First screens...











...odd resolutions too...

I agree,but the 17 min long video was pretty cool,and good looking,apparently only monliths graphic works in offcies and when its dark with shadows.

It' s the resolution.

http://screenshots.teamxbox.com/gallery/1809/Project-Origin/p1

F.E.A.R. on consoles has never looked all that good. The original looked nice when it was released on the PC, but by the time it hit consoles, it was pretty fugly compared to just about everything else out at the time.

I enjoyed the first one (even the half-finished multiplayer) a lot, so I' ll most certainly be playing it, but by the time it comes out I' ll most certainly be tied up with bigger & better games first.

With games like Killzone 2 and Black 2 on the way... they' d have been better off working on something different.

Diverting the thread a bit. It was inevitable there would be a sequel, but has there been any official word on its production?

Edit: Black 2 I mean.

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Diverting the thread a bit. It was inevitable there would be a sequel, but has there been any official word on its production?

Edit: Black 2 I mean.

Uh.... no.....

It' s in development, that' s been confirmed... but other than that... nothing official.

Seems you can' t get away with the same old shit these days. If it was the same old shit with up to date graphics then it' d be different.

The same old shit is okay if the graphics are up to snuff. I' m content playing a rehashed idea if I still find it entertaining, but I do like to see an improvement in graphics.

Uh.... no.....

It' s in development, that' s been confirmed... but other than that... nothing official.

Ah, bummer. It got a bad rap for being shallow and repetitive, but it was easily one of the best games of last generation in my opinion. I can only imagine how far Criterion is going to push it with next-gen hardware.

I think its going to get announced after burnout is released.

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Ah, bummer. It got a bad rap for being shallow and repetitive, but it was easily one of the best games of last generation in my opinion. I can only imagine how far Criterion is going to push it with next-gen hardware.

Criterion is one of the best codeshops there is. Black was one of the most technically brilliant games of the last generation and it had serious style. The gameplay wasn' t innovative but it was fun.

They applied the same concepts to Black as they did Burnout. Burnout was all about the huge crashes and Black was all about the huge exlosions, ...they used the same technology and Black benefited from the pre-existing particle engine. They' ll apply the same methodology to Black 2. It' ll be based on the technology used in Burnout Paradise and it' ll likely have the best and biggest explosions and particle effects in any game.

The only problem i can see is that the competition is far stronger this time around and a simple run and gun shooter like Black may not be able to tread water with the best of them. Black was in a class of it' s own on PS2 and only had Butcher Bay for company on Xbox... everything else was sub-standard in comparison.

Then again, they' ve changed how Burnout works so i don' t see why they wouldn' t bring Black in line. If they flesh out the storyline, come up with some great AI, add things like weapon customization, a decent physics engine and a fully fledged multiplayer mode then i can' t see it failing.

It' s definitely coming, but probably in 2009. I' d kinda hoped for a Killzone 2/Black 2 showdown but it' s more likely that it' ll go up against Mirrors Edge and Resistance 2.

Black was impressive for how much power it eeked out of the PS2. You could see where they took short cuts if you looked hard, but on the whole it had the desired impact.

The draw to Black 2 for me would be another game with a dark story, gun-porn attitude, skull shaking sound, and dual wield Ingram Mac-10s.