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Star Trek Online cinematic war trailer shows off combat footage

by James Egan Oct 26th 2009 at 4:00PM

Filed under: Sci-fi, Trailers, Video, New titles, Star Trek Online

The next major MMO from Cryptic Studios is Star Trek Online, which may bridge the gap in sci-fi MMOs between ship-based combat and avatar interaction on planetary surfaces. Cryptic has been releasing new screenshots and talking quite a bit about character progression lately, but sometimes it's better to show than to tell. That's what they're doing with the latest game trailer showing off footage of conflicts in space and planetary environments your away teams will explore.

The Star Trek Online cinematic war trailer at GameVideos gives some background on the STO setting along with the requisite phaser fire, Borg cubes, and bridges boarded. We've got the latest Star Trek Online footage embedded for you, so stick with us after the cut.

Tags: combat, cryptic, cryptic-studios, environments, gamevideos, new-titles, sci-fi, star-trek, star-trek-online, sto, trailers, video

Final Fantasy XIV gameplay and emote footage

by Kyle Horner Aug 19th 2009 at 11:00AM

Filed under: Video, New titles, News items, Final Fantasy XIV

Holy giant roosters, Final Fantasy XIV gameplay footage has already made its way online courtesy of Gamescom and Gamevideos! Plus, the footage shows off some -- mildly standard -- combat sequences as well. To be fair, we're sure this video would be a lot more exciting if we understood German. As it stands now, we're going by the tone of the presenter's voice, which sounds slightly enthused but generally falls flat in the convincing department.

While Mr. Presenter won't be winning any awards, the visuals for the game certainly seem to be worth of a gold statuette of some kind -- possibly something on a fine oak stand with a silver plaque. Oh who are we kidding, the visuals look flat out amazing. This is Square Enix and the Final Fantasy series we're talking about, after all.

Check out both mentioned combat video and a nifty animation video after the break.

Tags: combat, ffxiv, final-fantasy, final-fantasy-xiv, gameplay, gamescom, gamescom-2009, gamevideos, square-enix, video

Why APB's customization options might be a big deal (or not)

by Samuel Axon Jun 17th 2008 at 7:00PM

Filed under: Opinion, All Points Bulletin, Crime

There's a clip over at GameVideos (embedded above) that depicts All Points Bulletin's character customization system. We say "customization" instead of "creation" because we doubt all the exhibited features will be available to new players. We learned at GDC (in the very same session this video originated from, actually) that visual customization options will be among players' rewards for successful play.

Rock, Paper, Shotgun's Kieron Gillen was nevertheless impressed with all the options. He commented on the exhibit, and posited that APB has that Grand Theft Auto je ne sais quoi. The culprit: the art style, which when combined with creativity will give the game a human quality that transcends the mechanics of the game. Because of that, Gillen is looking forward to APB more than he is to any other MMO.

He took a jab at World of Warcraft, saying that because each item of clothing in WoW has critical stats tied to it, no one expresses him or herself through clothing. Stats are more important than self-expression in WoW society, right? Gillen prefers the City of Heroes approach, which he believes APB shares. But does it? We don't really know yet, do we? Maybe your clothing style affects your skills. That's something to wonder about. We'll see.

Tags: advancement, all-points-bulletin, apb, character-creation, city-of-heroes, coh, customization, gamevideos, gdc, grand-theft-auto, gta, kieron-gillen, real-time-worlds, rock-paper-shotgun, world-of-warcraft, wow