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It's Like Gears of War, But With Kissing
Posted by Brian Ashcraft at 5:31 PM on January 30, 2008
By now things like taking cover and co-op play are becoming standard fare. So how do developers mix it up? Big sloppy kisses! Multi-plat Faith and a .45 from Danish dev Deadline Games is Bonnie and Clyde and Gears of War. Set in the Great Depression, the game follows Luke and Ruby on the lam. Here's how Deadline is turning conventions on their ear: After Luke and Ruby make it through a shoot out, she gives him a kiss. If Luke dies, Ruby gives him a "kiss of life" to bring him back. The character do more than just smooch. In single player, the game's AI lets players do more than just lay down fire. It's possible to pull off complex moves like tossing a can of petrol to your computer partner, who blows it to bits over a crowd of enemies. Game director Søren Lundgaard points out how the game differs from Gears of War:
We have a design rule to make sure that Ruby is really interesting and easy to play with. What we call it is 'To play around with an unscripted A.I. you care for' — that's the line that we use internally. That means Ruby should be able to take the initiative on her own, not just react or be scripted to exactly what she has to do... That came mostly from playing some of the other co-op games — say a game like Gears of War, where you have a character with you most of the time, but you don't really depend on him and it's kind of like whenever he goes down, you fight on, and then he wakes up again after the battle is over. There's no real connection.That, and you don't have Gears' Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago making out. The devs are hoping to get the game out in the next two years or so. Currently, however, Faith and a .45 doesn't yet have a publisher.
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Kj719
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
@bluesquareapple: was just channel surfing and sure enough, your comment just appeared on Fox news...congrats :o)
Kj719
ftgf
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
@Sloopydrew:
homophobes? Wait there are people who are afraid of homosexuals? Crazy! Sorry I just hate that term.
Yes the concept sounds interesting........ummmmmm ya more virtual love lives for gamers!
Well at least they are trying something different.
ftgf
bluesquareapple
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Full blown nudity and porn sex scenes! Thanks for the information Bashcraft!
bluesquareapple
Sabre_Justice
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
So basically they're trying to make non-retarded friendly AI?
God speed them dammit, their task is one of the most noble ones ever assigned.
Sabre_Justice
baccardi84
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
this looks really cool to be honest. i like games that can pull off a pairing, like PoP:Sands of time. this one does it one step further by making her smarter and more useful. could be good
baccardi84
Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor)
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Also, if nothing else, Faith and a .45 is a really great name for a game. Much more evocative than a lot of game titles.
Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor)
mechis
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
It's about time somebody made this sort of thing. I will buy an X box to play this game.
mechis
Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor)
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Rule 34 dictates that somewhere, Gears of War slash fiction already exists. Just sayin'.
Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor)
borntoflail
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Ooo look you can play in TF2 maps too!
borntoflail
NESv1
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Weird...
NESv1
katorok
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
2 years?! =(.. Romance coupled with a gears of war style games would be nice =D!!
katorok
Sloopydrew
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
I can't wait for the homophobes who call me names for playing as a girl in Guitar Hero III to have to bend over and kiss me as I play as a girl in this one. Should be interesting.
Sloopydrew
Erwin211
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
I'm thinking Tequila Time-like power up system as you move up from holding hands to 3rd base.
Erwin211
kylenalepa
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Looks interesting. Do you get a weapon power-up if the kiss includes tongue?
kylenalepa
Gaia99
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Cootie shot imo
Gaia99
superradjoe
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Throughout all of Gears of War I was expecting Dom to pucker up and start making out with Marcus at any moment. The two were obviously gay for eachother...
superradjoe
Intrepid_Homoludens
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Cooties Powerup FTW!
Intrepid_Homoludens
suya123
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Ewwww so gross!
suya123
JibbyJam
Posted 5:54 PM 30/1/08
Plus it has fully customizable porn scenes!
JibbyJam
Brian Ashcraft
Posted 6:55 PM 30/1/08
@Cola82:
They are a developer. They don't have a publisher, as noted in the post.
Brian Ashcraft
superradjoe
Posted 6:55 PM 30/1/08
@NumberONE: Difference: Gears was fun, Kill.switch was not. Not only does Gears have single-button cover, but it pairs it with several other mechanics that make it extremely fun. Such as... the ease and intensity of running between covers while in the midst of battle, a decent story [for a shooter], and chainsaws.
So to recap: Gears=Good, Kill.switch=not absolutely terrible but not something I'd play again by choice.
superradjoe
Cola82
Posted 6:55 PM 30/1/08
Oh, I thought it was closer to reality. They don't have a developer?
Hmm... Yeah, when I see it.
Cola82
NumberONE
Posted 6:55 PM 30/1/08
You Kotaku writers really need to do your research. GoW made taking cover at the press of a button popular but by no means did it ever start that trend. Please go play Kill.Switch.
NumberONE
pancho_villasan
Posted 6:55 PM 30/1/08
Wow, something different for a change. I think this would work only if co-op play was disabled, and the developer just made your partner an a.i. controlled character with its own personality. I really don't want to hear any of my friends screaming "Kiss me goddamn it!" to get them back up.
pancho_villasan
bigbake
Posted 6:55 PM 30/1/08
@darthmole12: Two years is a lot of time to make it happen, so I'd be surprised if they didn't deliver...unless of course, they're a bunch of idiots. I hope they follow in the footsteps of Half-Life 2, because Alyx was the first AI comrade that actually helped during a firefight in my experience as a gamer.
bigbake
darthmole12
Posted 6:55 PM 30/1/08
Maybe it's because I'm jaded with experience, but whenever I see a statement like this from a developer, the BS meter goes off like crazy. I'll believe it when I see it.
darthmole12
ChiChi_BBQ
Posted 6:55 PM 30/1/08
Ruby doesn't even look pretty. I don't want to kiss her!
ChiChi_BBQ
wow-wh0re
Posted 6:55 PM 30/1/08
OMG. You guy's are missing it!
This could be the new gameplay mechanic in GoW2!
"Marcus kisses Dom"
"Dom receive +20% damage bonus and +20% firing rate"
Active reloading? So last gen!
wow-wh0re
Witzbold
Posted 9:54 PM 30/1/08
@MichaelR: Wheres the love man, I ask you where is the love? D:
Witzbold
MichaelR
Posted 9:54 PM 30/1/08
Jokes aside I really don't want my friends kissing me, even if it's in a game. I won't play this game because of that. I may own a Toy Poodle and I may wear sandels but I will not play this game.
MichaelR
FranUnFine
Posted 9:54 PM 30/1/08
@mechis: I hope it'll involve "Faith" as well, Eliza Dushku rocks my socks.
FranUnFine
Sabre_Justice
Posted 9:54 PM 30/1/08
San Andreas already did the kissing anyway.
Sabre_Justice
mechis
Posted 9:54 PM 30/1/08
@Stormrider (XBL: Lilarcor): You got that right, I waited all the way through gear's less than admirable campaign mode to actually see a gear, or some kind of overtly mechanical object. Nothing. Why did they name it gears of war?
Now I wait studiously at my desktop, praying that maybe, just maybe, faith and a .45 will somehow involve "faith".
mechis
shinryoma
Posted 9:54 PM 30/1/08
Any cover system is better than Kane & Lynch's hug the wall and hope it sticks before your dead'd.
shinryoma
CyberSkull
Posted 9:54 PM 30/1/08
Sounds like fun.
CyberSkull
Onizuka-GTO
Posted 1:56 AM 31/1/08
@JibbyJam: full of...erm.."jibbyjam" i assume?
:p
Onizuka-GTO
rockosolido
Posted 1:56 AM 31/1/08
When the developers have to explain how their game is different from GoW, usually not a good sign.
rockosolido
Valuepack
Posted 1:56 AM 31/1/08
@Akin: Yeah this way they'll have the GoW "brown it up" filter set to "hella taupe."
Valuepack
Chef
Posted 1:56 AM 31/1/08
@NumberONE: ...and before that was Winback, and there's probably even more stuff before that too, but I'm way to lazy to check/care.
Chef
Chef
Posted 1:56 AM 31/1/08
"That, and you don't have Gears' Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago making out."
...yet.
Chef
Akin
Posted 1:56 AM 31/1/08
Not sure what I think about the gameplay, but the setting? The Great Depression is one of the most underutilized settings in gaming.
Akin
FranUnFine
Posted 1:56 AM 31/1/08
I just hope it doesn't pull a Kane & Lynch and:
- the cover system actually works
- there is ONLINE coop
I wonder why it's called Faith and a .45, though. The title made me think of this one comic featuring a preacher with his large collection of guns (forgot the name, sorry).
FranUnFine
chenry
Posted 1:56 AM 31/1/08
@MichaelR: that's ridiculous.
chenry
hahnchen
Posted 1:56 AM 31/1/08
What the fuck? The game is called Faith and a .45 and the lead female isn't name Faith? The totally awesome name has been downgraded to good.
hahnchen
stranger
Posted 4:56 AM 31/1/08
If you're gonna make a "period" game, shouldn't your central characters at least look the part?
I'm pretty sure Faith's outfit is little more 80's punk inspired that 1930's dame on the lam... which raises the question? What's the point of marketing your game as set in a certain era if you don't plan of representing it authentically?
Or is the an alternate history depression era? One where the stock market didn't crash and Revlon had already invented flourescent red hair color?
At least that .45 guy looks the part...
*yawn*
stranger
Streeks1984
Posted 4:56 AM 31/1/08
I want this game for ps3 nooooooooooow!
Streeks1984
okenny :)
Posted 4:56 AM 31/1/08
@wow-wh0re: I threw-up a little in my mouth after reading your comment :( At least it wasn't a feltcher; that would gain about +50% HP & +25pt XP.
okenny :)
7ucky
Posted 4:56 AM 31/1/08
So.... Ico?
...With guns?
7ucky
rawg
Posted 5:57 AM 31/1/08
Not sure about the kissing gimmick but it got me thinking.
An interesting game mechanic would be coop powerups or perks, i.e. staying within x meters of your partner gives you extra ammo, partner takes 0 dmg in a stage gets you extra health, etc.
I don't play many coop games so perhaps these types of things have already been implemented.
rawg
rawg
Posted 5:57 AM 31/1/08
@pancho_villasan: I really don't want to hear any of my friends screaming "Kiss me goddamn it!" to get them back up.
That's hilarious! I imagine a bunch of adolescent guys, eyes red from a marathon gaming session, shaking from red bull screaming this at each other. LOL
rawg
Sober
Posted 10:56 AM 31/1/08
I didn't know people still dressed like cowboys in the 1930s...
Sober
mermaidkween
Posted 10:56 AM 31/1/08
@mermaidkween: Oh wait, me. Turns out that's Red Dead Revolver 2, AKA "Untitled Old West Project."
[www.youtube.com]
mermaidkween
mermaidkween
Posted 10:56 AM 31/1/08
This looks really similar to something for PS3 I saw a video for before the next-gen consoles even hit. More specifically, the Western-looking setting. It was ridiculously pretty. Could this be it, or does someone know what the heck I'm actually talking about?
mermaidkween
MichaelR
Posted 1:55 PM 31/1/08
@chenry: Dude, just think about all the stupid jokes people will make.
None stop gay jokes, it'd be the biggest punchline in the game, I'd get tired of it.
I may get this game if it's good, but I won't be playing Co-Op much, if at all.
MichaelR
Bakeroo
Posted 1:55 PM 31/1/08
The villain's name is John Mammon. Now that is a hell of a name for a baddie.
Bakeroo
Erwin
Posted 1:55 PM 31/1/08
@mermaidkween: Red Dead 2? You just made my day!
Erwin
smeee
Posted 6:54 PM 31/1/08
I can imagine it, you sit down with a freind to play some co-op, and you die, which makes for a undoubtly awkward situation. Be all: Dude, kiss me...im dead dude kiss me...soo weird...
smeee
Mecharine
Posted 11:55 AM 3/2/08
The perfect date game. Everytime your character kisses the other persons character, the two people kiss in real life. Though, it would be awkward with two heterosexual guys. But, you could always say you were just fixing his mustache with your tongue.
Mecharine