http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...-reincarnation
400k seems kind of low but it might be just something to gauge interest as they're an active company(making Magic: The Gathering games no less)
As long as they keep it closer to Carmageddon than Carmageddon 2...
Yeah it's been in development for a while already before they started the kickstarter.
The novelty of getting to run over pedestrians and being rewarded for smashing up the opposition in a wide-open go-anywhere city was pretty amazing back in 97. But I hope the new game will be more than just the same ol' thing but with prettier graphics. Some kind of coop missions might be cool.
Well they are already promising multiplayer. I assume it's friendly Carmageddon coop(i.e. pushing your buddy off a cliff).
I'm told I did play Carmaggedon once upon a time but I don't really remember. It must have been 1 or 2 though. Anyway, some news here suggests they want to make it like 1 and 2 but not 3.
And just for info, the redesign of the original box art pictured in that article and in Koki's link was done by Saturnine (for those who haven't/don't play Thief, he created 7th Crystal and Rose Cottage Fan Missions)."The new game is going to be like Carmageddon 1 and 2," said Mr Barnden.
"But not 3, we're happy to confirm that!"
Last edited by nickie; 12th May 2012 at 13:10.
Finally someone :0 we are a rare breed.Originally Posted by Koki
Indeed. What do you have against Carmageddon 2 exactly? It was just more of the same except with better vehicle deformation, more awesome power ups, 3d (very basic) ragdoll peds and Iron Maiden instead of Fear Factory.
The only thing I didn't like about it was that I couldn't get it to run on my comp after I'd spent my hard earned money on it. Not even after several hardware upgrades. Had to wait for years till I bought a brand new computer before I finally got to play it. :(
edit: ah, nostalgia.
edit2: oh OH OH! AND everyone who's ever played Carmageddon needs to check this out: http://www.carmageddon.com/blog/ballet-not-gay-tony Some wonderful behind-the-scenes footage and a great story to go along with it. :D
Last edited by henke; 13th May 2012 at 04:52.
Too cartoony.
Really? REALLY?
So a game that in all incarnations has a power-up called "Pedestrian Electro Bastard Ray" is "Too cartoony"?
Hold the presses everyone, Carmageddon 1 was obviously FAR more grimdark with its sprite based pedestrians that would warp hilariously when viewed at an angle than Carmageddon 2 where individual limbs could be removed from fully 3D pedestrians.
None of the Carmageddon games were ever anything more than cartoonish, harking back to the golden years of Warner Bros. cartoons, except with the gore turned on.
That's on a par with a friend of mine who didn't like Super Mario 64 because it was "A kid's game".
Yes. Really.
"I was in the war!"
They have to include that.
Edit: how the hell did my post end up here, I posted after zajazd below
If you played Carma 2's campaign in between regular races, they'd have these awful timed challenge missions. These were unskippable. Back in the day one such mission killed the game dead for me, because I couldn't get past it.
Carmageddon 2 has ugly blocky 3d graphics and awkward polygonal pedestrians that don't splash and explode like sprite ones. Also as EvaUnit mentioned - timed missions.
I have a factory sealed Carmageddon big box that I'm planning on opening on doomsday 21/12/2012. I got it for only 30usd on ebay last year. Maybe it is the last sealed Carmageddon in the world, shiiit.
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