Hey everyone, as the Lazygamer mentioned earlier, we are trying to do something a little different here as we are trying to get more information to our readers and in a way that is a little more interactive.
As of now, I am going to be playing the Bionic Commando Preview code, until 3PM and we invite all of our readers to pop into this post and check out the frequent comments that are going to be posted. More importantly, if you pop in and want to ask any questions about the title, I will answer them for you immediately as I play, hopefully getting more of the answers and information that our readers want.
If support for the idea is good then we will look at doing more in future, and it should really shine when the big hitters start arriving near the end of the year!
Jump in now to find out more about the upcoming Bionic Commanda and ask a question or two.
Thanks again to Nu-Metro for supplying us with the preview code.
Last Updated: April 6, 2009
fred
April 6, 2009 at 14:04
Ps3 or Xbox code?
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:05
Okay Im all setup and in the menus, there is some strange tenticle thing that im using as my pointer, with some cool background piano music.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:05
Menus kinda looks like im playing Flow :/
TT25
April 6, 2009 at 14:06
ok YAY…. I dont know much about the first game, like years ago… but just watching the video.. is it just me.. or does this game have a slight resembalance to Spiderman?
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:09
Kinda looked a bit like crackdown to me in the video as well, just watched the intro now. my poor hero has been stripped of his machines because people were complaining or something lol.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:10
But OH NOES they need your help again.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:12
interesting, they have an interactive controller in the loading screen, when you press a button, it tells you waht it does in a little side menu.
Just started the first level now.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:14
Xbox 360 code
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:16
Im looking for my arm now :/
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:18
Controls feel similar to fracture, run around in 3rd person adn then click in right stick to aim more precisely
Loki
April 6, 2009 at 14:18
What is the graphics and game play like?
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:20
They are playing on the “remake” element quite a bit, the collectibles look like old pixelated icons that I can only assume were in the first game.
Roland Browning
April 6, 2009 at 14:21
How many bionic commando’s does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:22
Well lol, I was about to mention that it feels really odd running around at the moment as a one armed man… trying to find my bionic arm. So at the moment, a few would be needed.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:23
@ Loki
Graphics arent bad at the moment, ive been stuck indoors for now, but they use a heavy blur filter when you aim down your sights, which actually looks pretty good, reminds me of Riddick.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:24
I havent played the original, can anyone fill me in on anything I should know about major gameplay elements that should have been brought across, or even story elements?
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:25
yay found my arm!
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:25
voice acting is quite cheezy
Jack
April 6, 2009 at 14:28
So basically just now, your running around with one arm looking for a big metal arm?
Roland Browning
April 6, 2009 at 14:28
Do you have legs? Or stumps?
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:28
Kinda feels like im playing Spiderman mixed with Crackdown
Roland Browning
April 6, 2009 at 14:30
Give us a run down on the weapons.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:33
at the moment im in some sort of bionic arm tutorial, i have only used a pistol so far but the aiming and firing feels quite solid. You can also use your bionic arm to shoot your zip line onto enemies and then do things like reel into them and kick em down. Feeling very Spiderman at the moment, but they may just be pulling off the spiderman feeling better than the spiderman guys have in the past
easy
April 6, 2009 at 14:33
lol… he’s armless, which means no weapons :biggrin:
Roland Browning
April 6, 2009 at 14:37
Can you spin a web, ANYSIZE? And catch those thieves just like flies?
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:38
ok done with tutorial, the swinging actually feels really good, you can really move at a pace once you get it dialed, The arms zip line can be used to throw things, hack machines etc.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:39
im finally outside! areas seem massive.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:42
Now that Im outside, its feeling like spiderman more than ever. Lots of latching onto poles and billboards etc and swinging around.
Metalkon
April 6, 2009 at 14:43
How do I watch you play, I don’t know where to go 🙁
Roland Browning
April 6, 2009 at 14:43
Can you unlock a Venom costume?
Q121
April 6, 2009 at 14:45
Typical….
To get any where in {game} life you always need to be a cracker…
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:45
we dont have a video feed at the moment, we are looking at doing something like that in future if people like the idea.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:48
crackdown + spiderman is definitely where this is at. Framerate is decent in the outside areas, smooth but not quite 60fps…
Q121
April 6, 2009 at 14:48
How the controls feeling? As far as running ect goes?
:pirate:
Metalkon
April 6, 2009 at 14:48
ahh my bad, I am sure that everybody would love to watch the game being played on ustream or something.
Roland Browning
April 6, 2009 at 14:49
Let us know if/ when you hit your first boss fight.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 14:54
The outside areas arent as sandbox as I originally thought. @q121, controls are solid enough, getting the hang of swinging around at the moment, you need to release the zip line at the right time to get the best distance. It is the type of camera that doesnt always sit behined your character, you can have your character run towards your direction.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 15:00
no boss fight in sight yet…
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 15:00
What I do like is that unlike in many spiderman games, the swinging isnt babysitting you so much, there are definite areas to swing from, but you kind of swing and decide as you go along
Fox1
April 6, 2009 at 15:05
So how does the outside areas look? :wassat:
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 15:06
Okay we are past 3pm, but im going to keep at it a little longer to see whats what so feel free to keep posting questions.
This game kinda disappeared off the radar a while back, anyone here really been looking forward to the game?
Metalkon
April 6, 2009 at 15:06
nice 😛
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 15:10
Not sure if this game is running at 720p, the graphics do come a lot as fairly “jaggy”. visuals arent mindblowing to be honest. And like I said earlier, the outside areas are not as sandbox as I originally thought. This feel very much like what they were trying to do with Fracture, only that I think that Bionic Commando pulls the controls off quite a lot better.
There is radiation around the city that you have to avoid and if you move into it you get very dead very fast
Metalkon
April 6, 2009 at 15:11
I’v been waiting for it since I played the BCR Demo, I mentally Shit my pants when I saw it. 😛
Bionic Commando (NES) is my favorite classic game and with BCR being a kickass game, I have high hopes for the new one since its being made by the same people.
Fox1
April 6, 2009 at 15:11
Me :w00t:
I haven’t played the first one though :sleeping:
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 15:16
just picked up my first weapon, called a Hiker, basically a shotgun.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 15:17
Yuck. Nvidia billboards around the city, im not a fan of in game advertising
Fox1
April 6, 2009 at 15:20
As long as the advertising subsidises a part of the price of the game 😆
However, there’s nothing Nvidia in the 360 :dizzy:
RA1NKING
April 6, 2009 at 15:27
are you able to see a list of the achievements in the game ? do you earn achievs during the preview build play
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 15:29
Thanks to everyone who posted questions. If an idea like this gets well accepted we can look at streamlining and improving it in future, and maybe even get a video feed going. Any comments, suggestions?
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 15:31
I can see them in my dashboard menu when I hit the guide button yes
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 15:34
You can earn achievements yes, but we use a seperate account for previews. And code like this doesnt run on just any machine.
Metalkon
April 6, 2009 at 15:41
Will there be an email notification for the date of streaming(if it gets done), if so how can I have it so i’l get the email for this? 🙂
I’m not a registered member of this site.
WitWolfyZA
April 6, 2009 at 15:47
thats lame… the game is contemplating for some extra cash
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 15:47
We dont have any sort of site registration, but you can always keep checking back in future. If we do something like this in future we can always look at doing email notifications out to readers who may be interested.
Metalkon
April 6, 2009 at 16:03
Ahh, where would I have to look on the site to find out if you guys are planning to live stream it.
I found this site through a link on the official website forum.
Nick
April 6, 2009 at 16:08
We will post it up in the features block on the top left of the site
Loki
April 6, 2009 at 16:39
Already want to start achievement whoring? :silly:
RogueOne
April 6, 2009 at 19:44
Surprise surprise ….RAINKING asking about achievements :biggrin:
slinky
April 6, 2009 at 20:39
What does the health bar look like and how is life done? Also how is the game play toughness wise? I mean does it feel like bionic commando, either rearmed or earlier as far as the toughness?
Nick
April 7, 2009 at 04:23
There is no health bar, the screen just goes more and more red around the edges when you get damaged if i remember correctly, and regenerates in a halo/gears of war type of way
RA1NKING
April 7, 2009 at 07:53
Any Chance at listing the achievements for us ?