In the planning phase, the player can scrub their cursor across a timeline that shows all the enemy's planned moves over the next five-second segment. Instead of that turn-based staple, action in Phantom Brigade plays out in real-time, over discrete chunks of five seconds.
To make that happen, Jenkins and the team at Brace Yourself Games needed to rethink how mech strategy would play out. "Our intention here is to capture that energy you get in a mech anime or those cutscenes, but have that actually be the gameplay." This is the future of gaming.' Then you get into it, and it's still a lot of fun, but it's very much like traditional turn-based," says Jenkins. "Specifically, if you've ever seen Front Mission 4, there's a really cool cutscene in the beginning where they're all assaulting the base and the mechs are sliding around, punching each other, crashing into buildings. Right from the jump, Jenkins agrees with my Front Mission comparison. And on day three, I finally got a chance to play Phantom Brigade myself and speak to the game's creative lead and designer, Adelaide Jenkins. On the second day, I carved out some time to watch others play the game. I made a mental note and continued on to my appointment. It featured this swank cinematic camera as well, making the action look fantastic. My mind immediately screamed "Front Mission," but even then combat wasn't turn-based, with the player and enemy moving at the same time. I was heading to an appointment on the first day of PAX West 2019 when I had to do a double-take. Sometimes it's a crowd, sometimes it's a poster or t-shirt, and in some cases it's the game itself.
One of the reasons I enjoy a show like PAX West is the ability to wander the showfloor and see what catches my eye. Phantom Brigade made me stop walking and pay attention.
Some content, such as this article, has been migrated to VG247 for posterity after USgamer's closure - but it has not been edited or further vetted by the VG247 team. This article first appeared on USgamer, a partner publication of VG247.
0 kommentar(er)
