Posted:
12:57:24 on April 10 2002
By: Steve Krutzler
Dept: Gaming
Speaking to Ritualistic today, Ritual Entertainment's ELITE FORCE II lead designer Chris Stockman revealed more information about the highly anticipated sequel.
"We will have characters from the original Elite Force return (sans that annoying guy that died towards the end). And yes, there will be a few things from Nemesis that might sneak their way into the game," he told the gaming site in an interview.
Questioned about the sophistication of the environments in the new game, Stockman says there will be vast improvement over the original ELITE FORCE.
"Oh man, the difference is like night and day. Wait till you guys see the level of detail in our maps. Needless to say everyone will be very happy when the game is released... We will have usable and interactive objects in the game and they will be kick ass," he reveals.
Stockman also comments on the stylistic art work of the game, saying, "We are working toward a realistic but still stylized final product. We are hand painting all of our textures, not photo sourcing them. Inevitably, the result is a stylized representation of reality, which is our goal.
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The game, as stated in the press release is 40% done. We will have time to do a second pass on any game asset we feel is falling short of our goals. Currently, I cannot commit to the specific assets that will get that pass. I can tell you that most character assets will see additional tweaks in a final polishing phase."
Mum on actor voices to be featured in the game, he goes on to talk about multiplayer enhancements and reveals that a TREK novel writer is working on the game's story. Check out the full interview here.
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