Topic: The Grinder: Hunter The Reckoning + Left4Dead

[NWR_insanolord]

In what is good news for the people that hated High Voltage for making this game not a Wii exclusive anymore and want to see them suffer, but almost certainly bad news for anyone interested in the game, The Grinder is no longer a first-person shooter, and is now a top-down, Geometry Wars style twin stick shooter. But hey, at least it's not on rails.

[ShyGuy]

RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[BlackNMild2k1]

The reason for the change: while The Grinder would have been one of very few first person shooters on the Wii, it'd be among several on the higher def consoles and the team decided to not enter that genre glut with a "me too" product.

No final decision has been made about the Wii version, however – it could end up the first-person design that it was always originally intended to be, or it could end up a version of the game that's being created for the 360 and PlayStation 3.

You have got to be kidding me. You don't want a "Me Too" product on the HD consoles then don't release the damn game on the HD consoles....


They should just release a different spin-off top down game for the HD consoles(& Wii) at a later date based on The Grinder like the the second part sorta suggest.

[ShyGuy]

Twin Stick shooters are the next rail shooters.

[NinGurl69 *huggles]

HVS, done digging your grave yet?

[SixthAngel]

While I am disappointed that I won't have another fps (I liked The Conduit)  I really like smash tv style games and they simply don't make enough of them (any at all basically).

[NWR_insanolord]

While I am disappointed that I won't have another fps (I liked The Conduit)  I really like smash tv style games and they simply don't make enough of them (any at all basically).

You must not own a 360 or PS3, because it seems like every other game on their respective download services are that type of game.

[ShyGuy]

At first I was hoping it would be a dungeon crawler style top down shooter, like Hunter:The Reckoning was. But no, it looks more mindless.

[Urkel]

So why did they bother showing off a new trailer just a few weeks ago when they obviously must have been in the process of turning it into a completely different game?

[Stratos]

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words escape me
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[SixthAngel]

While I am disappointed that I won't have another fps (I liked The Conduit)  I really like smash tv style games and they simply don't make enough of them (any at all basically).

You must not own a 360 or PS3, because it seems like every other game on their respective download services are that type of game.

I don't but that just makes me angry because they never released any outside of downloads.

[DAaaMan64]

Darn, I wish it was still an FPS. :/

[ShyGuy]

My only hope is the Wii version will remain a FPS and the 360/PS3 version will be a twin stick shooter.

[BlackNMild2k1]

My hope is that they release the Wii FPS first, then release the Multi plat (PS36Wii) twin stick over head shooter many months later.

[MegaByte]

If you guys have any questions for HVS, post them now so that I can ask them.

[Stratos]

If you guys have any questions for HVS, post them now so that I can ask them.

Why? (in regards to the new direction)

And also, would they equate their game to something like Hunter or Gauntlet? 'Twin Stick Shooter' seems a bit off for the theme.

[ShyGuy]

Eric Nofsinger seemed like a nice guy when I interacted with him at the HVS PAX booth. Ask them nicely what I have to do to get the FPS version of the Grinder. If the answer is negative, don't be afraid to get a little rough.

[Adrock]

Yeah, I have to throw my hat in the "I hope the Wii version is still a FPS." I have a hard time playing FPS because they give me headaches but the game did look like a lot more fun than The Conduit or maybe I just like the setting more. Either way, the Wii could use more FPS.

[ShyGuy]

Ask him if the game is still using their Quantum 3 engine.

[Morari]

If you guys have any questions for HVS, post them now so that I can ask them.

Why? (in regards to the new direction)

And also, would they equate their game to something like Hunter or Gauntlet? 'Twin Stick Shooter' seems a bit off for the theme.

Something with the gameplay of the 3D Gauntlet series would be so much cooler than a Wii FPS.

[Stratos]

So why did they bother showing off a new trailer just a few weeks ago when they obviously must have been in the process of turning it into a completely different game?

After looking at the teaser trailer from February again I realize that there is no gameplay shown in the trailer. The closest thing to gameplay is a half second shot of 1st person view behind the wheel of a truck but it looks like you aren't even driving it.

I'd love to have both a gauntlet/hunter game and an FPS, but I'm not believing that the FPS project is still alive until I hear confirmation from HVS that it is still in production.

[DAaaMan64]

If you guys have any questions for HVS, post them now so that I can ask them.

Why? (in regards to the new direction)

And also, would they equate their game to something like Hunter or Gauntlet? 'Twin Stick Shooter' seems a bit off for the theme.

Something with the gameplay of the 3D Gauntlet series would be so much cooler than a Wii FPS.

I wish someone would just make a good damn Gauntlet game.

[Mop it up]

I just heard that this game is no longer a first-person shooter. That's too bad, I want another shooter which isn't a war game. The only current games which fit that are The Conduit and Red Steel, and I haven't heard too many good things about the latter.

[BlackNMild2k1]

I've heard nothing but good things about the latter.

unless your talking about Multi-player and online or something.

[Mop it up]

Red Steel? It has a 65.9% average on GameRankings, it has gotten a lot of 7, 6, and 5 review scores.