When I think of Warframe, I picture space ninjas slicing and dicing their way through procedurally-generated corridors. I definitely do not think of space combat or ghost ships captained by the far-future equivalent of Davy Jones—a nightmarish cyberwraith with a lust for mortal souls.
That's the tone of a new survival horror shooter called The Last Guardian. The colour red, some cute aliens, and some noisy bombs later, I can definitely tell The Last Guardian is an early tribute to Resident Evil.
If the old-school, almost campy Resident Evil is to be our point of reference, the new glimpse into the future offers a time traveler's view of a world where calamities are frequent and even familiar. Where the zombie pandemic recurs, and zombies are generally dark, clanging evil incarnate. Where the creatures of the stars, earth--oh at any minute, you could be looking at the comically low-res corpse of a real sun orbiting a planet.
Starting with a secret NASA facility, The Last Guardian rockets out from the future to paint an ominous picture of a war torn earth, whilst trying to stay true to the core control system for The Stasis System, a deadly, mechanical suit that tracks its user's memories and physical progress. It somehow manages to be both understated and brash, potentially making itself more approachable and understandable than it's predecessors.
Using more traditional survival horror options, such as ducking for cover rather than awkwardly dancing between zombies, there are also more subtle but still feel like deliberate choices to be made. You're so busy dodging the trail of lasers and hitting the "yawn button" to the left, that you manage to hit a wall when suddenly bulldozed and torn apart by an evil eyeball.
Since alien life forms like the imps seem to be very, very concerned about you, I'm not sure a guy with the remote is going to be of much help to you.
Despite all of the changes, that garnish of boat tin into something strong remains. The musical score and cinematic bon mot dialogue can be unsettling in equal measures, and add to the ominous atmosphere of each area before they ultimately alert the player to the gravity of their situation.
The Last Guardian's development is being led by famed Capcom developer Hideki Kamiya, who discovered his formative inspirations in the early hours of a Resident Evil game:
I was first introduced to horror games in very early childhood when I ended up playing the original Resident Evil game. I was too young to figure out how to power on, so I ended up stumbling out onto a road in Japan and running around like a nutcase. When I finished the game it was unlike anything I'd seen in any media before. I began
That's the tone of a new survival horror shooter called The Last Guardian. The colour red, some cute aliens, and some noisy bombs later, I can definitely tell The Last Guardian is an early tribute to Resident Evil.
If the old-school, almost campy Resident Evil is to be our point of reference, the new glimpse into the future offers a time traveler's view of a world where calamities are frequent and even familiar. Where the zombie pandemic recurs, and zombies are generally dark, clanging evil incarnate. Where the creatures of the stars, earth--oh at any minute, you could be looking at the comically low-res corpse of a real sun orbiting a planet.
Starting with a secret NASA facility, The Last Guardian rockets out from the future to paint an ominous picture of a war torn earth, whilst trying to stay true to the core control system for The Stasis System, a deadly, mechanical suit that tracks its user's memories and physical progress. It somehow manages to be both understated and brash, potentially making itself more approachable and understandable than it's predecessors.
Using more traditional survival horror options, such as ducking for cover rather than awkwardly dancing between zombies, there are also more subtle but still feel like deliberate choices to be made. You're so busy dodging the trail of lasers and hitting the "yawn button" to the left, that you manage to hit a wall when suddenly bulldozed and torn apart by an evil eyeball.
Since alien life forms like the imps seem to be very, very concerned about you, I'm not sure a guy with the remote is going to be of much help to you.
Despite all of the changes, that garnish of boat tin into something strong remains. The musical score and cinematic bon mot dialogue can be unsettling in equal measures, and add to the ominous atmosphere of each area before they ultimately alert the player to the gravity of their situation.
The Last Guardian's development is being led by famed Capcom developer Hideki Kamiya, who discovered his formative inspirations in the early hours of a Resident Evil game:
I was first introduced to horror games in very early childhood when I ended up playing the original Resident Evil game. I was too young to figure out how to power on, so I ended up stumbling out onto a road in Japan and running around like a nutcase. When I finished the game it was unlike anything I'd seen in any media before. I began
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