Post by: Deftech on February 01, 2006, 01:56:00 PM
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Namco explains its decision to delay Frame City Killer on Xbox 360 - it's all about the graphics and gameplay
12:52 Namco's 360 action game Frame City Killer has seen some negative press recently, following the release of some less-than-spectacular screenshots from the game last month. In response to the feedback, Namco delayed the game beyond its initial February Japanese release date and are now feverishly working away on new features, as well as upping the title's visual splendour.
Speaking to Famitsu, producer Kentaro Kawashima and director Masaki Kunimori touched on why they chose to delay the game. One of the problems the developers had to deal with was the Epic's Unreal Engine 3. "The Unreal Engine itself is an exceptional engine," commented Kunimori, "but there are many areas that are not yet complete, and it will take some time for us to do customizations."
Kawashima added, "If we hadn't used Unreal Engine 3, the situation would have been even worse. This time, we learned quite a bit, so next time we use Unreal Engine 3, I believe development can go more smoothly."
"This is an area where, the more time you take, the better it will become," said Kawashima. "Of course, our graphics lead is having to work hard."
In addition to the visuals, the FCK team has been using the additional development time to dream up some new game features. Kunimori revealed plans to add new side missions to the game, as well touching on the possibility of online functionality. Kunimori explained that he envisions a game environment where players are constantly exchanging data and sending messages back and forth online. Whether this makes it into the final game remains to be seen.
Frame City Killer is currently penned for a Summer 2006 release.
12:52 Namco's 360 action game Frame City Killer has seen some negative press recently, following the release of some less-than-spectacular screenshots from the game last month. In response to the feedback, Namco delayed the game beyond its initial February Japanese release date and are now feverishly working away on new features, as well as upping the title's visual splendour.
Speaking to Famitsu, producer Kentaro Kawashima and director Masaki Kunimori touched on why they chose to delay the game. One of the problems the developers had to deal with was the Epic's Unreal Engine 3. "The Unreal Engine itself is an exceptional engine," commented Kunimori, "but there are many areas that are not yet complete, and it will take some time for us to do customizations."
Kawashima added, "If we hadn't used Unreal Engine 3, the situation would have been even worse. This time, we learned quite a bit, so next time we use Unreal Engine 3, I believe development can go more smoothly."
"This is an area where, the more time you take, the better it will become," said Kawashima. "Of course, our graphics lead is having to work hard."
In addition to the visuals, the FCK team has been using the additional development time to dream up some new game features. Kunimori revealed plans to add new side missions to the game, as well touching on the possibility of online functionality. Kunimori explained that he envisions a game environment where players are constantly exchanging data and sending messages back and forth online. Whether this makes it into the final game remains to be seen.
Frame City Killer is currently penned for a Summer 2006 release.
Post by: griffin XXI on February 01, 2006, 02:11:00 PM
Post by: adfinder23 on February 01, 2006, 06:55:00 PM
I had zero interest in this game after those shots, so if they improve it they might get some interest out of me.
Post by: prankfurter on February 01, 2006, 06:57:00 PM
Post by: Deftech on February 01, 2006, 07:31:00 PM
QUOTE(adfinder23 @ Feb 1 2006, 09:02 PM) 
That is good, because those shots looked about as appetizing as a corn kernel in Oprah's shit. I recall someone on here saying that it was the game's style. Well, if so, they realized their style sucked ass and decided to change it. It looked like they were trying to look real, but using graphics from the N64, so if that was style then I'd rather have graphics.
I had zero interest in this game after those shots, so if they improve it they might get some interest out of me.
Holy shit did that catch me offguard
Post by: Heet on February 01, 2006, 08:13:00 PM
Post by: mgamer20o0 on February 01, 2006, 08:15:00 PM
Post by: Deftech on February 01, 2006, 08:18:00 PM
QUOTE(Heet @ Feb 1 2006, 10:20 PM)
I like the brick walls
Post by: (CC) on February 02, 2006, 08:08:00 AM
Are they planning to release the game on my genesis as well?