Rise of Nightmares

[Pao]

These screenshots looks old, but I've never seen someone post it here before:





It's been confirmed that its on SEGA's line-up for E3... So what type of game is this exactly? when it was announced for the Kinect, I thought it was on-rails like HotD, but what If its traditional First-Person view? then how could control the movement of the character via Kinect?

It looks really intriguing overall, I wonder who exactly is developing this?

[MadeManG74]

Hmmmmmm this is really interesting. I really want to see how this turns out.

[Suzuki Yu]

yeah i saw those screens before.

some info from the official site:
NTRO
Survive one hellish night as you fight using the hands-free controls of Microsoft® Kinect.

Introducing Rise of Nightmares™, a truly mature experience for Microsoft Kinect. Survive one hellish night as you fight hand to hand against undead enemies and mad scientists using the hands-free controls of Microsoft Kinect. Using knives, chainsaws and your bare hands, rip your foes limb from limb while uncovering the location of your kidnapped wife.

FEATURES

Horrifying and compelling.
An unashamedly mature title in a sea of family-friendly offerings on Kinect for the first time, Rise of Nightmares takes you into a cinematic world of horrific blood and violence.

Unique motion controls.
Use your whole body to fight the undead horde with physical brutality. Rise of Nightmares is an
intensely immersive experience that brings horror to life like never before.

Explore and investigate.
Navigate through Viktor’s castle with free movement control, uncover the secrets held within and delve deeper into his the mind of a madman.

Deep and varied gameplay.
Master the different fighting styles and various weapons, stealthy sneaking and puzzle-solving. Will you fall into the mansion’s traps or lure the undead into one of your own?

A complete experience.
A full, cinematic gaming experience set in a twisted and astonishing world that grips you from the very start.


it' seems interesting , i am curious to see how the control will work in this game sine there is going to be exploration , fighting and puzzle solving.

someone posted his impressions in the IGN youtube link claiming that he played it and it feels similar to Condemned.

as for the developer i don't know yet but i am sure it's one of the internal teams


BTW the cover-art is really great, i love it


also what's going on with all these golden parts!

[MadeManG74]

Ergh, hopefully it's better than that Fighter's Uncaged game. That thing is nigh-on unplayable.

If they can pull it off though, this sounds awesomely scary.

[Sharky]

It looks similar to Condemned in boxart but those enemies are SO House of the Dead-ish.

I actually sounds very interesting, graphics could do with a clean up though!

[Barry the Nomad]

Woh! So we have boxart already? I'll bet it's so far along that we'll (hopefully) get a Halloween release. This and Overkill in the same month would mean SEGA would rule the Halloween season on both HD platforms.

Sounds very interesting too! I wonder how free movement could occur. Perhaps stepping forward moves forward, while pivoting your body turns? I could see that working out. And then you probably use your arms to use various weapons. Could be quite cool!

Being trapped in Viktor’s castle, solving puzzles, etc. sort of reminds me of old school titles like The 7th Guest... with bloody combat. :D

Well, it's a first day purchase for me already! I love SEGA horror games.

[Sharky]

Bigger

[max_cady]

Nice... Now that looks like a pretty acceptable game that I would want to play on with the Kinect.

[cube_b3]

Some one wrote on Wikipedia it is made by Sega WOW/AM1/WoW Entertainment you know the HOTD team.

[Suzuki Yu]

^^
i don't think this info was based on knowledge rather than just guessing.

[cube_b3]

That is what I thought, but given the nature of the guess I simply didn't have the heart to remove it.

[George]

Going to make a post about the box art later in the afternoon. Looks awesome.

[loempiavreter]

Various E3 hands-on:
http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6318165/e3-2011-rise-of-nightmares-first-look-hands-on-preview
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/07/rise-of-nightmares-preview
http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/objects/086/086600.html#previews
http://kotaku.com/5809945/rise-of-nightmare-recreates-a-drunks-bloody-wander-through-a-zombie-cavalcade

Uh oh, controlling your character sounds like nightmare Combat sound good, use a pair of tongs to take an enemies nose off... awesome (40 weapons in total as well)! While I hope it gets a bit fixed till it's september release, I will buy this (and a Kinect for it) anyway.

Im not expecting it to perform well... that's definately the HOTD4 engine, you can see that in the new screens, it uses the same basic model for humans as well. So it's running on a 6 year old engine (Sega Golden Gun does as well), but who cares about graphics, art direction is fantastic. If I pick my games it's art direction over graphics anyday. Haven't seen an interesting SEGA art direction on consoles for a long time (Yakuza and Valkyrie Chronicles ugh...).

I love me some First Person Beat'em up as well, Maken X, Breakdown, Zeno Clash, The Super Spy, Red Steel 2 and railed cousins Supreme Warrior, Action Deka and Castlevania The Arcade as well (The Condemned games as well? never played those). Awesome stuff.

Anyway new screens & gameplay cam footage:











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[Barry the Nomad]

HA! That demo is so fucked up. I love it.

I'm sure navigation works well, just takes some getting used to. I'm glad it's not on rails. I like the "cover your ears" bit.

[Sharky]

There are some good ideas in there  (like hold your ears) but the game itself looks fucking awful... I'm totally not excitd about this at all.