xbox 360
Plain Sight Trailer Goes Boom
Posted by Stuart Houghton at 7:00 AM on September 9, 2008
London-based indie studio Beatnik Games have released a trailer for their debut title - Plain Sight.
Plain Sight is a multiplayer action title for PC and Xbox 360. Players control cute little robot skeletons that fly around a stylized environment and hit each other with swords to amass points. To 'bank' your points, you must blow yourself up - taking out as many of your rivals as possible.
Yes, it is essentially a game about suicide bombing robots. But it's ok - they are cute! And the background looks a bit like Tron, which can't be bad.

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Riseth
Posted 7:25 AM 9/9/08
Very interested right now, could be awesome.
Riseth
diagonalBeat
Posted 7:24 AM 9/9/08
And I thought I'd seen it all.
diagonalBeat
Garo
Posted 7:20 AM 9/9/08
Ok... and what about colouring the enviroment? Only effects or gameplay elements?
Garo
Spenze
Posted 7:19 AM 9/9/08
not nearly enough games encourage suicide bombings any more. :p
Spenze
MrWhitmore
Posted 7:15 AM 9/9/08
Hmmm. I'm intrigued.
MrWhitmore
excel_excel
Posted 7:04 AM 9/9/08
Damn ain't nothing better than taking all those teabagging assholes with you!! TAKE THAT HALODOOD367! SEE YOU IN HELL ERICHALO4LIFE!
excel_excel
GrrSnort
Posted 7:45 AM 9/9/08
@Talleh: Umm yeah, I don't follow...
GrrSnort
Scorpi
Posted 7:45 AM 9/9/08
I love how the parts of the environment where action is taking place are illuminated - makes for actually feasible, big maps
Scorpi
Talleh
Posted 7:43 AM 9/9/08
This game will be the peak of everything fun about online games. Points and spiting people with suicides.
But, the comment about the suicides being cute makes me think...is there an ideal spot on a graph where something can be just cute enough before it becomes sad? Like if a puppy or kitten committed suicide, it's terrible. But when it's an adorable little robot, it's hilarious. To the graphs!
Talleh
excel_excel
Posted 7:43 AM 9/9/08
@GrrSnort: exactly! I considered putting the first one in Xx's but thought it was too realistic
excel_excel
GrrSnort
Posted 7:31 AM 9/9/08
@excel_excel: You forgot to mention
xX(insert irrelevant clan tag here)(Insert equally irrelevant "1337" speak name here)Xx
GrrSnort
RtFusion
Posted 7:29 AM 9/9/08
Looks interesting to say the least. Won't mind watching a few robots blow up.
RtFusion
Lazlo
Posted 7:26 AM 9/9/08
Suicide bombers is cool, but aliens destroying the twin towers is evil?? :P
Seriously though, I love the music.
Lazlo
ggodo
Posted 8:15 AM 9/9/08
@sixonedoesitall: and you think that's cool? You need to watch what you say, and think about how it sounds.
ggodo
jeangrae
Posted 8:11 AM 9/9/08
Looks interesting, but so far there doesn't seem to be much game there.
jeangrae
Thassodar
Posted 8:11 AM 9/9/08
@60Hz: Every Extend Extra*
Didn't interest me one bit, and I like E3. Oh well, I'll get the demo.
Thassodar
GrrSnort
Posted 8:10 AM 9/9/08
@sixonedoesitall: Not only sexist, but completely out of touch with the fairer sex.
GrrSnort
60Hz
Posted 8:03 AM 9/9/08
Sounds like multiplayer Every Extreme Extra...
60Hz
sixonedoesitall
Posted 7:56 AM 9/9/08
@sixonedoesitall:
Like thousands of women had their period at the same time in the middle of a public park.
sixonedoesitall
NotTheGuy
Posted 7:56 AM 9/9/08
@Garo: Looks like the coloring of the environment is to help out finding where opponents are. Same deal with the trail behind them.
NotTheGuy
sixonedoesitall
Posted 7:55 AM 9/9/08
The pinkish blood on the ground looks cool.
sixonedoesitall
laser beams
Posted 8:36 AM 9/9/08
looks very rad, so far. if it plays as good as it looks (and sounds, for that matter) i will certainly download it :)
i really hope they keep that music, too.
laser beams
Treesus
Posted 8:16 AM 9/9/08
I know some of the guys at Beatnik Games. Very talented, very funny people. I look forward to blagging a beta version from them!
Treesus
[ZTF]
Posted 8:46 AM 9/9/08
One point is rubish.
[ZTF]
Witzbold
Posted 10:18 AM 9/9/08
Good music and all, but the game not too sure on yet.
Witzbold
Tilimorf
Posted 11:33 AM 9/9/08
Hmmm. looks like its worth a try
Tilimorf
Netnavi
Posted 12:53 PM 9/9/08
If they have a demo I'll try it. Anyone know the name of the song they used? I'm doubtful that that will be in the final game, though it would be very cool if they did.
Netnavi
sandal-hat17
Posted 1:26 PM 9/9/08
@sandal-hat17: Never mind.
sandal-hat17
sandal-hat17
Posted 1:25 PM 9/9/08
Kotaku ate my comment about the pink blood and period comments being funny. Poo.
sandal-hat17
sandal-hat17
Posted 1:24 PM 9/9/08
@ggodo: Well I thought it was funny. Just take it as a joke, be easygoing and life will be a lot easier for you.
sandal-hat17
LastFace
Posted 4:35 PM 9/9/08
This game looks very, very fun. Suicide kills have long been my favourite type.
LastFace
AntiheroKing
Posted 1:17 AM 10/9/08
@excel_excel: Oh god I laughed so hard.
@sixonedoesitall: Don't worry about your comment. Whether it was funny or not, people will jump on you here if you seem at all different from them. Internet superheroes and all that.
Back to the topic, though, I am pretty intrigued by this game. Hope it has a few match types, cause just slice-slice-boom would get stale after a while. It'd be great until then, but still, more variety, please.
AntiheroKing
pasquinelli
Posted 1:27 AM 10/9/08
the concept seems cool, but that game looks pretty bad.
pasquinelli