Enjoy Your First Look at Dr.Who Adventure Games

[Lauren Admire]

Enjoy Your First Look at Dr.Who Adventure Games

Anyone who tuned in to this week's episode of Dr. Who got a sneak peek at Dr.Who Adventure Games and a world run by Daleks.

The first trailer for the Dr.Who Adventures Games premiered after "Victory of the Daleks," the latest episode of Dr. Who to run in the UK. The game takes place in war-torn London circa 1963, and the Daleks are in charge. As the Doctor, it's up to you and your companion, Amy Pond to ... fix things, I presume.

"There aren't 13 episodes of Doctor Who this year," explains Piers Wenger, Executive Producer of Doctor Who. "There are 17 - four of which are interactive. Everything you see and experience within the game is part of the Doctor Who universe: we'll be taking you to places you've only ever dreamed about seeing - including locations impossible to create on television."


The Doctor and Amy are voiced by the actual series actors, and whoever does the voice acting for the Daleks recreates the creepy monotone perfectly. There's still many questions left unanswered, however. Though the trailer isn't very forthcoming with gameplay - the most action packed scene shows the Doctor and Amy pushing a defunct car several feet - it still instills a sense of grand adventure. The preview seems to show that you can only play as the Doctor, but I wonder how much control you'll have over Amy. And will we be able to pilot the TARDIS?

Dr.Who Adventure Games will be a series of four "interactive episodes," which will be available on the PC and Mac; and best of all, it's free. You can download the first episode on May 6th at the BBC Dr.Who website. [http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/dw]


Source: Destructoid [http://www.destructoid.com/doctor-who-games-get-trailer-171415.phtml]

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[Jack and Calumon]

Wow, that... that actually looks kind of good. I was expecting it to be like Monkey Island Original budget but... Wow.

Calumon: Oh and Jack, Delete your Internet History!

 

[SnipErlite]

Interesting, but probably won't be the best games in the world.

Oh and places impossible to create on tv? That sounds awesome.

 

[TheDoctor455]

I don't care what BBC's site says, those are not detailed environments.
Try comparing those to say... Assassin's Creed 2 or even Crysis, and you'll see what I mean.
And... this is definitely a Wii game, because the character models... I hate to throw a bone to Yahtzee here, but... the character models DO look like an episode of Reboot.

 

[The_root_of_all_evil]

[HEADING=1]Oh. My. God![/HEADING]

*dies of happiness*

 

[Irridium]

*crosses fingers*

Please let this be fun to play! Oh please let it be fun!

 

[Woodsey]

I don't care what BBC's site says, those are not detailed environments.
Try comparing those to say... Assassin's Creed 2 or even Crysis, and you'll see what I mean.

I love how you say "or even Crysis" like it doesn't look that good. Anyway, what were you expecting?

It's free.

 

[Susan Arendt]

I don't care what BBC's site says, those are not detailed environments.
Try comparing those to say... Assassin's Creed 2 or even Crysis, and you'll see what I mean.

I love how you say "or even Crysis" like it doesn't look that good. Anyway, what were you expecting?

It's free.

Exactly. And honestly, so long as it doesn't completely suck, I'll still be thrilled.

 

[FinalDream]

I don't care what BBC's site says, those are not detailed environments.
Try comparing those to say... Assassin's Creed 2 or even Crysis, and you'll see what I mean.
And... this is definitely a Wii game, because the character models... I hate to throw a bone to Yahtzee here, but... the character models DO look like an episode of Reboot.

I doubt the BBC have put much money into this, and they are giving them away for free so don't go expecting a AAA type quality!

However, I am looking forward to this very much and its nice for the BBC to even offer this type of entertainment!

 

[Amarok]

"Witness the might of Daleks" isn't so hot a threat once they've been bitchslapped by the Doctor literally dozens of times.

 

[Sir Ollie]

Sweet we get to see Power Ranger Daleks again!

Looks awesome and it's free so nothing can go wrong!

 

[thenumberthirteen]

Looks far better than the other Doctor Who games. Can't wait.

 

[Kapitan_Jack]

Amarok: Well, last episode was probably the first time, when everything went exactly according to Dalek plan, so maybe these new Daleks will be something more than laughing stock...

 

[TheDoctor455]

I don't care what BBC's site says, those are not detailed environments.
Try comparing those to say... Assassin's Creed 2 or even Crysis, and you'll see what I mean.

I love how you say "or even Crysis" like it doesn't look that good. Anyway, what were you expecting?

It's free.

Exactly. And honestly, so long as it doesn't completely suck, I'll still be thrilled.

It was mostly a JOKE!

I don't usually give a shit about graphics. However, one graphical component that I usually care about are how good the character models are. This is because, with most video games, poor character modeling means poor character animation, and thus, poor facial animation (if there is any at all).

 

[BehattedWanderer]

Worth looking into, at least.

 

[Jared]

Ill certainly be giving it a go. Albeit it for me to miss out on something Doctore Who releated! Hell, they might even be fun!

 

[Jonny49]

Eh...I'll give it a go I suppose. But my expectations are fairly low.

 

[KeyMaster45]

"Witness the might of Daleks" isn't so hot a threat once they've been bitchslapped by the Doctor literally dozens of times.

I know right, as it was when they brought out the new daleks in this week's episode and they were all different colors I was like "Holy crap...the Daleks became Power Rangers! We're so fucked!"

 

[DragonsAteMyMarbles]

I want this. Now. Now now now now.
Why don't I have it yet?!

Also, is this available for download outside the UK? It's being released after the US/Aus airing of Victory of the Daleks, but you never know with the BBC.