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Seems an interesting take/direction on the post apoc setting that too many are simply too afraid to take. Will be definately picking this up.

01:53 "He has the same limitations as the normal human being" and then he gets slashed 3 times with a machete.

What an incredibly unfortunate release date, this will have to wait until the summer.

Wow, downloadable. Didn't see that coming. This looks really fun and interesting.

@scraz

I get what you mean, but you should understand that this is a downloadable game that needs to be compressed within 2gigs of memory space. You can't do Uncharted-like mo-cap animations with that type of memory. If you look at this game considering the ressources Ubisoft Shanghai had, it's super impressive.

Also, totally buying this. I'm more interested in this than ME3.

The music there in the begining made me think of Heavy Rains theme right away!

Too bad that it's coming out the same week as Mass Effect 3.

@Autechresaint said:

Really unfortunate that it's digital only AND console only. Pretty much gaurantees that I won't buy it. Any reason why they aren't doing a box release for this one? Is it a sign that Ubisoft doesn't feel like the game is any good?

Probably just a money issue. You can't really put out a boxed copy of a game unless you invested the right amount of money, I have to think. Unless they were to put it out as like a $20 boxed game, but that I don't think anyone has ever done that. With that said, I'm not sure if the game was originally supposed to be a boxed product before being made into a downloadable.

I like the idea of this game. Worried about the gameplay part of it though.

well im happy the game is made but i still wish it was more like the original trailer they released for it a few years back.

I Am Interested.

@HarlequinRiot said:

@Autechresaint said:

Really unfortunate that it's digital only AND console only. Pretty much gaurantees that I won't buy it. Any reason why they aren't doing a box release for this one? Is it a sign that Ubisoft doesn't feel like the game is any good?

Probably just a money issue. You can't really put out a boxed copy of a game unless you invested the right amount of money, I have to think. Unless they were to put it out as like a $20 boxed game, but that I don't think anyone has ever done that. With that said, I'm not sure if the game was originally supposed to be a boxed product before being made into a downloadable.

Yeah, it is ungodly expensive to ship a boxed copy of a game and expect it to make a decent profit. With something more niche like this game it's smart to go for the higher profit-margins and keep it as a digitally-distributed game where all you have to worry is cost of development instead of packaging, fuel for the trucks, buying shelf space from a retailer, etc. The general public isn't going to be all over a game like this where you're encouraged not to shoot everything that moves. There's a reason why most of the more-cerebral and unique games to come out in the last 3 years or so have been download-only.

Hang tight @Autechresaint it's very likely that if this game succeeds you'll see it on PC sooner or later. They're just getting their console money like Braid and Monday Night Combat and the like did before them. I absolutely cannot blame them.

I can't wait.

I am very excited about this because it looks truly unique. A lot of people are concerned about the combat, but it's clear that combat isn't the answer for everything in this game. I like the idea of just scaring people with a gun and getting them to back down. It's a really cool mechanic and I hope it works well.

Looks like a good filler til Fallout 3 gets here.  The combat looks 
shitty, but I'll still play it.  Although it might be awhile before I get
to it since ME 3 & ME in general will be soaking up my time...
ME & Skyrim anyway.