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Professor Jeff: From Dust Launch Trailer
After the E3 presser I'll be honest, I wasn't really expecting to get a boatload of enjoyment out of my Xbox 360 this year. But I have to say, that XBLA has been turning out some extremely top notch entertainment recently. Though perhaps you disagree? Maybe Trenched was too grounded in reality. Perhaps Warhammer 40k Kill Team didn't have violence on a large enough scale for your taste. It's possible (though extremely unlikely) that Bastion wasn't epic enough for the likes of you. Well if that's true, then From Dust should be able to slake your lust for awe-inspiring power.
I miss my feces flinging giant monkey. His name was Poopocalapyse and he was a good ape.
Now I've never been the biggest fan of god games. Black and White was amusing, but after a while spanking the giant monkey and throwing villagers around kind of lost its charm. Populous was fun, but once again, after I got done raining down destruction and fire onto the screaming residents of my world... meh. But there is one title that's always had a top ten place in my heart and that, my friends, was Actraiser. Actraiser took the god game formula and injected a solid side scrolling fighting mechanic on top of the road building, town improvement, etc, etc. That was really all I needed. While there were definitely times in Black and White and Populous where the player was tasked with combating some form of enemy, nothing really matched the experience of manifesting your godly ass in the mortal realm and opening a can.
So with that in mind, I should be feeling a bit tepid about the release of From Dust. Well, I'm happy to say that it's actually quite the opposite. I am planning on playing the ever loving bejeezus out of this one for one reason and one reason alone: Eric Chahi. Who is Eric Chahi? Well, I'm glad you asked. Mr. Chahi is the director of From Dust, but he also happens to be the director of another little title that you may have heard of, Another World. Or as we know it here in the US... Out of This World.
Out of This World was one of the first times I could remember playing a game with my jaw on the ground from beginning to end. I know that some of you probably never got a chance to see this one, so allow me to explain what had me so up in arms. When Out of This World was released, most games had animated character sprites with a fair level of detail but FMV was extremely rare and difficult to produce. Out of This World got around the issue by using large, flat colored shapes with very little detail that moved like real people. The effect, at the time, was staggering. Add to that a touching story of survival told entirely without words and Out of This World was one of those rare games that pushed all the boundaries of the medium and succeeded brilliantly.
With that in mind, I'll give anything Eric Chahi makes a shot. Now, he hasn't made a game in over ten years, but that kind of cred doesn't just dry up overnight. But enough about me. What do you guys think? Will you be picking up From Dust? If so, will you be a good god? Or will you join me and put an end to this destructive conflict? Together we can dump hot lava balls onto everything! The Emperor has forseen it!
I don't know what's going on here in the least, but whatever it is, it looks pretty fun.
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Tags: From Dust, Phantasy Star Online 2, Professor Jeff, SEGA, The Loading Bar, Ubisoft, Video Games, XBLA
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Comment by SomeBritishDude on July 28, 2011 at 1:58pm -
Good job it's not $60 then. This being released on XLA so it's probably whatever 1200 microsoft points is.
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Comment by SomeBritishDude on July 28, 2011 at 1:56pm
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Black & White was one of my favourite games when I was a kid, so I'll be playing this for nostalgia on top of the fact that it looks amazing. But seriously...how is this just an XLA game? Graphically it looks easily full price!
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Comment by Dr. Detfink on July 28, 2011 at 7:58am -
The Phantasy Star game does look really fun. I'm embarrassed to say this was the last time I played Phantasy Star II:
Yup, cutting edge...
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Comment by Proto on July 27, 2011 at 11:03pm -
While Phantasy Star Online 2 looks interesting, I'm not sure how much appeal there would be playing a MMO where I can't communicate with anyone (you'd think I'd speak Japanese, but nope). I suppose there may be an English port, but I can't see it having the population base of other MMO's released domestically. I'll wait on Old Republic.
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Comment by Inter on July 27, 2011 at 7:12pm -
Fuck microsoft, From Dust was supposed to come out on the pc now too but it mysteriously got pushed back til 17th of august. Hmm.. I wonder why.
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Comment by AndrewWILLSON Cyborg Cowboy on July 27, 2011 at 3:52pm -
Dust looks like Black and white with out the gaint aniamals. whats the point of Being a good if you can't comand a giant monkey!!!
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Comment by AndrewWILLSON Cyborg Cowboy on July 27, 2011 at 3:49pm
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hmm phantasy star online is never going to compete with WOW in the US. I see kinghts beeting wow, maybe
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Comment by Rabid Chicken on July 27, 2011 at 3:35pm -
From Dust looks like it could be worth my time and money. Proffesor Jeff I've been looking forward to Trenched ever since it's debut trailer but the game won't be released in the UK for the forseable future so.... I'm fucked.
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Comment by Evilteddy on July 27, 2011 at 3:04pm -
I'm probably going to get this once im done playing the games im working on now.
CHA!
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Comment by KroganMan on July 27, 2011 at 2:26pm -
from dust looks really good i might get later today
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