Here's to hoping the indies will drag the industry forward with FPS' that aren't modern warfare retreads. Upcoming titles such as Hawken[1] give me some modicum of hope.
That looks great. Here's hoping they work on the movement physics a little to smooth things out, but it looks like a lot of fun regardless.
I'm surprised my favorite indie FPS of the past decade hasn't been mentioned here: Air Buccaneers. Basically it was was a UT2004 mod, an FPS where you can man hot air balloons airships with manually loaded/aimed old-style cannons. Being part of a good team of 2 or 3 on one of those things was a blast.
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Here's to hoping the indies will drag the industry forward with FPS' that aren't modern warfare retreads. Upcoming titles such as Hawken[1] give me some modicum of hope.
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udEAEARD-Fo
That looks great. Here's hoping they work on the movement physics a little to smooth things out, but it looks like a lot of fun regardless.
I'm surprised my favorite indie FPS of the past decade hasn't been mentioned here: Air Buccaneers. Basically it was was a UT2004 mod, an FPS where you can man hot air balloons airships with manually loaded/aimed old-style cannons. Being part of a good team of 2 or 3 on one of those things was a blast.
Seems they're updating it: http://www.airbuccaneers.com/
Wow! Maybe they will add music, but it has a great atmosphere without music! And the buildings are great!
Hawken looks incredible, I really hope they keep working on it.
I know it's mechs and all that, but that's a multiplayer-only FPS.
And if I'm honest, when you get past the fact it's Mechs, the gameplay looks a little dull to me.
The crux of the article is disappointment in the single player campaign.