05-25-2004, 06:27 AM | #1 |
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Runaway 2 announced
Well, it had been announced unofficially already, but now Pendulo Studios have released three screenshots.
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05-25-2004, 06:31 AM | #2 |
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Hmm, no sign of the bimbo, but a very intriguing sidekick in one of those.
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05-25-2004, 07:25 AM | #3 |
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The background art looks beautiful, like in the first one
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05-25-2004, 07:57 AM | #4 | |
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Also, I'd have no problems with Gina returning, just as long as they made an effort to give her more than a tag-along role. I mean, in the first Broken Sword Nico wasn't much better than Gina, except Nico's lines were slightly less painful to hear. Still overall, fantastic views and unless this turns out to be a global world tour, I think we can expect to be localized around South America. Sky Warrior Bob PS - Where are Piranas located? I think its South America, but I suppose it could be somewhere in Africa. All I know its one & not the other.
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05-25-2004, 09:35 AM | #5 |
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Hey, I could care less if that's Brian, unless he's developed a personality recently, too. I suspect it probably IS him, though, all duded up. But if they're going to have recurring characters, I just hope to see the techie blonde more in the second game.
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Somehow I get a feeling that it's in Central America or the northernmost part of South America. All those HummVee's give me that feeling, because many countries in that area are more or less controlled by the military. Just a thought.
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05-25-2004, 12:29 PM | #7 | |
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Also, maybe I'm too forgiving of Runaway, but for me, the only real problem I have with Runaway 1 is the dialogue, and I write that off to translation issues. I mean, I find the puzzles & pixel hunting no more annoying than that of Sam & Max, and at least graphically, I'm very impressed. So overall, I'm very looking forward to Runaway 2:Judgement Day. Sky Warrior Bob
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05-25-2004, 12:40 PM | #8 | |
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This is exciting, I enjoyed Runaway and I like games with a tropical setting so this should be a real treat.
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05-25-2004, 12:47 PM | #9 |
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By the looks of it there will be a new hero, probably some surfer dude, who will - while scooba diving(one of the first concept art, posted while ago) - discover 'something' and by doing so, will step on a foot of someone like... military. And so he has to run, and while doing so, discover, why they want him dead,... like C3PO would say: "Here we go again"
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05-26-2004, 12:13 AM | #11 |
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The screenshots look crisp and clean like in the first game. I hope they spiced up their encoding algorithms for the cut-scene videos.
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And yes, I hope they don't do cheap "gina is never mobile except in the cut scenes" stuff. Those were really my only complaints with 1, I enjoyed it and am looking forward to this one. |
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05-26-2004, 02:22 AM | #14 |
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It really looks great, just like the first one did! And I believe that the guy is Brian, except he's probably like the cool dude now ( ).
Maybe he ditched physics altogether!
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05-26-2004, 02:44 AM | #15 |
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Runaway is one of the very last commercial "traditional adventure games". It's 2D, it's point-and-click, and it has inventory-based puzzles (instead of mechanical/slider/myst-like puzzles).
I'm more excited with Runaway 2 than Dreamfall or Farenheit But then again, I'm a minority here. |
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Brian's dialogue is not interesting, but is that because he just isn't or because little jokes & comments he makes aren't being translated correctly. I mean, there's translating just to the extent of understanding what's going on, and then there's translating to the extent of trying to convey the emotion of situation. But then, I admit I'm giving Runaway the benefit of the doubt. It'd really help if we had the opinion of somebody who has played both the untranslated version & the translated version (I think it originally was in Spanish), and give an opinion. Sky Warrior Bob
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BTW the sideburn guy looks kinda like Bryan.
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05-26-2004, 11:15 AM | #20 |
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Second Runaway? But it was announced long ago, wasn't it? Or were it just rumours?
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