Parece que já não falta muito para o lançamento deste título promissor, que está agendado para o início de 2009. É apelidado por muitos como o "Bioshock russo" e a 1C parece ter desenvolvido um engine cheio potencial, que faz grande uso do DX10 e Physx.
Previews: Eurogamer -/- GameSpy
Tech demo report: PCGamesHardware -/- FiringSquad
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Saiu recentemente uma tech demo, que podem fazer o download aqui. Para quem não quiser sacar, podem ver este vídeo a demonstrá-la e o tipo de features que estão incluídas.Arctic Circle, Russian North Pole station "Pole 21", 1968. Alexander Nesterov is a meteorologist caught inside the "North Wind" an old nuclear ice-breaker, frozen in the ice many years ago. This steel beast once fought for its country, but it fell into an ice trap as did every living thing onboard.
Alex will fight the cold and what lives within as he tries to find out what happened. Cryostasis is a drama about a Captain and his Ship evolving in the atmosphere of ice and animal fear.
General Features
- The game develops with the unique "Mental Echo" ability - penetrate another character's memory and change the actions taken by the character in the past to affect the present
- Highly detailed levels based on a real Russian ice-breaker
- More than 15 powerful enemies with unique capabilities
- 7 NPC's which will help to reveal the true story
- 8 historically-authentic types of weapons
- A physics and weather system with realistic ice, frost and snow
Previews: Eurogamer -/- GameSpy
Tech demo report: PCGamesHardware -/- FiringSquad
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