Quick Look: Hard Reset

looks like a lot of freaking fun!!

This is so Blade Runner.

@paulishere22 said:

Three words: Day. One. Purchase. I hope this is the start of something of a PC resurgence.

I don't get this comment. PC games are doing fine. In 2010 there were more games released on PC than consoles and had a higher percentage of games in the 80%+ category.

great grey grey and more grey with a couple neon signs. goty material /sarcasm

Anytime a quicklook has Brad in it, it seems Brad is the player.  I prefer the Quicklooks where Brad is the passenger.

Whoever designed these weapons needs to go mercenary. If you can afford their services, your game will have their weapon designs in it. Would make for a damn fine FPS landscape with people trying to out-crazy each other instead of just out-Call of Duty.

I thought Ryan was playing this.

It looks so soulless.
 
We don't ride around on wooden "bone shaker" bicycles anymore for a reason ya'know.

@Plasma said:

@radar5 said:

Since I looked them up anyway

The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Three Laws) :

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Does that mean if you tell a robot to destroy itself it has to obey?

Yep. Unless telling it to do so would result in harming a human.

It can only protect it's existence if it won't hurt someone, if that's where you're thinking the contradiction comes in.

Some real paradoxes come in with more complex situations like what if a robot is capable of stopping a human from harming another human but it would require action that could also result in some harm being done? If it acts, someone will be harmed. If it doesn't, someone will be harmed. If it is ordered to do one thing or the other it will still conflict with the first law.

It's a brilliant set up for some interesting stories/situations.

Not that I mind people playing whatever they'd want, but I can't see how this makes people go all crazy about it...and I'm a sucker for FPS games myself. I'd probably enjoy playing this, but not as much as the mentioned Painkiller. Or Bulletstorm, especially because of it's colorful imagery. 'Course cyberbunk isn't suppose to have grassy hills and sunshine, but...ugh.

Oh God, this is it. This is the game that I was hoping Bulletstorm and Duke Nukem Forever would be. I got nothing against modern shooters, but if there's still room for 2d sidescrollers and point-and-click adventure games, why has it taken this long to get a truly arcade-y old-school shooter?

@Plasma said:

@radar5 said:

Since I looked them up anyway

The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Three Laws) :

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Does that mean if you tell a robot to destroy itself it has to obey?

Yep. Unless telling it to do so would result in harming a human.

It can only protect it's existence if it won't hurt someone, if that's where you're thinking the contradiction comes in.

Some real paradoxes come in with more complex situations like what if a robot is capable of stopping a human from harming another human but it would require action that could also result in some harm being done? If it acts, someone will be harmed. If it doesn't, someone will be harmed. If it is ordered to do one thing or the other it will still conflict with the first law.

It's a brilliant set up for some interesting stories/situations.

I think Divine Cybermancy had more character.  This game looks
a bit dull other than the fancy over the top graphics.

Don't forget the Zeroth Law of Robotics.

0. A robot may not harm humanity, or through inaction allow humanity to come to harm.

R. Daneel 4 LIFE.

This looks really cool. I hope some version of it comes to PS3 at some point. 
It looks great but I don't have a PC that can run games.

@paulishere22 said:

Three words: Day. One. Purchase. I hope this is the start of something of a PC resurgence.

I don't get this comment. PC games are doing fine. In 2010 there were more games released on PC than consoles and had a higher percentage of games in the 80%+ category.

it won't sell in MW quantities and will therefore probably be considered a failure by the industry, but I'm going to preorder it because this looks hella awesome. Yes, I just said that.

Looks good, especially love the way the guns animate.

Anyone kind of... I don't know... Groan when you see that they put Brad in another quicklook?

Is it just me, or did the sound that charge shot make come straight out of Metroid Prime?

Anyone kind of... I don't know... Groan when you see that they put Brad in another quicklook?

This video makes me want to upgrade my PC's video card just to have a fighting chance to play this game.

I'm very very interested on this product.

Is it just me, or did the sound that charge shot make come straight out of Metroid Prime?

preordered. thanks for the QL.

Preordered. Game looks fantastic. for only 26$ how can you go wrong?

This video makes me want to upgrade my PC's video card just to have a fighting chance to play this game.

@EvoHero said:

This video makes me want to upgrade my PC's video card just to have a fighting chance to play this game.

I'm assuming you have crappy integrated graphics?

Looks incredible. First time ive seen it.

oh craps, i just saw the Blade Runner blimp! Insta buy!

This game looks far more interesting than ninety-five percent of the bullshit currently on the market.

Good Quick Look. Will definitely keep an eye on this title.
 
Like Brad noted, I love the throwback to old-school shooters, in a modern engine with some great art direction. These days the only comparable thing is Serious Sam and Painkiller, though I'm not a huge fan of the latter's setting.
 
Seriously, the holographic stuff everywhere is great. It's the kind of detail we saw in the Bioshock games

@Robo said:

@Plasma said:

@radar5 said:

Since I looked them up anyway

The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Three Laws) :

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey any orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Does that mean if you tell a robot to destroy itself it has to obey?

Yep. Unless telling it to do so would result in harming a human.

It can only protect it's existence if it won't hurt someone, if that's where you're thinking the contradiction comes in.

Some real paradoxes come in with more complex situations like what if a robot is capable of stopping a human from harming another human but it would require action that could also result in some harm being done? If it acts, someone will be harmed. If it doesn't, someone will be harmed. If it is ordered to do one thing or the other it will still conflict with the first law.

It's a brilliant set up for some interesting stories/situations.

 Yeah I was just thinking, you could just whisper into someone's robot's ear "destroy yourself". In this world where robots exist they would prob be quite a financial investment, so I guess you just have to sue the asshole shouting at robots across the road to destroy themselves.   Maybe program in that they can only shut themselves down, not actually damage themselves beyond repair. But maybe in this future policing is more advanced so it would be much harder to get away with doing that.