Reef Entertainment recently announced that a Rogue Trooper game will be headed to the Wii, subtitled The Quartz Massacre. If you haven't heard of Rogue Trooper before, it features a bad-ass, blue-skinned soldier who likes to take revenge on people that mess with him and his comrades. He can also assign himself the skills and "personalities" of fallen friends, thanks to a spiffy futuristic biochip.The plot for The Quartz Massacre is the same for that of the 2006 Rogue Trooper releases (available for the original Xbox, the PS2, and PCs), leading many to reasonably speculate that this Wii version will be a port. Reef promises that the Wii's controller will add more immersion to the third-person shooter, though (à la Resident Evil 4, we assume), and Rebellion is also reported to have added tweaks and polish its last-gen endeavors.
We have mixed feelings about this game: on the one hand, the console could use more shooters of this nature, but on the other hand, it already has a full plate of ports. Since we didn't play the well-reviewed, last-gen iteration of Rogue Trooper, however, we're willing to be open-minded. If Rebellion can pull off a fun and polished game, we'll have no qualms.
[Via Destructoid]
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5-12-2008 @ 9:35PM
mian said...
They lost me at "3rd person". I would have been willing to reserve judgment on the port issue, but the odds don't really favor them there either.
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5-13-2008 @ 8:59AM
Don Day said...
Mian, you really shouldn't knock it till you've tried it. This was actually an awesome sleeper when it was released. I picked it up for Xbox new at like 20 bucks. It was a really well done game. It had budget price because it was released so late in the console's life cycle, which I'm sure turned people off. Realistic ragdoll physics, upgradable weapons, not a bad story line. I will probably pick this up for the Wii if the controls are done right.
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5-13-2008 @ 9:19AM
Mike D said...
Crap I read the headline as "Rogue Squadron" the first time :(
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5-13-2008 @ 10:14AM
Unbreakable_idea said...
Yeah, I'm staying optimistic on this one. Games like RE4 and Okami have proven that quality games from the end of last gen, given the right care and time, can actually benefit from properly done Wii controls. I never thought I'd have cautious optimism for Wii ports, but I have seen a couple of amazing successes, so this may just be the second chance console for great (or at least really solid in this case) games.
Now, if I could only break into Sega HQ and force them to port Panzer Dragoon Orta at gun point.....
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