E308: Ubisoft reveals 'I Am Alive'
by Xav de Matos 
{ Jul 15th 2008 at 7:30PM }
The disaster game had been in the news prior to E3 as earlier reports suggested Jade Raymond, producer of Assassin's Creed, was at the helm of the title. Currently the title is scheduled to release on "current generation video game consoles" in Spring 2009. Nothing specific about the game is known but for a taste of what you could expect check our Disaster Report. Actually. Don't -- that game was the definition of mediocre.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
qwerty @ Jul 15th 2008 7:44PM
It's the sequel to Assassins Creed
RUMOR GO
NukeAssault @ Jul 15th 2008 8:03PM
Trailer here.
http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36319.html
Tony @ Jul 15th 2008 8:04PM
What's with these ruins of Chicago angles suddenly? Resistance 2 has it too.
Finally Chicago is getting more attention in games and it's only when it's blown up lol.
Oh well.
Tony @ Jul 15th 2008 8:11PM
Also, there's a banner under the L in the "6 days earlier" sequence that shows a link to www.ruarmoko.com.
Don't know what that's about. There's nothing at the URL currently. Ubisoft has it registered, though.
Tamyu @ Jul 15th 2008 8:12PM
This very much reminds me of Zettai Zetsumei Toshi series... Which appears to have been released outside Japan as "Disaster Report" and "Raw Danger".
A very nice idea when pulled off well.
Neuromancer @ Jul 15th 2008 8:40PM
Yes and pretty shitty when done poorly (i.e. Disaster Report). I wanted to like that game... But it made it hard to like.
Xav de Matos @ Jul 15th 2008 8:53PM
Yeah. I said as much in the story...
Tamyu @ Jul 15th 2008 10:02PM
That is what I meant with the "when pulled off well". If you`re dying every few steps, there is a problem.
But it IS an impressive idea. Whether it will be good depends on how they pull it off.
tmd @ Jul 16th 2008 12:50AM
Hmmmm...the building leaning on the other looks like it was taken straight out of Cloverfield...
Gemini Ace @ Jul 16th 2008 8:09AM
If you're going to mention Jade Raymond, you need to put a picture of her in the post. It's just good etiquette.
Magic Whiskey @ Jul 16th 2008 9:49AM
OK, i feel like I really dropped the ball in respects to commenting earlier on this story.
Back a number of months ago I was in a focus group for this game. The group had no idea what the game was called or what publisher/developer was behind it, but this IS the game.
An earthquake of undisclosed origin (seems natural) rocks Chicago and the game is strictly based on your choice of helping other survivors out. We were shown a really rough trailer, which also showed a first person view at least at one point. A few photocopied images tacked on a board showed that the game will also feature interpersonal drama and perhaps co-op functionality.
The person asking us the questions seemed to focus on the topic of "Would helping others be a satisfying game quality?"
Most of the panel disagreed unless there were ulterior motives to help, such as to continue the story, earn Achievements or to procure loot in some way. The panelist seemed to stress that the title could simply pose the player as a one man Red Cross in a sense where he himself wouldn't get much benefit from helping, it was just his job.
So there you go..this is what I can tell you all about the game.
KilgoreTrout XL @ Jul 16th 2008 9:49AM
I was hoping for a zombie-survival game, like I am legend or something. The Assassins Creed sequel is an interesting idea though.
eseb @ Jul 16th 2008 6:48PM
thats exactly what i was hoping for.
Magic Whiskey @ Jul 16th 2008 9:51AM
May have posted twice...
Back a number of months ago I was in a focus group for this game. The group had no idea what the game was called or what publisher/developer was behind it, but this IS the game.
An earthquake of undisclosed origin (seems natural) rocks Chicago and the game is strictly based on your choice of helping other survivors out. We were shown a really rough trailer, which also showed a first person view at least at one point. A few photocopied images tacked on a board showed that the game will also feature interpersonal drama and perhaps co-op functionality.
The person asking us the questions seemed to focus on the topic of "Would helping others be a satisfying game quality?"
Most of the panel disagreed unless there were ulterior motives to help, such as to continue the story, earn Achievements or to procure loot in some way. The panelist seemed to stress that the title could simply pose the player as a one man Red Cross in a sense where he himself wouldn't get much benefit from helping, it was just his job.
So there you go..this is what I can tell you all about the game.
Magic Whiskey @ Jul 16th 2008 9:55AM
..Lastly, Cloverfield and zombie movies did come up in the conversation, but the panelist seemed to stress that the publisher was interested in perhaps making a game based strictly on real-world drama in light of a natural disaster. Nothing sci-fi or otherworldly.
Most of the panel seemed to show disinterest. I mentioned 'I Am Legend' which had just come out and said that the whole 'world after the end of the world' storytelling tool was one I found interesting, but that I would not be interested in simply becoming a saint and helping survivors from a natural disaster.