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The game is kinda fun.

This kinda sucks.

It seems sloppy, but I think its pretty fun.

Well, im about to start DLing, but let me just chip in and say that the premise sounds really interesting. Im a sucker for alternate history or horror, but this just seems really original in a world of unimaginative premises like "generic miltitary group x vs different military group." This one takes something that you're familiar with and rexplores kind, revealing a different paranormal side. Sounds really intriuging.

The "german accent" is not exactly good. And the spoken German has heavy a heavy british accent.

This demo is AWESOME. Now to see if they can carry that magic through the whole game.

The description of this game confuses me.

Just finished the demo. Ugh, this was not fun at all.

Honestly, I just got done with it and I though this demo sucked.

"Developed by The Farm 51--formed by two Painkiller veterans from People Can Fly--NecroVisioN"

Downloading.

One thing I didn't notice in the French demo is that your combo speed gets faster as you level up by finding Vampire artifacts. The gameplay gets significantly more fun when you work towards getting combos. For example, try kicking an NPC into the air while in bullet time then giving him a quick blast of your shotty....its called a "flying duck").

The headshots are juicy and satisfying.

Hey, cool. I own the album the main menu music is from. I always thought The Protagonist would fit snugly in a video game soundtrack.

You had me at Painkiller.

This sounds AWESOME! I can't wait to try the demo.

oh god oh god! yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I'll have to try this out after work.

I'm a huge Painkiller fan and have played the french demo of this.


The menu's, art direction and general gameplay feel is pure Painkiller. The weapons and combat doesn't feel as fluid or fun though. Then again its not the full version. Its also a budget title.

BTW, besides the two People Can Fly guys there are a couple of people who worked at 2015 (now known as Infinity Ward)

Whoa, I've never seen a World War I era PC.