Let's Learn About 5th Cell's Hybrid

So, Killer 7 + Gears of War = Hybrid?

@SwirlinDervish said:

all that flying made me want to play Shattered Horizon

Do people still play that? I remember seeing a video about it a long time ago, but haven't heard anything since. Looked really cool, from what I remember.

@SwirlinDervish said:

all that flying made me want to play Shattered Horizon

Do people still play that? I remember seeing a video about it a long time ago, but haven't heard anything since. Looked really cool, from what I remember.

all that flying made me want to play Shattered Horizon

Business must be booming in the chest high wall industry in this universe.

@HeavyDuty32 said:

Is it just me, or did they not show anything he was talking about while he talked about it?

Yes, it was a poorly edited video.

On a side note, while the gameplay may look interesting to a point, I am calling it based on the menus they showed in the beginning of the video that this game will suck. Trust me on this.

Is it just me, or did they not show anything he was talking about while he talked about it?

I don't understand the premise for why movement works the way it does. If it's supposed to be zero g, they didn't present it very well.

@Sackmanjones said:

An online focused downloadable game? Good luck

Yeah.... as much as I would like to say "Oh my sir, you are wrong!" .... you're right about multiplayer downloadable games dying quick :/

Hm. I'm seeing shades of Shattered Horizons in here.

I'm not sure how this game will turn out. Could be cool depending on the level design and how large the levels are.

Seems a bit contrived.

It is cool that they are moving outside of what they started out with. Hope they try other stuff outside of the norm in the future.

@DJJoeJoe: Lol, both.

Need a demo before I'm sold, looks like a solid shooter but I can imagine all sorts of weird stuff with the cover and persistent world's generally break

How did they get John C. Riley's character from Tim and Eric to do the voiceover?

An online focused downloadable game? Good luck

That doesn't look fun.

I’m always cool with a shooter that attempts to imbue some strategy into its gameplay, but I’m not convinced that this is it. The idea itself is intriguing, but I’m not yet sold on its execution. It doesn’t appear to be any less hectic than any other shooter, and the limited areas to which you can move don’t seem to add any particularly great level of strategy. Perhaps I am wrong; it might be something I would have to play first.

I just...I don't understand what the hell is going on in this at all. I guess it's just another game I won't be playing.

@Quarters said:

I don't see this having any legs.

Oh snap! Oh wait was that a joke because you don't actually use your legs in this game? Or are you just judging a game before you've actually played it.

The guy sounds like James Woods. Interesting looking game.

Then you end up with Resident Evil 4.

I hope this game does sells an "ok" amount. It's not my cup of tea, but if it finds an audience, good on them. I loved Scribblenauts and Drawn To Life was "fine". I just hope this company gets back into doing things that I haven't seen or things that are in a "bold" direction.  
 
Also, whenever I hear  Slaczka talk, in my head, its always James Woods. 

hmmmmm...i just...don't know what to think about this.

I find this guy condescending. This game looks bad.

@DorianOtten: I'm so glad that I'm not the only person thinking that.

YOU CRAZY FOR THIS ONE, SLACZKA.

Yeah, I dunno. I'm happy to see 5th Cell doing something contrary to their usual, whimsical platformer, but another 3rd person shooter? There's not exactly a shortage of those, no matter how much you innovate.

Did James Woods narrate this trailer?

LONG LIVE THE NEW FLESH!

To quote Tom Hanks in Big: "I don't get it."

Why the fuck would you ever move out of cover then? Just wait for them to fly over and pop them out of the sky.

I don't see how their whole team said "Yeah, this is a great idea, lets take our time and effort to make it"

This seems ... interesting. I'm really interested to hear feedback from people who have played this. It seems like a neat mechanic, but it unfortunately wouldn't be surprising to hear that it's not fun to play.

So many budget (XBLA, PSN, Steam) shooters out there now - I'm worried that they might be in trouble and have a hard time getting people to notice the game. It IS different from the others, but it doesn't LOOK different at a glance.

If there was any game you would need to play before buying, it would be this. Everything sounds and looks good, but the way it plays probably needs to be experienced.

I always loved the concept of this game but it feels like it's been in development forever. Glad to see it's finally coming out.

Might be interesting to get on XBLA though would have preferred the action like what's shown for Hybrid but instead of fighting it was finishing challenges in something like Scribblenauts to control the flow of the combat.

I love the idea of this game. It's a shame it's only going to be on XBLA

Oh yeah, this thing.

I don't see this having any legs.

The movement system seems cool, love that you can cling to ceilings haha. Hope this comes to pc.

This looks stupid as hell.

@CookieMonster said:

I don't know what to make of this.

Me neither. It sounds interesting, but completely unnecessary - people have learned how to move and shoot at the same time, so allowing the player to completely focus on the shooting aspect doesn't seem to be so beneficial as to remove your ability to move. It'll all come down to the 'feel' - it could be fun, or could be very sterile. I for one am interested to at least try it.

This game looks crazy. I'm really excited to give this a shot.

@CookieMonster said:

I don't know what to make of this.

Neither do I, but props to 5th Cell for really going out of their comfort zone.

Here's to hoping that they land the execution with all their weird ideas!

Hm that's probably the only way to give the illusion of a fast paced shooter when you play with a controller, replacing the ability to move on your own with an autopilot... It still looks like it could be fun and something completely new on consoles, but imagining to play it with mouse and keyboard makes me cringe. Having said that, if there would be a way faster game with this mechanic for the PC I'd definitely give it a shot.
 
I wrote it a few months ago, somebody please invent a better controller for consoles.;)

No thanks, I like the moving part in games.

I swear the announcer sounds like Optimus Prime, Mr. Peter Cullen himself

I don't know what to make of this.

"What if you removed the "moving" part from moving and shooting? What then?"

ooh, I know this one! you're talking about Resident Evil 4! that game was fun!

Its seems like a good idea to try this given that the twin stick setup throws new gamers off - but not in a multiplayer game that they'd probably avoid.

It's kind of sad that Hybrid is being sent off to die like this. It's like they went out of their way to make the name and look of the game as generic as possible when you know the studio is capable of so much more.

It's very, very hard to do an innovative XBLA shooter and the premise of this seems thinner than most. If games like Blacklight: Tango Down, Section 8: Prejudice and Gotham City Impostors don't really make an impact, I don't see this game doing much better at all, especially now that Battlefield 3 is out there to soak up all of the CoD deserters.

That's a damn shame too, because you know they invested almost all of that Scribblenanuts money into this. If Hybrid is a complete flop (which it likely will be), the company is pretty much dead.