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District 9, Elysium Director Neill Blomkamp Now Working on AAA Shooter Off The Grid
- Thread starter IbizaPocholo
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yeah, conceptually it was good. I imagine some of the issues were directly caused by working with ninja from die antwoord. he was already known as a piece of shit but blomkamp said he was beyond a nightmare. doesnt have one nice thing to say about the guy.
DevilMayFlyForAWhiteGuy
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I liked District 9, but Elysium was kinda meh. Never watched Chappie (I think he did that one?). I do like his style of gritty sci-fi though; good chance it’ll translate well to games.
CamHostage
Member
Chappie is interesting too. Sort of a mess, but now that the jokes have died down you can watch it in its own context.
ultrazilla
Gold Member
Very, very interesting that Neil decided to go with Unreal Engine 5 when he was using/promoting Unity which was used to create his short sci-fi films like Rakka and Zygote.
Mr Hyde
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Used to love Neill Blomkamps movies. District 9 and Elysium were great, I have them on blu-ray and 4K, rewatching them constantly, but man he has shit the bed after that. Chappie was terrible and his new Demonic movie I don´t even think I wanna see. His short movies Rakka was awesome and I wish he released his Oats stuff physically in a sort of compilation, or at least turned Rakka into a full movie. This new game of his doesn´t sound like anything for me, a Cyberpunk Battle Royale? No thanks. Come on Neill, go back to being the old you and give us some more awesome heady sci fi movies.
Men_in_Boxes
Banned
Battle Royale 2.0 is a real thing.
Going to be a massive difference between the first wave of BR and the second wave, who will benefit from studying the greats as well as building on more advanced technology. This is one to keep an eye on.
Next gen is fast approaching.
Going to be a massive difference between the first wave of BR and the second wave, who will benefit from studying the greats as well as building on more advanced technology. This is one to keep an eye on.
Next gen is fast approaching.
FeldMonster
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3rd person??? Lame.
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Ozzy Onya A2Z
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That trailer was
I dig it. Whether the game is any good is another story. Solid music choice for the end of the trailer, solid art, character, like the jungle vs city vibe too.
I dig it. Whether the game is any good is another story. Solid music choice for the end of the trailer, solid art, character, like the jungle vs city vibe too.
Solarstrike
Gold Member
Dibs on Zygote. Prepare to catch some hands bitches
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Men_in_Boxes
Banned
Best CGI trailer of the year. This games got production values.
CaptainSlayAHo
Banned
Wasn't this guy supposed to be working on district 10?
Hes done fuck all since, can't tell you how little I'm excited, I'm out
Hes done fuck all since, can't tell you how little I'm excited, I'm out
Men_in_Boxes
Banned
There's a bit of early gameplay in this video...
Deerock71
Member
Yes, and I didn't even like District 9. But it did have grit.
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darrylgorn
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Wait, District 10 is actually a thing?
Firestartah
Banned
I give it two months until its forgotten, Radical Heights style. BRs are done, the big 3 (Fortnite, Warzone,Apex) occupy too much mindshare and their constant seasons/battlepases make sure people dont take pauses to try other stuff. Another incoming DOA gaas trash.
Grildon Tundy
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The video game industry is in desperate need of "the next big thing". Like
Firestartah
Just said, the big 3 BRs haven't left enough market for others to succeed like they have. Survival-crafting was "the big thing" before that. Open World Games are running out of themes to hang the Ubisoft gameplay formula over.
Good thing indies and AA (and the odd AAA that takes risks) exist to provide variety. but we need another breakthrough genre for AAA to latch onto ASAP
Firestartah
Just said, the big 3 BRs haven't left enough market for others to succeed like they have. Survival-crafting was "the big thing" before that. Open World Games are running out of themes to hang the Ubisoft gameplay formula over.Good thing indies and AA (and the odd AAA that takes risks) exist to provide variety. but we need another breakthrough genre for AAA to latch onto ASAP
Firestartah
Banned
Yep, pretty much. Some say that extraction multiplayer games are the next thing, the ones in the vein of Tarkov. But I just dont think there is enough there for mass market, seems more like a niche, its not something that the usual console gamer can pick up and play without investing either a lot of time or a lot of money.The video game industry is in desperate need of "the next big thing". Like
This game has no chance, at least you could latch unto it if it also had a campaign and maybe say you get it at a decent sale and remain with an ok campaign to replay down the years once the multiplayer servers are inevitably closed, but to invest money in skins/battlepases for a game that might die in a few month ? nah. Btw when I mean die I mean most of the playerbase gone, not just when servers are closed, although that would follow soon after.
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Men_in_Boxes
Banned
Battle Royale hot takes before we even see gameplay.
IDKFA
I am Become Bilbo Baggins
This.
After that he can do his Aliens film. The concept art for that looked outstanding.
Pegasus Actual
Member
Bro how long you think interstellar travel is for that hideous space monster friend of Wikus's? (Was that the name?) -- it's gon' be a minute to make that roundtrip commute. (I may also be misremembering how that movie even ended)
Actual alien buddy went off on a space journey and Wikus got transformed into a space monster and is sticking it out on earth eating out of dumpsters maybe?
Tokio Blues
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Cyberpunkd
Member
Man, Elysium was really, really good. District 9 was shit.
RoboCain
Member
I would had prefered something like a series of short sci-fi games kind of like he did with Oath Studios. Working for a random studio on yet another sci-fi military shooter seems to be a waste.
I don't get why a guy with a big name like this can't just start his own stuff.
I don't get why a guy with a big name like this can't just start his own stuff.
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RoboCain
Member
Do you have a link? I love this movie and would like to see more of the making of. Also, DA is a duo: Ninja and Yolandi.
ClanOfNone
Member
Usually people say the exact opposite! I enjoyed both, the work coming out of his Oats studio is really good too. I'm inserting obligatory praise for Zygote here, I'll pimp that short in every Blomkamp thread till I die.
RagnarokIV
Battlebus imprisoning me \m/ >.< \m/
My heart breaks for this guy.
In an alternate reality he's done RoboCop Returns and made a legendary movie that's the equivalent of Aliens or Terminator 2 but for RoboCop.
In an alternate reality he's done RoboCop Returns and made a legendary movie that's the equivalent of Aliens or Terminator 2 but for RoboCop.
Men_in_Boxes
Banned
First real gameplay trailer has arrived...
This one's about to make a lot of people eat crow. Looks great.
This one's about to make a lot of people eat crow. Looks great.
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Heisenberg007
Gold Journalism
Looks good and bad at the same time. Definitely need a lot more polish, but it certainly has potential to be a fun game.
Men_in_Boxes
Banned
Yeah. A lot of the jumping, gliding, and grapple hooking looks pretty janky. Like the character is moving too slow or something. Hopefully they polish this up and we see it in 2024. I guess it's a little worrying they felt it was ready for promotional material. Everything else looks good enough.
Audiophile
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HeisenbergFX4
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pasterpl
Member
My favourite genre - FIrst Person Shooter. But if this is battle royale shit I am out. Never like that shit. The only online shooter I play today is CoD (not Warzone).