Space Marines Rumored for Next Call of Duty
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Nothing says your Space Marines have to have Power Armor. The space marines in Aliens for example don't even have decent body armor.wooty said:
Well why wouldn't it be smart? The series has always been fairly realistic which both helps and hinders. By going to a space marine future fight you can get rid of the limitations of having real guns and semi plausible kill streaks and go totally off the walls awesome.Tdc2182 said:
Imagine this. You get a 5 kill streak, you unlock.
Orbital strike. You take over a laser from space and blow a dude out of the sky.
So basically i'm hoping for Cod with lasers and I see nothing wrong with it.
Also it goes away from the possible controversy of having it set in the modern era without the blandness that is the well tread WW2 setting.
Now it could go horribly wrong if they decide to make the war an allegory to a modern fight and have space nazis anyway.Tdc2182 said:
nice ^^ PicardTipsy Giant said:
OT..
Activision needs to get thier hands off Blizzard's franchises... if they touch it, i will kill the entire activision team... (yes im a blizzard fanboy) Acti has ruined so many things lately... and Blizzard have done a good job.. REALLY good job.. so acti.. would you kindly just die ?
also if they are taking the warhammer 40k spacemarines they cant really
already a space marine third person RPG coming to consoles and PC
I know what you mean; but the market oversaturation is understandable. FPS's are brilliant, dynamic games, that can innovate just as much if not more than any other genre. Larger developments, however, require a lot of return, and it's a lot easier to simply spam the same old games knowing they'd sell, then spend millions on something great that no one would buy. Have you tried Bioshock yet? That's definitely a game that breaks the formula.qbanknight said:
You know what?
It's about freaking time!
I've been wondering for several years what an actual futuristic Call of Duty would be like. It's the kind of game I'd make if I could. Hell, I even have old stories written up back when I was younger and wanted to make such a game. Only in my version, unlike in your typical futuristic FPS where the aliens are a LOT more powerful than the fledgling human empire, the aliens actually under-estimate the power and numbers of humanity when they decide to wipe us out. Over-confident aliens come to our galaxy to expand their own empire, destroy a human planet, send same massive fleet to next human planet only to be severely wrecked by typical human defenses. Humans interrogate few alien survivors and meticulously study their left-over records and technology, send an even bigger retaliatory fleet (which is roughly about 20% of the entire human empire's military) to alien galaxy which happens to be entirely covered on the outside by energy shielding technology, but humans manage to punch through with about 90% of their fleet intact (that is, after they ravage the entire defending alien fleet) and begin a brutal invasion and subjugation of the alien territories in order to ensure the threat is put down for good. And you would play the part of several different characters, from an impenetrable juggernaut marine armed to the teeth with heavy weaponry to a gunship pilot taking up the role of devastating air support (using weapons such as missiles, auto-cannons, etc) to a fast and nimble yet lethal specialist with close/very long-range weaponry and equipment such as jet-packs and different types of explosives. In my mind, it'd be like a mix of Call of Duty (duh), Battlefield and MechWarrior (for the air support/vehicular parts). Playable and non-playable characters would include military units from the future versions of Russia (known for their emphasis on overwhelming man-power and extremely withering fire-power from sheer numbers of relatively old but time-proven military vehicles), Japan (emphasis on usually smaller squads as well as the most advanced technology of humanity, including energy shields, advanced weaponry and mechs/robotics rather than traditional-type vehicles) and of course the US (emphasis on tactical superiority, versatility and of course, man-power in the scale of between that of Russia and Japan).
I highly doubt they'd make such a game, but if they did, they'd have to pull it off really well.
It's about freaking time!
I've been wondering for several years what an actual futuristic Call of Duty would be like. It's the kind of game I'd make if I could. Hell, I even have old stories written up back when I was younger and wanted to make such a game. Only in my version, unlike in your typical futuristic FPS where the aliens are a LOT more powerful than the fledgling human empire, the aliens actually under-estimate the power and numbers of humanity when they decide to wipe us out. Over-confident aliens come to our galaxy to expand their own empire, destroy a human planet, send same massive fleet to next human planet only to be severely wrecked by typical human defenses. Humans interrogate few alien survivors and meticulously study their left-over records and technology, send an even bigger retaliatory fleet (which is roughly about 20% of the entire human empire's military) to alien galaxy which happens to be entirely covered on the outside by energy shielding technology, but humans manage to punch through with about 90% of their fleet intact (that is, after they ravage the entire defending alien fleet) and begin a brutal invasion and subjugation of the alien territories in order to ensure the threat is put down for good. And you would play the part of several different characters, from an impenetrable juggernaut marine armed to the teeth with heavy weaponry to a gunship pilot taking up the role of devastating air support (using weapons such as missiles, auto-cannons, etc) to a fast and nimble yet lethal specialist with close/very long-range weaponry and equipment such as jet-packs and different types of explosives. In my mind, it'd be like a mix of Call of Duty (duh), Battlefield and MechWarrior (for the air support/vehicular parts). Playable and non-playable characters would include military units from the future versions of Russia (known for their emphasis on overwhelming man-power and extremely withering fire-power from sheer numbers of relatively old but time-proven military vehicles), Japan (emphasis on usually smaller squads as well as the most advanced technology of humanity, including energy shields, advanced weaponry and mechs/robotics rather than traditional-type vehicles) and of course the US (emphasis on tactical superiority, versatility and of course, man-power in the scale of between that of Russia and Japan).
I highly doubt they'd make such a game, but if they did, they'd have to pull it off really well.
Yes it was... wasn't a very long lived title though unfortunately. People seemed to prefer Battlefield 2, though I still find that baffling.Frieswiththat said:
hmm, id rather they do the opposite and have the next call of duty be about British privateers in the 1700's. You would use flintlocks (and carry like 9 of them for rapid fire, Blackbeard-style), cannons, maybe even a stealth mission where you sneak into a French ship and blow up their powder magazine.
OR have it be about Stephen Decatur (the first Marine, as opposed to space marines) and the barbary wars! (google it, worth the read)
You could totally do a game based on Stephen Decatur, he's like 19 times as badass as captain price ever was.
EDIT: got carried away:
OT: hmm, changing the setting to the future is interesting, as I personally am not, and probably never will get, tired of space marines (i'm tired of the emotionless ones, i'm looking at you Halo: Reach!). Plus changing the setting will stir the creative juices of the developers.
OR have it be about Stephen Decatur (the first Marine, as opposed to space marines) and the barbary wars! (google it, worth the read)
You could totally do a game based on Stephen Decatur, he's like 19 times as badass as captain price ever was.
EDIT: got carried away:
OT: hmm, changing the setting to the future is interesting, as I personally am not, and probably never will get, tired of space marines (i'm tired of the emotionless ones, i'm looking at you Halo: Reach!). Plus changing the setting will stir the creative juices of the developers.
Call of Duty: Doughboy... I say do a WW1 shooter, and do the "nuke" scene with an encounter with chlorine or mustard gas. And, hey, cavalry would make for a nice change of pace.
-- Steve
-- Steve
I just realized something I would like.
Opening cut-scene. Typical war between aliens and humans. Zoom in to two high-ranked soldiers fighting each other. The human is just about to finish off the alien. You are now in the alien's perspective. Survive!
Opening cut-scene. Typical war between aliens and humans. Zoom in to two high-ranked soldiers fighting each other. The human is just about to finish off the alien. You are now in the alien's perspective. Survive!
BioShock is that rare game that bucks the status quo when it comes to video game development. It had an awesome story with incredibly solid and unique gameplay. While I wasn't crazy over the sequel (since the publisher just pretty much hired somebody to copy/paste the original), I am VERY excited for BioShock Infinite since it's being made by the guys who actually worked on the original and it's taking us to a brand new world.JaymesFogarty said:
And I do get that shooters need to see a return so they can't take too many risks. But come on, the formula of shoot, aim, reload, and cover is set in solid stone. You can take that formula and take into a brand new locale that ISN'T space, WW2, or modern war. I'm not even asking for something crazy like BioShock. But I would like to see FPS go to areas that people have barely done well before like fantasy, old west (Call of Juarez was whatever), or hell even a cops and robbers game. Time travelling is another good idea, but I'm still waiting on a sequel to TimeSplitters.
I might be okay with this if it's more of a "Battlefield 2142" sort of thing. Honestly though....if they were to put Bungie on this project I could easily see them just rage-quitting on the spot.