Horrific

Posted by oddbob on September 27, 2008 · Lovingly Filed Under Articles 
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I sometimes like to believe that I’m quite immune to hype. Obviously, I’m not. I’m human (contrary to what some people believe) and just as much a sucker as the next person.

If I truly were immune to hype then there’s no way on Earth I’d have suddenly got the desire to own a PS3 (I’m not daft enough to actually go out and buy one yet though) having looked at some of the photo mode stuff from Wipeout HD earlier this fine evening. Studio Liverpool appear to have done an absolute phenomenal job on the look of the game and well, what can I say, I’m an absolute sucker for the pretties.

That’s absolutely nothing compared to how one small announcement can make me go from curious passive observer of a game to need, now in the space of a few short paragraphs. I’ve just been browsing my usual array of RSS feeds and the obligatory megadump from Game|Life came through. I’ll happily confess I was already ears perked up over Dead Space thanks to a number of fine postings from the good chaps at RPS (note to self: remember to put the links back up again this weekend) and some intriguing video’s but hey, no-one prepared me for this.

Yeah, that’s how easy I am. Put Dario Argento in a game and I’m sold. Even if La Terza Madre wasn’t quite the film I’d hoped (it was alright, started off well then went downhill towards the end), now Nigel Kneale isn’t about and Carpenter insists on making the same film repeatedly there’s only Argento and Romero left doing stuff I get genuinely excited about. Yes, I was the one person who really enjoyed Land Of The Dead - I’m pretending Diary doesn’t exist, ok?

Logically, I know it’s just a voice over. More that it’s also just a voice over in a version of the game I couldn’t hope to understand a word of with it being in Italian. It’s still Argento and that’s enough to get me a little moist in the nethers. And developers? I’d really like a game in an Argento style but I guess it’s not going to happen whilst games are still subjects of witch hunting even if our very own Matthew Hopkins is now out for the count-ish. A guy can dream…

Christ, I am easy aren’t I?

Also, this article needs more links embedded… :s

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One Response to “Horrific”

  1. Duds on September 28th, 2008 4:13 pm

    Looks fab doesn’t it?

    Of course if the twats had given me a demo I could have found out if it played ok too and I might actually have bought it.

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