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[gofreak]

Ninja Theory is telling us to "come back soon"..

http://www.ninjatheory.com/

Is it really possible we'll have new info on a first-party PS3 game before 06? Signs of the PS3 slowly coming out of hibernation?


edit - the site's redirecting back to the old site now - nothing coming afterall? :|

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Is it really possible we'll have new info on a first-party PS3 game before 06? Signs of the PS3 slowly coming out of hibernation?

about freaking time!

 

[SolidSnakex]

Can't wait to see what they've got to show. This was the most impressive PS3 demo at E3 I thougth.

 

[Blimblim]

Can't wait to see more of this game

 

[Forsete]

Yes please.

 

[gofreak]

Of course, the "Epic" may be new chapters in their dev diary Not sure which I'd look forward to more!

 

[Goreomedy]

Mmmmm, can't wait to see how this has improved.

 

[Wax Free Vanilla]

i saw it yesterday, but then i googled the page and you can still access the site where they had the edge feature on, it also says:

"hacked by maf1a-. KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!!!"? :lol

 

[Ghost]

Heavenly Sword defintely sounds like (from all the dev comments) the furthest along exclusive PS3 game, cant wait to see what they've come up with.

 

[gofreak]

"hacked by maf1a-. KAGE BUNSHIN NO JUTSU!!!"? :lol

O rly?

Hmm, I hope this isn't just a hacking related temp closure of the site The image on the front is rather teasing, the curtains, the text. They'd better be getting ready to show us something!

Mmmmm, can't wait to see how this has improved.

Yeah, it'll be exciting to see it again. The small hints we've had since E3 have been very encouraging - DeanoC on Beyond3D seems quite confident it'll be looking better upon release than at E3, and they're apparently using, or looking to use, Cell for lots of visual-related stuff (cloth, water, clouds, hair, weather etc).

 

[SolidSnakex]

O rly?

Hmm, I hope this isn't just a hacking related temp closure of the site The image on the front is rather teasing, the curtains, the text. They'd better be getting ready to show us something!

Well the site is still up, so I doubt its hack related. The pics on their site are there

 

[Doom_Bringer]

Well the site is still up, so I doubt its hack related. The pics on their site are there

that pic is really old, I don't think that's a PS3 shot. It's probably a shot of the game when it was being developed on PC

This was running off a PC. So your shot could be from PS3 ver.

 

[gofreak]

Is that pic pre-E3? It looks very pretty for pre-E3. The lighting, the flowers on the left etc - looks quite advanced compared to other pre-E3 stuff. The size of the shot may be deceiving of course.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Is that pic pre-E3? It looks very pretty for pre-E3. The lighting, the flowers on the left etc - looks quite advanced compared to other pre-E3 stuff. The size of the shot may be deceiving of course.

It's from their diary before they were picked up by Sony so yeah I think its pre E3. Even in a short amount of time they managed to improve it alot because the only impressive thing about the really early shots was how many people they had on screen. Everything else looked plain.

 

[TTP]

Is that pic pre-E3? It looks very pretty for pre-E3. The lighting, the flowers on the left etc - looks quite advanced compared to other pre-E3 stuff. The size of the shot may be deceiving of course.

What Doom_Bringer said.

 

[gofreak]

Graphics aside, it'll be interesting to see how the game has taken shape. Since E3 it has struck me as a very single-player "epic", but before they were signed, Ninja Theory were talking about online fighting systems and the like. I wonder if any of that is still there..

 

[gofreak]

The website is now redirecting back to the regular site again.

Emotions..toyed with...:'( I made a new avater and all!

 

[Lord Error]

Argh, that's too bad.

This is definitely one of the very few next gen games that I find intriguing. I hope these guys won't disappoint.

 

[TTP]

sh!t

 

[Vibri]

This game has AMAZING tech. Here's a 1080P IN-ENGINE screengrab back from the E3 demo (running on 75% power hardware), taken from their website:

crazy....

 

[teiresias]

Granted they did say the outdoor areas weren't running at an acceptable framerate yet at the time.

I just fired up Drakan: The Ancient Gates and I'd kill for Ninja Theory to be able to use this engine for a new Drakan game - just the look of the rendering (even the character in Heavenly Sword actually) remind me of that game. They've got the great terrain renderer already, since a Drakan game wouldn't be nearly as demanding since it probably wouldn't have the huge army stuff going on it seems like it'd be possible to me.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

Many games have tried to copy Dynasty Warriors.

Many games have failed.

 

[TTP]

I really hope the dont go 1080p just because they can. I mean, what's the point in wasting power for something nobody's is gonna benefit from? "Just add (some more) monsters" at 720p if you have all that power to spare.

 

[BlueTsunami]

This game has AMAZING tech. Here's a 1080P IN-ENGINE screengrab back from the E3 demo (running on 75% power hardware), taken from their website:

crazy....

Yeah...look at the fricken aliasing on the banners (in the screenshot) that has to be IN ENGINE. The DoF effects are crazy. I'm starting to liken this to a Hideo Kojima game in that its very cinemtic.

I really hope the dont go 1080p just because they can. I mean, what's the point in wasting power for something nobody's is gonna benefit from? Just "add some (more) monsters" if you have all that power to spare.

Theres other technical reason for Ninja Theory to go 1080p but from what i've heard the 1080p shots that your seeing were just for E3. Sony asked NT to produce High Res footage for the show itself. It will probably be 720p.

 

[D2M15]

Many games have tried to copy Dynasty Warriors.
Many games have failed.

It doesn't copy Dynasty Warriors. The E3 trailer sold the game a little short, but I guess I can't fault them for going for the money shots.

 

[Vibri]

The main character rules too:

 

[Tenacious-V]

This game has AMAZING tech. Here's a 1080P IN-ENGINE screengrab back from the E3 demo (running on 75% power hardware), taken from their website:

crazy....

Notice the aliasing on the banners in the foreground and far off in the background, but not a hint of aliasing on the giant wooden unit in the middle, banners, poles, spikes on the front..nothing...

Quite fishy.. artists drawn in perhaps?

 

[TTP]

Notice the aliasing on the banners in the foreground and far off in the background, but not a hint of aliasing on the giant wooden unit in the middle, banners, poles, spikes on the front..nothing...

Quite fishy.. artists drawn in perhaps?

Nah. Look closer. I can see aliasing pretty much everywere.

 

[gofreak]

Notice the aliasing on the banners in the foreground and far off in the background, but not a hint of aliasing on the giant wooden unit in the middle, banners, poles, spikes on the front..nothing...

I see aliasing on that "unit", or parts of it, but realise that DOF, motion blur, the camera model they're using, HDR even, will leave some parts being more AAed than others.

 

[hukasmokincaterpillar]

Quite fishy.. artists drawn in perhaps?

Not sure what you mean by drawn-in. Its a frame grab from the E3 trailer.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player.php?id=5842&pl=game&type=mov

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Some dude on another forum just told me the editor fucked up and put this thing up too early, its for CES so don't feel like you've been dupped, its real and its coming at CES.

 

[The Take Out Bandit]

It doesn't copy Dynasty Warriors. The E3 trailer sold the game a little short, but I guess I can't fault them for going for the money shots.

That's definitely good news for this game then. DW is a tough act to follow.

I dunno if I'm interested or not. The only thing that has been shown for the PS3 that floored me is still Killzone, and that's mainly because Killzone looked like what I had pictured Next Generation gaming being in my head.

We'll see.

 

[C- Warrior]

You know, I have doubts that a development team that ported the game over so many platforms, hasn't really been working on it -that- long, and they don't even have a full team yet as they are hiring people.

So I have my doubts that a 10 or so team can create something that easily out trumps any and everything shown on Xbox 360 thus far and 'not even available a the time PS3 dev kits."

 

[Jerkface]

This game is definitely interesting but a little voice in my head keeps repeating "Kung Fu Chaos" any time I look at it!

 

[SolidSnakex]

So I have my doubts that a 10 or so team can create something that easily out trumps any and everything shown on Xbox 360 thus far and 'not even available a the time PS3 dev kits."

From the looks of it the game could be Sony's premiere title early on in the PS3's life (for the US atleast) so they're going to get any help they need.

 

[gofreak]

You know, I have doubts that a development team that ported the game over so many platforms, hasn't really been working on it -that- long, and they don't even have a full team yet as they are hiring people.

So I have my doubts that a 10 or so team can create something that easily out trumps any and everything shown on Xbox 360 thus far and 'not even available a the time PS3 dev kits."

They started building a prototype for HS in early 2003, and the team was 22 people in the prototyping phase. It was on high end PCs before moving to PS3 - they had access to early X360 hardware, but there's no indication they actually had started porting the game to it. They would have gotten PS3 kit fairly early, given that the deal with Sony was signed some months before E3. As of the end of last month, the team was "40-50" people and still growing.

Glad you think it's that impressive though!

 

[BlueTsunami]

You know, I have doubts that a development team that ported the game over so many platforms, hasn't really been working on it -that- long, and they don't even have a full team yet as they are hiring people.

So I have my doubts that a 10 or so team can create something that easily out trumps any and everything shown on Xbox 360 thus far and 'not even available a the time PS3 dev kits."

I post on a board that has two developers from the Heavenly Sword team. One of them that the team is up to 60 people now (and growing).

 

[kaching]

They've got the great terrain renderer already, since a Drakan game wouldn't be nearly as demanding since it probably wouldn't have the huge army stuff going on it seems like it'd be possible to me.

Are you kidding? It'd be great to make strafing runs on an army from above on Arokh's back.

 

[Striek]

Ah fuck. This topic title made me excited. What a disappointment.

I'm not sure this game will be AAA yet, but its the one with the most potential to come out of left-field and surprise all our asses. Most awaited next-gen game for me.