Check Out Insomniac's Fuse In Action

@connerthekewlkid said:

@Sonny009: automatically blame EA even though insomniac said it was there personal choice? @game forum logic

and you believe that

The original look was so charming. It had character.

I dont think this looks terrible but it looks like everything else.

Look, this is an EA Partners game not an EA game. This wasn't commissioned by EA. Insomniac has developed this thing independent of EA. EA is strictly a co-publisher on it. It is the same co-publishing arrangement responsible for games like Brutal Legend, Bulletstorm, Amalur, Deathspank and Shadows of the Damned - none of which fall into the "mainstream" design aesthetic you guys are lambasting. This shitty art/style change comes whole cloth from Insomniac. There is no one else to blame.

Game looks horrible now. It literally the reverse Borderlands now.

@Nettacki:

That's great to hear. I really hope they succeed, but this trailer looks just sooooo boring

It's sad to see a developer like Insomniac (Which had absolutely gorgeous art direction in the PS3 ratchet games) making a game that looks as generic as mediocre games like Inversion and Binary Domain.

Looks like a logical extension of Resistance 2's cooperative mode.

wow theres a lot of hate on this video-game. As long as the humorous tone is still there then I'm sold.

Also anyone know why the name change?

*.....waits for haters response*

.....................I'm gonna kill EA.

@ITSSEXYTIME: `Woah woah woah, did you play Binary Domain? That game is anything but mediocre! It's freaking awesome and the art direction is superb.

Franchise destroyed. No longer even remotely interested.

It really is too bad they ditched the unique art style (and maybe the light-hearted characterization and humor too) for yet another generic gunmetal gray shooter. Whoever thought creative weapons alone would be enough to set this game apart from the crowd doesn't understand that games are a visual medium and a new game needs to LOOK different from other games in the genre if you want people to really notice.

Don't really know what to think.

I feel like this will end up like Arkham City really fun gameplay and overall tone but with a really silly level of grit thrown in to give a bit of sting. So it'll still end up great but not perfect...that's still pretty good in my book.

8.8

EDIT: just rewatched both this and the original overstrike copncept cg, Fuse has them all wearing the same thing...dammit insomniac! Just going to hope that this is some kinda origin story and the sequel is straight up lighter colored A-Team sky tanks!

I think it needs a bit more gray/brown grit, militarism, and explosions to really finish off the generification process.

The gameplay looks ok. But, man, graphically that is some generic looking shit.

Insomniac, what happened?

DAMN YOU EA

@Korolev: lol, love it!

Insomniac kinda feels like Sega after all the good people left. Except I don't think that's the case. Not quite having the success changing genres Naughty Dog has.

My original interest for Overstrike went from top of the list to absolutely rock bottom. How did this even happen? Everyone was so buzzed about the original concept, the art, the humour, and the creative team behind the project.

R.I.P Insomniac, been nice while it lasted, hopefully we get some decent indie studios when EA runs them into the ground.

@edgefusion said:

@ITSSEXYTIME: `Woah woah woah, did you play Binary Domain? That game is anything but mediocre! It's freaking awesome and the art direction is superb.

Yeah, that's what I was thinking when he mentioned that game. Not to mention it has a surprisingly good story and some solid Japanese ridiculousness. If Fuse is like Binary Domain with Insomniac's best polish behind it, I'm in day one.

Way different than what I remember from the old trailer but honestly that may not be a bad thing. Two character models have changed but I still think they are awesome. Still on my radar and now that its 4 player coop def must purchase.

It just looks so generic now.

When I heard about Overstrike, I was really excited to see something from Insomniac was making its way onto the 360. Then they go and strip it of all personality and turn it into an extremely generic looking shooter. I'm so disappointed right now.

This has the stink of EA all over it.

@Rirse said:

Game looks horrible now. It literally the reverse Borderlands now.

That's exactly what I thought when I saw this yesterday.

So nice and brown.

When I originally heard that Insomniac were making a third person shooter; I was immediately disappointed, but the trailer quickly won me over. It looked unique, kind of goofy and a lot of fun. Now they've turned it into exactly what I feared: generic third person shooter #5055.

@Brad3000 said:

Look, this is an EA Partners game not an EA game. This wasn't commissioned by EA. Insomniac has developed this thing independent of EA. EA is strictly a co-publisher on it. It is the same co-publishing arrangement responsible for games like Brutal Legend, Bulletstorm, Amalur, Deathspank and Shadows of the Damned - none of which fall into the "mainstream" design aesthetic you guys are lambasting. This shitty art/style change comes whole cloth from Insomniac. There is no one else to blame.

I love how everyone ignored this and continued to blame EA. Lowering my opinion of the Giant Bomb user base.

@DragonNinja789 said:

wow theres a lot of hate on this video-game. As long as the humorous tone is still there then I'm sold.

Also anyone know why the name change?

*.....waits for haters response*

From what I can tell, Fuse is related to the technology that powers their weapons. So basically it's this universe's mass effect field.

@Brodehouse said:

@Brad3000 said:

Look, this is an EA Partners game not an EA game. This wasn't commissioned by EA. Insomniac has developed this thing independent of EA. EA is strictly a co-publisher on it. It is the same co-publishing arrangement responsible for games like Brutal Legend, Bulletstorm, Amalur, Deathspank and Shadows of the Damned - none of which fall into the "mainstream" design aesthetic you guys are lambasting. This shitty art/style change comes whole cloth from Insomniac. There is no one else to blame.

I love how everyone ignored this and continued to blame EA. Lowering my opinion of the Giant Bomb user base.

EA cancelled Brutal Legend 2, so I'm guessing they were more than just a co-publisher.

@ThomasJay said:

@Brodehouse said:

@Brad3000 said:

Look, this is an EA Partners game not an EA game. This wasn't commissioned by EA. Insomniac has developed this thing independent of EA. EA is strictly a co-publisher on it. It is the same co-publishing arrangement responsible for games like Brutal Legend, Bulletstorm, Amalur, Deathspank and Shadows of the Damned - none of which fall into the "mainstream" design aesthetic you guys are lambasting. This shitty art/style change comes whole cloth from Insomniac. There is no one else to blame.

I love how everyone ignored this and continued to blame EA. Lowering my opinion of the Giant Bomb user base.

EA cancelled Brutal Legend 2, so I'm guessing they were more than just a co-publisher.

... What? How does backing out of a project prove they changed Fuse's art design?

They published Amalur: Reckoning. They were discussing a sequel with 38. They chose not to give 35 million dollars to 38 Studios. Does that mean EA is responsible for the art style in Reckoning?

If EA develops a game in house, they're evil. If they give a third party money to make a game, they're evil. If they choose nto to make any games, they're evil. No matter what they do, there's always someone ready to drive it up their ass and it's fucking exhausting to look at every single day.

I was sort if interested in Overstrike.

I'm not interested in Fuse at all.

I really like the song but it makes no fucking sense in this trailer

Oh, I loved the Overstrike character design. It gave it something special. It looks very generic and EA-like now. 
Borderlands showed that an interesting art style can work. A real shame Insomniac didn't have the balls to uphold the art style with this game. 
Overstrike: Yay! 
Fuse: Meh... 
 
[EDIT] Re-watching the first trailer makes me really sad. Why, Insomniac? Why?

Second tier?!? At least Fuse played music videos until around 2005 :- /

I'm sort of disturbed at the current hate for both Fuse and Insomniac. It really is true that folks are afraid of change and they've shown their immaturity with these horrible comments. Why do people assume that EA had anything to do with this change? Perhaps Insomniac wanted to do this? Why can't people simply wait to see more of this game instead of shitting on it by this first trailer? I guess I'm asking for too much from the GB community. You guys are disappointing me. I have faith in Insomniac as they have earned this. The weapons still look crazy and they're masters at creating third person shooters. Hopefully people can withhold their judgement until we see more from Fuse.

Seems like the inspiration for the game is Resistance 2's highly praised 4 player co-op. "People loved that...let's make a full game out of it."

@ThomasJay said:

@Brodehouse said:

@Brad3000 said:

Look, this is an EA Partners game not an EA game. This wasn't commissioned by EA. Insomniac has developed this thing independent of EA. EA is strictly a co-publisher on it. It is the same co-publishing arrangement responsible for games like Brutal Legend, Bulletstorm, Amalur, Deathspank and Shadows of the Damned - none of which fall into the "mainstream" design aesthetic you guys are lambasting. This shitty art/style change comes whole cloth from Insomniac. There is no one else to blame.

I love how everyone ignored this and continued to blame EA. Lowering my opinion of the Giant Bomb user base.

EA cancelled Brutal Legend 2, so I'm guessing they were more than just a co-publisher.

Get your facts straight. They didn't cancel it, they just chose not to fund it. That's it. It's up to Double Fine to find another publisher for it if they want to create the game to begin with.

Meh. Whatevs. I could be wrong, but this looks like just another shooter.

Yeah, ill take overstrike please - at least that trailer had a sense of character.

This doesn't look very interesting...

I wonder if we ever get to the point where everyone is making games with cartoony exaggerated art styles and people start calling them generic.

Has the 'EA sucks' parade started yet?

@Morningstar: As Overstrike it looked like a game with personality, and that's what Insomniac does best. This on the other hand looks like another soulless post-GoW thirdperson shooter. I actually felt genuine sadness towards this turn of events :(

Below we can see Insomniac discussing the changes with the Call of Duty audience:

@Brad3000 said:

Look, this is an EA Partners game not an EA game. This wasn't commissioned by EA. Insomniac has developed this thing independent of EA. EA is strictly a co-publisher on it. It is the same co-publishing arrangement responsible for games like Brutal Legend, Bulletstorm, Amalur, Deathspank and Shadows of the Damned - none of which fall into the "mainstream" design aesthetic you guys are lambasting. This shitty art/style change comes whole cloth from Insomniac. There is no one else to blame.

If you think any developer can be independent while working with EA, EA Partners or otherwise, you are kidding yourself. In order to be published by EA, they have to like what they see. EA only like to see money, so unless your game doesn't look like Gears of War, Call of Duty or World of Warcraft, you are out of luck. From time to time, they like to experiment with some unconventional concepts. But if that game doesn't sell 3-4 millions, they'll never publish a sequel. If it does sell 3-4 millions, they'll buy your studio and you have to make sequels of that game until the end of times. Then they shut you down and you're out of a job. Then you get drunk in the bar every single night, while planning how to take revenge on John Riccitiello. After a few more years, you'll die of natural causes, satisfied with most of your achievements, though you could never forgive yourself for not sticking it to John Riccitiello by making the biggest selling franchise ever and selling the publishing rights to Activision, just out of spite.

What was I talking about? Oh right, puppies!

I'm sure it will play well but the shift in tone and art direction is disappointing.

Other than the interesting weapons and abilities, this looks generic now. OverStrike looked really damn cool. Bad call, Insomniac.

Really Insomniac? This trailer was L-A-M-E.