Recently Gamasutra
published an article of mine charting the development of 3DO FPS
Immercenary (the one where you're trapped in a faux-MMO environment). It includes photography from those who worked on it, and is worth checking out. Certainly I'm extremely proud to be the first person ever to interview those behind it. This was when the FPS genre was still in a nascent stage, and while it ultimately went in a different direction, I find this evolutionary cul-de-sac rather fascinating. I also have some left over screens, so perhaps I should write a second article for HG101? I've always thought it a shame there's so little coverage of this online.
Those photos from the shooting are AWESOME. If there are more, you have to write an HG101 article just to get them all posted in full resolution.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! This was one of my favorite 3DO games because it was SO damn weird and took a LOT of patience to get into. But once you were clicked in and took down the first boss, the game opened up and became much more fun. It's too bad it never got the love it should have, as it would make for a really cool Kickstarter remake one of these days...
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Please do write something up for HG101! I liked this game a lot and think it deserves more attention, though at heart it's really just a prettier version of Spectre for Macintosh. The manual sold the game a bit short, which didn't help.
ReplyDeleteI was one of those few who played it and it's still my fav game for the 3DO. Still play it to this day. It would be great if someone would remake it. With today's tech it could easily be a real MMO. Although I would like to have the option of a "classic mode" where you could play through with computer-controlled characters too. I find MMO games always get too many of those no-life people that crush everyone and make it much less fun to play. -btw, yes I know this article is old, but just found it and I love Immercenary.
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