We know that you probably read this title and said: "Not another April Fool’s joke." We thought the same, however, apparently this isn’t a joke at all. According to the developers at Swordfish Studios, Mark Rein came in to take a look at the game and was "blown away" by what he saw.
Game director, Julian Widdows thought that Rein was going to kill them for developing the game, but in the end it seemed like the complete opposite.
"When we heard he was coming we were like ‘oh no, we’re gonna get killed!’ But he was over the moon, we’re chuffed about it," stated Widdows. "We’re obviously an Unreal Engine 3 licensee and he just came in for a visit and said ‘oh my god, I can’t believe you’re working on this, it looks phenomenal’. That was it; it wasn’t anything particularly formal, he came in to say hello to his licensees and was blown away by it. That was great for us."
Like most games showcasing the Unreal Engine 3, you’re going to see the comparison to it and the Gears of War franchise, but Widdows feels that they are two entirely different games:
"It’s very different to Gears," he said. "Obviously in it’s look and it occupies a different part of the market. One of the very early decisions when we decided to include cover was that we didn’t want it to be as tactical as Gears. We wanted to show that you can be in open ground, you can charge people down. Did he give us any tips? No he didn’t."
With the extremely disappointing 50 Cent title already on the market, it felt as though gamers were going to be subjected to yet another mediocre game to follow it up. Fortunately, this doesn’t look to be the case at all. If it can impress Mark Rein, then it may impress the rest of us as well. We’re definitely interested to see a lot more information around this title and we’ll keep you up to date if anything else is released.