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July 30th, 2008 @ 12:43
Speaking at Develop in Brighton today, Frontier boss David Braben’s given the first solid details on The Outsider, saying the game is an open-world action title based on the story of a framed cop.
“Obviously, we’d be mad not to consider GTA as competition because of the open-world nature, but in terms of the story-telling, I’ve not really seen people that are in that [place] yet, but I think that will come. I do think we’re genuinely innovating there,” he told VG247 today when asked which games he’d consider competitive to the secretive project.
“The themes: there are a lot of other where you get agents accused of terrible things. Certainly in cinema that’s very common.”
Braben added: “We’ve worked a long time on technology, and it’s been in game development now for more than a year.”
He described it as being pitched at the 18-35 year-old male.
“Yes, very much,” when asked if that was the target audience. “We’re writing the game for the sort of people that are working on it. You will get a game that’s very rewarding to play.
“It’s a very, very exciting project for us. It brings in some really interesting new issues to game development. It’s fantastic. Just dealing with a story that’s genuinely open presents lots of new challenges.
It’s open-world, but it’s getting the story [right]. If you think of most stories they’re very linear with the occasional branch: it’s not like that.”
The developer boss wouldn’t be drawn on a release date, saying he wants to keep the title under wraps to prevent fatigue.
“That’s intentional,” he said of the lack of information on the game. “We don’t want to put lots and lots of news about something in advance. It’s good to drip a bit out.”
The Outsider has previously been confirmed as an Xbox 360, PS3 and PC release.
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July 30th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
Go go Braben!
July 30th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
A lot more than two years if you look at the shots they released in May 2006 -
http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?game_id=5966&article_id=64328&position=1
Or were they possibly bullshots? :O
July 30th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Don’t expect it till 2012 then.
July 30th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
This has all the (un)making of vapourware.
July 30th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
‘The developer boss wouldn’t be drawn on a release date, saying he wants to keep the title under wraps to prevent fatigue.’
Ask Team Ico fans about the drawbacks, of which there are many, of this approach
July 30th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
framed cop (or undercover): that was one of the original decent things about GTA; the fact it didn’t use this old cliché as an excuse for the violence “It’s ok - because dun dun dunnnn I’m a cop!”