Author Topic: Winter for Wii, survival horror that may never see the light of day (Read 16278 times)

GoldenPhoenix · « **on:** January 20, 2009, 09:28:35 PM »

As promised Matt at IGN has revealed a "dark" game today.

http://wii.ign.com/articles/946/946492p1.html

Looks like it had potential, it is too bad the 3rd party restrictions held this game down. After a promising effort in Geist, n-space deserved at least one more shot (Preferably with a bigger budget).

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #1 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:29:43 PM »

Since Nintendo isn't publishing it, it's apparent Nintendo was out to crush mature gaming from the get-go.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #2 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:31:07 PM »

You should probably put:

"Tech Demo on Hold" or something of the like in the thread title...

Looks good...I hope someone picks it up so they can actually restart development on it...

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #3 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:34:00 PM »

Maybe Sega can pick it up. They seem to be doing a good job of snatching up or releasing more core games.

Urkel · « **Reply #4 on:** January 20, 2009, 09:37:49 PM »

The gameplay sounds almost exactly like the idea I had in my head for a Wii game, except I imagined it in first person. I imagined a horror game where you could open a door partway and peer through the crack, and you'd be able to pick up just about anything to use as a weapon.

I really hope this finds a publisher.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:40:43 PM »

Well, Conduit was quickly noticed after sites did stories on it. Maybe the same will happen with Winter...

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:41:54 PM »

I like the idea of this game and the setting.There was a movie kind of like this and that movie was turned into a game.It was for the Xbox. Can't remember it...

I hope that's the case Pap.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #7 on:** January 20, 2009, 10:49:29 PM »

Time to supercharge the n-space bandwagon with some Geist shower videos.

Dirk Temporo · « **Reply #8 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:03:53 PM »

I liked the Lord of the Rings battle music.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #9 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:24:17 PM »

Just watched the gameplay footage, while the visuals are definately early the game shows ton of promise (not to GOOD uses of of the WIi remote). Luckily I had my sound down or that wolf would have given me a heart attack! I also loved the final monster, that was really creepy.

NWR_pap64 · « **Reply #10 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:44:18 PM »

When I mentioned "The Conduit" earlier I never realized this: "Winter" might be this year's "Conduit".

When Conduit was revealed last year, it too was a core Wii title that had a lot of potential but no publisher. But months later after news sites saw a lot of interest they eventually found a publisher (Sega) and the game will be out soon.

Winter COULD get the same treatment. In just the few hours the game exists people are gaining interest. This could prove that there IS a market for a game like Winter.

So who knows? Maybe history will repeat itself, maybe not...

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:51:24 PM »

Winter will be a harder sell cuz it's not in development.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2009, 11:55:54 PM »

I wish to play this game, where do I preorder?

It actually gives me a Cursed Mountain vibe, but I really like it. the feeling of isolation seems fantastic.

bustin98 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 21, 2009, 02:15:48 AM »

I too hope something comes from this disclosure. That last creature makes me want to draw it. A fantastic idea, and seemed to be the most polished aspect of the video with light reflection and flopping breasts (seemed like breasts anyway).

Smash_Brother · « **Reply #14 on:** January 21, 2009, 02:17:37 AM »

Damn, someone get these people a publisher, STAT...

KDR_11k · « **Reply #15 on:** January 21, 2009, 03:39:29 AM »

I don't think they'll have to worry as much as The Conduit, the Wii has some fairly big survigval horror titles lined up for it.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #16 on:** January 21, 2009, 03:55:40 AM »

Yes but there is room for more.

GoldenPhoenix · « **Reply #17 on:** January 21, 2009, 04:08:07 AM »

Quote from: Maxi on January 21, 2009, 03:55:40 AM

Yes but there is room for more.

Especially unique ones that actually look like they are trying to implement GOOD Wii motion.

BeautifulShy · « **Reply #18 on:** January 21, 2009, 04:20:57 AM »

No arguments here.

KDR_11k · « **Reply #19 on:** January 21, 2009, 04:23:44 AM »

Quote from: Maxi on January 21, 2009, 03:55:40 AM

Yes but there is room for more.

I'm thinking more about publishers thinking what concepts they can copy and if survival horror is already being made for the wii they'll copy that.

Kairon · « **Reply #20 on:** January 21, 2009, 04:35:00 AM »

The fact that no one has yet picked this up in the 2 years it's been shopped around makes my 3rd-party-loving heaart sad.

Bill Aurion · « **Reply #21 on:** January 21, 2009, 04:37:43 AM »

Well, the more marketshare the Wii picks up, the more likely a third party will actually publish the game! =D

Chozo Ghost · « **Reply #22 on:** January 21, 2009, 07:05:32 AM »

The name needs to be retitled: "Carnival Games: Escape the Evil Clowns edition" and marketed as wholesome non-gamer fun for the whole family. Then, and perhaps only then, will a 3rd party publisher pick it up and publish it, because the 3d parties know that's the only kind of game that sells on the Weeeeee.

/sarcasm

D_Average · « **Reply #23 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:33:35 AM »

Update on the game per Matts blog:

Winter Update: Things to Keep in Mind
Tonight, I posted an update on the in-limbo survival-horror Wii game Winter from development studio n-Space. I was happy to see that a lot of readers were really quite taken by the concept -- there are dozens upon dozens of comments asking how a project like this failed when mini-game-fests succeed. We all know the answer lays with publishers' unwillingness to release this kind of software on Nintendo's system, a horrible Catch 22 that will hopefully be obliterated with the debut of titles like MadWorld and The Conduit.

But I was also discouraged to see some people making statements such as "Looks pretty rough!" and "The graphics look good in parts, but need work in others." Makes me question how many people actually read the article. Just a couple quick points for those who didn't bother:

1. All the screenshots and video footage available come from a demo built by a small 12-person development team at n-Space in three weeks; and then three more to add a bit more polish
2. All the screenshots and video footage available come from a demo released to publishers just shy of TWO YEARS AGO. That would be March '07

Just something to consider. n-Space's Dan O'Leary and Ted Newman both indicate that the software house has come a long way since then and I have no doubt that Winter would like significantly better if a) the team had 12-plus-months to work on it and b) had a bigger team allocated to it. Let's also not forget that were the company to work on such a property today, it would undoubtedly benefit from all the techniques it has learned in the two years since the demo was created.

Personally, I really liked what I saw. The creepy aesthetic reminded me of Flashback.

EasyCure · « **Reply #24 on:** January 21, 2009, 11:38:49 AM »

Flashback was a SNES game, wasn't it?

My brother had it borrowed from a friend way back when, and I didn't know what the hell to do in it at the time and kept dying. Later on i read up on the game and thought it was pretty cool, but couldn't find it anywhere.

/sad

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Author Topic: Winter for Wii, survival horror that may never see the light of day (Read 16278 times)