Ask Me Anything: Mindjack

Oh man, WINBACK!!! I was just reminiscing with a friend on xbox live last night about how cheap of game that was and what a ripoff of Solid Snake the main character was. lol thanks Jeff, glad to see we're on the same page yet again.

Something about this makes me feel like it's the sequel to Winback that it never got but I feel it deserved.
 
edit: lmao Jeff had that exact same thought halfway through

What, you guys didn't realize the future included cyber gorillas?  Though this game kinda misrepresents them considering this doesn't show them with jetpacks and rocket launchers.

Ahh man I loved me some winback!!! I was trying to peg the feeling this game gave me as I watched the video and then jeff said "early 2000's" sega or something and I was like "BOOM!!! THATS IT!!!" Not that it looks like a dreamcast game, just the general aesthetic of it. This just makes me wanna go back and play Maken X for the dreamcast now. That game also had minds to jack. Also, Megaten art style to it!!!

WINBACK  

I was terrible at that game and never got past the first level. 

This concept has been done in before with Geist or the concept of just enemy possession was around even earlier in Space Station Silicon Valley  and Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee.

Hmmm. I was way into the concept behind this until they said that your body becomes AI while you're mindjacking another character. This seems like the kinda game with hairy enough scenarios that you'll want to leave your real self hidden in a safe corner somewhere and send some randoms into harm's way. (not to mention that it makes no sense from a story perspective; whose mind is supposed to be in that body if it's not yours?) 
 
If Jim becomes invincible while you're not in his body or if there's an option to keep it AI-free, this could still be good, but that sounds  like a recipe for extreme aggrevation where you perform flawlessly only to lose because the AI controlling your body got stuck on a corner somewhere and got its dumb ass shot off.

was it just me or did the animations/ general controls look super clunky? interesting concept though...

" Any reference to the Pixies is awesome... oh and this game looks eh "

hahahahahahahahahaha winback was awesome .... this looks interesting

Any reference to the Pixies is awesome... oh and this game looks eh

Cyber gorillas. That's just what we need.  
 
I can imagine it now - "Hey, what does the world really need? What government funded project would best benefit humanity and our citizens?" 
"tank-grown organs?" 
"Fusion power plants?" 
"Cure for Huntington's disease?" 
"fully functional prosthetic limbs?" 
"Automatically driven cars to improve road safety?" 
 
"NO! CYBER GORILLAS. GIANT CYBORG MILITARY GRADE GORILLAS! GET ON IT!"  

whats up with the walking animation?  that's just all bad.

The concept seems neat, but the execution doesn't look good.

This pretty much looks like crap.

Ok special agent on the run, got that. Ability to control enemies and civilians through use of advanced technology, I can get behind that. CIvilians carrying automatic weapons that they only use when controlled,......Second amendment .Right? Cyborg Gorillas and Chimps with machine guns strapped to their backs...........................thats pushing it.

The game wiht baby 
 
MESSIAH! 
 
lol

The game with the baby that Jeff mentioned is called Messiah.

INCEPTION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hey Jeff, it's called Messiah

I don't get why third person shooters don't all have sliding.

I can only think that they missed a big opportunity not naming their main character 'Jack'

Need to give those apes rocket boots or jetpacks and I'm onboard
hell I'm on board anyway - apes with guns sounds fun.  those melee attacks looked BAD tho.  fix that

Pixies reference made this video worth it.

Looks like a case of cool idea, poor execution. I'm interested to see how it turns out.

why does the art and colors remind me of Front Mission Evolved..... FU Square-Enix for more mediocre action games.

Good to see Demon's Souls multiplayer influences making its way into other games.

" @JohnRabbit said:

" @capthavic said:

" This looked awful in the trailer and looks just as bad in-game. It's like a early PS2 game. "

you are giving way too much credit to early ps2 games. "

Maybe not EARLY PS2 games. But MGS2 looked better than this... "

then JIM IS SEVEN
 
then JIM IS SEVEN
 
then JIM IS SEVEN

The concepts behind the game sound very interesting, but the way the game actually plays ruins it.

Apes, guys, not monkeys!

I know it's not done but -- game looks jank as fuck. The camera in particular is seriously jarring in the way it pans around all crazy when you hit cover. Curious how it'll turn out, either way.

" @capthavic said:

" This looked awful in the trailer and looks just as bad in-game. It's like a early PS2 game. "

you are giving way too much credit to early ps2 games. "

Demon's Souls   invasion with a twist! Cool. 

Leave Brink alone!

Not interested in this game but I think the multiplayer stuff is a neat idea.

Concept is cool, game looks really janky like most Japanese games.

Color me intrigued. I like the look and feel of this game. I'm gonna check this one out whenever it releases. Looks pretty cool.

" This looked awful in the trailer and looks just as bad in-game. It's like a early PS2 game. "

that apes spine is MESSED UP!
 
game looks interesting, but i cannot stand 3rd person cover based shooters.

This is really not bad. I am very interested.

I am interested in this game.

Wwow Jeff comin' through with a Pixies reference.

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