Grasshopper Unveils Diesel-Punk Shooter

[vansau]

Grasshopper Unveils Diesel-Punk Shooter

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Grasshopper Manufacture is joining forces with Digital Reality to work on a new shoot-em-up game that looks like it's straight out of the Crimson Skies universe.

Side-scrolling shoot-em-up games can be a blast when done right. Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind cult favorites like No More Heroes and <a href=http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Damned-Xbox-360/dp/B00432O4VM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1312569867&sr=8-1>Shadows of the Damned has revealed that it's working on just such a project with <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Reality>Digital Reality.

Dubbed Sine Mora, the game's trailer is equal parts nonsensical narration (which, let's be honest, is kinda par for the course with Grasshopper) and lovely footage, though it's not clear if the footage is from cutscenes or actual gameplay. That said, based on the aircraft and level designs, the game looks like it's taking a lot of visual cues <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Skies:_High_Road_to_Revenge>Crimson Skies: High Road to Revenge.

This is the first time Grasshopper has worked with Digital Reality. The game is apparently going to feature standard gameplay for the genre, but will also include "time manipulation mechanics." Oh, and it'll also be 3D compatible.

Sine Mora will be released on PCs, Xbox Live, and the PlayStation Network.

Source: <a href=http://www.psxextreme.com/ps3-news/9583.html>PSXExtreme

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[GeneticallyModifiedDucks]

What do you mean upcoming? Shadows of the Damned was released like 2 months ago. Anyway:

NEW GRASSHOPPER GAME. EXCELLENT NEWS.

 

[Realitycrash]

Graphics looked like World of Warcraft. Not impressed. And I didn't get the theme..Was it post-apocalypse? What are we doing? Who are we fighting?
I'll hold my excitement till later.

 

[therandombear]

Doesn't look weird enough for being Grashopper Manufacture

 

[vansau]

What do you mean upcoming? Shadows of the Damned was released like 2 months ago. Anyway:

NEW GRASSHOPPER GAME. EXCELLENT NEWS.

Yeah, no idea why I wrote that. Seeing as how I own a copy of the damn game...

 

[AM City Watch]

My Latin needs work, but doesn't "sine mora" mean something like "without death?"

Regardless, it looks interesting. Might be a title worth watching.

 

[TStormer]

Oh god this looks amazing.

 

[Evilsanta]

Wow, It looks very good and I really do miss them side scrolling shoot em ups.

 

[Aisaku]

I'm surprised no one's mentioned lollipop chainsaw (new grasshopper- suda 51 game with a zombie slaying cheerleader) in the escapist Or did I miss it?

 

[Sevre]

Between this and Lollipop Chainsaw they're really making Suda 51 work.

 

[Deacon Cole]

What the hell is "diesel-punk" besides another "-punk" sub-sub-sub-sub-genre name that nobody cares about?

 

[Scarim Coral]

Despite only being a teaser trailer it was interesting enough for me wanting to see more of it. Maybe the next trailer they will bring out the weird side to it that Grasshopper Manufacture is well known for.

 

[Raziel_Likes_Souls]

Man, I knew he was eventually going to make a scrolling shooter game eventually. First NMH's, then SotD, and now this. That crazy bastard Suda.

 

[cgentero]

It looks interesting, I am hoping that time manipulation is more than just rewind\slow\stop\etc.

 

[Cowabungaa]

What the hell is "diesel-punk" besides another "-punk" sub-sub-sub-sub-genre name that nobody cares about?

Futuristic designs using 1920's-1940's technology. That means stuff like extravagant planes, as you can see, a more prevelant use of elektricity, the use of gasoline and diesel (obviously). Basically WW2 on steroids.

All the "punk" genres do make sense, and a lot of them also have a different atmosphere and philsophy besides the different eras of tech, sometimes also mirroring and extrapolating upon the zeitgeist of the time.

For instance, steampunk is set in a wondrous time in which man feels like he can do anything if he sets his will to it. It's a setting of exploration, invention, where modern science really takes flight taking man further and further. Dieselpunk on the other hand is usually a lot darker, it's technological marvels fueled by the need for war and destruction. And you can describe clockpunk, atompunk and cyberpunk the same way.

 

[MatsVS]

And you can describe clockpunk, atompunk and cyberpunk the same way.

A fine post, which I mostly agree with, except for one detail: Wouldn't the definition of cyberpunk veer more towards computer-, social- and information sciences? Less spectacle and more commentary, if you will?

 

[busterkeatonrules]

Mere words alone cannot describe how great it feels to see a game with some green grass, blue skies and fresh, lively color again. That settles it - it's time to register my new credit card on PSN and hope for the best!

 

[Nurb]

COLOR! Actual color! No washed out brown/grey/green gritty run-down environments with heavy shadow! And some style, woo!

It's sad people think that constant realistic looking titles with the same settings and color schemes are more appealing and consider anything with decent stylization and use of more than 5 earth tones to be WoW kiddy stuff.

 

[Avayu]

My Latin needs work, but doesn't "sine mora" mean something like "without death?"

I haven't studied Latin for three years, but I think "without death" would be "sine morte". "Sine Mora" I'd translate with "Without Delay" which, admittedly, sounds less awesome.