Image and Video from Raid over the River DS

[Ikohn4ever]

this was posted on gamespot forum by someone from Nibris apparently, its looking pretty good if its legit and it handles well


here is a video of the game in action too

http://www.nibris.net/rotr_tech_demo.avi

 

[Vinny]

Holy crap... that looks amazing! Those backgrounds look like backdrops but the edges are too rough making me think that they're polygons.

Very nice indeed!

 

[monkeygod]

looks pretty good, except for that blocky looking Luftwaffe bomber at the bottom.

 

[Magehart]

No UI?

 

[botticus]

[quote name='Magehart']No UI?[/quote]
Looks like that's their schtick, looking at this one and Sadness.

 

[Ikohn4ever]

updated with a link to video of game

 

[RedvsBlue]

The game play video almost looks too good to be true!

 

[botticus]

... wow. If that is in fact DS gameplay. Wow. Glad I sold Nanostray.

It would be nice if it is what it appears, that being a solid 1942-style shooter. The insane-Japanese-kill-yourself shooters are fun, but Ikaruga is enough for that. Something fun and possible to beat is nice as well.

 

[FurryCurry]

[quote name='botticus']... wow. If that is in fact DS gameplay. Wow. Glad I sold Nanostray.

It would be nice if it is what it appears, that being a solid 1942-style shooter. The insane-Japanese-kill-yourself shooters are fun, but Ikaruga is enough for that. Something fun and possible to beat is nice as well.[/quote]

It's not a WW2 shooter. The game page on their site says that the game takes place over three time periods: Medieval, WW2, the future.

 

[botticus]

[quote name='FurryCurry']It's not a WW2 shooter. The game page on their site says that the game takes place over three time periods: Medieval, WW2, the future.[/quote] Ah well... as long as the gameplay is solid, I can deal with a 1/3 WWII shooter.

 

[Strell]

Holy shit.

 

[Rusty Ghia]

It looks much different than it did before. The bottom screen used to be a radar/map and the top screen had cell shaded visuals.

Forgive my ignorance, but how do I watch that video? Winamp, Windows Media Player, and Quicktime don't seem to like it.

 

[Chacrana]

That looks ing amazing. It really does look like a spiritual successor to 194X or Strikers 1945... I can't wait for this.

 

[edison]

[quote name='Rusty Ghia']It looks much different than it did before. The bottom screen used to be a radar/map and the top screen had cell shaded visuals.

Forgive my ignorance, but how do I watch that video? Winamp, Windows Media Player, and Quicktime don't seem to like it.[/QUOTE]

Played fine for me with Windows media player. Looks to be encoded with DiVX, so you may need some drivers. Video is really short, but dang it's pretty.

 

[jonlubbe]

Is this game at all related to "River Raid" the best atari 2600 game by activision evar?

 

[elwood731]

I'm not even the biggest shooter fan, but that games does look extremely good. Do we know who these guys are making this? I know I've heard they're indie developers, but surely some of this team must be experienced with some big companies.

 

[botticus]

[quote name='elwood731']I'm not even the biggest shooter fan, but that games does look extremely good. Do we know who these guys are making this? I know I've heard they're indie developers, but surely some of this team must be experienced with some big companies.[/quote]
Well, they pulled in a ton of outside talent for Sadness on Wii, but I haven't heard any info regarding this project.

 

[allyourblood]

caught this on Joystiq. i cannot WAIT for this to release. this'll be my first day one DS title.