I Am Alive - a new apocalyptic game in the making

PiP · Post by **PiP** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:15 pm

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It's supposed to be a "First Person Survival Horror" set in Chicago that's just been owned by an earthquake. Time, ammo and resources are supposed to be scarce, which sounds good.Feel the hype: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.dailymotion.pl/video/x7yms7_ ... s">trailer </a>
<img width="810" height="438" border="10" src="http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/6482/iamaliveom4.png" />

entertainer · Post by **entertainer** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:23 pm

Yeah sure, made by ubisoft

VasikkA · Post by **VasikkA** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:33 pm

All aboard the post-apoc train !

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:27 pm

Survival horror?

SenisterDenister · Post by **SenisterDenister** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 11:13 pm

I don't see how an earthquake would completely destroy the societal structure of Chicago (like it ever had one to begin with). I imagine it was something far worse than that especially since it was six days into whatever catastrophe it was and there wasn't any sign of National Guard or relief groups present.

Edward_R_Murrow · Post by **Edward_R_Murrow** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 12:00 am

Jade Raymond again? Not interested until they prove it won't have some goofy back-plot, or stupid minigames, or be totally "casual'd".

Do a minigame to mend the broken bone. Didn't win? Just try again....we don't want you to lose and get frustrated.

Frater Perdurabo · Post by **Frater Perdurabo** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:13 am

Survival horrors of yesteryear all failed badly, why should this one differ?
Oh and fuck you man

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:32 am

Love Chicago, but no thanks.

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:52 am

They totally stole my idea. I bet you terrorists are involved though.

Also you think people would fight for water like unless it had been quite awhile already. I bet there is some super virus or some shit and etc.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:45 am

This would make a marvelous maze of ruins.

The "jumblevault", mixed with other fragments of nearby buildings and tunnels.

I'll just ignore the part about how without pumping most of the underground areas would be flooded, and also I'll skip over the fact that Shadowrun had the "Shattergraves" made out of a collapsed Sears Tower. Shadowrun was gay.

Cyberpunk was also gay, but at least it was tongue-in-cheek. S-run was earnest. and it had magic. and elves. omg now I see it was gayer than ubergay

god damn

so gay

Castille · Post by **Castille** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:09 am

I like Chicago, I like the timeframe after the event, and I like the supposed non-emphasis on combat, but at this point I'm not holding my breath for a great game.

Edward_R_Murrow · Post by **Edward_R_Murrow** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:33 am

There's also probably going to be some completely forced ideology or meaning in it, that will no doubt cause all the fuckwitted game journalists to cream themselves over it as though it was as deep as Dostoevsky, Steinbeck, or some such.

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:37 am

Edward_R_Murrow wrote:There's also probably going to be some completely forced ideology or meaning in it, that will no doubt cause all the fuckwitted game journalists to cream themselves over it as though it was as deep as Dostoevsky, Steinbeck, or some such.

you remind me of atoga, are you related to him?

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:45 pm

and the protagonist looks like a numbskull

Psychoul · Post by **Psychoul** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:17 pm

numbskull?, that seems to intrest me even more...

St. Toxic · Post by **St. Toxic** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:33 pm

Dogmeatlives wrote:and the protagonist looks like a numbskull

Looks like he has Down's syndrome.

Post by **Dogmeatlives** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 7:45 pm

St. Toxic wrote:
Dogmeatlives wrote:and the protagonist looks like a numbskull
Looks like he has Down's syndrome.

Haha yeah it does..

You know, I find it interesting that the videogame industry is made up of mostly either too scrawny or too fat people. The developers, the players, the Gamestop employees. Yet if you look at the game characters, they tend to be uber-manly and brutish. I understand that people get a kick out of palying the ideal alpha male role, but wouldn't it be nice to see a real person tackle some obstacles once in a while?

That's one thing that turns me off about military games, like COD or GOW, is the supermasculine bullshit in the dialogue/character designs, and the bloodlust I find disturbing. They present such a vivid image of violence, but present it in a way that is a bit irresponsible.

Oh shit, ranting again, but I really feel like too much of the responsibility is put on the parents when it comes to alot of shit that is put out there. It's easy to say that the parents shouldn't allow their kids to play the stuff if they don't want them exposed to it, but I can remember when I was younger and we would tlk about videogames or the latest South Park episode and the kids who don't see that shit, are left out of it. Same goes for clothes and all other status symbols.

Its not so much the violence or sex either, because it happens. People die and people fuck, but its maybe more the philosophies, beliefs that are put out there that a kid may not be able to handle at their age.

Redeye · Post by **Redeye** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 2:12 am

Dogmeatlives wrote:...
That's one thing that turns me off about military games, like COD or GOW, is the supermasculine bullshit in the dialogue/character designs, and the bloodlust I find disturbing. They present such a vivid image of violence, but present it in a way that is a bit irresponsible.

Oh shit, ranting again, but I really feel like too much of the responsibility is put on the parents when it comes to alot of shit that is put out there. It's easy to say that the parents shouldn't allow their kids to play the stuff if they don't want them exposed to it, but I can remember when I was younger and we would tlk about videogames or the latest South Park episode and the kids who don't see that shit, are left out of it. Same goes for clothes and all other status symbols.

Its not so much the violence or sex either, because it happens. People die and people fuck, but its maybe more the philosophies, beliefs that are put out there that a kid may not be able to handle at their age.

"Lemme light up Betty's titties"

Machiavelli · Post by **Machiavelli** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 8:04 pm

Interesting..... Chicago is a bad enough place as it is without the decay of society and order.

Is it just me, or has Chicago been getting way too much hype since Obama was elected? Oh well, no big deal I'll probably just wait for it to fall into the discount bin like I do with everything else.

Here's an idea, lets have a game set in a small town! You know where contrary to popular belief most people in America live. Then you may actually have to SEARCH for resources. I'm just sick of cities I guess.

That's part of what I loved about Fallout. True there was LA and then San Fran in 2 but the meat of the story took place outside of those mega towns.

Fuck it.

atoga · Post by **atoga** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 4:37 am

Machiavelli wrote:Here's an idea, lets have a game set in a small town! You know where contrary to popular belief most people in America live. Then you may actually have to SEARCH for resources. I'm just sick of cities I guess.

??

you do realize something roughly 80% of americans live in cities right now? granted the lion's share of america's population lives in suburbs, rather than what would classically be called cities, but still. do you believe in a real/fake america dichotomy too?