Check Out Insomniac's Fuse In Action

Dude...wtf happened? I miss the old style they had! It's been transformed into generic boring bullshit :C

...Video games? The trailer?

This looks terrible.

I am 28. I grew up playing games, and unlike a lot of my friends - I love the (new and interesting) games we are getting today. Most of my favourite games are from the past 10 years. And I happily put aside the memories of things I loved. Times change, I love (for the most part) moving with them.

That said, there is a certain thing that happens when you transfer from a 16 year old that gets thrilled by "bad-ass moments" into a 20-something year old. For starters you become a bit more conditioned to a certain degree. However that conditioning/maturity is not necessarily a bad thing, it's just what happens. You want something more.

This game does not appear to be that something more. At least not for me.

@captain_clayman said:

Dude...wtf happened? I miss the old style they had! It's been transformed into generic boring bullshit :C

ya for real... hopefully they will keep the style and humour in the cut-scences?

Is there a button dedicated to walking away from explosions without looking back? There totally should be.

If this is supposed to be the same product as overstrike, that's fucking bullshit. Why would you change it from a whimsical tf2-like (read:NON GENERIC) artstyle; into this bland, easily passed-over mess.

Man what the fuck is this.

Disruptor: Failure

Spyro: Success

Ratchet & Clank: Success

Resistance: Failure

Why does Insomniac continue to make games in the genre they are least talented in? Platformers or get the fuck out!

It's like some kind of bizarro inverse of Borderlands development. What the fuck happened?

@Diesel_Dan said:

Is there a button dedicated to walking away from explosions without looking back? There totally should be.

Haha. I was about to post something similar. Don't people understand how stupid that is now...it only works in comedies as gag now.

Should be for the next generation, not this one.

this is resistance 2's co-op.

The only comfort I have from this game is the almost universal agreement that everyone is disappointed with the art change.

@Phatmac said:

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.

I didn't know insomniac made third person shooters...... and ratchet is an action platformer....

I was surprised by how generic this game looks.

Alex Says..."Not related to the second-tier music video channel nor the terrible energy drink."

...and I say,

but related to Annoying fucking Rap Sounds!!!

Looks like it could still be pretty interesting, but man, not a lot of personality to the new art direction.

Rest in peace, colour and personality.

Never forget.

@Abendlaender said:

I don't like the shift from a the cartoony and humorous Overstrike to the dark, gritty Fuse.

At least that is the feeling I got from watching this trailer...might be completely wrong but...I don't know, this just doesn't seem very interesting

I am completely with you. Now it's just a brown shooter with crazy weapons. Frankly, it's tragic.

Deeply disappointed in the lack of Steve Blum in this trailer.

The previous tone and art were much better. Now, this just looks like a brown and gray generic shooter with some crazy weapons in the mix.

@FuzzYLemoN said:

Man what the fuck is this.

Disruptor: Failure

Spyro: Success

Ratchet & Clank: Success

Resistance: Failure

Why does Insomniac continue to make games in the genre they are least talented in? Platformers or get the fuck out!

Resistance is anything but a failure. :| 2 might of been so-so, but 1 & 3 were incredibly good shooters.

While that does look like a motherfucking ton of fun to play, that art direction makes me super god damn sad. All personality to the most uninteresting look I've seen in a while. I have faith in them but... yo man, what the shit. :c

The particle effects remind me of Vanquish. Could be cool.

What the fuck are they doing hahaha this is so painful to watch

It's pretty much a sequel to HAZE now right?

Sorry but Insomniac have simultaneously sucked out both the character and my interest in this game.

I must say, I liked the graphics style more when it was a goofy and a bit less realistic. But still I think that there is plenty of fun to be had in this game otherwise they would not have rebranded it. I will wait for additional media and reviews, before I make a decision if I'm going to play this.

why is everyone complaining, that was a pretty good trailer.

The game looked soo cool before this major change. Now it's like meeehhh.. :/

http://www.giantbomb.com/your-first-look-at-insomniacs-overstrike/17-4269/

Watch and despair for what could have been!

EA's dirty molesting fingerprints are all over this.

@Rowr said:

http://www.giantbomb.com/your-first-look-at-insomniacs-overstrike/17-4269/

Watch and despair for what could have been!

EA's dirty molesting fingerprints are all over this.

Must say it seemed to have a lot more personality going for it prior to this new iteration. Could still be fun though...

Overstrike looked so much better. Not buying this but I'm sure a lot of other people will so they don't really care anywaaay.

Overstrike looked amazing. But the more I try to forget about Overstrike, the better Fuse looks. Don't like the new title though.

EDIT: Okay I lied. Can't not think about what could have been Overstrike. Saddens me.

Dammit Insomniac. Why?

I really hope they take the overwhelmingly negative response to this trailer to heart. I'm in the same boat. The only thing that has going for it is weapons, any hint of personality or charm that the Overstrike trailer displayed has been completely expunged. It's a damn shame.

For those saying don't blame EA because Insomniac says it's their choice. Look, the one thing you don't do in any industry is publicly badmouth the guy signing your checks. Assume it was EA pushing them in this direction, after the negative reaction to it, do you really think they're going to say "yeah EA told us to make these changes because they thought the game would sell more". That's how you ruin a publisher relationship and jeopardize your game seeing the light of day at all.

Of course Insomniac is going to say it was their decision, there's no other response that they can reasonably make apart from "no comment" which many would interpret as just as damning to EA. What the actual truth is, only they know; but they'd have to take the bullet regardless, which is also tragic.

We know what EA has done to past franchises and IP, we know from a the few industry folks willing to burn bridges how they've let bad focus testing and market statistics steer game development, we know at present they're in a bit of a rough spot and very revenue focused, and we know that "realistic" and gritty CoD games largely devoid of charm continue to sell well. If this shoe fits people, if the shoe fits...

looks painfully like a generic EA shooter now. wtf

Looks alright. Looks like it takes the co-op mode from R2 and expands it. I liked that co-op mode so it looks good to me.

hadn't seen overstrike trailer until this went up. went to watch overstrike trailer.

yeah overstrike was a much more appealing concept. it was like a ratchet & clank and resistance amalgamation, which feels like the perfect direction for them to move in. now it's indistinguishable.

Watched the original trailer again just now and...mnee, I don't know. It sure looked more cartoony and colorful than this, but then again, it was just a CGI trailer. Because I'm lazy I won't check it, but I guess there never was a gameplay trailer of it to confirm that the actual game would've been as cartoony as that?

Anyway, like some have said here, this didn't look *that* bad to me. But 'course I will be less excited about it, if the reason for why this trailer didn't have any of that same humorous style is, that they've made a big change into more serious tone. Got enough srs bsns going on in games already.

@OriginalYellow said:

This was a really really really exciting project when it was Overstrike...

^^This, now it looks like yet another generic shooter.

@Mustachio said:

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

lol at the camera guy with the director at 07:00

@thedj93 said:

why is everyone complaining, that was a pretty good trailer.

Because this looks way fucking better than the muddled, brown boring shit in THIS trailer.

They sure shot themselves in the foot with that first Overstrike trailer which looked way more interesting and original.

This, however, seems to be alright at best for people who play three shooters per month and therefore have to turn to the lesser productions in order to still their thirst.

@DeXterminator said:

Alex Says..."Not related to the second-tier music video channel nor the terrible energy drink."

...and I say,

but related to Annoying fucking Rap Sounds!!!

Word!

Gears of Borderlands Effect

This looks horrible

Ok, I will be really curious what GB has to say about all this on Tuesday. I just listened to Weekend Confirmed and Garnett was a balless sack when it came to this. The whole thing reeked of not wanting to offend. He expressed a little bit of concern but nothing (from non of them) that even remotely mirrors the general public (of which many have not even been around and played as many games as he has) and with no topic of discussion on the how or why. We'll see. May be they will discuss more in the future, but for now I can't help but to look like -_-

Man they went and completely changed the tone and visual style of the game, I am bummed.

I seem to recall every single person ever bitching at the announcement of Overstrike, which somewhat deadens the impact of the new complaints even though I agree with them in principle.

Yeah this looks pretty lame. I'm bummed cause Ratchet and Clank was one of my all time favorite game series'. Probably the most generic trailer I've ever seen.

Seeing them walking towards the screen there at the end kinda reminded me of Brute Force...dunno why.

I'm not one for hopping on the old band wagon but yeah, this kinda looks dull. This trailer (complete with absolutely horrible music) is, IMO, more suited for a game that's gonna be put out by a small up and coming dev team or for some forgettable game like Quantum Theory...not by a top tier developer like Insomniac.

We'll see I guess. As for now color me unimpressed.