Let's hope it's as good as the trailer! I love the sitting on the wing thing.
Submitted by brainwipe on Fri, 2008-02-29 13:58
I can see us trying to see how many people can sit on one plane at once :D
Submitted by Evilmatt on Fri, 2008-02-29 14:18
It's screaming for an entire day of us trying to break everything. It looks made for aircraft carrier ramming etc.
Submitted by brainwipe on Fri, 2008-02-29 14:27
Just managed to get the video to download at work. It does scream TF2, even the style of the trailer. That said it looks good, and a welcome departure from the ultra-realistic stuff. I'm still waiting on seeing how they plan to generate a profit on it...
Submitted by babychaos on Fri, 2008-02-29 15:10
It's EA so they probably use illegal mind control subliminals in the game to make you go out and buy madden 08
Submitted by Evilmatt on Fri, 2008-02-29 15:35
It's in-game and online advertising, Pete. They realised that in 2142 they could actually turn a decent about of money from the banners in game. The only problem with 2142 was that the appeal was relatively narrow so the audience wasn't that big. With a freely downloadable game that's not hard to play, well the appeal will be huge, so I think they're expecting the numbers of players to be huge!
Submitted by brainwipe on Fri, 2008-02-29 15:43
Found an interview with an EA guy about the "Play 4 Free" model
No in-game advertising, just on the website (so guess where you'll be launching this game from?...might be a no-go for Fishcon), and "micropayments" is there, but no mention yet as to what for as yet.
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Let's hope it's as good as the trailer! I love the sitting on the wing thing.
I can see us trying to see how many people can sit on one plane at once :D
It's screaming for an entire day of us trying to break everything. It looks made for aircraft carrier ramming etc.
Just managed to get the video to download at work. It does scream TF2, even the style of the trailer. That said it looks good, and a welcome departure from the ultra-realistic stuff. I'm still waiting on seeing how they plan to generate a profit on it...
It's EA so they probably use illegal mind control subliminals in the game to make you go out and buy madden 08
It's in-game and online advertising, Pete. They realised that in 2142 they could actually turn a decent about of money from the banners in game. The only problem with 2142 was that the appeal was relatively narrow so the audience wasn't that big. With a freely downloadable game that's not hard to play, well the appeal will be huge, so I think they're expecting the numbers of players to be huge!
Found an interview with an EA guy about the "Play 4 Free" model
http://www.gamedaily.com/articles/features/ad-watch-ad-sponsored-games-e...
No in-game advertising, just on the website (so guess where you'll be launching this game from?...might be a no-go for Fishcon), and "micropayments" is there, but no mention yet as to what for as yet.
eurogamer have a preview
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=93876
The national army look a bit like regulars at the Blue Oyster.