[Zaxx]

 xMobilemux, on 26 February 2018 - 07:38 PM, said:

I'm just judging what has been shown and what I know about Shelly from Interceptor's game and I'm not feeling it.

I've been wanting some cool new female leads for a long time now, ones that don't fall into the "well written", "realistic", "feminist role model" or even just generic solider crap.
Just some cool action ladies in the vain of classic Lara Croft as she's been killed by modern gaming.
Classic Lara wasn't just some Double Ds that walk like everybody says, she was a kick ass female lead who had fun doing what she did, had a fun personality and it was complimented by her outfit and signature weapons, I kept wanting more of her.

Currently I can only count the amount of badass and cool female leads in gaming on one hand if I had an accident that made me loose 4 fingers.

I was hoping Shelly would break the trend, but based on appearances it doesn't seem like I'm gonna be wanting more of Shelly.

I'll wait to see what her personality is like before I make a final judgement, but so far it seems I'll just have to wait for Bayonetta 3 for a kick ass female lead.

(Keep in mind that I'm only talking about the character here, I'm not saying the game will suck or anything, I'm counting on it being awesome.)

So you basically want something that is more sexualized? I think that would be pointless here.

Why does Bayonetta look like a high class escort? Because she is using her sexuality, being sexualized is a character trait for her, she likes being sexy.

Why does Cate Archer look like a sexy lady? Because she's a superspy, being seductive is part of her job and his character.

I don't see how something like that could fit Shelly, I mean she's there to kick ass, not to seduce her enemies. Making her look like the original Bombshell would be like the boob armor in Japanese MMOs: it wouldn't make sense.

And really if you look at Duke it's easy to see why the flashier look make sense for him: the dude is an egomaniac, he's all about machismo so of course his appearance will stand out.

[Forge]

 MusicallyInspired, on 27 February 2018 - 05:19 AM, said:

Yeah, you don't see her anyway...

So there are no mirrors, F7 third person view, or multiplayer?

[MusicallyInspired]

Seriously, though. Who really uses that F7 mode?

[Mark]

With sprite, never. With model, occasionally.

[MetHy]

 MusicallyInspired, on 27 February 2018 - 10:53 AM, said:

Seriously, though. Who really uses that F7 mode?

It's useful in Powerslave.

[High Treason]

I use the F7 view mode to look around corners - this is a seriously overlooked capability of this feature that nobody ever seems to mention or use, it is especially useful in Blood with those damn monks.

As it is, we're supposedly gonna have access to CON and stuff anyway, so if something minor like that is missing we could just put it back in ourselves anyway.

[HulkNukem]

Sure hope Wednesday includes the release of the exclusive beta for us Bombshell Special Edition owning folk

[Hendricks266]

 HulkNukem, on 27 February 2018 - 01:51 PM, said:

Sure hope Wednesday includes the release of the exclusive beta for us Bombshell Special Edition owning folk

Not to worry.

[Mr. Tibbs]

[Micky C]

It's nearly noon on Thursday over here. What's going on?

[xMobilemux]

 Zaxx, on 27 February 2018 - 07:39 AM, said:

So you basically want something that is more sexualized? I think that would be pointless here.

Why does Bayonetta look like a high class escort? Because she is using her sexuality, being sexualized is a character trait for her, she likes being sexy.

Why does Cate Archer look like a sexy lady? Because she's a superspy, being seductive is part of her job and his character.

I don't see how something like that could fit Shelly, I mean she's there to kick ass, not to seduce her enemies. Making her look like the original Bombshell would be like the boob armor in Japanese MMOs: it wouldn't make sense.

And really if you look at Duke it's easy to see why the flashier look make sense for him: the dude is an egomaniac, he's all about machismo so of course his appearance will stand out.

Didn't you read any of my other posts? She doesn't have to be skimpy or sexualized, in fact she can't be cause Interceptor wrote her character into a corner in the last game by making her a generic and unlikeable bore.
But this takes place before that mistake so she can changed a bit.

Bayonetta's sexual nature is part of her character which is one of the reasons why I like her, but it's also cause she's a kickass character, a character that is so much fun to watch and play as and a character that I want to see again so bad. She's pretty much the female version of Dante from DMC who I also desperately want to see again.

What I want from Shelly in this game is for her to make me want more from her like those characters, make me like and enjoy her so much that want to see her again, beg for her return like I do for Duke because he's a character I love, doesn't matter whether he's in a side scroller, platformer or adventure game, Duke himself is the reason why I love the franchise and play every game in it, I want that for Shelly, I want her character to truly deserve the title of Ion Maiden.

Also it's not just Duke who has the stand out design, pretty much all the famous heroes of that period have the stand out look, Duke is Red, Doomguy is Green, Lara Croft is Blue, Freeman is Orange and BJ is Yellow(now at least. Before that his famous design was shirtless).

All their designs had color and personality to them which made them their characters.

When I look at this:

I just see a generic female GDF soldier, not the Ion Maiden or Bombshell. Still I hope her personality makes up for it.

[Forge]

 Micky C, on 27 February 2018 - 04:37 PM, said:

It's nearly noon on Thursday over here. What's going on?

[High Treason]

 xMobilemux, on 27 February 2018 - 04:51 PM, said:

I just see a generic female GDF soldier, not the Ion Maiden or Bombshell. Still I hope her personality makes up for it.

At least the suit doesn't have a helmet and visor like most of them do now. Personality, that's the important part, character has very little to do with appearance, Duke really looks generic as all hell (and was probably supposed to) when you think about it and people still remember him just fine.

[Lunick]

 Micky C, on 27 February 2018 - 04:37 PM, said:

It's nearly noon on Thursday over here. What's going on?

Micky, it's Wednesday here in Australia right now. Are you okay

 xMobilemux, on 27 February 2018 - 04:51 PM, said:

When I look at this:
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I just see a generic female GDF soldier, not the Ion Maiden or Bombshell. Still I hope her personality makes up for it.

For all we know, that's just promotional art and not actually in the game.

[Mark]

 Lunick, on 27 February 2018 - 05:33 PM, said:

Micky, it's Wednesday here in Australia right now. Are you okay

I'll bet he thinks it summertime there too. The rest of us know its still cold and snowing.

[Player Lin]

I do care about player sprites, even in Single player, but I'm fine if Ion Maiden won't have them...since I think it would adding some of immersion...
---

Even the latest timezone (UTC+14hrs), should still in Wednesday...

[Avoozl]

Well Strife didn't even have a unique player sprite, it just used one of the rebel soldier sprites.

[Mr. Tibbs]

I missed this the other day, but since John Linneman (the guy who made the recent Powerslave retrospective) seems to be following the project, hopefully Digital Foundry will substantially cover Ion Maiden at some point.

[Hendricks266]

That screen is so old...

[Daedolon]

I think I saw the original in my Twitter feed just yesterday, was something like November 2016

[Lunick]

 Daedolon, on 28 February 2018 - 12:49 AM, said:

I think I saw the original in my Twitter feed just yesterday, was something like November 2016

20th November 2016 https://twitter.com/...211740025704448

[NNC]

I'm eagerly awaiting this project, but even more so the full credits, particularly about the leveldesigners. I know only about DavoX, hope others will be involved as well.

Call me an autist, but my biggest focus on these old FPS games had turned into watching and analyizing mapping styles instead of just shooting.

[Sanek]

 Nancsi, on 28 February 2018 - 03:42 AM, said:

Call me an autist, but my biggest focus on these old FPS games had turned into watching and analyizing mapping styles instead of just shooting.

You're not alone, Nancsi

[Mark]

For once I agree with Nancsi. When I load new maps its mostly for technical review.

[NNC]

 Mark., on 28 February 2018 - 05:11 AM, said:

For once I agree with Nancsi.

So now the earth starts spinning clockwise?

[oasiz]

Clicky me to play

Some issues where steam binaries are refusing to download for some users, I've heard success stories after multiple re-installs.
But it's there and playable!

Go get em!

[Player Lin]

Early Access? Okay, I still get it because I just want to support VoidPoint devs and 3DR.

[MusicallyInspired]

Nice! Not what I expected voice-wise, but I think it works well. Can't wait to play it.

[Hendricks266]

[Newken]

"Tired of old-school impostors?"

Spot-on.